Please read the following table in Markdown format and then answer the question according to the table. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
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Table:
| Year | Venue | Champion | Country | Score | Runner-up |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club | Garrick Porteous | England | 6 & 5 | Toni Hakula |
| 2012 | Royal Troon Golf Club | Alan Dunbar | Northern Ireland | 1 up | Matthias Schwab |
| 2011 | Hillside Golf Club | Bryden Macpherson | Australia | 3 & 2 | Michael Stewart |
| 2010 | Muirfield | Jin Jeong | South Korea | 5 & 4 | James Byrne |
| 2009 | Formby Golf Club | Matteo Manassero | Italy | 4 & 3 | Sam Hutsby |
| 2008 | Turnberry | Reinier Saxton | Netherlands | 3 & 2 | Tommy Fleetwood |
| 2007 | Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club | Drew Weaver | United States | 2 & 1 | Tim Stewart |
| 2006 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Julien Guerrier | France | 4 & 3 | Adam Gee |
| 2005 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | Brian McElhinney | Ireland | 5 & 4 | John Gallagher |
| 2004 | St. Andrews Links | Stuart Wilson | Scotland | 4 & 3 | Lee Corfield |
| 2003 | Royal Troon Golf Club | Gary Wolstenholme | England | 6 & 5 | Raphael De Sousa |
| 2002 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Alejandro Larrazabal | Spain | 1 up | Martin Sell |
| 2001 | Prestwick Golf Club | Michael Hoey | Northern Ireland | 1 up | Ian Campbell |
| 2000 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Mikko Ilonen | Finland | 2 & 1 | Christian Reimbold |
| 1999 | Royal County Down Golf Club | Graeme Storm | England | 7 & 6 | Aran Wainwright |
| 1998 | Muirfield | Sergio García | Spain | 7 & 6 | Craig Williams |
| 1997 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Craig Watson | Scotland | 3 & 2 | Trevor Immelman |
| 1996 | Turnberry | Warren Bladon | England | 1 up | Roger Beames |
| 1995 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Gordon Sherry | Scotland | 7 & 6 | Michael Reynard |
| 1994 | Nairn Golf Club | Lee James | England | 2 & 1 | Gordon Sherry |
| 1993 | Royal Portrush Golf Club | Iain Pyman | England | 37 holes | Paul Page |
| 1992 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Stephen Dundas | Scotland | 7 & 6 | Bradley Dredge |
| 1991 | Ganton Golf Club | Gary Wolstenholme | England | 8 & 6 | Bob May |
| 1990 | Muirfield | Rolf Muntz | Netherlands | 7 & 6 | Michael Macara |
| 1989 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | Stephen Dodd | Wales | 5 & 3 | Craig Cassells |
| 1988 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Christian Hardin | Sweden | 1 up | Ben Fouchee |
| 1987 | Prestwick Golf Club | Paul Mayo | Wales | 3 & 1 | Peter McEvoy |
| 1986 | Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club | David Curry | England | 11 & 9 | Geoff Birtwell |
| 1985 | Royal Dornoch Golf Club | Garth McGimpsey | Northern Ireland | 8 & 7 | Graham Homewood |
| 1984 | Formby Golf Club | José María Olazábal | Spain | 5 & 4 | Colin Montgomerie |
| 1983 | Turnberry | Philip Parkin | Wales | 5 & 4 | Jim Holtgrieve |
| 1982 | Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club | Martin Thompson | England | 4 & 3 | Andrew Stubbs |
| 1981 | St. Andrews Links | Phillipe Ploujoux | France | 4 & 2 | Joel Hirsch |
| 1980 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Duncan Evans | Wales | 4 & 3 | David Suddards |
| 1979 | Hillside Golf Club | Jay Sigel | United States | 3 & 2 | Scott Hoch |
| 1978 | Royal Troon Golf Club | Peter McEvoy | England | 4 & 3 | Paul McKellar |
| 1977 | Ganton Golf Club | Peter McEvoy | England | 5 & 4 | H.M. Campbell |
| 1976 | St. Andrews Links | Dick Siderowf | United States | 37 holes | J.C. Davies |
| 1975 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Vinny Giles | United States | 8 & 7 | Mark James |
| 1974 | Muirfield | Trevor Homer | England | 2 up | Jim Gabrielsen |
| 1973 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Dick Siderowf | United States | 5 & 3 | Peter H. Moody |
| 1972 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Trevor Homer | England | 4 & 3 | Alan Thirlwell |
| 1971 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Steve Melnyk | United States | 3 & 2 | Jim Simons |
| 1970 | Royal County Down Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | England | 8 & 7 | Bill Hyndman |
| 1969 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | England | 3 & 2 | Bill Hyndman |
| 1968 | Royal Troon Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | England | 7 & 6 | Joe Carr |
| 1967 | Formby Golf Club | Bob Dickson | United States | 2 & 1 | Ron Cerrudo |
| 1966 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Bobby Cole | South Africa | 3 & 2 | Ronnie Shade |
| 1965 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Michael Bonallack | England | 2 & 1 | Clive Clark |
| 1964 | Ganton Golf Club | Gordon Clark | England | 39 holes | Michael Lunt |
| 1963 | St. Andrews Links | Michael Lunt | England | 2 & 1 | John Blackwell |
| 1962 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Richard Davies | United States | 1 up | John Povall |
| 1961 | Turnberry | Michael Bonallack | England | 6 & 4 | James Walker |
| 1960 | Royal Portrush Golf Club | Joe Carr | Ireland | 8 & 7 | Robert Cochran |
| 1959 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Deane Beman | United States | 3 & 2 | Bill Hyndman |
| 1958 | St. Andrews Links | Joe Carr | Ireland | 3 & 2 | Alan Thirlwell |
| 1957 | Formby Golf Club | Reid Jack | Scotland | 2 & 1 | Harold Ridgley |
| 1956 | Royal Troon Golf Club | John Beharrell | England | 5 & 4 | Leslie Taylor |
| 1955 | Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club | Joe Conrad | United States | 3 & 2 | Alan Slater |
| 1954 | Muirfield | Douglas Bachli | Australia | 2 & 1 | William C. Campbell |
| 1953 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Joe Carr | Ireland | 2 up | Harvie Ward |
| 1952 | Prestwick Golf Club | Harvie Ward | United States | 6 & 5 | Frank Stranahan |
| 1951 | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Dick Chapman | United States | 5 & 4 | Charles Coe |
| 1950 | St. Andrews Links | Frank Stranahan | United States | 8 & 6 | Dick Chapman |
| 1949 | Portmarnock Golf Club | Samuel McCready | Ireland | 2 & 1 | Willie Turnesa |
| 1948 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Frank Stranahan | United States | 5 & 4 | Charles Stowe |
| 1947 | Carnoustie Golf Links | Willie Turnesa | United States | 3 & 2 | Dick Chapman |
| 1946 | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | James Bruen | Ireland | 4 & 3 | Robert Sweeny Jr. |
| 1940–45: Not played due to World War II | 1940–45: Not played due to World War II | 1940–45: Not played due to World War II | 1940–45: Not played due to World War II | 1940–45: Not played due to World War II | 1940–45: Not played due to World War II |
| 1939 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Alexander Kyle | Scotland | 2 & 1 | A.A. Duncan |
| 1938 | Royal Troon Golf Club | Charles Yates | United States | 3 & 2 | Cecil Ewing |
| 1937 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Robert Sweeny Jr. | United States | 3 & 2 | Lionel Munn |
| 1936 | St. Andrews Links | Hector Thomson | Scotland | 2 up | Jim Ferrier |
| 1935 | Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club | Lawson Little | United States | 1 up | William Tweddell |
| 1934 | Prestwick Golf Club | Lawson Little | United States | 14 & 13 | J. Wallace |
| 1933 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Hon. Michael Scott | England | 4 & 3 | T.A. Bourn |
| 1932 | Muirfield | John De Forest | England | 3 & 1 | Eric Fiddian |
| 1931 | Royal North Devon Golf Club | Eric Martin-Smith | England | 1 up | John De Forest |
| 1930 | St. Andrews Links | Bobby Jones | United States | 7 & 6 | Roger Wethered |
| 1929 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Cyril Tolley | England | 4 & 3 | J. Nelson Smith |
| 1928 | Prestwick Golf Club | Philip Perkins | England | 6 & 4 | Roger Wethered |
| 1927 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | William Tweddell | England | 7 & 6 | D.E. Landale |
| 1926 | Muirfield | Jess Sweetser | United States | 6 & 5 | A.F. Simpson |
| 1925 | Royal North Devon Golf Club | Robert Harris | Scotland | 13 & 12 | Kenneth F. Fradgley |
| 1924 | St. Andrews Links | Ernest Holderness | England | 3 & 2 | E.F. Storey |
| 1923 | Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club | Roger Wethered | England | 7 & 6 | Robert Harris |
| 1922 | Prestwick Golf Club | Ernest Holderness | England | 1 up | John Caven |
| 1921 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Willie Hunter | Scotland | 12 & 11 | Allan Graham |
| 1920 | Muirfield | Cyril Tolley | England | 37 holes | Robert A. Gardner |
| 1915–19: Not played due to World War I | 1915–19: Not played due to World War I | 1915–19: Not played due to World War I | 1915–19: Not played due to World War I | 1915–19: Not played due to World War I | 1915–19: Not played due to World War I |
| 1914 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | J.L.C. Jenkins | Scotland | 3 & 2 | Charles O. Hezlet |
| 1913 | St. Andrews Links | Harold Hilton | England | 6 & 5 | Robert Harris |
| 1912 | Royal North Devon Golf Club | John Ball | England | 38 holes | Abe Mitchell |
| 1911 | Prestwick Golf Club | Harold Hilton | England | 4 & 3 | E.A. Lassen |
| 1910 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | John Ball | England | 10 & 9 | C.C. Aylmer |
| 1909 | Muirfield | Robert Maxwell | Scotland | 1 up | C.K. Hutchison |
| 1908 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | E.A. Lassen | England | 7 & 6 | H.E. Taylor |
| 1907 | St. Andrews Links | John Ball | England | 6 & 4 | C.A. Palmer |
| 1906 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | James Robb | Scotland | 4 & 3 | C.C. Lingen |
| 1905 | Prestwick Golf Club | Arthur Barry | England | 3 & 2 | Osmund Scott |
| 1904 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Walter Travis | United States | 4 & 3 | Edward Blackwell |
| 1903 | Muirfield | Robert Maxwell | Scotland | 7 & 5 | Horace Hutchinson |
| 1902 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Charles Hutchings | England | 1 up | Sidney Fry |
| 1901 | St. Andrews Links | Harold Hilton | England | 1 up | John L. Low |
| 1900 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Harold Hilton | England | 8 & 7 | James Robb |
| 1899 | Prestwick Golf Club | John Ball | England | 37 holes | Freddie Tait |
| 1898 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Freddie Tait | Scotland | 7 & 5 | S. Mure Fergusson |
| 1897 | Muirfield | Jack Allan | Scotland | 4 & 2 | James Robb |
| 1896 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | Freddie Tait | Scotland | 8 & 7 | Harold Hilton |
| 1895 | St. Andrews Links | Leslie Balfour-Melville | Scotland | 19 holes | John Ball |
| 1894 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | John Ball | England | 1 up | S. Mure Fergusson |
| 1893 | Prestwick Golf Club | P.C. Anderson | Scotland | 1 up | Johnny Laidlay |
| 1892 | Royal St. George's Golf Club | John Ball | England | 3 & 1 | Harold Hilton |
| 1891 | St. Andrews Links | Johnny Laidlay | Scotland | 20 holes | Harold Hilton |
| 1890 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | John Ball | England | 4 & 3 | Johnny Laidlay |
| 1889 | St. Andrews Links | Johnny Laidlay | Scotland | 2 & 1 | Leslie Balfour-Melville |
| 1888 | Prestwick Golf Club | John Ball | England | 5 & 4 | Johnny Laidlay |
| 1887 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Horace Hutchinson | England | 1 up | John Ball |
| 1886 | St. Andrews Links | Horace Hutchinson | England | 7 & 6 | Henry Lamb |
| 1885 | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Allan MacFie | England | 7 & 6 | Horace Hutchinson |
Question:
Who was the champion in the match where C.A. Palmer was the runner-up?
Answer:
John Ball