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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