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The Open 1970, Top Ten

                            Total          Scores
 1. Jack Nicklaus       USA   -5    68-69-73-73=283
 2. Doug Sanders        USA   -4    68-71-71-73=283
 3. Harold Henning      RSA   -3    67-72-73-73=285
    Lee Trevino         USA   -3    68-68-72-77=285
 5. Tony Jacklin        ENG   -2    67-70-73-76=286
 6. Neil Coles          ENG   -1    65-74-72-76=287
    Peter Oosterhuis    ENG   -1    73-69-69-76=287
 8. Hugh Jackson        IRE   Even  69-72-73-74=288
 9. Tommy Horton        ENG   +1    66-73-75-75=289
    John Panton         SCO   +1    72-73-73-71=289
    Peter Thomson       AUS   +1    68-74-73-74=289

(Jack Nicklaus (72) beat Doug Sanders (73) in an 18 hole play-off.) 

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The Open 1971, Top Ten

                            Total          Scores
 1. Lee Trevino         USA   -14   69-70-69-70=278
 2. Lu Liang-Huan       TAI   -13   70-70-69-70=279
 3. Tony Jacklin        ENG   -12   69-70-70-71=280
 4. Craig Defoy         WAL   -11   72-72-68-69=281
 5. Charles Coody       USA   -9    74-71-70-68=283
    Jack Nicklaus       USA   -9    71-71-72-69=283
 7  Billy Casper        USA   -8    70-72-75-67=284
    Gary Player         RSA   -8    71-70-71-72=284
 9. Doug Sanders        USA   -7    73-71-74-67=285
    Peter Thomson       AUS   -7    70-73-73-69=285
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The Open 1972, Top Ten

                            Total          Scores
 1. Lee Trevino         USA   -6    71-70-66-71=278
 2. Jack Nicklaus       USA   -5    70-72-71-66=279
 3. Tony Jacklin        ENG   -4    69-72-67-72=280
 4. Doug Sanders        USA   -3    71-71-69-70=281
 5. Brian Barnes        ENG   -1    71-72-69-71=283
 6. Gary Player         RSA   +1    71-71-76-67=285
 7. Guy Hunt            ENG   +2    75-72-67-72=286
    Arnold Palmer       USA   +2    73-73-69-71=286
    David Vaughan       WAL   +2    74-73-70-69=286
    Tom Weiskopf        USA   +2    73-74-70-69=286
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The Open 1973, Top Ten

                            Total          Scores
 1. Tom Weiskopf        USA   -12   68-67-71-70=276
 2. Neil Coles          ENG   -9    71-72-70-66=279
    Johnny Miller       USA   -9    70-68-69-72=279
 4. Jack Nicklaus       USA   -8    69-70-76-65=280
 5. Bert Yancey         USA   -7    69-69-73-70=281
 6. Peter Butler        ENG   -2    71-72-74-69=286
 7. Bob Charles         NZL   Even  73-71-73-71=288
    Christy O'Connor    IRE   Even  73-68-74-73=288
    Lanny Wadkins       USA   Even  71-73-70-74=288
10. Brian Barnes        ENG   +1    76-67-70-76=289
    Gay Brewer          USA   +1    76-71-72-70=289
    Harold Henning      RSA   +1    73-73-73-70=289
    Lee Trevino         USA   +1    75-73-73-68=289
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The Open 1974, Top Ten

                            Total          Scores
 1. Gary Player         RSA   -2    69-68-75-70=282
 2. Peter Oosterhuis    ENG   +2    71-71-73-71=286
 3. Jack Nicklaus       USA   +3    74-72-70-71=287
 4. Hubert Green        USA   +4    71-74-72-71=288
 5. Danny Edwards       USA   +8    70-73-76-73=292
    Lu Liang-Huan       FOR   +8    72-72-75-73=292
 7. Bobby Cole          RSA   +9    70-72-76-75=293
    Donald Swaelens     BEL   +9    77-73-74-69=293
    Tom Weiskopf        USA   +9    72-72-74-75=293
10. Johnny Miller       USA   +10   72-75-73-74=294
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The Open 1975, Top Ten

                            Total          Scores
 1. Tom Watson          USA   -9    71-67-69-72=279
 2. Jack Newton         AUS   -9    69-71-65-74=279
 3. Bobby Cole          RSA   -8    72-66-66-76=280
    Johnny Miller       USA   -8    71-69-66-74=280
    Jack Nicklaus       USA   -8    69-71-68-72=280
 6. Graham Marsh        AUS   -7    72-67-71-71=281
 7. Neil Coles          ENG   -6    72-69-67-74=282
    Peter Oosterhuis    ENG   -6    68-70-71-73=282
 9. Hale Irwin          USA   -5    69-70-69-75=283
10. George Burns        USA   -4    71-73-69-71=284
    John Mahaffey       USA   -4    71-68-69-76=284

(Tom Watson (71) beat Jack Newton (72) in an 18 hole play-off.) 

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The Open 1976, Top Ten

                            Total          Scores
 1. Johnny Miller       USA   -9    72-68-73-66=279
 2. Seve Ballesteros    ESP   -3    69-69-73-74=285
    Jack Nicklaus       USA   -3    74-70-72-69=285
 4. Ray Floyd           USA   -2    76-67-73-70=286
 5. Hubert Green        USA   Even  72-70-78-68=288
    Tommy Horton        ENG   Even  74-69-72-73=288
    Mark James          ENG   Even  76-72-74-66=288
    Tom Kite            USA   Even  70-74-73-71=288
    Christy O'Connor Jr.IRE   Even  69-73-75-71=288
10. George Burns        USA   +1    75-69-75-70=289
    Peter Butler        ENG   +1    74-72-73-70=289
    Vicente Fernandez   ARG   +1    79-71-69-70=289
    Norio Suzuki        JPN   +1    69-75-75-70=289
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The Open 1977, Top Ten

                            Total          Scores
 1. Tom Watson          USA   -12   68-70-65-65=268
 2. Jack Nicklaus       USA   -11   68-70-65-66=269
 3. Hubert Green        USA   -1    72-66-74-67=279
 4. Lee Trevino         USA   Even  68-70-72-70=280
 5. George Burns        USA   +1    70-70-72-69=281
    Ben Crenshaw        USA   +1    71-69-66-75=281
 7. Arnold Palmer       USA   +2    73-73-67-69=282
 8. Ray Floyd           USA   +3    70-73-68-72=283
 9. Mark Hayes          USA   +4    76-63-72-73=284
    Tommy Horton        ENG   +4    70-74-65-75=284
    Johnny Miller       USA   +4    69-74-67-74=284
    John Schroeder      USA   +4    66-74-73-71=284
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The Open 1978, Top Ten

                            Total          Scores
 1. Jack Nicklaus       USA   -7    71-72-69-69=281
 2. Ben Crenshaw        USA   -5    70-69-73-71=283
    Ray Floyd           USA   -5    69-75-71-68=283
    Tom Kite            USA   -5    72-69-72-70=283
    Simon Owen          NZL   -5    70-75-67-71=283
 6. Peter Oosterhuis    ENG   -4    72-70-69-73=284
 7. Isao Aoki           JPN   -3    68-71-73-73=285
    Nick Faldo          ENG   -3    71-72-70-72=285
    John Schroeder      USA   -3    74-69-70-72=285
    Bob Shearer         USA   -3    71-69-74-71=285
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The Open 1979, Top Ten

                            Total          Scores
 1. Seve Ballesteros    ESP   -1    73-65-75-70=283
 2. Ben Crenshaw        USA   +2    72-71-72-71=286
    Jack Nicklaus       USA   +2    72-69-73-72=286
 4. Mark James          ENG   +3    76-69-69-73=287
 5. Rodger Davis        AUS   +4    75-70-70-73=288
 6. Hale Irwin          USA   +5    68-68-75-78=289
 7. Isao Aoki           JPN   +7    70-74-72-75=291
    Bob Byman           USA   +7    73-70-72-76=291
    Graham Marsh        AUS   +7    74-68-75-74=291
10. Bob Charles         NZL   +8    78-72-70-72=292
    Greg Norman         AUS   +8    73-71-72-76=292
    Jumbo Ozaki         JPN   +8    75-69-75-73=292
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