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Muirfield

The Open Championship has been at Muirfield in the following years:

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Muirfield — 1980

Watson claims his third title

Tom Watson virtually secured his third Open title at Muirfield in 1980 in the third round. A stunning 64 opened up a significant gap over his closest rivals, although it was not the lowest score of the day. That honour went to Isao Aoki of Japan with a 63, but he had already tied a mil...

Muirfield — 1980 Results

pos	player	ctry	r1	r2	r3	r4	total
1	Tom WATSON	USA	68	70	64	69	271
2	Lee TREVINO	USA	68	67	71	69	275
3	Ben CRENSHAW	USA	70	70	68	69	277
4	Jack NICKLAUS	USA	73	67	71	69	280
4	Carl MASON	ENG	72	69	70	69	280
6	Craig STADLER	USA	72	70	69	71	282
6	Hubert GREEN	USA	77	69	64	72	282
6	Ken BROWN	SCO	70	68	68	76	282
6	Andy BEAN	USA	71	69	70	72	282
10	Gil MORGAN	USA	70	70	71	72	283