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 amateur,

00:28but 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,

00:47but there are also some trophies on offer, one of which is called the Tooting Bet Cup.

00:52This is given to the PGA member with the lowest single round score of the week.

00:57Scotland has hosted by far the most Open Championships, 96 in total. 51 have been

01:02played in England and two in Northern Ireland. When looking at potential future venues,

01:07it's always notable that Wales has never actually hosted an Open. The first Open Championship in

01:121860 had a field of just eight players and was won by Willie Park Senior at Prestwick Golf Club.

01:18The lowest winning score at the Open was 264. This was by Henrik Stenson in 2016 when he pipped

01:24Phil Mickelson at Royal Troon. In total, 14 different golf courses have hosted the Open

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

01:35and Prestwick 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 was

01:52old 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.

02:03He was 17 when he won the year after in 1868. So there you have it. That's our look at the

02:10facts that you may not already have known about one of the most famous tournaments in golf.