The Open Championship

**The Open Championship** - often known as the **British Open** outside the United Kingdom and Ireland - is the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf. The event is hosted annually by one of several prestigious golf clubs in the United Kingdom and is administered by The R&A regardless of its location. The next tournament, in 2013, will take place at Muirfield in Scotland.

## Winners

|Year||Venue||Champion||Country||style="width:70px"|Winning Score||style="width:65px"|1st Prize|
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|2012|Royal Lytham & St Annes|Ernie Els (2)||273 (–7)|£900 000||||||||
|2011|Royal St George's|Darren Clarke||275 (–5)|£900 000||||||||
|2010|St Andrews|Louis Oosthuizen||272 (–16)|£850 000||||||||
|2009|Turnberry|Stewart Cink||278 (–2)<sup>PO</sup>|£750 000||||||||
|2008|Royal Birkdale Golf Club|Pádraig Harrington (2)||283 (+3)|£750 000||||||||
|2007|Carnoustie Golf Links|Pádraig Harrington||277 (-7)<sup>PO</sup>|£750 000||||||||
|2006|Royal Liverpool Golf Club|Tiger Woods (3)||270 (-18)|£720 000||||||||
|2005|St Andrews|Tiger Woods (2)||274 (-14)|£720 000||||||||
|2004|Royal Troon Golf Club|Todd Hamilton||274 (-10)<sup>PO</sup>|£720 000||||||||
|2003|Royal St George's Golf Club|Ben Curtis||283 (-1)|£700 000||||||||
|2002|Muirfield|Ernie Els||278 (-6)<sup>PO</sup>|£700 000||||||||
|2001|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club|David Duval||274 (-10)|£600 000||||||||
|2000|St Andrews|Tiger Woods||269 (-19)|£500 000||||||||
|1999|Carnoustie Golf Links|Paul Lawrie||290 (+6)<sup>PO</sup>|£350 000||||||||
|1998|Royal Birkdale Golf Club|Mark O'Meara||280 (E)<sup>PO</sup>|£300 000||||||||
|1997|Royal Troon Golf Club|Justin Leonard||272 (-12)|£250 000||||||||
|1996|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club|Tom Lehman||271 (-13)|£200 000||||||||
|1995|St Andrews|John Daly||282 (-6)<sup>PO</sup>|£125 000||||||||
|1994|Turnberry|Nick Price||268 (-12)|£110 000||||||||
|1993|Royal St George's Golf Club|Greg Norman (2)||267 (-13)|£100 000||||||||
|1992|Muirfield|Nick Faldo (3)||272 (-12)|£95 000||||||||
|1991|Royal Birkdale Golf Club|Ian Baker-Finch||272 (-8)|£90 000||||||||
|1990|St Andrews|Nick Faldo (2)||270 (-18)|£85 000||||||||
|1989|Royal Troon Golf Club|Mark Calcavecchia||275 (-13)<sup>PO</sup>|£80 000||||||||
|1988|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club|Seve Ballesteros (3)||273 (-11)|£80 000||||||||
|1987|Muirfield|Nick Faldo||279 (-5)|£75 000||||||||
|1986|Turnberry|Greg Norman||280 (E)|£70 000||||||||
|1985|Royal St George's Golf Club|Sandy Lyle||282 (+2)|£65 000||||||||
|1984|St Andrews|Seve Ballesteros (2)||276 (-12)|£55 000||||||||
|1983|Royal Birkdale Golf Club|Tom Watson (5)||275 (-9)|£40 000||||||||
|1982|Royal Troon Golf Club|Tom Watson (4)||284 (-4)|£32 000||||||||
|1981|Royal St George's Golf Club|Bill Rogers||276 (-4)|£25 000||||||||
|1980|Muirfield|Tom Watson (3)||271 (-13)|£25 000||||||||
|1979|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club|Seve Ballesteros||283 (-1)|£15 000||||||||
|1978|St Andrews|Jack Nicklaus (3)||281 (-7)|£12 500||||||||
|1977|Turnberry|Tom Watson (2)||268 (-12)|£10 000||||||||
|1976|Royal Birkdale Golf Club|Johnny Miller||279 (-9)|£7 500||||||||
|1975|Carnoustie Golf Links|Tom Watson||279 (-5)<sup>PO</sup>|£7 500||||||||
|1974|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club|Gary Player (3)||282 (-2)|£5 500||||||||
|1973|Royal Troon Golf Club|Tom Weiskopf||276 (-12)|£5 500||||||||
|1972|Muirfield|Lee Trevino (2)||278 (-6)|£5 500||||||||
|1971|Royal Birkdale Golf Club|Lee Trevino||278 (-10)|£5 500||||||||
|1970|St Andrews|Jack Nicklaus (2)||283 (-5)<sup>PO</sup>|£5 250||||||||
|1969|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club|Tony Jacklin||280 (-4)|£4 250||||||||
|1968|Carnoustie Golf Links|Gary Player (2)||289 (+1)|£3 000||||||||
|1967|Royal Liverpool Golf Club|Roberto DeVicenzo||278 (-10)|£2 100||||||||
|1966|Muirfield|Jack Nicklaus||282 (+2)|£2 100||||||||
|1965|Royal Birkdale Golf Club|Peter Thomson (5)||285 (-3)|£1 750||||||||
|1964|St Andrews|Tony Lema||279 (-9)|£1 500||||||||
|1963|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club|Bob Charles||277 (-7)<sup>PO</sup>|£1 500||||||||
|1962|Royal Troon Golf Club|Arnold Palmer (2)||276 (-12)|£1 400||||||||
|1961|Royal Birkdale Golf Club|Arnold Palmer||284 (-4)|£1 400||||||||
|1960|St Andrews|Kel Nagle||278 (-10)|£1 250||||||||
|1959|Muirfield|Gary Player||284 (E)|£1 000||||||||
|1958|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club|Peter Thomson (4)||274 (-10)<sup>PO</sup>|£1 000||||||||
|1957|St Andrews|Bobby Locke (4)||279 (-9)|£1 000||||||||
|1956|Royal Liverpool Golf Club|Peter Thomson (3)||286 (-2)|£1 000||||||||
|1955|St Andrews|Peter Thomson (2)||281 (-7)|£1 000||||||||
|1954|Royal Birkdale Golf Club|Peter Thomson||283 (-5)|£750||||||||
|1953|Carnoustie Golf Links|Ben Hogan||282 (-6)|£500||||||||
|1952|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club|Bobby Locke (3)||287 (-1)|£300||||||||
|1951|Royal Portrush Golf Club|Max Faulkner||285 (-3)|£300||||||||
|1950|Royal Troon Golf Club|Bobby Locke (2)||279 (-9)|£300||||||||
|1949|Royal St George's Golf Club|Bobby Locke||283 (-5)|£300||||||||
|1948|Muirfield|Henry Cotton (3)||288 (E)|£150||||||||
|1947|Royal Liverpool Golf Club|Fred Daly||293 (+5)|£150||||||||
|1946|St Andrews|Sam Snead||290 (+2)|£150||||||||
|align="center" colspan="6"|1940-1945: No Championships due to World War II||||||||||||
|1939|St Andrews|Richard Burton||290|£100||||||||
|1938|Royal St George's Golf Club|Reg Whitcombe||295|£100||||||||
|1937|Carnoustie Golf Links|Henry Cotton (2)||290|£100||||||||
|1936|Royal Liverpool Golf Club|Alf Padgham||287|£100||||||||
|1935|Muirfield|Alf Perry||283|£100||||||||
|1934|Royal St George's Golf Club|Henry Cotton||283|£100||||||||
|1933|St Andrews|Denny Shute||292<sup>PO</sup>|£100||||||||
|1932|Prince's Golf Club|Gene Sarazen||283|£100||||||||
|1931|Carnoustie Golf Links|Tommy Armour|(nat)|296|£100||||||||
|1930|Royal Liverpool Golf Club|Bobby Jones (Am) (3)||291|Am - £100||||||||
|1929|Muirfield|Walter Hagen (4)||292|£100||||||||
|1928|Royal St George's Golf Club|Walter Hagen (3)||292|£100||||||||
|1927|St Andrews|Bobby Jones (Am) (2)||285|Am - £100||||||||
|1926|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club|Bobby Jones (Am)||291|Am - £75||||||||
|1925|Prestwick Golf Club|Jim Barnes|(nat)|300|£75||||||||
|1924|Royal Liverpool Golf Club|Walter Hagen (2)||301|£75||||||||
|1923|Royal Troon Golf Club|Arthur Havers||295|£75||||||||
|1922|Royal St George's Golf Club|Walter Hagen||300|£75||||||||
|1921|St Andrews|Jock Hutchison|(nat)|296<sup>PO</sup>|£75||||||||
|1920|Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club|George Duncan||303|£75||||||||
|align="center" colspan="6"|1915-1919: No Championships due to World War I||||||||||||
|1914|Prestwick Golf Club|Harry Vardon (6)|Jersey|306|£50||||||||
|1913|Royal Liverpool Golf Club|John Henry Taylor (5)||304|£50||||||||
|1912|Muirfield|Ted Ray|Jersey|295|£50||||||||
|1911|Royal St George's Golf Club|Harry Vardon (5)|Jersey|303<sup>PO</sup>|£50||||||||
|1910|St Andrews|James Braid (5)||299|£50||||||||
|1909|Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club|John Henry Taylor (4)||291|£30||||||||
|1908|Prestwick Golf Club|James Braid (4)||291|£30||||||||
|1907|Royal Liverpool Golf Club|Arnaud Massy||312|£30||||||||
|1906|Muirfield|James Braid (3)||300|£30||||||||
|1905|St Andrews|James Braid (2)||318|£30||||||||
|1904|Royal St George's Golf Club|Jack White||296|£30||||||||
|1903|Prestwick Golf Club|Harry Vardon (4)|Jersey|300|£30||||||||
|1902|Royal Liverpool Golf Club|Sandy Herd||307|£30||||||||
|1901|Muirfield|James Braid||309|£30||||||||
|1900|St. Andrews|John Henry Taylor (3)||309|£30||||||||
|1899|Royal St George's Golf Club|Harry Vardon (3)|Jersey|310|£30||||||||
|1898|Prestwick Golf Club|Harry Vardon (2)|Jersey|307|£30||||||||
|1897|Royal Liverpool Golf Club|Harold Hilton (Am) (2)||314|Am - £30||||||||
|1896|Muirfield|Harry Vardon|Jersey|316 <sup>PO</sup>|£30||||||||
|1895|St Andrews|John Henry Taylor (2)||332|£30||||||||
|1894|Royal St George's Golf Club|John Henry Taylor||326|£30||||||||
|1893|Prestwick Golf Club|William Auchterlonie||322|£30||||||||
|1892|Muirfield|Harold Hilton (Am)||305|(Am)||||||||
|1891|St Andrews|Hugh Kirkaldy||166|£10||||||||
|1890|Prestwick Golf Club|John Ball (Am)||164|Am - £8||||||||
|1889|Musselburgh Links|Willie Park, Jnr (2)||155<sup>PO</sup>|£8||||||||
|1888|St Andrews|Jack Burns||171|£10||||||||
|1887|Prestwick Golf Club|Willie Park, Jnr||161|£10||||||||
|1886|Musselburgh Links|David Brown||157|£10||||||||
|1885|St Andrews|Bob Martin (2)||171|£10||||||||
|1884|Prestwick Golf Club|Jack Simpson||160|£10||||||||
|1883|Musselburgh Links|Willie Fernie||159<sup>PO</sup>|£10||||||||
|1882|St Andrews|Bob Ferguson (3)||171|£10||||||||
|1881|Prestwick Golf Club|Bob Ferguson (2)||170|£10||||||||
|1880|Musselburgh Links|Bob Ferguson||162|£10||||||||
|1879|St Andrews|Jamie Anderson (3)||169|£10||||||||
|1878|Prestwick Golf Club|Jamie Anderson (2)||157|£10||||||||
|1877|Musselburgh Links|Jamie Anderson||160|£10||||||||
|1876|St Andrews|Bob Martin||176|£10||||||||
|1875|Prestwick Golf Club|Willie Park, Snr (4)||166|£6||||||||
|1874|Musselburgh Links|Mungo Park||159|£6||||||||
|1873|St Andrews|Tom Kidd||179|£6||||||||
|1872|Prestwick Golf Club|Tom Morris, Jnr (4)||166|£6||||||||
|1871|No Championship||||||||||||
|1870|Prestwick Golf Club|Tom Morris, Jnr (3)||149|£6||||||||
|1869|Prestwick Golf Club|Tom Morris, Jnr (2)||154|£6||||||||
|1868|Prestwick Golf Club|Tom Morris, Jnr||157|£6||||||||
|1867|Prestwick Golf Club|Tom Morris, Snr (4)||170|£6||||||||
|1866|Prestwick Golf Club|Willie Park, Snr (3)||169|£6||||||||
|1865|Prestwick Golf Club|Andrew Strath||162|£6||||||||
|1864|Prestwick Golf Club|Tom Morris, Snr (3)||167|£6||||||||
|1863|Prestwick Golf Club|Willie Park, Snr (2)||168|-||||||||
|1862|Prestwick Golf Club|Tom Morris, Snr (2)||163|-||||||||
|1861|Prestwick Golf Club|Tom Morris, Snr||163|-||||||||
|1860|Prestwick Golf Club|Willie Park, Snr||174|-||||||||