Fantastic Rare Autograph Album 1976 Birkdale Golf Open To Incl. two by the late, great Seve Ballesteros

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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