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Fantastic Rare Autograph Album 1976 Birkdale Golf Open To Incl. Seve Ballesteros
Autographs include:-
1 Danny Edwards
2 Neil Coles
3 Tommy Horton
4 Brian Barnes
- Maurice Bembridge
5 Roberto De Vincenzo
6 Arnold Palmer
7 Hsu Chi San
8 Dale Irwin
9 Tom Weiskopf
10 #
11 Not known
12*16 Blank
17 Johnnie Miller
18 Silvano Locatelli
- Paddy McGuirk
19 Not known
20 Bill Lockie
- Arnold O'Connor
21 Seve Ballesteros
22 Peter Butler
- Nick Faldo
23 Seve Ballesteros
24 Jack Nicklaus
- Bob Wynn
25 Herbert Green
26 Not known
27 Doug Sanders
28 Gary Player
29*31 Blank
32 Bernard Gallagher
33*40 Blank
41 Not known
42 Not known
43 Simon Hobday
44*58 Blank
59 Not known
Johnny Miller was playing the best golf of anyone in the world when he won The Open in 1976.
The blond American had been second and third in the previous three years and won the U.S. Open in 1973 with a record closing round of 63.
At Royal Birkdale he finished with a 66 that took him from two behind to six ahead of the field. He played supreme golf and yet even he would accept that it was a week when a new star was born – Seve Ballesteros.
The 19-year-old Spaniard was relatively unknown to the public but made a lasting impression by playing an outrageous chip-and-run between a couple of bunkers at the last to secure second place alongside Jack Nicklaus.
Amid the heatwave British summer, Ballesteros shared the lead on day one with Christy O’Connor Jnr, who went to the turn in 29, and Japan’s Norio Suzuki.
Five birdies coming home on the second day put Seve two ahead of Miller. In strong winds on the third day, which saw defending Champion Golfer Tom Watson score an 80, both Ballesteros and Miller scored 73s.
The youngster lost the lead early on but rallied in wild but inspired fashion on the way home, helped by another eagle at the 17th.
Ballesteros birdied the first hole of the final round to go three ahead but there was a two-shot swing to the American at the next and the Spaniard suffered a double bogey at the sixth and a triple bogey at the 11th.
Miller could relax and produced his best golf with a birdie at the 12th, an eagle at the 13th and birdies at the last two holes for the third day running.
Ballesteros followed suit with three birdies and another eagle at the 17th before he brought the house down at the last.
Very early Ballesteros signatures are rare and the two in this book arethe hardest examples of his signature to find by far.
The book is in good condition and has the original owners name/address in the front cover
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