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Thursday, 15 July 2010. For the 28th time, the Open Championship took to the Old Course at St Andrews, and it played perhaps the easiest it has in all its history, with 73 players under par. Rory McIlroy tied a major championship record with 63 (−9), only the eighth 63 in Open Championship history, and the 22nd in major championship history. [13]
The championship is currently held on a different course each year. Of the 14 that have been used, 10 are currently used in the rota. [3] [4] All the courses on the rota are links courses. [5] The Swilcan Bridge in the foreground on the Old Course at St Andrews, which has hosted The Open Championship a record 30 times.
The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland .
Carnoustie is considered to be the most difficult course in the Open rota, and one of the toughest courses in the world. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The 1999 Open Championship is best remembered for the collapse of French golfer Jean van de Velde , who needed only a double-bogey six on the 72nd hole to win the Open—and proceeded to score a triple-bogey ...
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the British Open Golf Tournament and learn more about one of the four Grand Slam golf championships.
Willie Park Sr., four-time Open Champion in 1860, 1863, 1866, and 1875 Walter Hagen, four-time Open Champion in 1922, 1924, 1928, and 1929 Bob Ferguson, three-time Open Champion in 1880, 1881, 1882 Bobby Jones, three-time Open Champion in 1926, 1927, and 1930. He is one of six champions to win wire-to-wire after 72-holes played with his victory ...
Royal Troon is a Par 71 course that measures 7,385 yards from the championship tees, the third longest course in British Open history. It features a 632-yard par-five hole at No. 6, the longest ...
The historic scoreboard at the 2000 British Open after Tiger Woods score of 19 under par beat Nick Faldo's previous record of 18 under par. (Photo by Rebecca Naden - PA Images/PA Images via Getty ...