

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 |