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Please adjust the settings in your browser to make sure JavaScript is turned on. The tournament is always played on the third weekend in July. One interesting fact is that in the official literature at no point has the championship been referred to as the British Open. The Open was first played on October 17, in Scotland--the birthplace of the game.
The inaugural course was the Prestwick Golf Club, about 30 miles 48 kilometers southwest of Glasgow. For this reason, Prestwick is known as the birthplace of the Open. In that first tournament, eight professional golfers competed for the prize of a red Morocco leather belt with silver clasps and a silver belt buckle. The winner got to keep the belt until the following year.
After many years the worn belt would be replaced by a new prize--the now iconic silver Claret Jug trophy, first awarded in The jug weighs in over 7 pounds 3. British open scores today Both professional and amateur players were invited to the second open, in , but over time the professionals predictably dominated the competition. The last amateur to win the tournament was golf legend Bobby Jones, in Andrews, with play alternating between Prestwick, Musselburgh Links, and St.
Incidentally, Musselburgh Links is often referred to as the oldest continuously operating golf course in the world, with recorded play stretching back to the 17th century. There are nine courses that have traditionally rotated as hosts of the Open in alphabetical order :. Only Prestwick has hosted more Open tournaments than St.
Andrews, with the tournament undergoing a hiatus in , for the two World Wars , and most recently during the COVID pandemic in The first winner of the Open at Prestwick was Willie Park, who shot over three rounds at the then hole course. Park would go on to win three more Open titles to make it four championships.
In , the field of professional and amateur players was expanded so that 72 holes were played over two days. Tom Morris Sr and his son Tom Morris Jr both won four titles—the only father and son winners on the Open champions list. Webb Simpson. Byeong Hun An. Russell Henley. Grayson Murray. Lee Hodges. Adam Scott. Alex Noren.
Ben Kohles. Jake Knapp. Will Zalatoris. Austin Eckroat. Lucas Glover. Harris English. Emiliano Grillo. Sam Burns. Cam Davis. Chris Kirk. Tommy Fleetwood. Hideki Matsuyama. Taylor Moore. Sahith Theegala. Viktor Hovland. Tony Finau. Rory McIlroy.