Golf Majors - The British Open
One of golfings majors, the British Open is a unique experiance for the best golfers in the world. Played on some of the world's oldest and most famed courses, it proves itself as a test of golf year after year. The winner is awarded the Claret Jug. Golf's other majors include the Masters, the US Open and the PGA Championship. |
The British Open - History
By far the oldest major golf tournament, the British Open inaugural event was on Oct. 17, 1860, at the Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. Eight professional golfers entered the tournament, which consisted of three rounds over Prestwick's 12-hole layout in a single day. Although the Open wasn't held in 1871, it was resumed in 1872 with a new trophy, the Championship Challenge Cup. The event was expanded from 36 to 72 holes in 1892, and a 36-hole qualifying round was added in 1927. From then through 1962, every entrant had to play in the qualifying round. Since 1963, though, a number of golfers have been exempt from qualifying.The Open rotated among three Scottish courses, Prestwick, St. Andrew's, and Musselburgh. Muirfield, also in Scotland, first hosted the tournament in 1892, and it moved to English soil for the first time in 1894, when it was held at Sandwich. The first American golfer to win the British Open was Jock Hutchison, in 1921, but Hutchison was a native of St. Andrew's, Scotland, who had come to the United States as a teen-ager. The following year, Walter Hagen became the first U. S. native to win the title.
Known for it's challenging and always interesting finishes, the British Open is one of the world's favorite sporting events. Steeped in tradition...challenged by the golfing elite...the Open offers golfers worldwide a chance to see the best humbled.
The British Open - Winners
Year |
Winner |
Score |
2024 | Xander Schauffele | 275 |
2023 | Brian Harman | 271 |
2022 | Cameron Smith | 268 |
2021 | Collin Morikawa | 265 |
2020 | Cancelled due to Covid19 | |
2019 | Shane Lowry | 269 |
2018 | Francesco Molinari | 276 |
2017 | Jordan Spieth | 268 |
2016 | Henrik Stenson | 264 |
2015 | Zach Johnson | 273 |
2014 | Rory McIlroy | 271 |
2013 | Phil Mickelson | 281 |
2012 | Ernie Els | 273 |
2011 | Darren Clarke | 275 |
2010 | Louis Oosthuizen | 272 |
2009 | Stewart Cink | 278 |
2008 | Padraig Harrington | 283 |
2007 | Padraig Harrington | 277 |
2006 | Tiger Woods | 270 |
2005 | Tiger Woods | 274 |
2004 | Todd Hamilton | 274 |
2003 | Ben Curtis | 283 |
2002 | Ernie Els | 278 |
2001 | David Duval | 274 |
2000 | Tiger Woods | 269 |
1999 | Paul Lawrie | 290 |
1998 | Mark O'Meara | 280 |
1997 | Justin Leonard | 272 |
1996 | Tom Lehman | 271 |
1995 | John Daly | 282 |
1994 | Nick Price | 268 |
1993 | Greg Norman | 267 |
1992 | Nick Faldo | 272 |
1991 | Ian Baker-Finch | 272 |
1990 | Nick Faldo | 270 |
1989 | Mark Calcavecchia | 275 |
1988 | Seve Ballesteros | 273 |
1987 | Nick Faldo | 279 |
1986 | Greg Norman | 280 |
1985 | Sandy Lyle | 282 |
1984 | Seve Ballesteros | 276 |
1983 | Tom Watson | 275 |
1982 | Tom Watson | 284 |
1981 | Bill Rogers | 276 |
1980 | Tom Watson | 271 |
1979 | Seve Ballesteros | 283 |
1978 | Jack Nicklaus | 281 |
1977 | Tom Watson | 268 |
1976 | Johnny Miller | 279 |
1975 | Tom Watson | 279 |
1974 | Gary Player | 282 |
1973 | Tom Weiskopf | 276 |
1972 | Lee Trevino | 278 |
1971 | Lee Trevino | 278 |
1970 | Jack Nicklaus | 283 |
1969 | Tony Jacklin | 280 |
1968 | Gary Player | 289 |
1967 | Roberto de Vicenzo | 278 |
1966 | Jack Nicklaus | 282 |
1965 | Peter Thomson | 285 |
1964 | Tony Lema | 279 |
1963 | Bob Charles | 277 |
1962 | Arnold Palmer | 276 |
1961 | Arnold Palmer | 284 |
1960 | Kel Nagle | 278 |
1959 | Gary Player | 284 |
1958 | Peter Thomson | 278 |
1957 | Bobby Locke | 279 |
1956 | Peter Thomson | 286 |
1955 | Peter Thomson | 281 |
1954 | Peter Thomson | 283 |
1953 | Ben Hogan | 282 |
1952 | Bobby Locke | 287 |
1951 | Max Faulkner | 285 |
1950 | Bobby Locke | 279 |
1949 | Bobby Locke | 283 |
1948 | Henry Cotton | 284 |
1947 | Fred Daly | 293 |
1946 | Sam Snead | 290 |
1945 | No tournament | |
1944 | No tournament | |
1943 | No tournament | |
1942 | No tournament | |
1941 | No tournament | |
1940 | No tournament | |
1939 | Richard Burton | 290 |
1938 | R.A. Whitcombe | 295 |
1937 | Henry Cotton | 290 |
1936 | Alfred Padgham | 287 |
1935 | Alfred Perry | 283 |
1934 | Henry Cotton | 283 |
1933 | Denny Shute | 292 |
1932 | Gene Sarazen | 283 |
1931 | Tommy Armour | 296 |
1930 | Robert Jones Jr. | 291 |
1929 | Walter Hagen | 292 |
1928 | Walter Hagen | 292 |
1927 | Robert Jones Jr. | 285 |
1926 | Robert Jones Jr. | 291 |
1925 | James Barnes | 300 |
1924 | Walter Hagen | 301 |
1923 | Arthur Havers | 295 |
1922 | Walter Hagen | 300 |
1921 | Jock Hitchison | 296 |
1920 | George Duncan | 303 |
1919 | No tournament | |
1918 | No tournament | |
1917 | No tournament | |
1916 | No tournament | |
1915 | No tournament | |
1914 | Harry Vardon | 306 |
1913 | J.H. Taylor | 304 |
1912 | Edward Ray | 295 |
1911 | Harry Vardon | 303 |
1910 | James Braid | 299 |
1909 | J.H. Taylor | 295 |
1908 | James Braid | 291 |
1907 | Arnaud Massy | 312 |
1906 | James Braid | 300 |
1905 | James Braid | 318 |
1904 | Jack White | 296 |
1903 | Harry Vardon | 300 |
1902 | Alexander Herd | 307 |
1901 | James Braid | 309 |
1900 | J.H. Taylor | 309 |
1899 | Harry Vardon | 310 |
1898 | Harry Vardon | 307 |
1897 | Harold Hilton | 314 |
1896 | Harry Vardon | 316 |
1895 | J.H. Taylor | 322 |
1894 | J.H. Taylor | 326 |
1893 | William Auchterlonie | 322 |
1892 | Harold Hilton | 305 |
1891 | Hugh Kirkaldy | 166 |
1890 | John Ball | 164 |
1889 | Willie Park Jr. | 155 |
1888 | Jack Burns | 171 |
1887 | Willie Park Jr. | 161 |
1886 | David Brown | 157 |
1885 | Bob Martin | 171 |
1884 | Jack Simpson | 160 |
1883 | Willie Fernie | 159 |
1882 | Robert Ferguson | 171 |
1881 | Robert Ferguson | 170 |
1880 | Robert Ferguson | 162 |
1879 | Jamie Anderson | 169 |
1878 | Jamie Anderson | 157 |
1877 | Jamie Anderson | 160 |
1876 | Robert Martin | 176 |
1875 | Willie Park | 166 |
1874 | Mungo Park | 159 |
1873 | Tom Kidd | 179 |
1872 | Tom Morris Jr. | 166 |
1871 | No tournament | |
1870 | Tom Morris Jr. | 149 |
1869 | Tom Morris Jr. | 154 |
1868 | Tom Morris Jr. | 157 |
1867 | Tom Morris Sr. | 170 |
1866 | Willie Park | 169 |
1865 | Andrew Strath | 162 |
1864 | Tom Morris Sr. | 167 |
1863 | Willie Park | 168 |
1862 | Tom Morris Sr. | 163 |
1861 | Tom Morris Sr. | 163 |
1860 | Willie Park | 174 |