List of The Open Championship Champions - Notes

Notes

  • a 72 holes refers to four rounds of golf played on the same 18 holes of golf, with the pin positions varying from one round to another.
  • b Par is a predetermined number of strokes that a golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the total pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the total pars of each round). E stands for even, which means the tournament was completed in the predetermined number of strokes.
  • c The 1871 Open Championship was not held.
  • d Willie Fernie won in a playoff against Bob Ferguson.
  • e Willie Park, Jnr. won in a playoff against Andrew Kirkaldy.
  • f John Ball won The Open Championship as an amateur.
  • g Harold Hilton won The Open Championship as an amateur.
  • h Harry Vardon won in a playoff against Arnaud Massy.
  • i The Open Championship was not held from 1915 to 1918 because of the First World War.
  • j Jock Hutchison won in a playoff against Roger Wethered.
  • k Bobby Jones won The Open Championship as an amateur.
  • l Denny Shute won in a playoff against Craig Wood.
  • m The Open Championship was not held from 1940 to 1945 because of the Second World War.
  • n Bobby Locke won in a playoff against Harry Bradshaw.
  • o Peter Thomson won in a playoff against Dave Thomas.
  • p Bob Charles won in a playoff against Phil Rodgers.
  • q Jack Nicklaus won in a playoff against Doug Sanders.
  • r Tom Watson won in a playoff against Jack Newton.
  • s Mark Calcavecchia won in a playoff against Wayne Grady and Greg Norman.
  • t John Daly won in a playoff against Constantino Rocca.
  • u Mark O'Meara won in a playoff against Brian Watts.
  • v Paul Lawrie won in a playoff against Jean van de Velde and Justin Leonard.
  • w Ernie Els won in a playoff against Thomas Levet, Steve Elkington and Stuart Appleby.
  • x Todd Hamilton won in a playoff against Ernie Els.
  • y Pádraig Harrington won in a playoff against Sergio García.
  • z Stewart Cink won in a playoff against Tom Watson.

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