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'''Jahidi White''' (born on [[February 19]], [[1976]] in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]) is a player in the [[NBA]]. He went to [[Georgetown University]]. He was drafted in [[1998]] in the 2nd round (43rd overall) by the [[Washington Wizards]]. In 2003, Washington Wizards traded Jahidi White to the [[Phoenix Suns]] for [[Brevin Knight]]. In 2004 he was selected by the [[Charlotte Bobcats]] in the [[NBA Expansion Draft]]. White is a high-energy player and solid rebounder and shot blocker. A real space eater who can set screens, command his spot on the court and jump for [[rebounds]]. White is turnover prone and gets into foul trouble and makes mental errors. Injuries have limited his playing time and mobility.
[[Image:Trophys.jpg|right|framed|The Champion's Belt & The [[Claret Jug]].]]
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'''The Open Championship''', typically, but incorrectly, referred to in North America as the '''British Open''', is the oldest of the four [[major championships]] in men's [[golf]]. Each year the event is hosted by one of several prestigious golf clubs in Britain; however, the [[Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews]] (R&A) administers The Open regardless of its site. It is always played on a [[links (golf)|links]] course.
[[Category:1976 births|White, Jahidi]]
The Open Championship is played in July, and is the third major to take place each year, after [[The Masters Tournament]] and the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]], but before the [[PGA Championship]]. It has been an official event on the [[PGA TOUR]] since 1995, which means that the prize money won in the Open by PGA Tour members is included on the official money list. In addition, all Open Championships before that date have been retrospectively classified as PGA Tour wins, and the [[Golfers with most PGA Tour wins|list]] of leading winners on the PGA Tour has been adjusted to reflect this. The [[PGA European Tour]] has always recognized The Open as an official event.
[[Category:American basketball players|White, Jahidi]]
[[Category:African American basketball players|White, Jahidi]]
==History==
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[[Image:Willie Park Senior wearing the Championship Belt.jpg|thumb|[[Willie Park, Snr]] wearing the Championship Belt, the winner's prize at the Open from 1860 to 1870.]]
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The Open Championship was first played on [[17 October]] [[1860]] at [[Prestwick Golf Club]]. The inaugural tournament was restricted to professionals, and attracted a field of eight, who played three rounds of Prestwick's twelve-hole course in a single day. [[Willie Park, Sr.|Willie Park Senior]] won with a score of 174, beating the favourite, [[Tom Morris, Sr.|Old Tom Morris]], by two strokes. The following year the tournament was opened to amateurs; eight of them joined ten professionals in the field.
[[Category:Charlotte Bobcats players|White, Jahidi]]
Originally, the trophy presented to the event's winner was the ''[[:Image:Champion's_Belt.jpg|Champion's Belt]]'', a red [[leather]] belt with a [[silver]] buckle. There was no prize money in the first three Opens. In 1863, a prize fund of £10 (then $50) was introduced, which was shared between the second- third- and fourth-placed professionals, with the Champion still just getting to keep the belt for a year. In 1864 Old Tom Morris won the first Champion's cash prize of £6. By 2004, the winners cheque had increased one hundred and twenty thousand fold to £720,000, or perhaps two thousand fold after allowing for inflation. The Champions Belt was retired in [[1870]], when [[Tom Morris, Jr.|Young Tom Morris]] was allowed to keep it for winning the tournament three consecutive times. It was then replaced by the present trophy, ''The Golf Champion Trophy'', better known by its popular name of ''The [[Claret Jug]]''.
Prestwick Golf Club administered The Open from 1860 to 1870. In 1871, it agreed to organise it jointly with [[The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews]] and [[The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers]]. In 1892 the event was doubled in length from thirty six to seventy two holes, that is four rounds of what was by then the standard complement of eighteen holes. In the same year the prize fund reached £100. Due to an increasing number of entrants, a cut was introduced after two rounds in 1898. In 1920 full responsibility for The Open Championship was handed over to The Royal and Ancient Golf Club.
The early winners were all Scottish professionals, who in those days worked as greenkeepers, clubmakers, and caddies to supplement their modest winnings from championships and challenge matches. The Open has always been dominated by professionals, amateurs only accumulating six wins, all of them between 1890 and 1930. The last of these was [[Bobby Jones|Bobby Jones']] third Open and part of his celebrated [[Grand Slam of golf|Grand Slam]]. Jones was one of four Americans who won The Open between the First and Second World Wars, the first of whom had been [[Walter Hagen]] in 1922. These Americans and the French winner of the 1907 Open, [[Arnaud Massy]], were the only winners from outside Scotland and England up to 1939.
The first post [[World War II]] winner was the American [[Sam Snead]] in 1946. In 1947 [[Fred Daly (golfer)|Fred Daly]] of [[Northern Ireland]] was victorious. While there have been many English and Scottish champions, Daly remains the only winner from either side of the Irish border, and there has never been a [[Wales|Welsh]] champion. Otherwise the early post war years The Open was dominated by golfers from the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]], with South African [[Bobby Locke]] and [[Australian]] [[Peter Thomson]] winning the Claret Jug in nine of the eleven championships from 1948 and 1958 between them.
Another South African, [[Gary Player]] was Champion in 1959. This was at the beginning of the "Big Three" era in professional golf, the three players in question being Player, [[Arnold Palmer]] and [[Jack Nicklaus]]. Palmer first competed in 1960, when he came second to the little known Australian [[Kel Nagle]], but he won the two following years. While he was far from being the first American Open Champion, he was the first of their compatriots that many Americans saw win the tournament on television, and his charismatic success is often credited with persuading leading American golfers to make the "British Open" a routine part of their schedule, rather than an optional extra. Of course, the spread of trans-Atlantic air travel also helped a great deal.
Nicklaus' Open Championship victories came in 1966, 1970 and 1978. This tally of three wins isn't very remarkable, and indeed he won all of the other three majors more often, but it greatly understates how prominent he was at the tournament throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He finished in the top five sixteen times, which is tied most in Open history with [[John Henry Taylor]] and easily the most in the post war era. This included seven second places. Nicklaus holds the records for most rounds under par (61) and most aggregates under par (14). At [[Turnberry]] in 1977 he was involved in one of the most celebrated contests in golf history, when his duel with [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] went to the final shot before Watson emerged as the champion for the second time.
Watson won five Opens, more than anyone else has since the 1950s, but his final win in 1983 brought down the curtain on an era of U.S. domination. In the next eleven years there was only won American winner, with the others coming from Europe and the Commonwealth. The European winners of this era, Spaniard [[Seve Ballesteros]], [[Sandy Lyle]], who was the first Scottish winner for over half a century, and the Englishman [[Nick Faldo]], were also leading lights among the group of players who began to get the better of the Americans in the [[Ryder Cup]] during this period.
In 1995, The Open became part of the PGA Tour's official schedule. [[John Daly|John Daly's]] win in that year, which was a huge surprise even though he had won a major before, began another era of American domination. [[Tiger Woods]] has won two Championships to date, both at St Andrews in 2000 and again in 2005. There was a dramatic moment at St Andrews in 2000, as the aging Jack Nicklaus waved farewell to the crowds while the young challenger to his crown as the greatest golfer of all time watched from a nearby tee; Nicklaus afterwards decided to play in the 2005 Open when the R&A moved the ___location to St. Andrews, and gave what will presumably be his truly final farewell to the fans. In 2002, all Open wins before 1995 were retrospectively classified as PGA Tour wins. Recent years have been notable for the number of wins by previously obscure golfers, including [[Paul Lawrie]] in 1999, [[Ben Curtis (golfer)|Ben Curtis]] in 2003 and [[Todd Hamilton]] in 2004.
==Host courses==
From 1860-1870, The Open Championship was organised by and played at [[Prestwick Golf Club]]. Since it was revived in 1872 after a lapse of one year, it has always been played at a number of courses in rotation. Initially there were three courses in the rotation, namely Prestwick, [[Old Course at St Andrews|St Andrews]], and [[Musselburgh]]. In 1893 [[Royal St George's]] and [[Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake]] were invited to join the rotation. Since then a handful of further clubs have been added, and a few have been dropped. The common factor in the venues for The Open is that they have always been '''[[Links (golf)|links]]''' courses.
There are eight or nine courses in the current rotation:
*[[Old Course at St Andrews|St Andrews]]: In 1872 the "Home of Golf" became the second course to host the Open. Nowadays, it does so more often than any other course.
*[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield]]: Muirfield is a private course which was built for The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, one of the trio of clubs which ran The Open in the 1870s and 1880s. It first staged The Championship in 1892, just nine months after it had been built.
*[[Royal St George's]]: This course is in the county of [[Kent]] in Southern [[England]]. In 1894 it became the first Open venue outside Scotland.
*[[Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake]]: The home of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, which is often referred to simply as "Hoylake", joined the rotation in 1897 and hosted ten Opens up to 1967. After a 39 year absence from the rotation, it will be hosting the 2006 Open Championship.
*[[Royal Troon Golf Club|Royal Troon]]: This Scottish course has been in the rotation since 1923.
*[[Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club|Royal Lytham & St Annes]]: An English course which first hosted The Open in 1926, and entered the rotation in 1952.
*[[Carnoustie]]: Another Scottish course, Carnoustie first hosted The Open in 1931, and it rejoined the rotation in 1999 after being excluded for several decades.
*[[Royal Birkdale Golf Club|Royal Birkdale]]: An English course which has been in the rotation since 1954.
*[[Turnberry]]: A course in Scotland which hosted The Open in 1977, 1986 and 1994. It will not be doing so again any earlier than 2009, so it might be considered to have been dropped.
Courses which are no longer in the rotation:
*[[Prestwick Golf Club]]: The founder club was dropped from the rotation in 1925, by which time it had hosted twenty four Opens.
*[[Musselburgh]]: Musselburgh is a public course which was used by the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. When that club built Muirfield, Musselburgh dropped out of the rotation.
*[[Royal Cinque Ports]]: This course in Kent, England hosted the Open in 1909 and 1920.
*[[Prince's Golf Club]]: This course is also in Kent. It hosted its only Open in 1932.
*[[Royal Portrush Golf Club|Royal Portrush]]: The 1951 Open was staged at Royal Portrush in [[Northern Ireland]], which remains the only time it has taken place outside of [[Great Britain]].
==Exemptions and qualifying events==
The field for the Open is 156, and golfers may gain a place in three ways. Around two thirds of the field is made up of leading players who are given exemptions. The rest of the field is made up of players who were successful in "Local Qualifying" and those who came through "International Qualifying".
There are almost thirty ''exemption'' categories. Among the more significant are:
*The top 50 on the [[Official World Golf Rankings]]. This key sweep up category is now used by all four majors, and it means that no member of the current elite of world golf will be excluded. Until quite recently, this was not necessarily the case at the majors.
*The top 20 in the previous season's [[PGA Tour]] money list and [[PGA European Tour]] order of merit. Most but not all of these players will also be in the World top 50.
*All previous Open Champions who will be age 65 or under on the final day of the tournament.
*All players who have won one of the other three majors in the previous five years.
*The top 10 from the previous year's Open Championship.
Among other things, the additional exemption categories ensure that all the member tours of the [[International Federation of PGA Tours]] are represented, and that there are some amateur competitors. Full details of all the exemption categories can be found [http://www.opengolf.com/players/qualifications_category.sps here].
''Local Qualifying'' is the traditional way for non-exempt players to win a place at The Open. It comprises 16 eighteen hole "Regional Qualifying" competitions around Britain and Ireland a week and a half before the event, with successful competitors moving on to the four thirty-six hole "Local Final Qualifying" tournaments a few days later. There are now twelve places available through Local Qualifying, though there used to be far more.
Local Qualifying is open to players from all over the world, and it used to attract some big names. In order to make it easier for professionals from outside Britain and Ireland to compete for a place, the R&A introduced ''International Qualifying'' in 2004. This comprises five 36 hole qualifying events, one each in Africa, Australasia, Asia, America and Europe. Only players who have a rating in the Official World Golf Rankings may enter, which is a more stringent standard than for Local Qualifying. Thirty six places are available in International Qualifying. Eligible players may choose whether to enter local qualifying or international qualifying, but they may not enter both. For full details on qualification see [http://www.opengolf.com/qualifying/previous_years.sps here].
==Records==
* Oldest winner: [[Tom Morris, Sr.]] (46 years, 99 days), [[1867]].
* Youngest winner: [[Tom Morris, Jr.]] (17 years, 5 months, 8 days), [[1868]].
* Most victories: 6, [[Harry Vardon]] ([[1896]], [[1898]], [[1899]], [[1903]], [[1911]], [[1914]]).
* Lowest absolute 72-hole score: 267, [[Greg Norman]] (66-68-69-64), [[1993]].
* Lowest 72-hole score in relation to par: -19, [[Tiger Woods]] (67-66-67-69, 269), [[2000]].
**Norman's 1993 score was -17. Par at Royal St George's, the site of the 1993 Open, is 71, as opposed to the par 72 of The Old Course at St Andrews, the 2000 site.
There is an extensive records section on the official site [http://images.opengolf.com/history/records.sps here].
==Winners of The Open Championship==
<table border="1">
<tr><td>Year<th>Venue<th>Champion<th>Country
<tr><td>2008<td>[[Royal Birkdale Golf Club]]<td><td>
<tr><td>2007<td>[[Carnoustie Golf Links]], Championship Course<td><td>
<tr><td>2006<td>[[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]]<td><td>
<tr><td>2005<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Tiger Woods]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>2004<td>[[Royal Troon Golf Club]], Old Course<td>[[Todd Hamilton]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>2003<td>[[Royal St George's|Royal St. George's Golf Club]]<td>[[Ben Curtis]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>2002<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[Ernie Els]]<td>[[South Africa]]
<tr><td>2001<td>[[Royal Lytham|Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club]]<td>[[David Duval]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>2000<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Tiger Woods]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1999<td>[[Carnoustie Golf Links]], Championship Course<td>[[Paul Lawrie]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1998<td>[[Royal Birkdale Golf Club]]<td>[[Mark O'Meara]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1997<td>[[Royal Troon Golf Club]], Old Course<td>[[Justin Leonard]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1996<td>[[Royal Lytham|Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club]]<td>[[Tom Lehman]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1995<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[John Daly (golfer)|John Daly]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1994<td>[[Turnberry|The Westin Turnberry Resort]], Ailsa Course<td>[[Nick Price]]<td>[[Zimbabwe]]
<tr><td>1993<td>[[Royal St George's|Royal St. George's Golf Club]]<td>[[Greg Norman]]<td>[[Australia]]
<tr><td>1992<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[Nick Faldo]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1991<td>[[Royal Birkdale Golf Club]]<td>[[Ian Baker-Finch]]<td>[[Australia]]
<tr><td>1990<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Nick Faldo]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1989<td>[[Royal Troon Golf Club]], Old Course<td>[[Mark Calcavecchia]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1988<td>[[Royal Lytham|Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club]]<td>[[Seve Ballesteros]]<td>[[Spain]]
<tr><td>1987<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[Nick Faldo]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1986<td>[[Turnberry|The Westin Turnberry Resort]], Ailsa Course<td>[[Greg Norman]]<td>[[Australia]]
<tr><td>1985<td>[[Royal St George's|Royal St. George's Golf Club]]<td>[[Sandy Lyle]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1984<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Seve Ballesteros]]<td>[[Spain]]
<tr><td>1983<td>[[Royal Birkdale Golf Club]]<td>[[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1982<td>[[Royal Troon Golf Club]], Old Course<td>[[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1981<td>[[Royal St George's|Royal St. George's Golf Club]]<td>[[Bill Rogers (golfer)|Bill Rogers]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1980<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1979<td>[[Royal Lytham|Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club]]<td>[[Seve Ballesteros]]<td>[[Spain]]
<tr><td>1978<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Jack Nicklaus]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1977<td>[[Turnberry|The Westin Turnberry Resort]], Ailsa Course<td>[[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1976<td>[[Royal Birkdale Golf Club]]<td>[[Johnny Miller]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1975<td>[[Carnoustie Golf Links]], Championship Course<td>[[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1974<td>[[Royal Lytham|Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club]]<td>[[Gary Player]]<td>[[South Africa]]
<tr><td>1973<td>[[Royal Troon Golf Club]], Old Course<td>[[Tom Weiskopf]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1972<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[Lee Trevino]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1971<td>[[Royal Birkdale Golf Club]]<td>[[Lee Trevino]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1970<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Jack Nicklaus]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1969<td>[[Royal Lytham|Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club]]<td>[[Tony Jacklin]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1968<td>[[Carnoustie Golf Links]], Championship Course<td>[[Gary Player]]<td>[[South Africa]]
<tr><td>1967<td>[[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]]<td>[[Roberto DeVicenzo]]<td>[[Argentina]]
<tr><td>1966<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[Jack Nicklaus]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1965<td>[[Royal Birkdale Golf Club]]<td>[[Peter Thomson]]<td>[[Australia]]
<tr><td>1964<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Tony Lema]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1963<td>[[Royal Lytham|Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club]]<td>[[Bob Charles]]<td>[[New Zealand]]
<tr><td>1962<td>[[Royal Troon Golf Club]], Old Course<td>[[Arnold Palmer]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1961<td>[[Royal Birkdale Golf Club]]<td>[[Arnold Palmer]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1960<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Kel Nagle]]<td>[[Australia]]
<tr><td>1959<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[Gary Player]]<td>[[South Africa]]
<tr><td>1958<td>[[Royal Lytham|Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club]]<td>[[Peter Thomson]]<td>[[Australia]]
<tr><td>1957<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Bobby Locke]]<td>[[South Africa]]
<tr><td>1956<td>[[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]]<td>[[Peter Thomson]]<td>[[Australia]]
<tr><td>1955<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Peter Thomson]]<td>[[Australia]]
<tr><td>1954<td>[[Royal Birkdale Golf Club]]<td>[[Peter Thomson]]<td>[[Australia]]
<tr><td>1953<td>[[Carnoustie Golf Links]], Championship Course<td>[[Ben Hogan]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1952<td>[[Royal Lytham|Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club]]<td>[[Bobby Locke]]<td>[[South Africa]]
<tr><td>1951<td>[[Royal Portrush Golf Club]]<td>[[Max Faulkner]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1950<td>[[Royal Troon Golf Club]], Old Course<td>[[Bobby Locke]]<td>[[South Africa]]
<tr><td>1949<td>[[Royal St George's|Royal St. George's Golf Club]]<td>[[Bobby Locke]]<td>[[South Africa]]
<tr><td>1948<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[Henry Cotton]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1947<td>[[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]]<td>[[Fred Daly (golfer)|Fred Daly]]<td>[[Northern Ireland]]
<tr><td>1946<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Sam Snead]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1940-1945<td>No Championships<td>N/A<td>N/A
<tr><td>1939<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Richard Burton (golfer)|Richard Burton]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1938<td>[[Royal St George's|Royal St. George's Golf Club]]<td>[[Reg Whitcombe]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1937<td>[[Carnoustie Golf Links]], Championship Course<td>[[Henry Cotton]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1936<td>[[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]]<td>[[Alf Padgham]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1935<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[Alf Perry]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1934<td>[[Royal St George's|Royal St. George's Golf Club]]<td>[[Henry Cotton]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1933<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Denny Shute]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1932<td>[[Prince's Golf Club]]<td>[[Gene Sarazen]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1931<td>[[Carnoustie Golf Links]], Championship Course<td>[[Tommy Armour]]<td>[[United States]] (nat)
<tr><td>1930<td>[[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]]<td>[[Bobby Jones (golf)|Bobby Jones]] (Am)<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1929<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[Walter Hagen]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1928<td>[[Royal St George's|Royal St. George's Golf Club]]<td>[[Walter Hagen]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1927<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Bobby Jones (golf)|Bobby Jones]] (Am)<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1926<td>[[Royal Lytham|Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club]]<td>[[Bobby Jones (golf)|Bobby Jones]] (Am)<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1925<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Jim Barnes]]<td>[[United States]] (nat)
<tr><td>1924<td>[[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]]<td>[[Walter Hagen]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1923<td>[[Royal Troon Golf Club]], Old Course<td>[[Arthur Havers]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1922<td>[[Royal St George's|Royal St. George's Golf Club]]<td>[[Walter Hagen]]<td>[[United States]]
<tr><td>1921<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Jock Hutchison]]<td>[[United States]] (nat)
<tr><td>1920<td>[[Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club]]<td>[[George Duncan]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1915-19<td>No Championships<td>N/A<td>N/A
<tr><td>1914<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Harry Vardon]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1913<td>[[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]]<td>[[John Henry Taylor]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1912<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[Edward Ray]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1911<td>[[Royal St George's|Royal St. George's Golf Club]]<td>[[Harry Vardon]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1910<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[James Braid (golfer)|James Braid]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1909<td>[[Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club]]<td>[[John Henry Taylor]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1908<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[James Braid (golfer)|James Braid]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1907<td>[[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]]<td>[[Arnaud Massy]]<td>[[France]]
<tr><td>1906<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[James Braid (golfer)|James Braid]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1905<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[James Braid (golfer)|James Braid]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1904<td>[[Royal St George's|Royal St. George's Golf Club]]<td>[[Jack White (golfer)|Jack White]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1903<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Harry Vardon]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1902<td>[[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]]<td>[[Alexander Herd]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1901<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[James Braid (golfer)|James Braid]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1900<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[John Henry Taylor]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1899<td>[[Royal St George's|Royal St. George's Golf Club]]<td>[[Harry Vardon]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1898<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Harry Vardon]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1897<td>[[Royal Liverpool Golf Club]]<td>[[Harold Hilton]] (Am)<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1896<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[Harry Vardon]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1895<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[John Henry Taylor]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1894<td>[[Royal St George's|Royal St. George's Golf Club]]<td>[[John Henry Taylor]]<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1893<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[William Auchterlonie]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1892<td>[[Muirfield (Scotland)|Muirfield Golf Links]]<td>[[Harold Hilton]] (Am)<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1891<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Hugh Kirkaldy]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1890<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[John Ball, Jnr]] (Am)<td>[[England]]
<tr><td>1889<td>[[Musselburgh Links]]<td>[[Willie Park, Jnr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1888<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Jack Burns (golfer)|Jack Burns]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1887<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Willie Park, Jnr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1886<td>[[Musselburgh Links]]<td>[[David Brown (golfer)|David Brown]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1885<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Bob Martin (golfer)|Bob Martin]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1884<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Jack Simpson]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1883<td>[[Musselburgh Links]]<td>[[Willie Ferrie]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1882<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Bob Ferguson (golfer)|Bob Ferguson]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1881<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Bob Ferguson (golfer)|Bob Ferguson]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1880<td>[[Musselburgh Links]]<td>[[Bob Ferguson (golfer)|Bob Ferguson]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1879<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Jamie Anderson]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1878<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Jamie Anderson]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1877<td>[[Musselburgh Links]]<td>[[Jamie Anderson]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1876<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Bob Martin (golfer)|Bob Martin]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1875<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Willie Park, Snr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1874<td>[[Musselburgh Links]]<td>[[Mungo Park (golfer)|Mungo Park]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1873<td>[[Old Course at St Andrews|St. Andrews Links]], Old Course<td>[[Tom Kidd]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1872<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Tom Morris, Jnr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1871<td>No championship<td>N/A<td>N/A
<tr><td>1870<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Tom Morris, Jnr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1869<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Tom Morris, Jnr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1868<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Tom Morris, Jnr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1867<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Tom Morris, Snr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1866<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Willie Park, Snr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1865<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Andrew Strath]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1864<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Tom Morris, Snr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1863<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Willie Park, Snr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1862<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Tom Morris, Snr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1861<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Tom Morris, Snr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
<tr><td>1860<td>[[Prestwick Golf Club]]<td>[[Willie Park, Snr]]<td>[[Scotland]]
</table>
Am = Amateur
nat: Hutchison, Barnes and Armour were British born and learned their golf in the UK, but they took U.S. citizenship before claiming their Open titles.
==Multiple winners==
Players with more than one Open Championship victory to 2005 inclusive:
*6 wins: [[Harry Vardon]]
*5 wins: [[Peter Thomson]], [[James Braid (golfer)|James Braid]], [[J.H. Taylor]], [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]
*4 wins: [[Walter Hagen]], [[Bobby Locke]], [[Tom Morris, Sr.|Old Tom Morris]], [[Tom Morris, Jr.|Young Tom Morris]]
*3 wins: [[Willie Park, Snr]], [[Jamie Anderson]], [[Bob Ferguson (golfer)|Bob Ferguson]], [[Bobby Jones]], [[Henry Cotton]], [[Gary Player]], [[Jack Nicklaus]], [[Nick Faldo]], [[Seve Ballesteros]]
*2 wins: [[Harold Hilton]], [[Willie Park, Jnr]], [[Arnold Palmer]], [[Lee Trevino]], [[Greg Norman]], [[Tiger Woods]]
==External Links==
*[http://www.opengolf.com/ Official web site]
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