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The purse of £2,500 ($7,000) and the winner's share of £500 ($1,400), were less than one-third that of the U.S. Open or PGA Championship in 1953. Qualifying took place on 6–7 July, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes each on the Championship and Burnside courses. [ 8 ]
The Open Championship, ... after winning the 1953 Open Championship. ... the winner's prize money, and several exemptions from world golf tours and tournaments.
His margins of victory in the 1953 majors were five, six, and four strokes, respectively. In 1953, the final two majors were in conflict on the schedule. The match-play PGA Championship was a seven-day event, held July 1–7 near Detroit; the British Open in Scotland was played July 8–10, with a mandatory 36-hole qualifier on July 6–7. [9] [10]
The Open Championship is in the midst of tweaking its exemption criteria, and is expected to release that early next year. The Masters could make, and has made, qualification changes at any time.
The Open Championship is the oldest golf competition in the world, and generally regarded as one of the most prestigious. [1] The qualifying structure is designed to reduce more than 2,500 entrants on five continents, to a field size of 156 competing in the tournament.
The oldest winner of the Open Championship is Tom Morris Sr. (or Old Tom Morris) who was 46 years and 102 days old when he won in 1867. His son, Tom Morris Jr., is the youngest winner of the championship, he was 17 years and 156 days old when he won the 1868 Open Championship. He also won the most consecutive times with four victories (1868 ...
1953: Ben Hogan; 1953 Masters, 1953 U.S. Open (The 1953 Open Championship, also won by Hogan, was actually concluded only 3 days after 1953 PGA; he chose not to play in the PGA because of the strain on his legs, and the conflict with the Open championship.)
The champion receives a gold champion's medal, and the U.S. Open Championship Cup, which the winner is allowed to keep for a year. [3] Willie Anderson, Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus hold the record for the most U.S. Open victories, with four victories each. [4] Anderson holds the record for most consecutive wins with three (1903–05).