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Former U.S Open Golf Champion Lucas Glover of the USA was the first golfer to make a move in the second day of the 2011 British Open at Royal St George's Links, Sandwich, Kent, England.

Glover, who started with a four under par score of 66 yesterday, birdied the second hole to tie Thomas Bjorn and Tom Lewis for the lead on -5. The American dropped a stroke at the 4th and then got back to -5 with a birdie 4 at the seventh hole, where he missed a 4 foot putt for an eagle to miss the opportunity to go into the outright lead.

Frequent updates shall be provided all the way through to conclusion of the second day's play.

LIVE GOLF SCORING

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Met Office British Open Weather Forecast looks brighter for today at Royal St George's Links, Sandwich  

The late starters today and early starters tomorrow are scheduled to get the best of the draw, which can often be the way in links golf.

It was very breezy early on and the rain threatened to come on today but this never came to anything much.

Earlier Blog

We have been working very closely with The Met Office the past two seasons to bring you accurate weather forecasts for main golf events such as The British Open and BMW Golf Championship.

This Weather Widget is provided by the Met Office

The Met Office have kindly provided us with the above widget that provides an easy to glance summary as to what weather is due over the next four days.

Re-Cap

The weather was not very good for the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart Golf Links, it played havoc at the US Women's Open at The Broadmoor and the recent OneAsia Golf Tour event had to be cancelled.

The Moray Firth area where the Scottish Open was held is one of the mildest and dry locations in the UK and this appears to have been a global spell of bad weather covering Asia, America and the UK. So here's hoping we get better playing conditions for The Open at Royal St George's Links, Sandwich, Kent, England.

Thursday - Cloudy 17 Degrees 18 mph winds South

Friday - Sunnny & Cloudy 22 Degrees 7 mph winds NNE

Saturday - Sunny, Cloudy & Showers 17 Degrees 21 mph winds NE

Sunday - Cloudy, 17 Degrees 23mph winds East 

For regular updates as to what the Met Office are forecasting, please CLICK HERE.

The Open Golf Championship 2nd Round Wrap

Amateur Tom Lewis, a 20-year-old native of Welwyn Garden City, England, opened his first British Open with a 5-under 65 – the lowest round by an amateur in Open history – to share the 18-hole lead with Thomas Bjorn.

Prior to Thursday, the lowest round by an amateur at the British Open was 66, recorded by Frank Stranahan in 1950 (R4), Tiger Woods in 1996 (R2) and Justin Rose in 1998 (R2).

The last amateur to lead the British Open after any round was Michael Bonallack, who shared the opening-round lead with Brian Barnes after matching 70s at the 1968 British Open at Carnoustie.

Mike Reid was the last amateur to lead a Major Championship, doing so by three strokes after the first round of the 1976 U.S. Open.

Three amateurs have won the British Open a total of six times:

Bobby Jones   3     1926, 1927, 1930

Harold Hilton  2    1892, 1897

John Ball Jr.  1    1890

Here’s a look at the youngest winners at the British Open:

Tommy Morris Jr.  1868   17 years, 5 months, 3 days

Willie Auchterlonie  2893   21 years, 24 days

Seve Ballesteros 1979  22 years, 3 months, 12 days

Lewis won the 2009 Boys’ Amateur Championship at Royal St. George’s.

Lewis was named after five-time British Open winner Tom Watson. The two were grouped together on Thursday, with Watson carding a 2-over 72. Henrik Stenson rounded out the group with a 2-over 72.

Thomas Bjorn

Thomas Bjorn, who earned his spot in the field when Vijay Singh withdrew earlier this week, opened on Thursday with a 5-under 65. It was his first round in the 60s at the event since a third-round 69 at Royal St. George’s in 2003.

Thursday marked just the eighth time Bjorn has posted a sub-70 score in 41 rounds at the British Open. His previous low was 68, set on three occasions and most recently during the opening round in 2002 (finished T8).

Bjorn returns to Royal St. George’s seeking redemption from the 2003 British Open, where he entered the 16th hole with a two-shot lead before finishing double bogey-bogey-par to finish one stroke behind champion Ben Curtis. On Thursday, Bjorn birdied the par-3 16th hole.

Bjorn won earlier this year at the Qatar Masters – one of 11 career victories on the European Tour.

Bjorn is making his 14th start at the British Open, with runner-up finishes in 2000 and 2003 among his four top-10 finishes. In all, he owns seven made cuts in 13 previous starts.

Prior to Thursday’s co-lead with Tom Lewis, Bjorn’s third-round lead at the 2003 British Open at Royal St. George’s represents the only other time he has led after any round on the PGA TOUR (84 previous starts).

First-Round Leader Stats

Since 1975, just five first-round leaders of the British Open have gone on to win: Tiger Woods (2005), John Daly (1995), Greg Norman (1993 at Royal St. George’s), Seve Ballesteros (1988) and Tom Watson (1980).

The first-round leader/co-leader has gone on to win just five of 28 stroke-play events on the PGA TOUR in 2011, most recently Rory McIlroy at the U.S. Open.

The lowest opening-round score at the British Open is 63, set by Rory McIlroy at St. Andrews in 2010.

The best opening round at Royal St. George’s was turned in by Christy O’Connor in 1985 (64).

Hennie Otto led after the first round of the 2003 British Open at Royal St. George’s with a 68. He eventually finished T10.

Lucas Glover

Lucas Glover’s 4-under 66 is just his second round in the 60s in six starts at the British Open (17 rounds). He opened at St. Andrews last year with a 67 before turning in rounds of 76-70-76 to finish T48.

Glover, a 31-year-old native of Greenville, SC, posted his best British Open finish at Carnoustie in 2007 (T27).

Glover, winner of the 2009 U.S. Open, has eight made cuts in 14 previous starts this season, with his win at the Wells Fargo Championship his lone top 10.

Webb Simpson

Webb Simpson opened his first British Open with a bogey-free 4-under 66 on Thursday. He entered Royal St. George’s as one of the most consistent players on TOUR, with nine consecutive weekend appearances – eight of which were top-25 finishes. He has missed the cut just twice in 16 previous starts this season, with 12 top 25s.

Simpson, a 25-year-old native of Raleigh, NC, is hoping history repeats itself this week. Just nine players have won the British Open in their first appearance, most recently Ben Curtis at Royal St. George’s in 2003. The others are Tom Watson (1975), Tony Lema (1964), Ben Hogan (1953), Denny Shute (1933), Jock Hutchison (1921), Mungo Park (1874), Tom Kidd (1873) and Willie Park Sr. (1860).

Miguel Angel Jimenez

Miguel Angel Jimenez carded a bogey-free 4-under 66 in his 19th start at the British Open, with a T3 in 2001 his best effort. He has one previous start at Royal St. George’s, finishing T51 in 1993.

Thursday’s 66 was Jimenez’s second-best score in 58 rounds at the British Open. The only time he scored lower was after a 6-under 64 resulted in the opening-round lead at Turnberry in 2009.

Jimenez owns 19 wins on the European Tour, including three in 2010.

Including this week, Jimenez has five starts on the PGA TOUR in 2011, with a T5 at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship his best result. In other starts he finished T27 at the Masters, T55 at the WGC-Cadillac Championship and missed the cut at the U.S. Open.

Kyle Stanley

Fresh off of his first top-10 finish on the PGA TOUR in 32 starts – a solo-second at the John Deere Classic – Kyle Stanley posted a 2-under 68 on Thursday in his debut appearance in the British Open.

With his runner-up finish at the John Deere Classic, Stanley earned a spot in the British Open as a result of being the top player among the top 5 at the Classic who was not previously eligible.

Stanley’s only Major Championship experience came at the U.S. Open, where he finished 53rd in 2009 and missed the cut in 2008.

Stanley, who finished No. 35 on the 2010 Nationwide Tour money list, earned his rookie card on TOUR with a T9 finish at last year’s Qualifying Tournament. He has made 15 of 20 cuts in 2011 and is hoping to become the fifth rookie winner this season (Jhonattan Vegas, Charl Schwartzel, Brendan Steele, Keegan Bradley).

Mark Calcavecchia

Making his 25th career start at the British Open, Mark Calcavecchia opened on Thursday with a 1-under 69. It represents the sixth time he has opened the event with a round in the 60s. His best opening round came at Royal St. George’s in 1993 with a 4-under 66.

Calcavecchia has two previous starts at Royal St. George’s, finishing T14 in 1993 and missing the cut in 2003. In all, he has made 18 cuts in 24 previous British Open starts.

Calcavecchia has one made cut in four previous starts on the PGA TOUR in 2011, firing all five rounds in the 60s for a T33 finish at the Bob Hope Classic. He has six top-10 finishes in 12 starts on the Champions Tour.

Calcavecchia will be 51 years, 1 month and 5 days old on Sunday. Julius Boros is the oldest major championship winner at 48 years, 4 months, 18 days when victorious at the 1968 PGA Championship. The oldest winner of the British Open is Tom Morris Sr., who was 46 years, 3 months and 9 days old when he won in 1867.

Davis Love III

Davis Love III, 2012 U.S. Ryder Cup captain, posted an even-par 70 on Thursday in his 25th straight British Open appearance (dating to his start at Muirfield in 1987). The 20-time PGA TOUR winner finished T4 in 2003 at Royal St. George’s for the best of his five top-10 finishes at the British Open.

Luke Donald

Luke Donald, currently ranked No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking, opened with a 1-over 71 in his 11th career British Open appearance. After missing the cut in his first five starts (1999, 2000, 2002-04), he has since reeled off five straight made cuts, with his best finishes coming the last two seasons (T5-2009, T11-2010). At the 2003 British Open at Royal St. George’s, Donald missed the cut with rounds of 76-79.

Donald, the winner of last week’s Barclays Scottish Open, is hoping to become the first such player to win the British Open the following week.

Ryan Moore

Since withdrawing from the Bob Hope Classic in his first start of the 2011 season, Ryan Moore has missed just one cut in 13 starts (U.S. Open) and has three top-5 finishes (T2 – Travelers Championship, T4 – Northern Trust Open, T5 – WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship).

Moore’s 1-under 69 on Thursday is his first sub-70 round in three starts at the British Open (T42-2007, MC-2010). His previous-best effort was an opening-round 70 at St. Andrews last year before he missed the cut with a second-round 84.

Dustin Johnson

Making his first start since a T23 at the U.S. Open, Dustin Johnson had an ace Thursday with a pitching wedge from 161 yards on the par-3 16th hole. It was the first hole-in-one at the British Open since Thomas Levet performed the honors at Turnberry’s 15th hole during the final round in 2009.

The four-time PGA TOUR winner entered the 14th hole at 4-over, but finished birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie-bogey to finish with an even-par 70.

The ace, the 18th on the PGA TOUR in 2011, was the third of Johnson’s career. The others came at the 2008 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial (R2, No. 13) and the 2010 Northern Trust Open (R2, No. 6).

The ace was the 22nd at the British Open since 1981 and the fourth at Royal St. George’s – all occurring at the par-3 16th hole. In 1981, No. 16 yielded aces to Gordon J. Brand (R2), Roger Chapman (R4) and Sam Torrance (R4).

Johnson is making his third start at the British Open, finishing T14 in 2010 and missing the cut in 2009.

Rickie Fowler

Since an opening-round 7-over 79 in his debut British Open appearance in 2010, Rickie Fowler has turned in four-consecutive par-or-better rounds. He closed at St. Andrews with rounds of 67-71-67 to finish T14 and began this week at Royal St. George’s with an even-par 70.

Fowler (70) was grouped on Thursday with U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy (71) and 18-time PGA TOUR winner and 2002 British Open champion Ernie Els (72).

Fowler is making his 17th start of the season and is coming off of a T13 finish at the AT&T National – one of seven top-20 finishes. He enjoyed his best outing at the WGC-Cadillac Championship (finished 8th).

John Daly

Making his 18th British Open appearance, John Daly opened with a 2-over 72 on Thursday. With the exception of his win at St. Andrews in 1995, Daly’s best Open finish was a T14 at Royal St. George’s in 1993.

Nick Watney

Current FedExCup points leader Nick Watney recorded a 4-over 74 in his fourth British Open start. He has yet to miss a cut, finishing T35 in 2007, T27 in 2009 and T7 in 2010.

Jerry Kelly

Eight years after opening the 2003 British Open at Royal St. George’s with an 11 on the par-4 opening hole, Jerry Kelly was first off the tee at 6:30 a.m. Thursday morning. This time he found the fairway with his driver before three putting for a bogey-5. He finished the day with a 4-over 74, compared to the 86 carded in 2003.

In 11 starts at the British Open, an even-par 72 in 2006 is Jerry Kelly’s only opening-round at par or better. He finished T26 that year for his best finish at the event.

Kelly gained entry into the field on May 23 by earning the last spot at the International Final Qualifying America at Gleneagles Country Club (Plano, TX). Kelly parred the third extra hole to survive a six-man playoff.

Kelly entered the day with nine-consecutive rounds at par or better on the PGA TOUR. In 17 previous starts in 2011, a solo-third-place finish at the Honda Classic is his best of nine made cuts.

Ben Curtis

Ben Curtis, winner of the 2003 British Open at Royal St. George’s, opened with a 7-over 77 on Thursday. In 2003, he posted rounds of 72-72-70-69 for the first of his three PGA TOUR victories.

Curtis has missed the cut five times at the British Open since winning in his inaugural start. In addition, he finished T7 in 2008 and T8 in 2007.

Curtis opened with a 65 at the 2009 British Open, his only par-or-better opening-round in nine starts.

Louis Oosthuizen

Defending champion Louis Oosthuizen opened with a 2-over 72 on Thursday. He is seeking to become the seventh player with consecutive British Open victories since 1951: Padraig Harrington (2007-08), Tiger Woods (2005-06), Tom Watson (1982-83), Lee Trevino (1971-72), Arnold Palmer (1961-62) and Peter Thomson (1954-56). Sixteen players have performed the feat throughout the history of the British Open.

2010 Major Championship Winners

Masters champion Charl Schwartzel and U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy turned in matching 1-over 71s.

Padraig Harrington is the last player to win two majors in one year (2008 British Open & PGA Championship). The last 11 Major Championships have been won by 11 different players.

Past British Open Champions

Mark Calcavecchia  69 (-1)

Stewart Cink 70 (E)

Justin Leonard  70 (E)

Tom Lehman  71 (+1)

John Daly  72 (+2)

Ernie Els 72 (+2)

Louis Oosthuizen 72 (+2)

Tom Watson  72 (+2)

Padraig Harrington 73 (+3)

Paul Lawrie  73 (+3)

Sandy Lyle   73 (+3)

Mark O’Meara  76 (+6)

Ben Curtis  77 (+7)

Todd Hamilton              77 (+7)

David Duval                  78 (+8)

Amateur Leaderboard (The Silver Medal):-

Tom Lewis       65 (-5)

Peter Uihlein   71 (+1)

Bryden Macpherson 71 (+1)

Lucas Bjerregaard 73 (+3)

Craig Hinton   82 (+12)

Miscellaneous Notes

Active consecutive major appearances (including the 2012 British Open):

Garcia, Sergio 49 70

Scott, Adam   41  69

Choi, K.J.  38   71

Bogey-free rounds:

R1: Miguel Angel Jimenez (66), Webb Simpson (66), Pablo Larrazabal (68)

The par-4 fifth hole was the hardest hole during the first round, playing to a stroke average of 4.33 and yielding just five birdies.  The par-5 seventh hole was the easiest, playing to a stroke average of 4.83.
 
Fifty players posted par-or-better scores during the first round. Of those, 35 turned in sub-70 scores.

Nicolas Colsaerts withdrew on Thursday and was replaced in the field by Ricky Barnes (68).

Weather: Mostly cloudy with brief morning showers. Winds NW 15-20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. High of 66.

First-Round Golf Leaderboard

Thomas Bjorn     65 (-5)
Tom Lewis (a)    65 (-5)
Miguel Angel Jimenez 66 (-4)
Lucas Glover  66 (-4)
webb Simpson   66 (-4)

Download your FREE OPEN GOLF 2011 APP for The Open Championship at Royal St George's Links

If you cannot manage to get along to The 2011 Open Championship at Royal St George's Links, Sandwich, Knet, England, or sat in front of the TV to follow all the action, do not despair!

The Open Championship 2011 app is all you’ll need and best of all it’s free. This official app is available at the iTunes store and will bring you all the golf news from Royal St. George’s Links.

This golf application has been specially redesigned for this year’s Open Championship golf tournament and is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

This open golf app shall bring you just about everything you need to know about the The Open Championship including live weather conditions, live leaderboard, course guide, video on demand, golf stats and everything you’ll want to know about the competitors. There’s also a special feature for holes 14, 15 and 16 with “LiveCast” showing live video streaming of the action. One note here is that the LiveCast feature will not be available for USA users of the golf app. If you’re in the US though you can still access live streaming at the official open golf website.

Radio Open Golf is available to all users of the golf app and is broadcast live from Royal St. George’s Links in Sandwich and for a free app this pretty much has it all.

To download your free open championship 2011 golf app please visit:

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Open Golf TV Viewing Times

If you cannot make it to The Open Championship 2011, and wish to find out the TV Viewing Times, please CLICK HERE

Open Golf Merchandise

If you are looking to purchase gifts, memorabilia, clothing, golf accessories &c. with the Open Golf Championship Claret Jug brand, please CLICK HERE for further information.

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Open Qualifying - How did the non-exempt players get there?

For the results from the International, Regional and Local Final Qualifying, please CLICK HERE.

The Open Golf Championship History

The inaugural Open Championship was played over three rounds of Prestwick Golf Club Old Course’s 12-hole course in October 1860.

Only eight golfers played in that first challenge and Willie Park of Musselburgh beat Tom Morris by two strokes with a score of 174 to become the first Open Champion. No prizes were awarded until 1873 when Willie Park again triumphed and received £10.

Although the following year's championship was declared “open to the whole world” the number of contestants rose to only 12, and this time Tom Morris took the honours. He and his son, Young Tom Morris, were to dominate the event, winning four times each by 1872.

The Open Championship had always been played at Prestwick until this point, but in raising funds for a new trophy the Royal and Ancient Golf Club and the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (Musselburgh) were invited to contribute and to stage the championship in turn. It was at this point that the famous silver Claret Jug was recognised as the Open Championship trophy.

It was not until 1894 that other venues were added to the rota and Royal St George’s, at Sandwich in Kent, became the first non-Scottish club to enter the history of the Open, followed in 1897 by the Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake in Cheshire.

A list of past champions is detailed below left. For all other information on this major golf championship, please CLICK HERE.

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Royal St George's Links

It would be difficult to imagine a better setting in Kent for the 151st Open Championship starting on July 14.

The best golfers in the modern game, armed with the latest high-tech golf equipment and balls, will face the challenge of Royal St George's Links, a stretch of natural linksland where golf has been played for hundreds of years.

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The HSBC Ultimate Open 18 stirs Open Golf debate on Championship Links

Which is the greatest opening hole in golf’s Open Championship, or the best around the turn, or indeed the finest finishing hole? These are questions golfers ask and debate up and down the land.

For more information, please CLICK HERE.

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Open Championship Tickets & Hospitality

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Open Golf Visitor Information

Free Junior Golf Lessons

If you’re under 16 years of age, don’t forget to have your free golf lesson from a PGA professional at the Junior Golf Tent.

There are approximately 20,000 grandstand seats located around the Old Course and practice ground. Smoking or drinking alcohol is not allowed on any of them. Scoreboards throughout the course and in the Tented Village will keep you fully informed, and giant screens will be set up in the Tented Village showing the action.

Your mobile phone might distract players, so it won’t get through the Open Championship paygates. Please try not to bring your phone to the course.

Anybody coming to the course with their mobile phone will need to leave it at one of the storage facilities by the course entrances

To make it easy to get your favourite player’s autograph, a special area will be designated where players can be approached.

The Royal Bank of Scotland, Patron of The Open Championship, will be on-site providing services including ATMs. At the Championship they make no charge for cashing personal cheques of customers of other UK banks — just make sure you bring your Cheque Guarantee Card.

There will be several left luggage facilities positioned throughout the Tented Village. Please be aware that your bag may have to searched be searched by a security guard.

Special viewing areas have marked out at a number of greens for spectators in wheelchairs. For further information on viewing areas, car parking and more, please see Opengolf.com or contact The R&A Ticket Office on 01334 460000.

Access to the Tented Village and to the right of the first tee, which also overlooks the 18th green, is available to wheelchair users as it is across relatively level ground. An area is reserved for wheelchair users at the first tee/18th green and is operated strictly on a first-come, first-served basis. This facility will be popular, particularly on Wednesday 14, Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 July when large crowds are expected. As space is limited, access for accompanying carers will also be restricted.

Wheelchair-accessible toilets will be provided in the Tented Village, to the right of the first fairway, at the ninth green, to the right of the 14th fairway and at the 17th green. For all other general information, please CLICK HERE.

  2010 Louis OOSTHUIZEN South Africa
2009 Stewart CINK    USA
2008 Padraig HARRINGTON    Ireland
2007 Padraig HARRINGTON    Ireland
2006 Tiger WOODS    USA
2005 Tiger WOODS    USA
2004 Todd HAMILTON    USA
2003 Ben CURTIS    USA
2002 Ernie ELS    South Africa
2001 David DUVAL    USA
2000 Tiger WOODS    USA
1999 Paul LAWRIE    Scotland
1998 Mark O'MEARA    USA
1997 Justin LEONARD    USA
1996 Tom LEHMAN    USA
1995 John DALY    USA
1994 Nick PRICE    Zimbabwe
1993 Greg NORMAN    Australia
1992 Sir Nick FALDO    England
1991 Ian BAKER-FINCH    Australia
1990 Sir Nick FALDO    England
1989 Mark CALCAVECCHIA    USA
1988 Seve BALLESTEROS    Spain
1987 Sir Nick FALDO    England
1986 Greg NORMAN    Australia
1985 Sandy LYLE    Scotland
1984 Seve BALLESTEROS    Spain
1983 Tom WATSON    USA
1982 Tom WATSON    USA
1981 Bill ROGERS    USA
1980 Tom WATSON    USA
1979 Seve BALLESTEROS    Spain
1978 Jack NICKLAUS    USA
1977 Tom WATSON    USA
1976 Johnny MILLER    USA
1975 Tom WATSON    USA
1974 Gary PLAYER    South Africa
1973 Tom WEISKOPF    USA
1972 Lee TREVINO    USA
1971 Lee TREVINO    USA
1970 Jack NICKLAUS    USA
1969 Tony JACKLIN    England
1968 Gary PLAYER    South Africa
1967 Roberto DE VICENZO    Argentina
1966 Jack NICKLAUS    USA
1965 Peter THOMSON    Australia
1964 Tony LEMA    USA
1963 Bob CHARLES    New Zealand
1962 Arnold PALMER    USA
1961 Arnold PALMER    USA
1960 Kel NAGLE    Australia
1959 Gary PLAYER    South Africa
1958 Peter THOMSON    Australia
1957 Bobby LOCKE    South Africa
1956 Peter THOMSON    Australia
1955 Peter THOMSON    Australia
1954 Peter THOMSON    Australia
1953 Ben HOGAN    USA
1952 Bobby LOCKE    South Africa
1951 Max FAULKNER    England
1950 Bobby LOCKE    South Africa
1949 Bobby LOCKE    South Africa
1948 Henry COTTON    England
1947 Fred DALY    Northern Ireland
1946 Sam SNEAD    USA
1939 Dick BURTON    England
1938 Reg WHITCOMBE    England
1937 Henry COTTON    England
1936 Alf PADGHAM    England
1935 Alf PERRY    England
1934 Henry COTTON    England
1933 Denny SHUTE    USA
1932 Gene SARAZEN    USA
1931 Tommy ARMOUR    USA
1930 Bobby JONES (A)    USA
1929 Walter HAGEN    USA
1928 Walter HAGEN    USA
1927 Bobby JONES (A)    USA
1926 Bobby JONES (A)    USA
1925 Jim BARNES    USA
1924 Walter HAGEN    USA
1923 Arthur HAVERS    England
1922 Walter HAGEN    USA
1921 Jock HUTCHISON    USA
1920 George DUNCAN    Scotland
1914 Harry VARDON    England
1913 J.H. TAYLOR    England
1912 Ted RAY        England
1911 Harry VARDON    England
1910 James BRAID    Scotland
1909 J.H. TAYLOR    England
1908 James BRAID    Scotland
1907 Arnaud MASSY    France
1906 James BRAID    Scotland
1905 James BRAID    Scotland
1904 Jack WHITE        Scotland
1903 Harry VARDON    England
1902 Sandy HERD        Scotland
1901 James BRAID    Scotland
1900 J.H. TAYLOR    England
1899 Harry VARDON    England
1898 Harry VARDON    England
1897 Harold HILTON (A)    England
1896 Harry VARDON    England
1895 J.H. TAYLOR    England
1894 J.H. TAYLOR    England
1893 Willie AUCHTERLONIE Scotland
1892 Harold HILTON (A)    England
1891 Hugh KIRKALDY    Scotland
1890 John BALL JR (A)    England
1889 Willie PARK JR    Scotland
1888 Jack BURNS        Scotland
1887 Willie PARK JR    Scotland
1886 David BROWN    Scotland
1885 Bob MARTIN        Scotland
1884 Jack SIMPSON    Scotland
1883 Willie FERNIE    Scotland
1882 Bob FERGUSON    Scotland
1881 Bob FERGUSON    Scotland
1880 Bob FERGUSON    Scotland
1879 Jamie ANDERSON    Scotland
1878 Jamie ANDERSON    Scotland
1877 Jamie ANDERSON    Scotland
1876 Bob MARTIN        Scotland
1875 Willie PARK SR    Scotland
1874 Mungo PARK        Scotland
1873 Tom KIDD        Scotland
1872 Tommy MORRIS JR    Scotland
1870 Tommy MORRIS JR    Scotland
1869 Tommy MORRIS JR    Scotland
1868 Tommy MORRIS JR    Scotland
1867 Tom MORRIS SR    Scotland
1866 Willie PARK SR    Scotland
1865 Andrew STRATH    Scotland
1864 Tom MORRIS SR    Scotland
1863 Willie PARK SR    Scotland
1862 Tom MORRIS SR    Scotland
1861 Tom MORRIS SR    Scotland
1860 Willie PARK SR    Scotland

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Open Golf Field & Draw

For all the latest news, previous winners, betting odds, TV viewing times, videos, prize money details &c., please CLICK HERE.

The draw has still to be made and the field,is subject to withdrawals. For more up to date information, please CLICK HERE.

British Open Golf Prize Money

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews has announced Prize money will be increased for the 2011 Open Championship. In 2011, the Open prize fund will rise to £5 million, with the Champion receiving £900,000. For further details, please CLICK HERE.

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Open Golf Betting Odds

2011 US Open Golf Champion Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland is odds on favourite with most bookmakers at odds of around 6/1.

For all the latest betting odds, please CLICK HERE

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Schedule for the week?

The Open Championship 2011

Gate opening times

* Sunday 10 July — 9 am
* Monday 11 July-Wednesday 13 July — 7am
* Thursday 14 July-Friday 16 July — 6am
* Saturday 16 July — 7am
* Sunday 17 July — 7am

Play Starting Times

    * Practice days — Players will practise throughout the day. You’ll find tee times and further information on Opengolf.com and on boards at the course.
    * Thursday 14 July — First group: 6.30am Final group: 4.21pm
    * Friday 15 July — First group: 6.30 am Final group: 4.21pm
    * Saturday 16 July — First group: 9am (approx). Final group: 3pm
    * Sunday 17 July — First group: 8.30am (approx). Final group: 2.30pm

* ALL TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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2011 St Andrews Links Trophy winner and Walker Cup squad member Tom Lewis of Welwyn Garden City Golf Club has earned a return to Royal St George’s, two years after winning the Boys Amateur Championship

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Nikon UK have announced its continued patronage of The Open Championship, the world’s oldest golf tournament, which is celebrating its 151st year

GolfbloggerUK St George's Links Open Golf Trip Advisor

How to get there? Where to Stay? Where to Dine out? Which Pub to visit? Things to Do/Places to see? Where to Shop? What nearby courses to play? Places of Entertainment?  

GolfbloggerUK has compiled a very  detailed and comprehensive guide to St Andrews to assist you during your stay in Scotland. Please CLICK HERE for further details.