Part 2- The Open - Past Winners

Welcome to this blog entry by GFI GOLF, I hope you are doing well.

We will be publishing Three Parts to this blog entry and explore The Open along with Links Golf. You are welcome to come back!

Just as a reminder and a general rule, we will publishing the 1st of every month from here onwards. However having said that if time permits, in addition we will also post additional entries time permitting.

Part 2- The Open - Past Winners

Qualification

To play in The Open you must be invited or qualify through one of named tournaments on a given tour or via the UK's Open qualifying venues.

This year in 2021, 3 places were offered to the winners at The Open qualifying venues of: Hollinwell, Prince's, St Anne's Old Links and West Lancashire after 36 holes of stroke play.

These fantastic courses also hosted the Regional Qualifying series in June, where successful players also qualified for The Open.

You too could play one day if you made it into the Regional Qualifying tournaments. It would make a great documentary to follow the amateur into the tournament!

Past Winners - An Insight

The Open recently published a really interesting stat/graphic on twitter. By nationality the nationalities with the most wins were:

Australia - 9 Winners

South Africa- 10 Winners

England- 22 Winners

Scotland- 41 Winners

USA- 44 Winners

Which nationality will the next winner be?

For more info on The Open, the official twitter feed makes a great place to keep up-to-date with The Open News especially for the tournament: visit here.

Did You Know?

Jack Nicklaus finished runner up on 7 occasions in 1964, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1979. 

Who is the Reigning Champion?

It is Shane Lowry from Ireland (Royal Portrush). Prior to that it was Franciso Molinari (Carnoustie) and before that it was Jordan Spieth (Royal Birkdale).

Thank you for reading.

Take good care.

GFI GOLF