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The 1979 Open Championship was the 108th Open Championship, held 18–21 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire.

At only 22 years of age Seve Ballesteros was victorious, winning the first of his five major titles, three strokes ahead of runners-up Jack Nicklaus and Ben Crenshaw.

It was the first of his three Open Championship victories; he raised the Claret Jug again in 1984 and 1988.