1980 Open Championship (+7)<br> 1980 Open Championship The 1980 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 109th Open Championship, held from 17–20 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, Scotland. Tom Watson won his third Open Championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Lee Trevino. It was the fourth of Watson's eight major titles; he won two additional Opens in 1982 and 1983. It was Watson's first win in a major in three years. Trevino, 40, had won the last Open played at Muirfield in 1972, successfully defending his 1971 title and ending the grand slam bid of Jack Nicklaus. Nicklaus,
Pia Nilsson (golfer) Pia Nilsson (golfer) Pia Nilsson (born c. 1958) is a Swedish professional golfer and coach. Nilsson played on the Swedish National Amateur Golf Team from 1974–1981, appearing twice in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship (1976 and 1980), and she won the European Ladies' Team Championship in 1981. She played her collegiate golf at Arizona State University, graduating with a B.S. in Physical Education in 1981 having made All-Conference Second Team in 1980–1981. She played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 1983 to 1987 with moderate success. She also played in Europe, winning her first professional tournament on