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The 2006 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 135th Open Championship, played from 20 to 23 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Tiger Woods held off Chris DiMarco , Ernie Els , Jim Furyk , and Sergio García for a two-shot victory.
The 2006 Women's British Open was held 3–6 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 30th edition of the Women's British Open, and the sixth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Sherri Steinhauer, 43, won her second major title, three strokes ahead of runners-up Sophie Gustafson and Cristie Kerr.
First-round leader Colin Montgomerie finished T2 when he, needing only a par at hole number 72 to win, double bogeyed. This was Montgomerie's fifth second-place finish in a major championship and his third at the U.S. Open. 20–23 July: The Open Championship - Winner: Tiger Woods The Open returned to Hoylake for the first time since 1967.
Only three other players since 2000 have won both the PGA Championship and the Open Championship: Tiger Woods (2000 and 2006), Padraig Harrington (2008) and Rory McIlroy (2014).
From Ben Hogan to Tiger Woods, golf's oldest major has produced some iconic champions.
Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the British Open Golf Tournament and learn more about one of the four Grand Slam golf championships.
Harry Vardon, six-time Open Champion in 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, and 1914, which is a record. The Open Championship is an annual golf competition held in the United Kingdom that was established in 1860. [1] It is played on the weekend of the third Friday in July, and is the last of the four major championships to be played each year. [2]
The Open is recognised as one of the four major championships in golf, and is an official event on the PGA Tour, European Tour, and the Japan Golf Tour. The Open began in 1860, and for many years it was not the most-followed event in golf, as challenge matches between top golfers were more keenly followed and drew larger crowds. [85]