British Open Golf History Log Book

British Open History Log Book

Oldest winner:  Tom Morris, Sr. (46 years, 99 days),1867

Youngest winner: Tom Morris, Jr. (17 years, 5 months, 8 days), 1868

Amateurs:Champions

• John Ball, 1890
• Harold Hilton, 1892, 1897
• Bobby Jones, 1926, 1927, 1930

Low 72 Holes

• 281, Iain Pyman, 1993
• 281, Tiger Woods, 1996

Champions: Most Victories

•  6, Harry Vardon, (1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914)

Consecutive Victories

• 4, Tom Morris, Jr. (1868-1872, not held in 1871)

Runner-Up or Joint Runner-Up

• 7, Jack Nicklaus

Top Five Finishes

• 16, J.H. Taylor
• 16, Jack Nicklaus

Scoring: Low 72 Holes

• 267, Greg Norman (66-68-69-64), 1993

Low 72 Holes (non-winner)

•  269, Jack Nicklaus, 1977
•  269, Nick Faldo, 1993
•  269, Jesper Parnevik, 1994

Highest Winning Score

• 326, J.H. Taylor, 1894

 Biggest Margin of Victory

• 13 strokes, Tom Morris, Sr., 1862

Best Comeback By Champions: After 18 Holes

• Harry Vardon, 1896, 11 strokes behind After 36 Holes
• George Duncan, 1920, 13 strokes behind After 54 Holes
• Paul Lawrie, 1999, 10 strokes behind
  
  
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  The British Open, Golf's oldest national championship was played for the
  first time in October of 1860, when eight men played three rounds over the
  12-hole course at the Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. The next
  year, the British Open event was declared "open to the whole world," and the
  event has been known simply as the Open Championship ever since.
  Over the years, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club established a rota
  of seaside host courses that give the British Open a links-course character
  unique among the majors. Tournament officials began awarding the
  famous claret jug to the winner after the original trophy -- a red
  leather belt embellished with a silver buckle -- was given to Young
  Tom Morris on the occasion of his third straight win of the British Open in 1870.

  Royal St. George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England, became
  the first venue outside of Scotland to host the British Open Championship
  in 1894. It has hosted a dozen British Opens since, most recently in 1993,
  when Greg Norman prevailed in a final round over a star-
  studded group of challengers that included Payne Stewart, Ernie Els,
  Nick Faldo and Bernhard Langer. Other British Open champions crowned at
  Royal St. George's include Harry Vardon, Walter Hagen, Henry Cotton
  and Bobby Locke. The course is laid out over a series of sandhills near
  Sandwich Bay, with bunkers and the wind presenting its biggest
  challenges. 
  
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