Irish Open 1978

Carroll’s Irish Open 

Portmarnock GC, Dublin

24 - 27 Jul 1978 

1 Ken BROWN (Scot) 70 71 70 70 281 -7 £10000.00

2 Seve BALLESTEROS (Sp) 71 72 74 65 282 -6 £4687.50

John O’LEARY (Ire) 69 70 71 72 282 -6 £4687.50

4 Tom WEISKOPF (USA) 70 76 67 70 283 -5 £2500.00

5 Mark JAMES (Eng) 70 73 71 70 284 -4 £1791.66

Peter TOWNSEND (Eng) 71 71 73 69 284 -4 £1791.66

Hubert GREEN (USA) 67 76 69 72 284 -4 £1791.66

8 Howard CLARK (Eng) 70 73 70 72 285 -3 £1125.00

Bernard GALLACHER (Scot) 70 70 72 73 285 -3 £1125.00

Bernhard LANGER (Ger) 72 71 68 74 285 -3 £1125.00

11 Tienie BRITZ (SA) 69 75 70 72 286 -2 £870.00

Norman WOOD (Scot) 70 72 72 72 286 -2 £870.00

13 Bob CHARLES (NZ) 69 75 72 71 287 -1 £762.50

Greg NORMAN (Aus) 74 71 69 73 287 -1 £762.50

15 Maurice BEMBRIDGE (Eng) 71 70 75 72 288 0 £700.00

Christy O’CONNOR (Ire) 69 73 73 73 288 0 £700.00

Mike FERGUSON (Aus) 69 71 72 76 288 0 £700.00

18 Neil COLES (Eng) 74 70 74 71 289 1 £637.00

Nick FALDO (Eng) 73 73 74 69 289 1 £637.00

Graham MARSH (Aus) 69 77 74 69 289 1 £637.00

Lanny WADKINS (USA) 69 73 75 72 289 1 £637.00

David DUNK (Eng) 73 73 72 71 289 1 £637.00

23 Steve MARTIN (Scot) 74 70 73 73 290 2 £586.66

Des SMYTH (Ire) 73 71 74 72 290 2 £586.66

Peter DAWSON (Eng) 71 72 74 73 290 2 £586.66

26 Gordon J BRAND (Eng) 74 72 72 73 291 3 £557.50

Eddie POLLAND (N.Ire) 70 71 76 74 291 3 £557.50

28 Manuel BALLESTEROS (Sp) 68 77 76 71 292 4 £468.00

Jeff HALL (Eng) 72 72 79 69 292 4 £468.00

Peter BUTLER (Eng) 72 74 76 70 292 4 £468.00

Philippe TOUSSAINT (Bel) 72 71 74 75 292 4 £468.00

Tommy HALPIN (Ire) 75 71 73 73 292 4 £468.00

33 Nick JOB (Eng) 77 68 79 69 293 5 £356.87

Carl MASON (Eng) 71 74 74 74 293 5 £356.87

Christy O’CONNOR JNR (Ire) 74 72 74 73 293 5 £356.87

Angel GALLARDO (Sp) 71 75 73 74 293 5 £356.87

David JONES (N.Ire) 74 71 75 73 293 5 £356.87

Phil WEAVER (USA) (USA) 72 70 77 74 293 5 £356.87

Michael GALLAGHER () 73 74 71 75 293 £

Jannie LEGRANGE () 74 73 73 73 293 5 £356.87

41 Hugh BAIOCCHI (SA) 70 73 76 75 294 6 £291.00

Brian BARNES (Scot) 73 73 73 75 294 6 £291.00

Manuel CALERO (Sp) 71 77 74 72 294 6 £291.00

Denis DURNIAN (Eng) 71 76 73 74 294 6 £291.00

Mark MCNULTY (Ire) 72 75 74 73 294 6 £291.00

46 Michael KING (Eng) 68 76 74 77 295 7 £262.50

Sam TORRANCE (Scot) 72 76 73 74 295 7 £262.50

Pip ELSON (Eng) 69 75 79 72 295 7 £262.50

John FOURIE (SA) 72 74 75 74 295 £

50 Liam HIGGINS (Ire) 73 74 78 71 296 8 £250.00

51 Bill ROGERS (USA) 72 75 76 74 297 9 £0.00

David J RUSSELL (Eng) 74 74 75 74 297 9 £0.00

Gaylord BURROWS (USA) 74 74 80 69 297 9 £0.00

Lionel PLATTS (Eng) 71 76 73 77 297 9 £0.00

55 Baldovino DASSU (It) 75 73 77 73 298 10 £0.00

Malcolm GREGSON (Eng) 72 76 76 74 298 10 £0.00

John HAMMOND (USA) 73 74 76 75 298 10 £0.00

Peter COWEN (Eng) 78 69 73 78 298 10 £0.00

Guy HUNT (Eng) 77 70 77 74 298 10 £0.00

John WHITEHEAD () 71 71 82 74 298 10 £0.00

Guy WOLSTENHOLME () 78 70 76 74 298 10 £0.00

62 Gary CULLEN (Eng) 76 71 78 76 301 13 £0.00

Martin POXON (Eng) 74 73 79 75 301 13 £0.00

64 Bill LONGMUIR (Scot) 74 74 77 77 302 14 £0.00

65 Noel RATCLIFFE (Aus) 74 74 83 73 304 16 £0.00

Missed the cut

66 José Maria CAÑIZARES (Sp) 72 77 149 5 £0.00

Eamonn DARCY (Ire) 74 75 149 5 £0.00

Tommy HORTON (Eng) 74 75 149 5 £0.00

Warren HUMPHREYS (Eng) 76 73 149 5 £0.00

Ewen MURRAY (Scot) 72 77 149 5 £0.00

Arnold O’CONNOR (Cro) 72 77 149 5 £0.00

David VAUGHAN (Wal) 77 72 149 5 £0.00

Craig DEFOY (Wal) 74 75 149 £

Ian STANLEY (Aus) 74 75 149 5 £0.00

Tim GILES (Eng) 73 76 149 5 £0.00

Peter BERRY (Mex) 76 73 149 5 £0.00

77 Dale HAYES (SA) 73 77 150 6 £0.00

Doug MCCLELLAND (Eng) 76 74 150 6 £0.00

Bobby VERWEY (SA) 73 77 150 6 £0.00

Peter HIGHMOOR (Mex) 74 76 150 6 £0.00

Ronnie SHADE () 76 74 150 6 £0.00

Tony HAYES (AM) () 74 76 150 6 £0.00

83 Andrew CHANDLER (Eng) 74 77 151 7 £0.00

Tony JACKLIN (Eng) 74 77 151 7 £0.00

John MORGAN (Eng) 78 73 151 7 £0.00

Leonard OWENS (Ire) 75 76 151 7 £0.00

Ernie JONES (Ire) 75 76 151 7 £0.00

Brian HUGGETT (Wal) 75 76 151 7 £0.00

David CHILLAS (Scot) 77 74 151 7 £0.00

Charles DERNIE () 77 74 151 £

91 Ross DRUMMOND (Scot) 75 77 152 8 £0.00

Jimmy HEGGARTY (N.Ire) 75 77 152 8 £0.00

Joe HIGGINS (Eng) 73 79 152 8 £0.00

David JAGGER (Eng) 79 73 152 8 £0.00

David ROBERTSON (Scot) 75 77 152 8 £0.00

Vaughan SOMERS (Aus) 76 76 152 8 £0.00

Paddy MCGUIRK (Ire) 77 75 152 8 £0.00

Jimmy KINSELLA (Ire) 79 73 152 8 £0.00

Jim FARMER (Scot) 77 75 152 8 £0.00

Jeff THOMSEN () 76 76 152 8 £0.00

101 Tony CHARNLEY (Eng) 76 77 153 9 £0.00

Mike INGLIS (Eng) 73 80 153 9 £0.00

Paul LEONARD (N.Ire) 75 78 153 9 £0.00

Andrew BOWNES (Eng) 77 76 153 9 £0.00

105 Bill MCCOLL (Scot) 76 78 154 10 £0.00

Joey PURCELL (Ire) 77 77 154 10 £0.00

Trevor POWELL (Mex) 76 78 154 10 £0.00

Martin QUINN () 77 77 154 10 £0.00

109 Philip POSNETT (Ire) 77 78 155 11 £0.00

Paddy SKERRITT (Ire) 78 77 155 11 £0.00

Michael MURPHY (Ire) 78 77 155 11 £0.00

Jimmy MARTIN (Ire) 77 78 155 11 £0.00

Wattie SULLIVAN (Ire) 77 78 155 11 £0.00

David INGRAM (Scot) 79 76 155 11 £0.00

Noel HUNT (Eng) 76 79 155 11 £0.00

Trevor JOHNSON () 74 81 155 11 £0.00

Bob MORAN (AM) () 80 75 155 11 £0.00

Michael MORRIS (AM) () 77 78 155 11 £0.00

Graham TAYLOR () 78 77 155 11 £0.00

120 Garry HARVEY (Scot) 76 80 156 12 £0.00

Ian MOSEY (Eng) 77 79 156 12 £0.00

Stephen MARR (Scot) 78 78 156 12 £0.00

William MILNE (Scot) 77 79 156 12 £0.00

Sukri ONSHAM () 78 78 156 12 £0.00

125 Tony O’CONNOR (Ire) 77 80 157 13 £0.00

Tim HUYTON (Eng) 75 82 157 13 £0.00

Billy KINSELLA (Ire) 76 81 157 13 £0.00

Terry HEALY () 78 79 157 13 £0.00

Patrick O’BOYLE () 77 80 157 13 £0.00

Ron WOOD () 74 83 157 13 £0.00

131 Glenn RALPH (Eng) 77 81 158 14 £0.00

John MCGUIRK (Ire) 77 81 158 14 £0.00

Chris WITCHER () 74 84 158 14 £0.00

134 Sandy LYLE (Scot) 77 82 159 15 £0.00

Kevin DALY (Ire) 79 80 159 15 £0.00

John REYNOLDS (USA) 77 82 159 15 £0.00

Martin FOSTER (Eng) 80 79 159 15 £0.00

Jim SMYTH () 81 78 159 15 £0.00

139 Geoff TICKELL (Wal) 83 77 160 16 £0.00

John BURNS () 79 81 160 16 £0.00

Dai REES () 80 80 160 16 £0.00

142 David A RUSSELL (Eng) 81 80 161 17 £0.00

143 Stephen BONHAM () 80 83 163 19 £0.00

144 Paul FRANEY () 85 79 164 20 £0.00

145 Harry BRADSHAW (Ire) RET 0 £0.00

146 Fred DALY (Ire) RET 0 £0.00

147 Gary BALESON () 86 ABS 86 14 £0.00

148 Eric BROWN () RET 0 £0.00