This Day in Open Ch. Golf--July 20

On this date in 1980, Tom Watson won his third of five Open victories, this one at Muirfield. The performance was one of Watson's finest in his career. He had rounds of 68-70-64-69--271. The only players closer than nine strokes to him at the end were Lee Trevino (four back) and Ben Crenshaw (six). This was the first Open Championship to play single rounds Thursday through Sunday; previously The Open never finished on a Sunday.