The Open Championship

In 1967 Royal Liverpool had the honour of hosting the 96th Open Championship. One year after Jack Nicklaus won his first Open Championship, he returned ...

1966 Jack Nicklaus Wins The Open At Muirfield

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31 July 2022

Jack Nicklaus powers his way to his first Open title.

The 150th Open At St Andrews Review

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28 July 2022

Long before a ball was struck in The 150th Open at St Andrews, it was clear a week like no other was in prospect for ...

2022 Cameron Smith Wins The Open At St Andrews

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18 July 2022

Cameron Smith put together one of the great rounds in major history to become Champion Golfer of the Year at The 150th Open. The Australian ...

2017 Jordan Spieth Wins The Open At Royal Birkdale

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16 July 2022

Jordan Spieth showed remarkable resilience and skill to bounce back from a poor start to his final round in The 146th Open at Royal Birkdale ...

2015 Zach Johnson Wins The Open At St Andrews

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16 July 2022

Zach Johnson won his first Open at the 144th Open Championship in 2015. After an enthralling weekend at St Andrews, the American secured his second ...

2009 Stewart Cink Wins The Open At Turnberry

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16 July 2022

When Tom Watson birdied the 71st hole to lead by one, just as he had done 32 years previously, it appeared he really could win ...

2004 Todd Hamilton Wins the Open At Royal Troon

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16 July 2022

It was a long journey for Todd Hamilton win his one and only major – The Open Championship no less! Having turned pro in 1987 ...

1998 Mark O’Meara Wins The Open At Royal Birkdale

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16 July 2022

At the age of 41, Mark O’Meara won The Open at Royal Birkdale in 1998 to become the oldest player to win two majors in ...

1991 Ian Baker-Finch Wins The Open At Royal Birkdale

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16 July 2022

Ian Baker-Finch was competing at The Open for the eighth time in 1991, having finished tied 6th in 1990 he was looking to go the ...

1985 Sandy Lyle Wins The Open At Royal St George’s

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16 July 2022

Sandy Lyle becomes the first British player to win The Open since 1969 after a hard fought battle

1983 Tom Watson Wins The Open At Royal Birkdale

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16 July 2022

Tom Watson wins his fifth Claret Jug at Royal Birkdale Golf Club.

1980 Tom Watson Wins The Open At Muirfield

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16 July 2022

Tom Watson wins The Open for the third time.

1976 Johnny Miller Wins The Open At Royal Birkdale

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16 July 2022

1974 Gary Player Wins The Open At Royal Lytham & St Annes

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16 July 2022

Gary Player wins his third Open – each victory coming in a different decade

1971 Lee Trevino Wins The Open At Royal Birkdale

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16 July 2022

2002 Ernie Els Wins The Open At Muirfield

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16 July 2022

Ernie Els emerged triumphant from the first four-man play-off in the history of The Open to lift the Claret Jug for the first time following ...

1988 Seve Ballesteros Wins The Open At Royal Lytham & St Annes

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16 July 2022

For the first time in its 128-year history, The Open would finish on a Monday, due to torrential rain that washed out play on Saturday, ...

2010 Louis Oosthuizen Wins The Open At St Andrews

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16 July 2022

Being the front-runner over the weekend did not faze the South African at all. His lead was four going into the last round and although ...

2019 Shane Lowry Wins The Open At Royal Portrush

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16 July 2022

The 148th Open will go down in history as one of the great Opens after a week-long party in Portrush ended with a popular winner ...

1981 Bill Rogers Wins The Open At Royal St George’s

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16 July 2022

In 1981 The Open returned to Royal St George’s for the first time in 32 years after new road links had made Sandwich more accessible. ...

1982 Tom Watson Wins The Open At Royal Troon

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16 July 2022

Tom Watson won a fourth Open title on a fourth different Scottish links as he reigned supreme at Royal Troon – joining an illustrious club ...

1972 Lee Trevino Wins The Open at Muirfield

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16 July 2022

Lee Trevino completed a successful defence of The Open at Muirfield in 1972, producing an incredible display of short game wizardry. His victory not only ...

1997 Justin Leonard Wins The Open At Royal Troon

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16 July 2022

Only two players previously had rallied from five strokes behind with a round to play to win The Open before Justin Leonard completed the feat ...

1999 Paul Lawrie Wins The Open At Carnoustie

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16 July 2022

After surviving the 36-hole final qualifying tournament at the start of the week, Lawrie created major history by storming through from 10 strokes behind on ...

1990 Nick Faldo Wins The Open At St Andrews

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16 July 2022

For one of the few times in his career, Nick Faldo arrived at a major not just hoping to win but expecting to. He had ...

2008 Padraig Harrington Wins The Open At Royal Birkdale

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16 July 2022

Like Tiger Woods two years earlier, Padraig Harrington successfully defended his title, becoming the first European to do so at The Open since James Braid ...

1973 Tom Weiskopf Wins The Open At Troon

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16 July 2022

Tom Weiskopf came close to winning many majors. He was a runner-up four times in the Masters, had five top-four finishes at the US Open ...

2003 Ben Curtis Wins The Open At Royal St George’s

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15 July 2022

Ben Curtis was the first player to register for The Open at Royal St George’s in 2003 and the only player to visit the pro ...

2018 Francesco Molinari Wins The Open At Carnoustie

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15 July 2022

Francesco Molinari continued his stellar 2018 season by winning his first major at The Open after a titanic final-round battle at Carnoustie. Molinari was paired ...

1996 Tom Lehman Wins The Open At Royal Lytham & St Annes

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15 July 2022

In becoming the first American professional to win at Royal Lytham & St Annes, and the first player from across the Atlantic since the great ...

1986 Greg Norman Wins The Open at Turnberry

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15 July 2022

Greg Norman led all four of the majors after 54 holes in 1986, a feat dubbed the “Saturday Slam”. But the only one he actually ...

1978 Jack Nicklaus Wins The Open At St Andrews

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15 July 2022

Just to add to his lengthy list of accomplishments, Jack Nicklaus became the first player in the modern era to win two Opens at St ...

2012 Ernie Els Wins The Open At Royal Lytham & St Annes

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15 July 2022

Ernie Els never led The 141st Open until the moment he won it. At a course where the South African felt he had let victories ...

1989 Mark Calcavecchia Wins The Open At Royal Troon

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15 July 2022

Mark Calcavecchia became the first player since 1975 to win The Open in a play-off, which was notable on two counts. It was the first ...

1975 Tom Watson Wins The Open At Carnoustie

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15 July 2022

Tom Watson joined Ben Hogan (1953) and Tony Lema (1964) as the only winners of The Open on debut since WWII after holding his nerve ...

1987 Nick Faldo Wins The Open at Muirfield

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15 July 2022

Since Henry Cotton had won his third and last Open title in 1948 at Muirfield, the East Lothian course had seen Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, ...

2006 Tiger Woods Wins The Open At Royal Liverpool

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15 July 2022

Tiger Woods provided an imperious display of strategic links golf to mark the return of Hoylake as host of The Open for the first time ...

1994 Nick Price Wins The Open at Turnberry

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15 July 2022

After twice finishing as a runner-up in The Open over the previous 12 years, Nick Price finally claimed the Claret Jug with a one-stroke victory ...

1979 Seve Ballesteros Wins The Open At Royal Lytham and St Annes

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15 July 2022

Three years after finishing runner-up as a dashing 19-year-old at Birkdale, Seve Ballesteros won the first of three Open titles, and of a pair of ...

2007 Padraig Harrington Wins The Open At Carnoustie

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15 July 2022

It took eight years and a return to Carnoustie for Europe to find its next major champion after Paul Lawrie. This was assured with a ...

2005 Tiger Woods Wins The Open At St Andrews

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15 July 2022

Tiger Woods dominated on the Old Course to become the fifth player to win two Opens at St Andrews after Bob Martin, JH Taylor, James ...

1993 Greg Norman Wins The Open At Royal St George’s

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15 July 2022

Greg Norman won his second Open title playing the best golf of his career against one of the finest leaderboards ever seen – all but ...

Highlights Of Round 1 At The Open St Andrews 2022

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15 July 2022

Expectation and Rory McIlroy go hand in hand. That’s always been the way. As a result, the 33-year-old has developed broad shoulders to deal with ...

Paul Lawrie Hits Opening Tee Shot of The 150th Open At St Andrews

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14 July 2022

Being asked to hit the opening tee shot in an Open once in a career is an honour bestowed to a select few golfers, so ...

Chronicles of a Champion Golfer: Rory McIlroy

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12 July 2022

In his Chronicles of a Champion Golfer film, Rory McIlroy tells the story of his Open career and reflects on his successes since making his ...

Chronicles of a Champion Golfer: Phil Mickelson

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12 July 2022

Prior to 2004, it is fair to say few people would have marked Phil Mickelson down as a future Open Champion, not even the man ...

Chronicles of a Champion Golfer: Shane Lowry

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12 July 2022

The 148th Open will go down in history as one of the great Opens after a week-long party in Portrush ended with a popular winner ...

Chronicles of a Champion Golfer: Jordan Spieth

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12 July 2022

Jordan Spieth became world No 1 during a remarkable 2015 in which he won the Masters and US Open and finished fourth and second in ...

Chronicles of a Champion Golfer: Padraig Harrington

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12 July 2022

Padraig Harrington, former captain of Europe’s Ryder Cup team has enjoyed a stellar career, the pinnacle coming when he became the first European to win ...

Chronicles of a Champion Golfer: Tiger Woods

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12 July 2022

In his Chronicles of a Champion Golfer film, Tiger Woods tells the story of his three triumphs to date at The Open, including his historic ...

Top 10 Greatest Moments from The Open Championship at St Andrews

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11 July 2022

The Home of Golf has been witness to some memorable moments at The Open, here are our Top 10 Moments from Opens throughout the years ...

2016 Henrik Stenson Wins The Open At Royal Troon

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11 July 2022

Henrik Stenson wins the Open Championship at Royal Troon in a battle with Mickelson over the Ayrshire links in one of the most historic head-to-heads ...

1977 Tom Watson Wins The Open At Turnberry

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11 July 2022

Tom Watson wins his second Open Championship at Turnberry. The official film documents The 106th Open and the famous Duel in the Sun. You can ...

2021 Collin Morikawa Wins The Open At Royal St George’s

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11 July 2022

Royal St George’s had to wait 12 months longer than expected to stage The 149th Open, but when the Championship took place it proved well ...

2000 Tiger Woods Wins The Open At St Andrews

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11 July 2022

Tiger Woods wins his first Open Championship at the home of golf, St Andrews. The official film documents The 129th Open and the rise of ...

1984 Seve Ballesteros Wins The Open At St Andrews

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11 July 2022

Seve Ballesteros wins his second Open Championship at the home of golf, St Andrews. The official film documents The 113th Open and one of Seve’s ...

2001 David Duval Wins The Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes

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11 July 2022

David Duval wins the Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes. The official film documents The 130th Open and David Duval’s triumph on the ...

1995 John Daly Wins The Open At St Andrews

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11 July 2022

John Daly wins the Open Championship at St Andrews with drama coming from Costantino Rocca, who needed a birdie at the last to tie Daly. ...

2013 Phil Mickelson Wins The Open at Muirfield

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11 July 2022

Upon leaving the Marine Hotel in North Berwick on Sunday, Phil Mickelson announced to his wife Amy that he was going out to “bring home ...

1992 Nick Faldo Wins The Open at Muirfield

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11 July 2022

Nick Faldo forced himself to “play the best four holes of my life” to win the 1992 Open, claiming the Claret Jug for the third ...

1970 Jack Nicklaus Wins The Open at St Andrews

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11 July 2022

It was an outcome prophesied by Henry Longhurst. As Doug Sanders played his approach shot to the 72nd green at St Andrews, the great commentator ...

2011 Darren Clarke Wins The Open at Royal St George’s

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11 July 2022

No one had taken more than 16 appearances to win The Open until Darren Clarke triumphed at Royal St George’s on his 20th. It was ...

2014 Rory McIlroy Wins The Open at Royal Liverpool

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11 July 2022

Rory McIlroy the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool to become the third Northern Irish winner after Fred Daly, also at Hoylake in 1947, and Darren ...

Celebration of Champions At The 150th Open Championship St Andrews

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11 July 2022

Live from St Andrews The 2021 Champion Golfer Collin Morikawa will have the honour of hitting the first tee shot at 3.05pm and the American ...