The Old Course at St. Andrews hosts the British Open for the 29th time this week, the 144th edition of golf’s oldest championship. Most every legend of the sport has won at the Home of Golf and another legend is likely to hoist the Claret Jug on Sunday.
However, before a new Open champion will be crowned (since Rory McIlroy is unable to defend his title), let’s look at the prior 28 Opens at St. Andrews to see who has won the British Open at the Old Course.
1873: Tom Kidd — 91-88–179
1876: Bob Martin — 86-90–176
1879: Jamie Anderson — 84-85–169
1882: Bob Ferguson — 83-88–171
1885: Bob Martin — 84-87–171
1888: Jack Burns — 86-85–171
1891: Hugh Kirkaldy — 83-83-166
1895: J.H. Taylor — 86-78-80-78–322
1900: J.H. Taylor — 79-77-78-75–309
1905: James Braid — 81-78-78-81–318
1910: James Braid — 76-73-74-76–299
1921: Jock Hutchison — 72-75-79-70–296 (Playoff)
1927: Bobby Jones (a) — 68-72-73-72–285
1933: Denny Shute — 73-73-73-73–292 (Playoff)
1939: Dick Burton — 70-72-77-71–290
1946: Sam Snead — 71-70-74-75–290
1955: Peter Thomson — 71-68-70-72–281
1957: Bobby Locke — 69-72-68-70–279
1960: Kel Nagle — 69-67-71-71–278
1964: Tony Lema — 73-68-68-70–279
1970: Jack Nicklaus — 68-69-73-73–283 (Playoff vs. Doug Sanders)
1978: Jack Nicklaus — 71-72-69-69–281
1984: Seve Ballesteros — 69-68-70-69–276
1990: Nick Faldo — 67-65-67-71–270
1995: John Daly — 67-71-73-71–282 (Playoff vs. Constantino Rocca)
2000: Tiger Woods — 67-66-67-69–269 (Championship record to par)
2005: Tiger Woods — 66-67-71-70–274
2010: Louis Oosthuizen — 65-67-69-71–272
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