The History of the British Championship Open
The British Championship Open 2012 starts from the 19th of July and ends on the 22nd of July. The venue for this year’s Championship Open is the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf course. This year it is going to be the 141st Open.
The course is considered to be very historic and was built in the year 1897.
The world’s best golf players gather every year to fight for the Claret Jug. The Claret Jug is said to be the oldest golf trophy ever and has a tremendous history.
Over the years, the sport of golf has evolved and so has the tournament. Initially, there was no prize money for the champions and presently the winner receives £900,000.
The first British Open was played in the year 1860, ever since it has been played every year. It was just not played in the year 1871 (it had to be cancelled as there was no prize) and in the world war era.
This tournament has been largely dominated by the American players, for this reason many fans had lost interest in the Open. Presently, the scenario has completely changed, there is equal competition from every country and no one is going down without a
fight.
In the past five years, only one American has been able to bag the Claret Jug and it was done by Stewart Cink at the Turnberry golf Course in 2009.
The Championship is returning to the Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Course after 11 years. The last time this tournament took place over here was in the year 2001 and it was won by David Duval. He played a magnificent game as he finished at ten-under par
and was awarded with 600,000 pounds.
The most Claret Jugs have been bagged by Jersey professional golfer, Harry Vardon. He is six times British Open Champion.
The next four players in the list, all have five championships to their names. The list includes James Braid, John Henry Taylor, Peter Thomson and Tom Watson.
This year at the 141st British Open Championship, there is going to be a very interesting show down and another player would go down in the history books of the Open.
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