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 Championships,

01:0096 in total. 51 have been played in England and two in Northern Ireland. When looking at potential

01:06future venues, it's always notable that Wales has never actually hosted an Open. The first Open

01:11Championship in 1860 had a field of just eight players and was won by Willie Park Senior at

01:17Prestwick Golf Club. The lowest winning score at the Open was 2-6-4. This was by Henrik Stenson in 2016

01:23when he pipped Phil Mickelson at Royal Troon. In total, 14 different golf courses have hosted the Open

01:29Championship, four of which are not on the current rotor. Those courses are Musselburgh and Prestwick in

01:35Scotland and Royal Sankports and Princes on the south coast of England. Jack Nicklaus has the dubious

01:41honour of having the most second place finishes at the Open, seven in total spanning 1964 to 1979.

01:50As his name would suggest, the oldest winner of the Open was old Tom Morris. He was 46 years of

01:54age when he won in 1867. At the other end of the spectrum, it was his son, young Tom Morris,

02:00who holds the record as the youngest Open winner. He was 17 when he won the year after in 1868.

02:06So there you have it, that's our look at the facts that you may not already have known

02:12about one of the most famous tournaments in golf.