The Open Championship

The Open Championship, outside Great Britain usually the British Open which is also being called, is considered the oldest and most prestigious golf tournament in the world.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == It was first organized in October 1860 at Prestwick, and the first eleven editions found on these same golf course place.
 * 2 Description
 * 3 Medals
 * 4 Players with the most WINS
 * 5 Winners
 * 6 Trivia
 * 7 external link

After a year without tournament was in 1872 started a rotation system between different golf courses in Scotland. In 1886, the Dalhousie Carnoustie Golf Club the trophy available. In 1894 was Royal St George's (near Sandwich in Kent) the first course outside Scotland where the tournament took place.

In 1892, the tournament was extended to 72 holes. In that year for the first time spectators had to pay an entrance fee. This was the only tournament where a cut was applied twice, after round 2 and after round 3. This was only after 1985 is reduced to a single cut after the second round. ==Description[ Edit] == The Open is one of the four so-called Majors in golf, and the only thing that takes place in Europe; the other three are the Masters, the U.s. Open and the PGA Championship in the United States. The American prize money does not count for the European ranking.

The name "Open" means that both commercial and amateur players can participate.

The tournament is held in July each year and changes annually by location; well-known golf courses that have received the Open include:

The week before the British Open is always played the Scottish Open . Players who happen to for the British Open from distant lands, can than a week acclimatizing. For years the Dutch Open was played the week after the British Open, in order to get players to the United States and Australia can pull off. ==Medals<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Not only the winner gets a prize. Each year, various trophies awarded:
 * The St Andrews ' Old Course ' of;
 * Royal Troon Golf Club;
 * Royal St George's Golf Club;
 * The ' Championship Course ' of the Carnoustie Golf Club;
 * Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club;
 * Muirfield Golf Links at Edinburgh;
 * Royal Liverpool Golf Club.

There is a replica of the Claret Jug in the British Golf museum. In 1952 there did ten amateurs along five of which were on weekends. <p lang="en" len="64" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The British PGA has a number of awards for their own members:
 * The ' Challenge Belt ' was the original prize for the winner, and was presented by 1860-1870, the last winner was Young Tom Morris, who won him three times in a row and then keep. In 1871 it was Open not played because no new price was remembered. Agreement was reached on september 11, 1872 between Prestwick, the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers and The Royal and Ancient Golf Club that they would buy a new price together. Tom Morris won the Open that year and got a medal.
 * The new price, the ' Claret Jug ', is officially called ' The Golf Champion Trophy ' and was made in Edinburg . The silver brand dates back to 1873. It is awarded to the winner since 1873, but never becomes his property. The name of Tom Morris is there in 1873 engraved along with the name of the winner of 1873, Tom Kidd.
 * The Gold medal for the winner. He should keep this. In 1872 he was awarded for the first time, because the Claret Jug was not ready, but since then, each winner received a gold medal. If a player wins the Open three times, he will receive a replica of the Claret Jug.
 * The ' Silver medal for best amateur, and is awarded since 1949. Guy Wolstenholme finished in 2nd place, Justin Rose finished in 4th place, Robert Reid Jack and Chris Woodon 5th place and Joe Carr on the 8th place; they are the only five amateurs who finished in the top-10 since 1949.
 * The ' Bronze medal – for the other amateurs who play the last round, and is awarded since 1972. It is not often that two or more amateurs qualify themselves for the weekend.The bronze medal was awarded to Ricky WIllison (1987), Robert Karlsson (1989), Phil Mickelson (1991), Sergio García and Didier De Vooght Matthew Richardson (1998), (2005), Eric Ramsay (2005), Edoardo Molinari (2005, 2006) and Thomas Sherreard (2008).

==Players with the most WINS<span class="mw-editsection" len="363" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Stand: 2011
 * Ryle Memorial Medal for the winner, if he is a member of the British PGA. This is awarded since 1901.
 * The ' Braid Taylor Memorial Medal for the best British or Irish player who is a member of the British PGA. This is awarded since 1966.
 * The ' Tooting Bec Cup ' is for the Member of the British PGA that has made the lowest round. He or one of his parents were born in Ireland or in the United Kingdom must.

==Winners<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="35" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;"><sup len="2" style="line-height:1;">PO  = winner after play-off ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Harry Vardon (6 victories between 1896 and 1914)
 * John Henry Taylor (5 victories between 1894 and 1914 and 6 second places)
 * James Braid (5 victories between 1901 and 1910)
 * Peter Thomson (5 victories between 1954 and 1965)
 * Tom Watson (5 victories between 1975 and 1983)
 * Walter Hagen (4 victories between 1922 and 1929)
 * Bobby Locke (4 victories between 1949 and 1957)
 * Willie Park (winner of the very first open and 4 victories between 1860 and 1875)
 * Tom Morris Sr. and Tom Morris Jr. (each 4 victories between 1861 and 1872)
 * Jack Nicklaus (3 WINS and 7 second places between 1964 and 1979)
 * Jamie Anderson (3 victories between 1877 and 1879)
 * Bob Ferguson (3 victories between 1880 and 1882)
 * Robert Tyre Jones jr. (3 WINS between 1926 and 1930)
 * Henry Cotton (3 victories between 1934 and 1948)
 * Gary Player (3 victories between 1959 and 1974)
 * Severiano Ballesteros (3 victories between 1979 and 1988)
 * Nick Faldo (3 victories between 1987 and 1992)
 * Tiger Woods (3 WINS between 2000 and 2006)
 * Jack Burns won in 1888 after it emerged that David Anderson (born 5 October 1874) are wrong scorecard had entered. As a result, Burns finished in second place.
 * Frank Stanahan was also the best amateur in 1947, but when the silver medal existed yet.