The Open Golf Championship 2 - Answers

Published: Wednesday 13th July 2011
  1. In which year was the first Open Golf Championship played? 1860 [Prestwick, Scotland].
  2. Which player has been Open Golf Championship champion in three different decades of the 20th Century? Gary Player [1959, 1968 and 1974].
  3. Who in 1979 became the youngest winner of the Open Golf Championship in the 20th century? Seve Ballesteros.
  4. Which course has hosted the Open Golf Championship the most times? St. Andrews.
  5. Who in 1963 became the first New Zealander to win the Open Golf Championship? Bob Charles.
  6. Which was the first course outside Scotland to host the Open Golf Championship? Royal St. Georges [1894].
  7. Over how many holes is the Open Golf Championship contested? 72 [4 rounds of 18].
  8. Prior to 2011 who was the last winner of the Open Golf Championship at Royal St. Georges? Ben Curtis [2003].
  9. Jack Nicklaus has won the Open Golf Championship on three occasions, at what course did he win the first? Muirfield [1966].
  10. Which THREE players were involved in a play-off in the 1999 Open Golf Championship? Jean Van De Velde, Justin Leonard and Paul Lawrie [who went on to win].
  11. In which year was the Open Golf Championship held in Northern Ireland? 1951 at Royal Portrush.
  12. Who in 1949 became the first South African to win the Open Golf Championship? Bobby Locke.
  13. Which player carded four rounds of under 70 on two separate occasions but failed to win on either at the Open Golf Championship? Ernie Els [1993 and 2004].
  14. Since 1900 which player has won the most consecutive Open Golf Championships? Peter Thomson [3 from 1954-56].
  15. Who in 1963 became the first left hander to win the Open Golf Championship? Bob Charles.
  16. Who was the last Englishman to win the Open Golf Championship in England? Tony Jacklin [1969].
  17. How many times has the Open Golf Championship been won by a Spaniard? Three [All Seve Ballesteros, 1979,1984 and 1988].
  18. What first was achieved by Tom Morris Jnr at the 1868 Open Golf Championship? The first player to score a hole-in-one.
  19. Which American won the Open Golf Championship in 1998? Mark O'Meara.
  20. Which FOUR English courses are in the rota for hosting the Open Golf Championship? Royal St. Georges, Royal Birkdale, Royal Lytham and St. Annes and Royal Liverpool.

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