1984 British Open Winner and Scores
The 1984 British Open was the 113rd time the tournament was played, and this one was claimed by Seve.
Winner: Seve Ballesteros, 276
Where it was played: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 19-22, 1984
Leader after first round: Bill Longmuir, Greg Norman and Peter Jacobsen, 67
Leader after second round: Ian Baker-Finch, 134
Leader after third round: Ian Baker-Finch and Tom Watson, 205
Notable Notes: Going for his third consecutive win at the British Open, Tom Watson carded a 66 in the third-round to vault up the leaderboard to a share of the lead with Ian Baker-Finch. In the final round, Baker-Finch fell away with a 79. And Seve Ballesteros moved to the victory by shooting 69. Watson's chances ended with a bogey on the 17th hole, and he finished tied for second with Bernhard Langer.
Final Scores
| Seve Ballesteros | 69-68-70-69—276 |
| Bernhard Langer | 71-68-68-71—278 |
| Tom Watson | 71-68-66-73—278 |
| Fred Couples | 70-69-74-68—281 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 70-69-73-69—281 |
| Nick Faldo | 69-68-76-69—282 |
| Greg Norman | 67-74-74-67—282 |
| Mark McCumber | 74-67-72-70—283 |
| Hugh Baiocchi | 72-70-70-72—284 |
| Ian Baker-Finch | 68-66-71-79—284 |
| Graham Marsh | 70-74-73-67—284 |
| Ronan Rafferty | 74-72-67-71—284 |
| Sam Torrance | 74-74-66-70—284 |
| Andy Bean | 72-69-75-69—285 |
| Bill Bergin | 75-73-66-71—285 |
| Ken Brown | 74-71-72-68—285 |
| Hale Irwin | 75-68-70-72—285 |
| Sandy Lyle | 75-71-72-67—285 |
| Peter Senior | 74-70-70-71—285 |
| Lee Trevino | 70-67-75-73—285 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 71-72-71-71—285 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 72-75-70-69—286 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 67-73-73-73—286 |
| Tom Kite | 69-71-74-72—286 |
| Gil Morgan | 71-71-71-73—286 |
| Corey Pavin | 71-74-72-69—286 |
| Paul Way | 73-72-69-72—286 |
| Terry Gale | 71-74-72-70—287 |
| Jaime Gonzalez | 69-71-76-71—287 |
| Craig Stadler | 75-70-70-72—287 |
| Ross Drummond | 77-71-69-71—288 |
| Bernard Gallacher | 70-74-72-72—288 |
| Johnny Miller | 75-71-70-72—288 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 76-72-68-72—288 |
| Philip Parkin | 73-73-73-69—288 |
| Jose Maria Canizares | 70-71-72-76—289 |
| David Dunk | 71-72-73-73—289 |
| Jay Haas | 73-71-73-72—289 |
| Jimmy Heggarty | 71-74-72-72—289 |
| Gavin Levenson | 74-70-73-72—289 |
| Ewen Murray | 72-74-71-72—289 |
| Tommy Nakajima | 70-71-74-74—289 |
| Manuel Pinero | 71-71-76-71—289 |
| Mark James | 70-73-72-75—290 |
| Martin Poxon | 70-74-73-73—290 |
| Nick Price | 74-73-72-71—290 |
| Isao Aoki | 71-74-73-73—291 |
| Manuel Calero | 75-72-72-72—291 |
| Roger Chapman | 72-74-70-75—291 |
| Bob Charles | 75-73-70-73—291 |
| David Frost | 76-72-70-73—291 |
| Richard Boxall | 71-74-73-74—292 |
| John Chillas | 71-72-75-74—292 |
| Howard Clark | 74-74-71-73—292 |
| Bill Longmuir | 67-71-79-76—293 |
| Malcolm Mackenzie | 72-72-74-75—293 |
| Emilio Rodriguez | 74-74-69-76—293 |
| David J. Russell | 73-74-71-75—293 |
| Saburo Fujiki | 72-73-74-75—294 |
| John Garner | 74-71-74-76—295 |
| Gary Koch | 75-73-70-77—295 |
| Rick Hartmann | 70-73-76-77—296 |
| Joe Ozaki | 72-76-70-78—296 |
