Rotten weather can blight any round of golf, but the impact of the elements is significantly heightened on the naturally exposed links courses that host The Open. Our latest video in our series of ‘Open Moments’ takes a look at…
Some of the luckiest moments from The Open. Visit www.TheOpen.com for the greatest stories in golf Keep in touch with us! Facebook – Twitter – Instagram – To LICENSE The Open footage, please contact IMG REPLAY ▶
Ernie Els never led The 141st Open until the moment he won it. At a course where the South African felt he had let victories slip away in both 1996 and 2001, he closed superbly with a 68 that included…
In becoming the first American professional to win at Royal Lytham & St Annes, and the first player from across the Atlantic since the great amateur Bobby Jones won the inaugural Open at Lytham in 1926, Tom Lehman showed both…
Ernie Els emerged triumphant from the first four-man play-off in the history of The Open to lift the Claret Jug for the first time following an extraordinary Championship. On the Sunday before The Open got underway, Els told a friend…
5 of the best commentary moments from Peter Alliss. Known to generations of sports fans as the ‘voice of golf’, Alliss commentated on major championships over many years having first taken up the microphone for the BBC at The Open…
Ben Curtis was the first player to register for The Open at Royal St George’s in 2003 and the only player to visit the pro shop to ask the club professional about the course. The local knowledge was vital for…
Like Tiger Woods two years earlier, Padraig Harrington successfully defended his title, becoming the first European to do so at The Open since James Braid in 1906. This was a more comfortable occasion than his play-off win at Carnoustie and…
Tiger Woods provided an imperious display of strategic links golf to mark the return of Hoylake as host of The Open for the first time in 39 years. He led from Friday morning onwards but never ran away from the…
To mark his 45th birthday on December 30, we look back on Woods’ highlights in golf’s original major. Visit www.TheOpen.com for the greatest stories in golf Keep in touch with us! Facebook – Twitter – Instagram – To LICENSE The…