Golf’s big guns were upstaged in the final major of 2019 as Irishman Shane Lowry produced a sensational late surge at Royal Portrush Golf Club to claim the biggest victory of his career and end his wait to win one of golf’s biggest prizes at the 2019 Open Championship.

Lowry suffered disappointment in 2016 when a poor final round at the US Open cost him dear, but there was no Sunday slump from the Irishman at the 2019 Open Championship as he followed up a record-setting 63 in the penultimate with a comfortable final-round 72 to finish sixth strokes clear of the rest of the field.

The bookmakers are hoping he savoured that moment, because they do not expect him to lift the Claret Jug in 2020. Four-time major winners Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka are heading up the market as the tournament heads to Royal St George’s Golf Club in Kent, with the likes of Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood leading the charge to deny the pair.

 

 

The Open Championship Winners

YEAR	PLAYER	WINING MARGIN
1860	Willie Park Sr	2 strokes
1861	Tom Morris Sr	4 strokes
1862	Tom Morris Sr	13 strokes
1863	Willie Park Sr	2 strokes
1864	Tom Morris Sr	2 strokes
1865	Andrew Strath	2 strokes
1866	Willie Park Sr	2 strokes
1867	Tom Morris Sr	2 strokes
1868	Tom Morris Jr	3 strokes
1869	Tom Morris Jr	11 strokes
1870	Tom Morris Jr	12 strokes
1871	CANCELLED	–
1872	Tom Morris Jr	3 strokes
1873	Tom Kidd	1 stroke
1874	Mungo Park	2 strokes
1875	Willie Park Sr	2 strokes
1876	Bob Martin	Play-off
1877	Jamie Anderson	2 strokes
1878	Jamie Anderson	2 strokes
1879	Jamie Anderson	3 strokes
1890	Bob Ferguson	5 strokes
1881	Bob Ferguson	3 strokes
1882	Bob Ferguson	3 strokes
1883	Willie Fernie	Play-off
1884	Jack Simpson	4 strokes
1885	Bob Martin	1 stroke
1886	David Brown	2 strokes
1887	Willie Park Jr	1 stroke
1888	Jack Burns	1 stroke
1889	Willie Park Jr	Play-off
1890	John Ball	3 strokes
1891	Hugh Kirkaldy	2 strokes
1892	Harold Hilton	3 strokes
1893	William Auchterlonie	2 strokes
1894	JH Taylor	5 strokes
1895	JH Taylor	4 strokes
1896	Harry Vardon	Play-off
1897	Harold Hilton	1 stroke
1898	Harry Vardon	1 stroke
1899	Harry Vardon	5 strokes
1900	JH Taylor	8 strokes
1901	James Braid	3 strokes
1902	Sandy Herd	1 stroke
1903	Harry Vardon	6 strokes
1904	Jack White	1 stroke
1905	James Braid	5 strokes
1906	James Braid	4 strokes
1907	Arnaud Massy	2 strokes
1908	James Bradi	8 strokes
1909	JH Taylor	6 strokes
1910	James Braid	4 strokes
1911	Harry Vardon	Play-off
1912	Ted Ray	4 strokes
1913	JH Taylor	8 strokes
1914	Harry Vardon	3 strokes
1915-19	CANCELLED	–
1920	George Duncan	2 strokes
1921	Jock Hutchison	Play-off
1922	Walter Hagen	1 stroke
1923	Arthur Havers	1 stroke
1924	Walter hagen	1 stroke
1925	Jim Barnes	1 stroke
1926	Bobby Jones	2 strokes
1927	Bobby Jones	6 strokes
1928	Walter Hagen	2 strokes
1929	Walter Hagen	6 strokes
1930	Bobby Jones	2 strokes
1931	Tommy Armour	1 stroke
1932	Gene Sarazen	5 strokes
1933	Denny Shute	Play-off
1934	Henry Cotton	5 strokes
1935	Alf Perry	4 strokes
1936	Alf Padgham	1 stroke
1937	Henry Cotton	2 strokes
1938	Reg Whitcombe	2 strokes
1939	Dick Burton	2 strokes
1940-45	CANCELLED	–
1946	Sam Snead	4 strokes
1947	Fred Daly	1 stroke
1948	Henry Cotton	5 strokes
1949	Bobby Locke	Play-off
1950	Bobby Locke	2 strokes
1951	Max Faulkner	2 strokes
1952	Bobby Locke	1 stroke
1953	Ben Hogan	4 strokes
1954	Peter Thomson	1 stroke
1955	Peter Thomson	2 strokes
1956	Peter Thomson	3 strokes
1957	Bobby Locke	3 strokes
1958	Peter Thomson	Play-off
1959	Gary Player	2 strokes
1960	Kel Nagle	1 stroke
1961	Arnold Palmer	1 stroke
1962	Arnold Palmer	6 strokes
1963	Bob Charles	Play-off
1964	Tony Lema	5 strokes
1965	Peter Thomson	2 strokes
1966	Jack Nicklaus	1 stroke
1967	Roberto De Vicenzo	2 strokes
1968	Gary Player	2 strokes
1969	Tony Jacklin	2 strokes
1970	Jack Nicklaus	Play-off
1971	Lee Trevino	1 stroke
1972	Lee Trevino	1 stroke
1973	Tom Weiskopf	3 strokes
1974	Gary Player	4 strokes
1975	Tom Watson	Play-off
1976	Johnny Miller	6 strokes
1977	Tom Watson	1 stroke
1978	Jack Nicklaus	2 strokes
1979	Seve Ballesteros	3 strokes
1980	Tom Watson	4 strokes
1981	Bill Rogers	4 strokes
1982	Tom Watson	1 stroke
1983	Tom Watson	1 stroke
1984	Seve Ballesteros	2 strokes
1985	Sandy Lyle	1 stroke
1986	Greg Norman	5 strokes
1987	Nick Faldo	1 stroke
1988	Seve Ballesteros	2 strokes
1989	Mark Calcavecchia	Play-off
1990	Nick Faldo	5 strokes
1991	Ian Baker-Finch	2 strokes
1992	Nick Faldo	1 stroke
1993	Greg Norman	2 strokes
1994	Nick Price	1 stroke
1995	John Daly	Play-off
1996	Tom Lehman	2 strokes
1997	Justin Leonard	3 strokes
1998	Mark O’Meara	Play-off
1999	Paul Lawrie	Play-off
2000	Tiger Woods	8 strokes
2001	David Duval	3 strokes
2002	Ernie Els	Play-off
2003	Ben Curtis	1 stroke
2004	Todd Hamilton	Play-off
2005	Tiger Woods	5 strokes
2006	Tiger Woods	2 strokes
2007	Padraig Harrington	Play-off
2008	Paidraig Harrington	4 strokes
2009	Stewart Cink	Play-off
2010	Louis Oosthuizen	7 strokes
2011	Darren Clarke	3 strokes
2012	Ernie Els	1 stroke
2013	Phil Mickelson	3 strokes
2014	Rory McIlroy	2 strokes
2015	Zach Johnson	Play-off
2016	Henrik Stenson	3 strokes
2017	Jordan Spieth	3 strokes
2018	Francesco Molinari	2 strokes
2019	Shane Lowry	6 strokes