Things You Didn't Know About The Open

In this video, Neil Tappin reveals things you may not already know about The Open Championships.

Transcript

00:00The Open is one of the biggest and most closely watched golf events in the annual calendar.

00:04Here are nine facts about the Open Championship that you might not already know.

00:10St Andrews has hosted the most Open Championships. The 150th Open in 2022 is the 30th time the event

00:17has been held at the home of golf. The next most prolific venue is Prestwick with 24 Open

00:23Championships. Now, many golf fans will know that the silver medal is awarded to the best

00:27amateur, but this is only given out if the leading amateur makes the cut. In this scenario,

00:33any other amateur who makes the cut and finishes receives a bronze medal. Of course,

00:38amateurs do not receive any prize money at the Open. There are a host of different prizes on

00:43offer at the Open. The winner receives a gold medal as well as the claret jug, but there are also some

00:48trophies on offer, one of which is called the Tootingbeck Cup. This is given to the PGA member

00:54with the lowest single-round score of the week. Scotland has hosted by far the most Open

00:59Championships, 96 in total. 51 have been played in England and two in Northern Ireland. When looking

01:05at potential future venues, it's always notable that Wales has never actually hosted an Open.

01:10The first Open Championship in 1860 had a field of just eight players and was won by Willie Park

01:16Senior at Prestwick Golf Club. The lowest winning score at the Open was 2-6-4. This was by Henrik Stenson in

01:222016 when he pipped Phil Mickelson at Royal Troon. In total, 14 different golf courses have hosted the

01:29Open Championship, four of which are not on the current rota. Those courses are Musselburgh and

01:35Prestwick in Scotland and Royal Sankports and Princes on the south coast of England.

01:40Jack Nicklaus has the dubious honour of having the most second-place finishes at the Open,

01:45seven in total spanning 1964 to 1979. As his name would suggest, the oldest winner of the Open

01:52was old Tom Morris. He was 46 years of age when he won in 1867. At the other end of the spectrum,

01:58it was his son, young Tom Morris, who holds the record as the youngest Open winner. He was 17 when

02:04he won the year after in 1868. So there you have it, that's our look at the facts that you may not

02:11already have known about one of the most famous tournaments in golf.