| Golf: The Open Championship |
| Year |
Winner |
Margin |
Runner(s)-up |
Venue |
Total |
| 2002 |
Ernie Els (SA) |
* |
Thomas Levet (FRA), Stuart Appleby (AUS), Steve Elkington (AUS) |
Muirfield |
278 |
| 2001 |
David Duval (US) |
3 |
Niclas
Fasth (Swe) |
Royal
Lytham & St Anne's |
274 |
| 2000 |
Tiger Woods (US) |
8 |
Thomas Bjorn (Den), |
St Andrews |
269 |
| |
|
|
Ernie Els (SA) |
|
|
| 1999 |
Paul Lawrie |
* |
Jean
Van de Velde (Fr), |
Carnoustie |
290* |
| |
|
|
Justin
Leonard (US) |
|
|
| 1998 |
Mark O'Meara(US) |
* |
Brian Watts (US) |
Royal Birkdale |
280* |
| 1997 |
Justin Leonard (US) |
3 |
Darren
Clarke (NI), |
Royal
Troon |
272 |
| |
|
|
Jesper
Parnevik (Swe) |
|
|
| 1996 |
Tom Lehman (US) |
2 |
Mark McCumber (US), |
Royal Lytham & St Anne's |
271 |
| |
|
|
Ernie Els (SA) |
|
|
| 1995 |
John Daly (US) |
* |
Constantino
Rocca (It) |
St.
Andrews |
282* |
| 1994 |
Nick Price (Zim) |
1 |
Jesper Parnevik (Swe) |
Turnberry |
268 |
| 1993 |
Greg Norman (Aus) |
2 |
Nick
Faldo |
Sandwich |
267 |
| 1992 |
Nick Faldo |
1 |
John Cook (US) |
Muirfield |
272 |
| 1991 |
Ian Baker-Finch (Aus) |
2 |
Mike
Harwood (Aus) |
Royal
Birkdale |
272 |
| 1990 |
Nick Faldo |
5 |
Payne Stewart (US) |
St. Andrews |
270 |
| |
|
|
Mark
McNulty (Zim) |
|
|
| 1989 |
Mark Calcavecchia (US) |
* |
Wayne
Grady (Aus) |
Royal
Troon |
275* |
| |
|
|
Greg Norman (Aus) |
|
|
| 1988 |
Seve Ballesteros (Sp) |
2 |
Nick Price (Zim) |
Royal Lytham & St Annes |
273 |
| 1987 |
Nick Faldo |
1 |
Paul
Azinger (US) |
Muirfield |
279 |
| |
|
|
Rodger Davis (Aus) |
|
|
| 1986 |
Greg Norman (Aus) |
5 |
Gordon J Brand |
Turnberry |
280 |
| 1985 |
Sandy Lyle |
1 |
Payne
Stewart (US) |
Sandwich |
282 |
| 1984 |
Seve Ballesteros (Sp) |
2 |
Tom Watson (US) |
St. Andrews |
276 |
| |
|
|
Bernhard
Langer (Ger) |
|
|
| 1983 |
Tom Watson (US) |
1 |
Andy
Bean (US) |
Royal
Birkdale |
275 |
| |
|
|
Hale Irwin (US) |
|
|
| 1982 |
Tom Watson (US) |
1 |
Nick Price (Zim) |
Royal Troon |
284 |
| |
|
|
Peter
Oosterhuis |
|
|
| 1981 |
Bill Rogers (US) |
4 |
Bernhard
Langer (Ger) |
Sandwich |
276 |
| 1980 |
Tom Watson (US) |
|
|
Muirfield |
271 |
| 1979 |
Seve Ballesteros (Sp) |
|
|
Royal
Lytham St Anne's |
283 |
| 1978 |
Jack Nicklaus |
|
|
St. Andrews |
281 |
| 1977 |
Tom Watson |
|
|
Turnberry |
268 |
| 1976 |
Johnny Miller |
|
|
Royal Birkdale |
279 |
| 1975 |
Tom Watson |
|
|
Carnoustie |
279 |
| 1974 |
Gary Player |
|
|
Royal Lytham & St Anne's |
282 |
| 1973 |
Tom Weiskopf |
|
|
Royal
Troon |
276 |
| 1972 |
Lee Trevino |
|
|
Muirfield |
278 |
| 1971 |
Lee Trevino |
|
|
Royal
Birkdale |
278 |
| 1970 |
Jack Nicklaus |
|
|
St. Andrews |
283 |
| 1969 |
Tony Jacklin |
|
|
Royal
Lytham & St Anne's |
280 |
| 1968 |
Gary Player |
|
|
Carnoustie |
289 |
| 1967 |
Roberto de Vicenzo |
|
|
Hoylake
|
278 |
| 1966 |
Jack Nicklaus |
|
|
Muirfield |
282 |
| 1965 |
Peter Thomson |
|
|
Royal
Birkdale |
285 |
| 1964 |
Tony Lema |
|
|
St Andrews |
279 |
| 1963 |
Bob Charles |
|
|
Royal
Lytham & St Anne's |
277 |
| 1962 |
Arnold Palmer |
|
|
Troon |
276 |
| 1961 |
Arnold Palmer |
|
|
Birkdale
|
284 |
| 1960 |
Kel Nagle |
|
|
St Andrews |
278 |
| 1959 |
Gary Player |
|
|
Muirfield
|
284 |
| 1958 |
Peter Thomson |
|
|
Royal Lytham & St Anne's |
278s |
| 1957 |
Bobby Locke |
|
|
St
Andrews |
279 |
| 1956 |
Peter Thomson |
|
|
Hoylake |
286 |
| 1955 |
Peter Thomson |
|
|
St
Andrews |
281 |
| 1954 |
Peter Thomson |
|
|
Birkdale |
283 |
| 1953 |
Ben Hogan |
|
|
Carnoustie
|
282 |
| 1952 |
Bobby Locke s |
|
|
Royal Lytham & St Anne's |
287 |
| 1951 |
Max Faulkner |
|
|
Royal
Portrush |
285 |
| 1950 |
Bobby Locke |
|
|
Troon |
279 |
| 1949 |
Bobby Locke |
|
|
Sandwich
|
283 |
| 1948 |
Henry Cotton |
|
|
Muirfield |
284 |
| 1947 |
Fred Daly |
|
|
Hoylake
|
293 |
| 1946 |
Sam Snead |
|
|
St Andrews |
290 |
| 1945 |
|
|
|
No
Championship |
|
| 1944 |
|
|
|
No Championship |
|
| 1943 |
|
|
|
No
Championship |
|
| 1942 |
|
|
|
No Championship |
|
| 1941 |
|
|
|
No
Championship |
|
| 1940 |
|
|
|
No Championship |
|
| 1939 |
R Burton |
|
|
St
Andrews |
290 |
| 1938 |
RA Whitcombe |
|
|
Sandwich |
295 |
| 1937 |
Henry Cotton |
|
|
Carnoustie
|
290 |
| 1936 |
AH Padgham |
|
|
Hoylake |
287 |
| 1935 |
Alfred Perry |
|
|
Muirfield
|
283 |
| 1934 |
Henry Cotton |
|
|
Sandwich |
283 |
| 1933 |
Densmore Shute |
|
|
St
Andrews |
292 |
| 1932 |
Gene Sarazen |
|
|
Sandwich |
283 |
| 1931 |
Tommy Armour |
|
|
Carnoustie
|
296 |
| 1930 |
Bobby Jones |
|
|
Hoylake |
291 |
| 1929 |
Walter Hagen |
|
|
Muirfield
|
292 |
| 1928 |
Walter Hagen |
|
|
Sandwich |
292 |
| 1927 |
Bobby Jones |
|
|
St
Andrews |
285 |
| 1926 |
Bobby Jones |
|
|
Royal Lytham & St Anne's |
291 |
| 1925 |
Jim Barnes |
|
|
Prestwick
|
300 |
| 1924 |
Walter Hagen |
|
|
Hoylake |
301 |
| 1923 |
AG Havers |
|
|
Troon
|
295 |
| 1922 |
Walter Hagen |
|
|
Sandwich |
300 |
| 1921 |
Jock Hutchinson |
|
|
St
Andrews |
296 |
| 1920 |
George Duncan |
|
|
Deal |
303 |
| 1919 |
|
|
|
No
Championship |
|
| 1918 |
|
|
|
No Championship |
|
| 1917 |
|
|
|
No
Championship |
|
| 1916 |
|
|
|
No Championship |
|
| 1915 |
|
|
|
No
Championship |
|
| 1914 |
Harry Vardon |
|
|
Prestwick |
306 |
| 1913 |
JH Taylor |
|
|
Hoylake
|
304 |
| 1912 |
Edward Ray |
|
|
Muirfield |
295 |
| 1911 |
Harry Vardon |
|
|
Sandwich
|
303 |
| 1910 |
James Braid |
|
|
St Andrews |
299 |
| 1909 |
JH Taylor |
|
|
Deal
|
295 |
| 1908 |
James Braid |
|
|
Prestwick |
291 |
| 1907 |
A Massey |
|
|
Hoylake
|
312 |
| 1906 |
James Braid |
|
|
Muirfield |
300 |
| 1905 |
James Braid |
|
|
St
Andrews |
318 |
| 1904 |
Jack White |
|
|
Sandwich |
296 |
| 1903 |
Harry Vardon |
|
|
Prestwick
|
300 |
| 1902 |
Alex Herd |
|
|
Hoylake |
307 |
| 1901 |
James Braid |
|
|
Muirfield
|
309 |
| 1900 |
JH Taylor |
|
|
St Andrews |
309 |
| 1899 |
Harry Vardon |
|
|
Sandwich
|
310 |
| 1898 |
Harry Vardon |
|
|
Prestwick |
307 |
| 1897 |
HH Hilton |
|
|
Hoylake
|
314 |
| 1896 |
Harry Vardon |
|
|
Muirfield |
316 |
| 1895 |
JH Taylor |
|
|
St
Andrews |
322 |
| 1894 |
JH Taylor |
|
|
Sandwich |
326 |
| 1893 |
Willie Auchterlonie |
|
|
Prestwick
|
322 |
| 1892 |
HH Hilton |
|
|
Muirfield |
305 |
| 1891 |
Hugh Kirkaldy |
|
|
St
Andrews |
166 |
| 1890 |
Jack Ball Jnr |
|
|
Prestwick |
164 |
| 1889 |
Willie Park Jnr |
|
|
Musselburgh
|
155 |
| 1888 |
Jack Burns |
|
|
St Andrews |
171 |
| 1887 |
Willie Park Jnr |
|
|
Prestwick
|
161 |
| 1886 |
David Brown |
|
|
Musselburgh |
157 |
| 1885 |
Bob Martin |
|
|
St
Andrews |
171 |
| 1884 |
Jack Simpson |
|
|
Prestwick |
160 |
| 1883 |
Willie Fernie |
|
|
Musselburgh
|
159 |
| 1882 |
Bob Ferguson |
|
|
St Andrews |
171 |
| 1881 |
Bob Ferguson |
|
|
Prestwick
|
170 |
| 1880 |
Bob Ferguson |
|
|
Musselburgh |
162 |
| 1879 |
Jamie Anderson |
|
|
St
Andrews |
169 |
| 1878 |
Jamie Anderson |
|
|
Prestwick |
157 |
| 1877 |
Jamie Anderson |
|
|
Musselburgh
|
160 |
| 1876 |
Bob Martin |
|
|
St Andrews |
176 |
| 1875 |
Willie Park |
|
|
Prestwick
|
166 |
| 1874 |
Mungo Park |
|
|
Musselburgh |
159 |
| 1873 |
Tom Kidd |
|
|
St
Andrews |
179 |
| 1872 |
Tom Morris Jnr |
|
|
Prestwick |
166 |
| 1871 |
No Championship |
|
|
Na
|
|
| 1870 |
Tom Morris Jnr |
|
|
Prestwick |
149 |
| 1869 |
Tom Morris Jnr |
|
|
Prestwick
|
154 |
| 1868 |
Tom Morris Jnr |
|
|
Prestwick |
157 |
| 1867 |
Tom Morris Snr |
|
|
Prestwick
|
170 |
| 1866 |
Willie Park |
|
|
Prestwick |
169 |
| 1865 |
Andrew Strath |
|
|
Prestwick
|
162 |
| 1864 |
Tom Morris Snr |
|
|
Prestwick |
167 |
| 1863 |
Willie Park |
|
|
Prestwick
|
168 |
| 1862 |
Tom Morris Snr |
|
|
Prestwick |
163 |
| 1861 |
Tom Morris Snr |
|
|
Prestwick
|
163 |
| 1860 |
Willie Park |
|
|
Prestwick |
174 |
| |
*
Won after play-off |
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Amateur |
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