Golf Betting - British Open History
1872: The Royal and Ancient Golf Club and the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (Musselburgh) joined Prestwick in staging the British Open.
1892: The competition format also changed to 72 holes played over 2 days.
1901: James Braid captures his first of 5 British Open titles beating out Harry Vardon and J.H. Taylor.
1910: James Braid shatters the low scoring record with a 299 total; he was the first player to win the British Open five times.
1914: Harry Vardon steps into the British Open record books with six victories.
1915-1919: The British Open is not held due to World War I.
1921: Jock Hutchison becomes the first non-British player to win the British Open.
1923: Royal Troon hosts its first British Open.
1930: Bobby Jones wins the British Open for the third time. During the same year Jones also captured the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur and British Amateur titles.
1940-1945: The British Open is not held due to World War II.
1949: South Africa's Bobby Locke wins his first British Open title. He would also win in 1950, 1952 and 1957.
1954: Peter Thomson becomes the first Australian to win the Claret Jug and Royal Birkdale debuted in the British Open rotation.
1955: The BBC broadcasted the British Open for the first time.
1956: Peter Thomson is the only golfer in the modern era to achieve this distinction and he won three British Open titles in a row.
1961: Arnold Palmer of the United States wins his first British Open.
1962: Arnold Palmer successfully defends his British Open title, setting a British Open record at Royal Troon with his 276 total.
1963: Bob Charles of New Zealand becomes the first left-handed golfer to win the British Open.
1970: Jack Nicklaus defeats Doug Sanders in the first 18-hole playoff at the British Open.
1977: Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson duel at Turnberry for the Claret Jug.
1979: Seve Ballesteros (Spaniard) wins his first of three British Open titles (also 1984 and 1988).
1983: Tom Watson captures the British Open title joining Peter Thomson, James Braid and J.H. Taylor as the only five-time champions of the event.
1989: In the first three-man, four-hole playoff in British Open history, Mark Calcaveccia defeats Wayne Grady and Greg Norman to win the Claret Jug.
1993: Greg Norman sets the British Open scoring record with a 267 total for his second win at the event.
2000: Tiger Woods wins his first British Open with an eight-stroke margin, the largest winning margin in 87 years.
2002: The British Open ends in a four-way tie for the first time. Ernie Els outlasts Thomas Levet, Stuart Appleby and Steve Elkington for his first Claret Jug.
2005: Tiger Woods captures his second career Claret Jug. He ends up winning by five strokes over Colin Montgomerie.