British Open Golf Tournament

 

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 Majors include the US Open, The Masters and the PGA Championship.

 

The British Open Winners

The British Open Winners

Year

Winner

Score

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

 

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.