The Open Championship Royal Troon Previous Winners to date includes six Americans in a row, will another American win this year?
Open Championship Royal Troon Previous Winners
A list of the past eight Open champions at Royal Troon.
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1923 – Arthur Havers – 295
Arthur Havers won by a stroke from defending champion Walter Hagen after rounds of 73-73-73-76. He holed a bunker shot on the final hole and won £75.
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1950 – Bobby Locke 279 (-1)
The South African won his second of his four Open Championships at Troon in 1950 by two strokes over Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina. 279 was a new record, beating the previous best 283. Locke won £300.
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1962 – Arnold Palmer – 276 (-12)
The King won the Open for the second year in a row by six shots from Australia’s Kel Nagle who was the only other man under par. It was Palmer’s sixth major out of seven. His score of 276 was a new record, beating the previous best score of 278.
1973 – Tom Weiskopf – 276 (-12)
Weiskopf went wire-to-wire to win his only major championship at Troon in 1973, just months after the death of his father. The long-hitting American, who was nicknamed ‘Towering Inferno’ for his height and occasional bad temper, matched Arnold Palmer’s Open record of 276.
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1982 – Tom Watson – 284 (-4)
Watson won his fourth of five Open Championships at Troon in 82 for his second-straight major after winning the US Open at Pebble Beach. He beat Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price by a single stroke.
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1989 – Mark Calcavecchia – 275 (-13) play-off
The Calc beat the Aussie pair of Greg Norman and Wayne Grady in the first ever four-hole aggregate play-off. Norman shot a course-record 64. The Great White Shark was tied with Calcavecchia coming down the final play-off hole but found two bunkers and then went out of bounds to hand the American the title.
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1997 – Justin Leonard – 272 (-12)
The American won by three strokes from Jesper Parnevik and Darren Clarke after a stunning final day 65 (-6) to win his first and only major championship.
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2004 – Todd Hamilton
The relatively unknown Todd Hamilton became the sixth straight American to win at Troon by beating Ernie Els in a four hole play-off. The hybrid chip/bump and run was essentially born from Hamilton’s use of his Sonartec which he seemingly hit to tap-in range every time he missed a green.
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