The Open Championship is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and is one of the most prestigious tournaments in golf to this day.
Since 1872, the winner of the Open Championship has been award the Claret Jug - the oldest and most prized trophy in golf.
Scottie Scheffler currently holds the Claret Jug after winning the Open Championship in 2025 with a score of 17-under. Scheffler became the 34th American to win the Open, after Jock Hudson became the first in 1921.
Arnaud Massy became the first person to win the open Championship that was not from the United Kingdom, winning the tournament in 1907.
Harry Vardon has won the most Open Championships, winning a total of six across three different decades. Four golfers have lifted the Claret Jug five times - James Braid, John Henry (J.H.) Taylor, Peter Thomson, and Tom Watson.
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Open Championship: List of Winners
Year | Winner | Course |
|---|---|---|
2027 | St. Andrews Old Course | |
2026 | Royal Birkdale | |
2025 | Royal Portrush | |
2024 | Royal Troon | |
2023 | Royal Liverpool | |
2022 | Cameron Smith | St. Andrews Old Course |
2021 | Royal St. George's | |
2020 | *Not Held (Covid) | |
2019 | Shane Lowry | Royal Portrush |
2018 | Francesco Molinari | Carnoustie |
2017 | Royal Birkdale | |
2016 | Henrik Stenson | Royal Troon |
2015 | Zach Johnson | St. Andrews Old Course |
2014 | Royal Liverpool | |
2013 | Phil Mickelson | Muirfield |
2012 | Ernie Els | Royal Lytham & St. Annes |
2011 | Darren Clarke | Royal St. George's |
2010 | Louis Oosthuizen | St. Andrews Old Course |
2009 | Stewart Cink | Ailsa Course at Turnberry |
2008 | Padraig Harrington | Royal Birkdale |
2007 | Padraig Harrington | Carnoustie |
2006 | Tiger Woods | Royal Liverpool |
2005 | Tiger Woods | St. Andrews Old Course |
2004 | Todd Hamilton | Royal Troon |
2003 | Ben Curtis | Royal St. George's |
2002 | Ernie Els | Muirfield |
2001 | David Duval | Royal Lytham & St. Annes |
2000 | Tiger Woods | St. Andrews Old Course |
1999 | Paul Lawrie | Carnoustie |
1998 | Mark O'Meara | Royal Birkdale |
1997 | Justin Leonard | Royal Troon |
1996 | Tom Lehman | Royal Lytham & St. Annes |
1995 | John Daly | St. Andrews Old Course |
1994 | Nick Price | Turnberry |
1993 | Greg Norman | Royal St. George's |
1992 | Nick Faldo | Muirfield |
1991 | Ian Baker-Finch | Royal Birkdale |
1990 | Nick Faldo | St. Andrews Old Course |
1989 | Mark Calcavecchia | Royal Troon |
1988 | Seve Ballesteros | Royal Lytham & St. Annes |
1987 | Nick Faldo | Muirfield |
1986 | Greg Norman | Turnberry |
1985 | Sandy Lyle | Royal St. George's |
1984 | Seve Ballesteros | St. Andrews Old Course |
1983 | Tom Watson | Royal Birkdale |
1982 | Tom Watson | Royal Troon |
1981 | Bill Rogers | Royal St. George's |
1980 | Tom Watson | Muirfield |
1979 | Seve Ballesteros | Royal Lytham & St. Annes |
1978 | Jack Nicklaus | St. Andrews Old Course |
1977 | Tom Watson | Turnberry |
1976 | Johnny Miller | Royal Birkdale |
1975 | Tom Watson | Carnoustie |
1974 | Gary Player | Royal Lytham & St. Annes |
1973 | Tom Weiskopf | Royal Troon |
1972 | Lee Trevino | Muirfield |
1971 | Lee Trevino | Royal Birkdale |
1970 | Jack Nicklaus | St. Andrews Old Course |
1969 | Tony Jacklin | Royal Lytham & St. Annes |
1968 | Gary Player | Carnoustie |
1967 | Roberto de Vicenzo | Royal Liverpool |
1966 | Jack Nicklaus | Muirfield |
1965 | Peter Thomson | Royal Birkdale |
1964 | Tony Lema | St. Andrews Old Course |
1963 | Bob Charles | Royal Lytham & St. Annes |
1962 | Arnold Palmer | Royal Troon |
1961 | Arnold Palmer | Royal Birkdale |
1960 | Kel Nagle | St. Andrews Old Course |
1959 | Gary Player | Muirfield |
1958 | Peter Thomson | Royal Lytham & St. Annes |
1957 | Bobby Locke | St. Andrews Old Course |
1956 | Peter Thomson | Royal Liverpool |
1955 | Peter Thomson | St. Andrews Old Course |
1954 | Peter Thomson | Royal Birkdale |
1953 | Ben Hogan | Carnoustie |
1952 | Bobby Locke | Royal Lytham & St. Annes |
1951 | Max Faulkner | Royal Portrush |
1950 | Bobby Locke | Royal Troon |
1949 | Bobby Locke | Royal St. George's |
1948 | Henry Cotton | Muirfield |
1947 | Fred Daly | Royal Liverpool |
1946 | Sam Snead | St. Andrews Old Course |
1940-1945 | *Not Held (WWII) | |
1939 | Dick Burton | St. Andrews Old Course |
1938 | Reg Whitcombe | Royal St. George's |
1937 | Henry Cotton | Carnoustie |
1936 | Alf Padgham | Royal Liverpool |
1935 | Alf Perry | Muirfield |
1934 | Henry Cotton | Royal St. George's |
1933 | Denny Shute | St. Andrews Old Course |
1932 | Gene Sarazen | Prince's Golf Club |
1931 | Tommy Armour | Carnoustie |
1930 | Bobby Jones | Royal Liverpool |
1929 | Walter Hagen | Muirfield |
1928 | Walter Hagen | Royal St. George's |
1927 | Bobby Jones | St. Andrews Old Course |
1926 | Bobby Jones | Royal Lytham & St. Annes |
1925 | Jim Barnes | Prestwick Golf Club |
1924 | Walter Hagen | Royal Liverpool |
1923 | Arthur Havers | Royal Troon |
1922 | Walter Hagen | Royal St. George's |
1921 | *Jock Hutchison | St. Andrews Old Course |
1920 | George Duncan | Royal Cinque Ports |
1915-1919 | *Not Held (WWI) | |
1914 | Harry Vardon | Prestwick Golf Club |
1913 | J.H. Taylor | Royal Liverpool |
1912 | Ted Ray | Muirfield |
1911 | Harry Vardon | Royal St. George's |
1910 | James Braid | St. Andrews Old Course |
1909 | J.H. Taylor | Royal Cinque Ports |
1908 | James Braid | Prestwick Golf Club |
1907 | *Arnaud Massy | Royal Liverpool |
1906 | James Braid | Muirfield |
1905 | James Braid | St. Andrews Old Course |
1904 | Jack White | Royal St. George's |
1903 | Harry Vardon | Prestwick Golf Club |
1902 | Sandy Herd | Royal Liverpool |
1901 | James Braid | Muirfield |
1900 | J.H. Taylor | St. Andrews Old Course |
1899 | Harry Vardon | Royal St. George's |
1898 | Harry Vardon | Prestwick Golf Club |
1897 | Harold Hilton | Royal Liverpool |
1896 | Harry Vardon | Muirfield |
1895 | J.H. Taylor | St. Andrews Old Course |
1894 | J.H. Taylor | Royal St. George's |
1893 | William Auchterlonie | Prestwick Golf Club |
1892 | Harold Hilton | Muirfield |
1891 | Hugh Kirkaldy | St. Andrews Old Course |
1890 | John Ball | Prestwick Golf Club |
1889 | Willie Park Jr. | Musselburgh Links |
1888 | Jack Burns | St. Andrews Old Course |
1887 | Willie Park Jr. | Prestwick Golf Club |
1886 | David Brown | Musselburgh Links |
1885 | Bob Martin | St. Andrews Old Course |
1884 | Jack Simpson | Prestwick Golf Club |
1883 | Willie Fernie | Musselburgh Links |
1882 | Bob Ferguson | St. Andrews Old Course |
1881 | Bob Ferguson | Prestwick Golf Club |
1880 | Bob Ferguson | Musselburgh Links |
1879 | Jamie Anderson | St. Andrews Old Course |
1878 | Jamie Anderson | Prestwick Golf Club |
1877 | Jamie Anderson | Musselburgh Links |
1876 | Bob Martin | St. Andrews Old Course |
1875 | Willie Park Sr. | Prestwick Golf Club |
1874 | Mungo Park | Musselburgh Links |
1873 | Tom Kidd | St. Andrews Old Course |
1872 | Tom Morris Sr. | Prestwick Golf Club |
1871 | *Not Held (Cancelled) | |
1870 | Tom Morris Sr. | Prestwick Golf Club |
1869 | Tom Morris Sr. | Prestwick Golf Club |
1868 | Tom Morris Sr. | Prestwick Golf Club |
1867 | Tom Morris Sr. | Prestwick Golf Club |
1866 | Willie Park Sr. | Prestwick Golf Club |
1865 | Andrew Strath | Prestwick Golf Club |
1864 | Tom Morris Sr. | Prestwick Golf Club |
1863 | Willie Park Sr. | Prestwick Golf Club |
1862 | Tom Morris Sr. | Prestwick Golf Club |
1861 | Tom Morris Sr. | Prestwick Golf Club |
1860 | Willie Park Sr. | Prestwick Golf Club |
