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The Open Championship Past Winners

British Open Past Champions

Year Venue Champion Country Winning Score 1st Prize
2010 St Andrews Louis Oosthuizen South Africa 272 (−16) £ 850 000
2009 Turnberry Stewart Cink USA 278 (-2)PO £ 750 000
2008 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Pádraig Harrington  Ireland 283 (+3) £ 750 000
2007 Carnoustie Golf Links Pádraig Harrington  Ireland 277 (-7)PO £ 750 000
2006 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Tiger Woods  United States 270 (-18) £ 720 000
2005 St Andrews Tiger Woods  United States 274 (-14) £ 720 000
2004 Royal Troon Golf Club Todd Hamilton  United States 274 (-10)PO £ 720 000
2003 Royal St George's Golf Club Ben Curtis  United States 283 (-1) £ 700 000
2002 Muirfield Ernie Els  South Africa 278 (-6)PO £ 700 000
2001 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club David Duval  United States 274 (-10) £ 600 000
2000 St Andrews Tiger Woods  United States 269 (-19) £ 500 000
1999 Carnoustie Golf Links Paul Lawrie  Scotland 290 (+6)PO £ 350 000
1998 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Mark O'Meara  United States 280 (E)PO £ 300 000
1997 Royal Troon Golf Club Justin Leonard  United States 272 (-12) £ 250 000
1996 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Tom Lehman  United States 271 (-13) £ 200 000
1995 St Andrews John Daly  United States 282 (-6)PO £ 125 000
1994 Turnberry Nick Price  Zimbabwe 268 (-12) £ 110 000
1993 Royal St George's Golf Club Greg Norman (2)  Australia 267 (-13) £ 100 000
1992 Muirfield Nick Faldo (3)  England 272 (-12) £ 95 000
1991 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Ian Baker-Finch  Australia 272 (-8) £ 90 000
1990 St Andrews Nick Faldo (2)  England 270 (-18) £ 85 000
1989 Royal Troon Golf Club Mark Calcavecchia  United States 275 (-13)PO £ 80 000
1988 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Seve Ballesteros (3)  Spain 273 (-11) £ 80 000
1987 Muirfield Nick Faldo  England 279 (-5) £ 75 000
1986 Turnberry Greg Norman  Australia 280 (E) £ 70 000
1985 Royal St George's Golf Club Sandy Lyle  Scotland 282 (+2) £ 65 000
1984 St Andrews Seve Ballesteros (2)  Spain 276 (-12) £ 55 000
1983 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Tom Watson (5)  United States 275 (-9) £ 40 000
1982 Royal Troon Golf Club Tom Watson (4)  United States 284 (-4) £ 32 000
1981 Royal St George's Golf Club Bill Rogers  United States 276 (-4) £ 25 000
1980 Muirfield Tom Watson (3)  United States 271 (-13) £ 25 000
1979 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Seve Ballesteros  Spain 283 (-1) £ 15 000
1978 St Andrews Jack Nicklaus (3)  United States 281 (-7) £ 12 500
1977 Turnberry Tom Watson (2)  United States 268 (-12) £ 10 000
1976 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Johnny Miller  United States 279 (-9) £ 7 500
1975 Carnoustie Golf Links Tom Watson  United States 279 (-5)PO £ 7 500
1974 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Gary Player (3)  South Africa 282 (-2) £ 5 500
1973 Royal Troon Golf Club Tom Weiskopf  United States 276 (-12) £ 5 500
1972 Muirfield Lee Trevino (2)  United States 278 (-6) £ 5 500
1971 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Lee Trevino  United States 278 (-10) £ 5 500
1970 St Andrews Jack Nicklaus (2)  United States 283 (-5)PO £ 5 250
1969 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Tony Jacklin  England 280 (-4) £ 4 250
1968 Carnoustie Golf Links Gary Player (2)  South Africa 289 (+1) £ 3 000
1967 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Roberto DeVicenzo  Argentina 278 (-10) £ 2 100
1966 Muirfield Jack Nicklaus  United States 282 (+2) £ 2 100
1965 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Peter Thomson (5)  Australia 285 (-3) £ 1 750
1964 St Andrews Tony Lema  United States 279 (-9) £ 1 500
1963 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Bob Charles  New Zealand 277PO £ 1 500
1962 Royal Troon Golf Club Arnold Palmer (2)  United States 276 £ 1 400
1961 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Arnold Palmer  United States 284 £ 1 400
1960 St Andrews Kel Nagle  Australia 278 £ 1 250
1959 Muirfield Gary Player  South Africa 284 £ 1 000
1958 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Peter Thomson (4)  Australia 274PO £ 1 000
1957 St Andrews Bobby Locke (4)  South Africa 279 £ 1 000
1956 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Peter Thomson (3)  Australia 286 £ 1 000
1955 St Andrews Peter Thomson (2)  Australia 281 £ 1 000
1954 Royal Birkdale Golf Club Peter Thomson  Australia 283 £750
1953 Carnoustie Golf Links Ben Hogan  United States 282 £500
1952 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Bobby Locke (3)  South Africa 287 £300
1951 Royal Portrush Golf Club Max Faulkner  England 285 £300
1950 Royal Troon Golf Club Bobby Locke (2)  South Africa 279 £300
1949 Royal St George's Golf Club Bobby Locke  South Africa 283 £300
1948 Muirfield Henry Cotton (3)  England 284 £150
1947 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Fred Daly  Northern Ireland 293 £150
1946 St Andrews Sam Snead  United States 290 £150
1940-1945: No Championships due to World War II
1939 St Andrews Richard Burton  England 290 £100
1938 Royal St George's Golf Club Reg Whitcombe  England 295 £100
1937 Carnoustie Golf Links Henry Cotton (2)  England 290 £100
1936 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Alf Padgham  England 287 £100
1935 Muirfield Alf Perry  England 283 £100
1934 Royal St George's Golf Club Henry Cotton  England 283 £100
1933 St Andrews Denny Shute  United States 292PO £100
1932 Prince's Golf Club Gene Sarazen  United States 283 £100
1931 Carnoustie Golf Links Tommy Armour  United States (nat) 296 £100
1930 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Bobby Jones (Am) (3)  United States 291 Am - £100
1929 Muirfield Walter Hagen (4)  United States 292 £100
1928 Royal St George's Golf Club Walter Hagen (3)  United States 292 £100
1927 St Andrews Bobby Jones (Am) (2)  United States 285 Am - £100
1926 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Bobby Jones (Am)  United States 291 Am - £75
1925 Prestwick Golf Club Jim Barnes  United States (nat) 300 £75
1924 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Walter Hagen (2)  United States 301 £75
1923 Royal Troon Golf Club Arthur Havers  England 295 £75
1922 Royal St George's Golf Club Walter Hagen  United States 300 £75
1921 St Andrews Jock Hutchison  United States (nat) 296PO £75
1920 Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club George Duncan  Scotland 303 £75
1915-1919: No Championships due to World War I
1914 Prestwick Golf Club Harry Vardon (6)  England 306 £50
1913 Royal Liverpool Golf Club John Henry Taylor (5)  England 304 £50
1912 Muirfield Ted Ray  England 295 £50
1911 Royal St George's Golf Club Harry Vardon (5)  England 303PO £50
1910 St Andrews James Braid (5)  Scotland 299 £50
1909 Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club John Henry Taylor (4)  England 291 £30
1908 Prestwick Golf Club James Braid (4)  Scotland 291 £30
1907 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Arnaud Massy  France 312 £30
1906 Muirfield James Braid (3)  Scotland 300 £30
1905 St Andrews James Braid (2)  Scotland 318 £30
1904 Royal St George's Golf Club Jack White  Scotland 296 £30
1903 Prestwick Golf Club Harry Vardon (4)  England 300 £30
1902 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Sandy Herd  Scotland 307 £30
1901 Muirfield James Braid  Scotland 309 £30
1900 St. Andrews John Henry Taylor (3)  England 309 £30
1899 Royal St George's Golf Club Harry Vardon (3)  England 310 £30
1898 Prestwick Golf Club Harry Vardon (2)  England 307 £30
1897 Royal Liverpool Golf Club Harold Hilton (Am) (2)  England 314 Am - £30
1896 Muirfield Harry Vardon  England 316 £30
1895 St Andrews John Henry Taylor (2)  England 332 £30
1894 Royal St George's Golf Club John Henry Taylor  England 326 £30
1893 Prestwick Golf Club William Auchterlonie  Scotland 322 £30
1892 Muirfield Harold Hilton (Am)  England 305 (Am)
1891 St Andrews Hugh Kirkaldy  Scotland 166 £10
1890 Prestwick Golf Club John Ball (Am)  England 164 Am - £8
1889 Musselburgh Links Willie Park, Jnr (2)  Scotland 155PO £8
1888 St Andrews Jack Burns  Scotland 171 £10
1887 Prestwick Golf Club Willie Park, Jnr  Scotland 161 £10
1886 Musselburgh Links David Brown  Scotland 157 £10
1885 St Andrews Bob Martin (2)  Scotland 171 £10
1884 Prestwick Golf Club Jack Simpson  Scotland 160 £10
1883 Musselburgh Links Willie Fernie  Scotland 159PO £10
1882 St Andrews Bob Ferguson (3)  Scotland 171 £10
1881 Prestwick Golf Club Bob Ferguson (2)  Scotland 170 £10
1880 Musselburgh Links Bob Ferguson  Scotland 162 £10
1879 St Andrews Jamie Anderson (3)  Scotland 169 £10
1878 Prestwick Golf Club Jamie Anderson (2)  Scotland 157 £10
1877 Musselburgh Links Jamie Anderson  Scotland 160 £10
1876 St Andrews Bob Martin  Scotland 176 £10
1875 Prestwick Golf Club Willie Park, Snr (4)  Scotland 166 £6
1874 Musselburgh Links Mungo Park  Scotland 159 £6
1873 St Andrews Tom Kidd  Scotland 179 £6
1872 Prestwick Golf Club Tom Morris, Jnr (4)  Scotland 166 £6
1871 No Championship
1870 Prestwick Golf Club Tom Morris, Jnr (3)  Scotland 149 £6
1869 Prestwick Golf Club Tom Morris, Jnr (2)  Scotland 154 £6
1868 Prestwick Golf Club Tom Morris, Jnr  Scotland 157 £6
1867 Prestwick Golf Club Tom Morris, Snr (4)  Scotland 170 £6
1866 Prestwick Golf Club Willie Park, Snr (3)  Scotland 169 £6
1865 Prestwick Golf Club Andrew Strath  Scotland 162 £6
1864 Prestwick Golf Club Tom Morris, Snr (3)  Scotland 167 £6
1863 Prestwick Golf Club Willie Park, Snr (2)  Scotland 168 -
1862 Prestwick Golf Club Tom Morris, Snr (2)  Scotland 163 -
1861 Prestwick Golf Club Tom Morris, Snr  Scotland 163 -
1860 Prestwick Golf Club Willie Park, Snr  Scotland 174 -

The Open Championship (British Open) Multiple and Consecutive Champions

Country Golfer Total Years
 ENG Harry Vardon 6 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914
 SCO James Braid 5 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910
 ENG John Henry Taylor† 5 1894, 1895, 1900, 1909, 1913
 AUS Peter Thomson 5 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965
 USA Tom Watson 5 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983
 SCO Tom Morris, Sr. 4 1861, 1862, 1864, 1867
 SCO Tom Morris, Jr. 4 1868, 1869, 1870, 1872NC
 SCO Willie Park, Sr. 4 1860, 1863, 1866, 1875
 USA Walter Hagen 4 1922, 1924, 1928, 1929
 ZAF Bobby Locke 4 1949, 1950, 1952, 1957
 SCO Jamie Anderson 3 1877, 1878, 1879
 SCO Bob Ferguson 3 1880, 1881, 1882
 USA Bobby Jones (a) 3 1926, 1927, 1930
 ENG Henry Cotton 3 1934, 1937, 1948
 ZAF Gary Player 3 1959, 1968, 1974
 USA Jack Nicklaus 3 1966, 1970, 1978
 ESP Seve Ballesteros 3 1979, 1984, 1988
 ENG Nick Faldo 3 1987, 1990, 1992
 USA Tiger Woods 3 2000, 2005, 2006
 SCO Bob Martin 2 1876, 1885
 SCO Willie Park, Jr. 2 1887, 1889
 ENG Harold Hilton (a) 2 1892, 1897
 USA Arnold Palmer 2 1961, 1962
 USA Lee Trevino 2 1971, 1972
 AUS Greg Norman 2 1986, 1993
 IRL Pádraig Harrington 2 2007, 2008

The Open Championship (British Open) National Summary

Rank Nation Wins Winners
T1  Scotland 42 22
 United States 42 27
3  England 27 14
T4  Australia 9 4
 South Africa 9 4
6  Spain 3 1
7  Ireland 2 1
T8  Argentina 1 1
 France 1 1
 New Zealand 1 1
 Northern Ireland 1 1
 Zimbabwe 1 1

The Open Championship (British Open) Future Sites

Year Edition Course Town County Constituent Country Dates
2011 140th Royal St George's Golf Club Sandwich Kent England July 14–17
2012 141st Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Lytham St Annes Lancashire England July 19–22
2013 142nd Muirfield Gullane East Lothian Scotland July 18–21
2014 143rd Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake Hoylake Merseyside England July 17–20

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