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About the Team or Event
By far the oldest major golf tournament, the British Open was inaugurated on Oct. 17, 1860, at the Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland, to determine "the champion golfer of the world."
Eight professional golfers entered the tournament, which consisted of three rounds over Prestwick's 12-hole layout in a single day. Willie Park won with a score of 174 for the 36 holes
Park didn't get any money for his win. The only prize was the Championship Challenge Belt, donated by the Earl of Eglinton. Prize money wasn't added to the lure until 1863.
When Tom Morris Jr. won the tournament for the third straight year in 1870, he earned permanent possession of the belt, and the Open wasn't held in 1871. However, it 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.
Prestwick hosted the tournament through 1872. For the next 18 years, 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.
Similarly, Scots golfers dominated the championship through its early years. In 1890, John Ball Jr. became the first Englishman and the first amateur, to win it. 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.
Most Frequent Venues
• St. Andrews - 26
• Prestwick - 24
• Muirfield - 15
• Sandwich - 13 (including 2003)
• Hoylake - 10
• Royal Lytham - 10
• Royal Birkdale - 8
• Royal Troon - 7
• Musselburgh - 6
• Carnoustie - 6
• Turnberry - 3
• Deal - 2
• Royal Portrush and Prince's - 1
About the Show
. Most Victories
• 6 - Harry Vardon, 1896, '98, '99, 1903, '11, '14
• 5 - James Braid, 1901, '05, '06, '08, '10; J.H. Taylor, 1894, '95, 1900, '09, '13; Peter Thomson, 1954, '55, '56, '58, '65; Tom Watson, 1975, '77, '80, '82, '83
Most Second-Place Finishes
• 7 - Jack Nicklaus, 1964, '67, '68, '72, '76, '77, '79
• 6 - J.H. Taylor, 1896, 1904, '05, '06, '07, '14
Largest Margin of Victory
• 13 strokes - Old Tom Morris, 1862
• 12 strokes - Young Tom Morris, 1870
• 8 strokes - J H Taylor, 1900 and 1913; James Braid, 1908; Tiger Woods 2000
• 6 strokes - Bobby Jones, 1927; Walter Hagen, 1929; Arnold Palmer, 1962; Johnny Miller, 1976
Lowest Winning Scores
• 267 - Greg Norman, Royal St George's, 1993
• 268 - Tom Watson, Turnberry, 1977; Nick Price, Turnberry, 1994
Oldest Winners
• Old Tom Morris, 1867, 46 years 99 days
• Harry Vardon, 1914, 44 years 41 days
• Roberto de Vicenzo, 1967, 44 years 93 days
Youngest Winners
• Young Tom Morris, 1868, 17 years 5 months 8 days
• Willie Auchterlonie, 1893, 21 years 24 days
• Seve Ballesteros, 1979, 22 years 3 months 12 days
Youngest/Oldest Competitors
• Young Tom Morris, 14 years 4 months 4 days, 1865
• Gene Sarazen, 74 years, 5 months, 8 days, 1976
Players to Win Open in Three Decades
• Harry Vardon, 1896, 1903, 1911
• J.H. Taylor, 1894, 1900, 1913
• Gary Player, 1959, 1968, 1974
Most Years Between First and Last Wins
• 19 years, J.H Taylor, 1894 – 1913
• 18 years, Harry Vardon, 1896 – 1914
• 15 years, Gary Player, 1959 – 74
• 15 years, Willie Park, 1860-75
• 14 years, Henry Cotton, 1934 - 48
Most Consecutive Wins
• 4, Young Tom Morris, 1868-72 (tournament not played in 1871)
• 3, Jamie Anderson, 1877-79; Bob Ferguson, 1880-82; Peter Thomson, 1954-56
• 2, Old Tom Morris, 1861-62; J.H Taylor, 1894-95; Harry Vardon, 1998-99; James Braid, 1905-06; Bobby Jones, 1926-27; Walter Hagen, 1928-29; Bobby Locke, 1949-50; Arnold Palmer, 1961-62; Lee Trevino, 1971-72; Tom Watson, 1982-83
Most Top-5 Finishes
• 16 - J.H Taylor, Jack Nicklaus
• 15 - Harry Vardon, James Braid
Most Career Rounds in the 60s
• 33 - Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo
• 27 - Tom Watson
• 23 - Greg Norman
• 21 - Lee Trevino
• 20 - Seve Ballesteros, Nick Price
Wire-to-Wire Winners
• Ted Ray, 1912; Bobby Jones, 1927; Gene Sarazen, 1932; Henry Cotton, 1934; Tom Weiskopf, 1973
