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3 days ago
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- Yahoo
When is the 2025 British Open? Dates, schedule and history of the PGA tournament
The British Open will be held on July 17-20 at Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. This marks the third time the British Open is played at Portrush. Xander Schauffele won the major last year. Who will be crowned the champion this time around? What we know about the tournament so far: When is the British Open? The British Open, as known as the Open Championship, will take place on July 17-20. Where is the British Open? The major tournament will be played at Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Previous winner of British Open Xander Schauffele won the British Open in 2024. Most British Open Victories Harry Vardon holds the record for most wins with six. (1896,1898, 1899, 1903, 1911,1914) James Braid won 5 (1901, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910) John Henry Taylor won 5 (1894, 1895, 1900, 1909, 1913) Peter Thomson won 5 (1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965) Tom Watson won 5 (1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983) Is Tiger Woods playing in the British Open? No, Tiger Woods will not be playing in the British Open. The 15-time major winner ruptured his left Achilles tendon in March during his preparation for the Master's tournament. He is expected to make a full recovery but is out indefinitely. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: 2025 British Open: Dates, schedule of the tournament
Fox News
3 days ago
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- Fox News
Open Championship Winners: List of British Open champions by year
It's golf's original major, first played in 1860 at Prestwick Golf Club. The Open Championship (often called the British Open) combines links‐style tradition with legendary performances from the game's greatest: Harry Vardon, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have all lifted the Claret Jug. Check out the complete list of The Open Championship winners including country, total par and total score: Harry Vardon has won the British Open the most items, with six wins. Below is a list of all the players who have won more than one Open Championship:
Al Arabiya
5 days ago
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- Al Arabiya
British open ‘25: Tiger Woods and Tom Watson part of history at golf's oldest championship
A capsule look at key anniversary years at the British Open including the AP story from those victories: 150 years ago (1875)Site: Willie Park Bob 56-59-51– 2 share: 8 Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris did not play because the wife of Young Tom Morris died six days before the championship while giving birth. Young Tom Morris also died later that Glasgow Herald: 'The annual competition for the golf championship of Scotland took place on Prestwick Links and resulted in favor of Willie Park of Musselburgh. The game consisted of 36 holes and was completed by Park in 166 strokes. In the absence of the famous Morrises of St. Andrews who are at present mourning a severe domestic calamity only two representatives of the Kingdom were present but one of them Bob Martin won second place in the competition.' 125 years ago (1900)Site: St. J.H. Harry 79-77-78-75– 8 share: 50 This was a period when Taylor and Harry Vardon had won five of the previous six British Open story: 'J.H. Taylor won the open golf championship on the St. Andrews links today. Taylor's win was a popular one. His score was 309 for the four rounds being thirteen strokes better than his victory on the same grounds in 1895. The weather was dull but favorable for good scoring. By his victory at St. Andrews yesterday Taylor scores his third triumph in the English open championships. His first success was gained in 1894 over the same links and it is a noteworthy fact that up to that time the title had never been won by an English professional.' 100 years ago (1925)Site: Jim Archie Compston and Ted 70-77-79-74–300Margin: 1 share: 75 This was the final British Open held at Prestwick. Troon replaced it as the links in the southwest of story: 'The British open golf championship will be carried back to the United States by Long Jim Barnes who won it today. His score of 300 strokes for the 72 holes over links at Prestwick led all the others of the 83 competitors. His victory marked the fourth in five summers of the Americans in the historic tournament. The Britons Edward Ray champions of years ago and Archie Compston of North Manchester failed by but one stroke of equaling Barnes winning score. Each scored a 301. They both missed final putts on the last green and lost their chance to tie Barnes.' 75 years ago (1950)Site: Troon Bobby Roberto De 69-72-70-68–279Margin: 2 share: 1500 Locke set the 72-hole scoring record which he matched seven years story: 'Bobby Locke walking as if the Troon fairways were carpeted with eggs came up with a fourth round 68 today that won him the British Open Golf title for the second straight year and lowered a scoring mark that had stood since 1932. The South African finished with a 279 on rounds of 69-72-70-68 over the par 70 course. His aggregate wiped out the previous low winning total of 283 posted by Gene Sarazen 18 years ago. Behind Locke came Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina who carded a 281 and also broke Sarazen's record. Only because it retained the championship for Locke did his hot round overshadow a sensational 66 which Frank Stranahan of Toledo Ohio fired in a vain attempt to place the open trophy beside the British amateur award he won earlier this spring.' 50 years ago (1975)Site: Tom Jack 71-67-69-72-279Margin: Playoff (Watson 71 Newton 72).Winners share: 7500 This was the final 18-hole playoff at the British Open. It was changed to a four-hole aggregate playoff in 1985 (first used in 1989).AP story: 'Tom Watson a 25-year-old who has blown chances in three major championships kept his cool Sunday and won the British Open golf championship on the rainswept 18th hole of a playoff when Jack Newton missed a tying par putt by inches. Watson who finished the extra round in 1-under-par 71 holed a 30-foot chip for an eagle on the 14th to take a one-shot lead then bogeyed the 16th putting him and his 25-year-old Australian challenger even going to the 18th. Watson parred. Newton blasted out of a greenside bunker and needed a 12-foot putt to stay alive. He just missed and the title and the 16500 first prize belonged to Watson.' 25 years ago (2000)Site: St. Andrews Tiger Ernie Els and Thomas 67-66-67-69– 8 share: Woods played the ninth hole during the practice round with a replica of a gutta percha. He hit driver and 5-iron just over the back of the green and got up-and-down for story: 'Five hundred years of legend and lore hardly prepared golf's hallowed home for Tiger Woods. On the same linksland that Old Tom Morris nurtured and Jack Nicklaus conquered along came a 24-year-old with a keen eye for history. Woods not only became the youngest player to win the career Grand Slam he completed it faster than any of the four greats who did it before him. The final piece came Sunday when Woods held the silver claret jug under the cool grey skies of St. Andrews after another record-breaking performance to win the British Open. Challenged briefly by David Duval Woods pulled away for an eight-stroke victory. It wasn't quite as overwhelming as his 15-stroke victory in the US Open last month but it was the largest in 87 years of golf's oldest championship.' 20 years ago (2005)Site: St. Tiger Colin 66-67-71-70-274Margin: 5 share: Jack Nicklaus missed the cut in his 164th and final major championship. Woods won each of the four majors Nicklaus played for the final story: 'Sunday brought yet another grand crossing over the Swilcan Bridge: The defiant return of Tiger Woods. Two days after Jack Nicklaus bade an emotional farewell to the majors Woods took another step toward the Golden Bears record with another ruthless performance at St. Andrews closing with a 2-under 70 to win the British Open for his 10th career major. He won by five shots the largest margin in any major since Woods won by eight at St. Andrews five years ago. This one also had a sense of inevitability with Woods taking the lead on the ninth hole of the first round. No one caught him over the final 63. He joined Nicklaus as the only players to win the career Grand Slam twice and Woods completed his own version of the slam that shows how their careers are so indelibly linked — he now has won all four majors that Nicklaus played for the last time.' 10 years ago (2015)Site: St. Zach Louis Oosthuizen and Marc 66-71-70-66–273Margin: Playoff (Johnson 3-3-5-4 Oosthuizen 3-4-5-4 Leishman 5-4-5-4).Winners share: 1150000 poundsNoteworthy: Rory McIlroy was the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 who did not defend his title because of an ankle surgery from playing story: 'Zach Johnson cradled the silver claret jug in his arms. Jordan Spieth let it slip through his fingers. Spieth was right where he wanted to be in his spirited bid for the Grand Slam — tied for the lead with two holes to go in the British Open right after making a 50-foot birdie putt that made it feel as though he were destined to win at St. Andrews for his third straight major. And he was still there at the very end Monday but only as a spectator. The slam gone Spieth graciously returned to the steps of the Royal & Ancient clubhouse to watch Johnson finish off a sterling performance of his own. Johnson rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that got him into a three-man playoff and he outlasted Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman to win the British Open.
Associated Press
5 days ago
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- Associated Press
BRITISH OPEN '25: Tiger Woods and Tom Watson part of history at golf's oldest championship
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — A capsule look at key anniversary years at the British Open, including the AP story from those victories: 150 years ago (1875) Site: Prestwick. Winner: Willie Park Sr. Runner-up: Bob Martin. Score: 56-59-51--166. Margin: 2 shots. Winner's share: 8 pounds. Noteworthy: Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris did not play because the wife of Young Tom Morris died six days before the championship while giving birth. Young Tom Morris also died later that year. The Glasgow Herald: The annual competition for the golf championship of Scotland took place on Prestwick Links, and resulted in favour of Willie Park, of Musselburgh. The game consisted of 36 holes, and was completed by Park in 166 strokes. In the absence of the famous Morrises of St. Andrews, who are at present mourning a severe domestic calamity, only two representatives of the 'Kingdom' were present, but one of them, Bob Martin, won second place in the competition. 125 years ago (1900) Site: St. Andrews. Winner: J.H. Taylor. Runner-up: Harry Vardon. Score: 79-77-78-75--309. Margin: 8 shots. Winner's share: 50 pounds. Noteworthy: This was a period when Taylor and Harry Vardon had won five of the previous six British Open titles. AP story: J.H. Taylor won the open golf championship on the St. Andrews links today. Taylor's win was a popular one. His score was 309 for the four rounds, being thirteen strokes better than his victory on the same grounds in 1895. The weather was dull, but favourable for good scoring. By his victory at St. Andrews yesterday Taylor scores his third triumph in the English open championships. His first success was gained in 1894 over the same links, and it is a noteworthy fact that up to that time the title had never been won by an English professional. 100 years ago (1925) Site: Prestwick. Winner: Jim Barnes. Runners-up: Archie Compston and Ted Ray. Score: 70-77-79-74--300 Margin: 1 shot. Winner's share: 75 pounds. Noteworthy: This was the final British Open held at Prestwick. Troon replaced it as the links in the southwest of Scotland. AP story: The British open golf championship will be carried back to the United States by 'Long Jim' Barnes, who won it today. His score of 300 strokes for the 72 holes over links at Prestwick led all the others of the 83 competitors. His victory marked the fourth in five summers of the Americans in the historic tournament. The Britons, Edward Ray, champions of years ago, and Archie Compston of North Manchester, failed by but one stroke of equaling Barnes' winning score. Each scored a 301. They both missed final putts on the last green and lost their chance to tie Barnes. 75 years ago (1950) Site: Troon GC. Winner: Bobby Locke. Runner-up: Roberto De Vicenzo. Score: 69-72-70-68--279 Margin: 2 shots. Winner's share: 1,500 pounds. Noteworthy: Locke set the 72-hole scoring record, which he matched seven years later. AP story: Bobby Locke, walking as if the Troon fairways were carpeted with eggs, came up with a fourth round 68 today that won him the British Open Golf title for the second straight year and lowered a scoring mark that had stood since 1932. The South African finished with a 279 on rounds of 69-72-70-68 over the par 70 course. His aggregate wiped out the previous low winning total of 283 posted by Gene Sarazen 18 years ago. Behind Locke came Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina, who carded a 281 and also broke Sarazen's record. Only because it retained the championship for Locke did his hot round overshadow a sensational 66 which Frank Stranahan of Toledo, Ohio, fired in a vain attempt to place the open trophy beside the British amateur award he won earlier this spring. 50 years ago (1975) Site: Carnoustie. Winner: Tom Watson. Runner-up: Jack Newton. Score: 71-67-69-72-279 Margin: Playoff (Watson 71, Newton 72). Winner's share: 7,500 pounds. Noteworthy: This was the final 18-hole playoff at the British Open. It was changed to a four-hole aggregate playoff in 1985 (first used in 1989). AP story: Tom Watson, a 25-year-old who has blown chances in three major championships, kept his cool Sunday and won the British Open golf championship on the rainswept 18th hole of a playoff when Jack Newton missed a tying par putt by inches. Watson, who finished the extra round in 1-under-par 71, holed a 30-foot chip for an eagle on the 14th to take a one-shot lead, then bogeyed the 16th, putting him and his 25-year-old Australian challenger even going to the 18th. Watson parred. Newton blasted out of a greenside bunker and needed a 12-foot putt to stay alive. He just missed, and the title and the $16,500 first prize belonged to Watson. 25 years ago (2000) Site: St. Andrews GC. Winner: Tiger Woods. Runners-up: Ernie Els and Thomas Bjorn. Score: 67-66-67-69--269. Margin: 8 shots. Winner's share: 500,000. Noteworthy: Woods played the ninth hole during the practice round with a replica of a gutta percha. He hit driver and 5-iron just over the back of the green and got up-and-down for par. AP story: Five hundred years of legend and lore hardly prepared golf's hallowed home for Tiger Woods. On the same linksland that Old Tom Morris nurtured and Jack Nicklaus conquered, along came a 24-year-old with a keen eye for history. Woods not only became the youngest player to win the career Grand Slam, he completed it faster than any of the four greats who did it before him. The final piece came Sunday, when Woods held the silver claret jug under the cool, grey skies of St. Andrews after another record-breaking performance to win the British Open. Challenged briefly by David Duval, Woods pulled away for an eight-stroke victory. It wasn't quite as overwhelming as his 15-stroke victory in the U.S. Open last month, but it was the largest in 87 years of golf's oldest championship. 20 years ago (2005) Site: St. Andrews. Winner: Tiger Woods. Runner-up: Colin Montgomerie. Score: 66-67-71-70-274 Margin: 5 shots. Winner's share: 720,000. Noteworthy: Jack Nicklaus missed the cut in his 164th and final major championship. Woods won each of the four majors Nicklaus played for the final time. AP story: Sunday brought yet another grand crossing over the Swilcan Bridge: The defiant return of Tiger Woods. Two days after Jack Nicklaus bade an emotional farewell to the majors, Woods took another step toward the Golden Bear's record with another ruthless performance at St. Andrews, closing with a 2-under 70 to win the British Open for his 10th career major. He won by five shots, the largest margin in any major since Woods won by eight at St. Andrews five years ago. This one also had a sense of inevitability, with Woods taking the lead on the ninth hole of the first round. No one caught him over the final 63. He joined Nicklaus as the only players to win the career Grand Slam twice, and Woods completed his own version of the slam that shows how their careers are so indelibly linked — he now has won all four majors that Nicklaus played for the last time. 10 years ago (2015) Site: St. Andrews. Winner: Zach Johnson. Runners-up: Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman. Score: 66-71-70-66--273 Margin: Playoff (Johnson 3-3-5-4; Oosthuizen 3-4-5-4; Leishman 5-4-5-4). Winner's share: 1,150,000 pounds Noteworthy: Rory McIlroy was the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 who did not defend his title because of an ankle surgery from playing soccer. AP story: Zach Johnson cradled the silver claret jug in his arms. Jordan Spieth let it slip through his fingers. Spieth was right where he wanted to be in his spirited bid for the Grand Slam — tied for the lead with two holes to go in the British Open, right after making a 50-foot birdie putt that made it feel as though he were destined to win at St. Andrews for his third straight major. And he was still there at the very end Monday, but only as a spectator. The slam gone, Spieth graciously returned to the steps of the Royal & Ancient clubhouse to watch Johnson finish off a sterling performance of his own. Johnson rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that got him into a three-man playoff, and he outlasted Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman to win the British Open. ___ AP golf:
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14-05-2025
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Rory McIlroy determined not to ‘burden' himself with numbers after Masters glory
Rory McIlroy has no plans to 'burden' himself with victory targets and is determined to enjoy achieving everything he dreamed of following his memorable Masters triumph. McIlroy's nerve-shredding victory at Augusta National made him just the sixth male golfer to complete a career grand slam and gave him a fifth major title, one behind Sir Nick Faldo and two adrift of Europe's most prolific major winner, Harry Vardon. Advertisement And the world number two has every chance of equalling Faldo's tally in the 107th US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, a venue where he won his first PGA Tour title in 2010 and has since claimed three more victories, including last year. 2010 Quail Hollow Championship 2015 Wells Fargo Championship 2021 Wells Fargo Championship 2024 Wells Fargo Championship Rory's Quail Hollow success 🏆 #PGAChamp — DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) May 13, 2025 'I have achieved everything that I wanted, I've done everything I've wanted to do in the game,' McIlroy said before completing his preparations by playing the back nine at a rain-soaked Quail Hollow on Wednesday. 'I dreamed as a child of becoming the best player in the world and winning all the majors. I've done that. Everything beyond this, for however long I decide to play the game competitively, is a bonus. 'If I can just try to get the best out of myself each and every week, I know what my abilities are. I know the golf that I can play. Advertisement 'And if I keep turning up and just trying to do that each and every week, especially in these four big ones a year, I know that I'll have my chances. 'I've always said I'm never going to put a number on it. I've talked about trying to become the best European ever or the best international player ever or whatever that is. Masters champion McIlroy is seeking back-to-back major titles in the 107th US PGA Championship (Matt York/AP) 'But again, the numbers tell one story, but it mightn't be the full story. 'I feel like I sort of burdened myself with the career grand slam stuff, and I want to enjoy this. Advertisement 'I want to enjoy what I've achieved, and I want to enjoy the last decade or whatever of my career, and I don't want to burden myself by numbers or statistics. I just want to go and try to play the best golf I can.' McIlroy admits he still feels like crying whenever he sees footage of his emotional reaction to winning the Masters, and the Northern Irishman has been blown away by the reaction to his historic success after beating Justin Rose on the first hole of a play-off. Sport US PGA Championship: Bryson DeChambeau wants anoth... Read More 'It's everything I thought it would be,' McIlroy added. 'I think the outpouring of support and congratulatory messages has been absolutely amazing. 'Look, everyone needs to have goals and dreams, and I've been able to do something that I dreamed of for a long time. I'm still going to set myself goals. I'm still going to try to achieve certain things. But I sit here knowing that that very well could be the highlight of my career. Advertisement 'That's a very cool thing. I want to still create a lot of other highlights and high points, but I'm not sure if any other win will live up to what happened a few weeks ago.'
