Who Won the British Open Championship?
The Open Championship (sometimes referred to as the British Open) is the oldest of the four PGA major golf championships, starting in 1860. While the site may vary, the British Open is administrated by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. The winner of the Open Championship initially won the Challenge Belt. The current prize - the Golf Champion Trophy or Claret Jug - was introduced after 1872.
| Year | Winner | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Xander Schauffele | 275 (-9) |
| 2023 | Brian Harman | 271 (-13) |
| 2022 | Cameron Smith | 268 (-20) |
| 2021 | Collin Morikawa | 265 (-15) |
| 2020 | CANCELLED | |
| 2019 | Shane Lowry | 269 (-15) |
| 2018 | Francesco Molinari | 276 (-8) |
| 2017 | Jordan Spieth | 268 (-12) |
| 2016 | Henrik Stenson | 264 (-20) |
| 2015 | Zach Johnson | 273 (-15), playoff |
| 2014 | Rory McIlroy | 271 (-17) |
| 2013 | Phil Mickelson | 281 (-3) |
| 2012 | Ernie Els | 273 (-7) |
| 2011 | Darren Clarke | 275 (-5) |
| 2010 | Louis Oosthuizen | 272 (-16) |
| 2009 | Stewart Cink | 278 (-2), playoff |
| 2008 | Padraig Harrington | 283 (+3) |
| 2007 | Padraig Harrington | 277 (-7), playoff |
| 2006 | Tiger Woods | 270 (-18) |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods | 274 (-14) |
| 2004 | Todd Hamilton | 274 (-10), playoff |
| 2003 | Ben Curtis | 283 (-1) |
| 2002 | Ernie Els | 278 (-6), playoff |
| 2001 | David Duval | 274 (-10) |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods | 269 (-19) |
| 1999 | Paul Lawrie | 290 (+6), playoff |
| 1998 | Mark O'Meara | 280 (E), playoff |
| 1997 | Justin Leonard | 272 (-12) |
| 1996 | Tom Lehman | 271 (-13) |
| 1995 | John Daly | 282 (-6), playoff |
| 1994 | Nick Price | 268 (-12) |
| 1993 | Greg Norman | 267 (-13) |
| 1992 | Nick Faldo | 272 (-12) |
| 1991 | Ian Baker-Finch | 272 (-8) |
| 1990 | Nick Faldo | 270 (-18) |
| 1989 | Mark Calcavecchia | 275 (-13), playoff |
| 1988 | Seve Ballesteros | 273 (-11) |
| 1987 | Nick Faldo | 279 (-5) |
| 1986 | Greg Norman | 280 (E) |
| 1985 | Sandy Lyle | 282 (+2) |
| 1984 | Seve Ballesteros | 276 (-12) |
| 1983 | Tom Watson | 275 (-9) |
| 1982 | Tom Watson | 284 (-4) |
| 1981 | Bill Rogers | 276 (-4) |
| 1980 | Tom Watson | 271 (-13) |
| 1979 | Seve Ballesteros | 283 (-1) |
| 1978 | Jack Nicklaus | 281 (-7) |
| 1977 | Tom Watson | 268 (-12) |
| 1976 | Johnny Miller | 279 (-9) |
| 1975 | Tom Watson | 279 (-9), playoff |
| 1974 | Gary Player | 282 (-2) |
| 1973 | Tom Weiskopf | 276 (-12) |
| 1972 | Lee Trevino | 278 (-6) |
| 1971 | Lee Trevino | 278 (-14) |
| 1970 | Jack Nicklaus | 283 (-5), playoff |
| 1969 | Tony Jacklin | 280 (-4) |
| 1968 | Gary Player | 289 (+1) |
| 1967 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 278 (-10) |
| 1966 | Jack Nicklaus | 282 (-2) |
| 1965 | Peter Thomson | 285 (-7) |
| 1964 | Tony Lema | 279 (-9) |
| 1963 | Bob Charles | 277 (-3), playoff |
| 1962 | Arnold Palmer | 276 (-12) |
| 1961 | Arnold Palmer | 284 (-4) |
| 1960 | Kel Nagle | 278 (-10) |
| 1959 | Gary Player | 284 (-4) |
| 1958 | Peter Thomson | 278 (-6), playoff |
| 1957 | Bobby Locke | 279 (-9) |
| 1956 | Peter Thomson | 286 (+2) |
| 1955 | Peter Thomson | 281 (-7) |
| 1954 | Peter Thomson | 283 (-9) |
| 1953 | Ben Hogan | 282 (-6) |
| 1952 | Bobby Locke | 287 (-1) |
| 1951 | Max Faulkner | 285 (-3) |
| 1950 | Bobby Locke | 279 (-1) |
| 1949 | Bobby Locke | 283 (-5), playoff |
| 1948 | Henry Cotton | 284 (E) |
| 1947 | Fred Daly | 293 (+21) |
| 1946 | Sam Snead | 290 (-2) |
| 1939 | Dick Burton | 290 (-2) |
| 1938 | Reg Whitcombe | 295 (+15) |
| 1937 | Henry Cotton | 290 (+6) |
| 1936 | Alf Padgham | 287 (-9) |
| 1935 | Alf Perry | 283 (-5) |
| 1934 | Henry Cotton | 283 |
| 1933 | Denny Shute | 292 (E), playoff |
| 1932 | Gene Sarazen | 283 (-13) |
| 1931 | Tommy Armour | 296 (+8) |
| 1930 | Bobby Jones | 291 (+3) |
| 1929 | Walter Hagen | 292 (+12) |
| 1928 | Walter Hagen | 292 |
| 1927 | Bobby Jones | 285 (-7) |
| 1926 | Bobby Jones | 291 |
| 1925 | Jim Barnes | 300 |
| 1924 | Walter Hagen | 301 |
| 1923 | Arthur Havers | 295 (+3) |
| 1922 | Walter Hagen | 300 |
| 1921 | Jock Hutchison | 296, playoff |
| 1920 | George Duncan | 303 |
| 1914 | Harry Vardon | 306 |
| 1913 | J.H. Taylor | 304 |
| 1912 | Ted Ray | 295 |
| 1911 | Harry Vardon | 303, playoff |
| 1910 | James Braid | 299 |
| 1909 | J.H. Taylor | 295 |
| 1908 | James Braid | 291 |
| 1907 | Arnaud Massy | 312 |
| 1906 | James Braid | 300 |
| 1905 | James Braid | 318 |
| 1904 | Jack White | 296 |
| 1903 | Harry Vardon | 300 |
| 1902 | Sandy Herd | 307 |
| 1901 | James Braid | 309 |
| 1900 | J.H. Taylor | 309 |
| 1899 | Harry Vardon | 310 |
| 1898 | Harry Vardon | 307 |
| 1897 | Harold Hilton | 314 |
| 1896 | Harry Vardon | 316, playoff |
| 1895 | J.H. Taylor | 322 |
| 1894 | J.H. Taylor | 326 |
| 1893 | William Auchterlonie | 322 |
| 1892 | Harold Hilton | 305 |
| 1891 | Hugh Kirkaldy | 166 |
| 1890 | John Ball | 164 |
| 1889 | Willie Park, Jr. | 155, playoff |
| 1888 | Jack Burns | 171 |
| 1887 | Willie Park, Jr. | 161 |
| 1886 | David Brown | 157 |
| 1885 | Bob Martin | 171 |
| 1884 | Jack Simpson | 160 |
| 1883 | Willie Fernie | 158, playoff |
| 1882 | Bob Ferguson | 171 |
| 1881 | Bob Ferguson | 170 |
| 1880 | Bob Ferguson | 162 |
| 1879 | Jamie Anderson | 169 |
| 1878 | Jamie Anderson | 157 |
| 1877 | Jamie Anderson | 160 |
| 1876 | Bob Martin | 176, playoff |
| 1875 | Willie Park, Sr. | 166 |
| 1874 | Mungo Park | 159 |
| 1873 | Tom Kidd | 179 |
| 1872 | Tom Morris, Jr. | 166 |
| 1870 | Tom Morris, Jr. | 149 |
| 1869 | Tom Morris, Jr. | 157 |
| 1868 | Tom Morris, Jr. | 154 |
| 1867 | Tom Morris, Sr. | 170 |
| 1866 | Willie Park, Sr. | 169 |
| 1865 | Andrew Strath | 162 |
| 1864 | Tom Morris, Sr. | 167 |
| 1863 | Willie Park, Sr. | 168 |
| 1862 | Tom Morris, Sr. | 163 |
| 1861 | Tom Morris, Sr. | 163 |
| 1860 | Willie Park, Sr. | 174 |