Championship Review Merchandise

2022

St Andrews

10 - 17 July 2022

Championship Review Merchandise

St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

The likes of Willie Park Snr and Old Tom Morris could never have imagined what The Open would become when they played in the 1st Championship at Prestwick in 1860, with a field of just eight players.

162 years and 149 Opens later, the home of golf hosted The 150^th Open at the Old Course, St Andrews, with Cameron Smith triumphing in a historic Championship played in front of record crowds.

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Decades of The Open

In celebration of The 150th Open at St Andrews, our Decades of The Open series explored the rich history of golf's original Championship.

The 1860s

Old Tom Morris and his son, Young Tom Morris, won six of the first 10 Opens between them, but the inaugural Championship in 1860 resulted in success for Willie Park Snr.

The 1870s

The second decade of The Open featured tragedy, controversy and a significant expansion of golf's original Championship.

The 1880s

The 1880s was the last decade in The Open's history to produce exclusively Scottish Champion Golfers.

The 1890s

There were three successes for amateurs at The Open in the 1890s, a decade that also witnessed the emergence of the Great Triumvirate.

The 1900s

James Braid won four Opens to match the tallies of J.H. Taylor and Harry Vardon in a decade that also featured the first overseas Champion Golfer

The 1910s

Harry Vardon became the most prolific Champion in Open history with two further triumphs in the 1910s

The 1920s

A transformative decade in Open history saw American dominance of the Championship for the first time

The 1930s

Americans continued to dominate at The Open in the early part of the 1930s, before Henry Cotton led an English revival in golf's original Championship

The 1940s

After a six-year hiatus due to World War II, The Open crowned four iconic Champions in the 1940s

The 1950s

Peter Thomson with the Claret Jug at Royal Birkdale in 1954

Two international players dominated The Open in the 1950s, with Peter Thomson and Bobby Locke claiming seven titles between them

The 1960s

Roberto De Vicenzo with the Claret Jug in 1967

Arnold Palmer had an enormous impact on The Open in the 1960s, while Roberto De Vicenzo was among the most popular of Champions

The 1970s

Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson following the Duel in the Sun

It can be argued that no decade in The Open's history has produced a higher calibre of Champions than the 1970s

The 1980s

Seve Ballesteros celebrates his putt on the final green at St Andrews in 1984

Tom Watson was the most prolific Open Champion in the 1980s, while Seve Ballesteros claimed two iconic triumphs

The 1990s

The 1990s began with an emphatic British victory and ended with another home favourite triumphing in the most dramatic of circumstances.

The 2000s

Tiger Woods kisses the Claret Jug in 2006

Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington each claimed back-to-back victories at The Open in the 2000s, which also featured the Championship's first four-man play-off.