The British Open concluded Sunday at Royal Portrush Golf Club’s Dunluce links course.
It was won by Shane Lowry, who defeated Tommy Fleetwood by 6 shots. By all accounts, the Open’s return to Northern Ireland after 68 years was a hit with golfers and fans.
Here is the list of all Open Championship winners, back to the first one in 1860.
All-Time British Open Champions
(Amateurs who have won are indicated by “a.”)
| YEAR | WINNER |
| 2019 | Shane Lowry |
| 2018 | Francesco Molinari |
| 2017 | Jordan Spieth |
| 2016 | Henrik Stenson |
| 2015 | Zach Johnson |
| 2014 | Rory McIlroy |
| 2013 | Phil Mickelson |
| 2012 | Ernie Els |
| 2011 | Darren Clarke |
| 2010 | Louis Oosthuizen |
| 2009 | Stewart Cink |
| 2008 | Padraig Harrington |
| 2007 | Padraig Harrington |
| 2006 | Tiger Woods |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods |
| 2004 | Todd Hamilton |
| 2003 | Ben Curtis |
| 2002 | Ernie Els |
| 2001 | David Duval |
| 2000 | Tiger Woods |
| YEAR | WINNER |
| 1999 | Paul Lawrie |
| 1998 | Mark O’Meara |
| 1997 | Justin Leonard |
| 1996 | Tom Lehman |
| 1995 | John Daly |
| 1994 | Nick Price |
| 1993 | Greg Norman |
| 1992 | Nick Faldo |
| 1991 | Ian Baker-Finch |
| 1990 | Nick Faldo |
| 1989 | Mark Calcavecchia |
| 1988 | Seve Ballesteros |
| 1987 | Nick Faldo |
| 1986 | Greg Norman |
| 1985 | Sandy Lyle |
| 1984 | Seve Ballesteros |
| 1983 | Tom Watson |
| 1982 | Tom Watson |
| 1981 | Bill Rogers |
| 1980 | Tom Watson |
| 1979 | Seve Ballesteros |
| 1978 | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1977 | Tom Watson |
| 1976 | Johnny Miller |
| 1975 | Tom Watson |
| 1974 | Gary Player |
| 1973 | Tom Weiskopf |
| 1972 | Lee Trevino |
| 1971 | Lee Trevino |
| 1970 | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1969 | Tony Jacklin |
| 1968 | Gary Player |
| 1967 | Roberto de Vicenzo |
| 1966 | Jack Nicklaus |
| 1965 | Peter Thomson |
| 1964 | Tony Lema |
| 1963 | Bob Charles |
| 1962 | Arnold Palmer |
| 1961 | Arnold Palmer |
| 1960 | Kel Nagle |
| 1959 | Gary Player |
| 1958 | Peter Thomson |
| 1957 | Bobby Locke |
| 1956 | Peter Thomson |
| 1955 | Peter Thomson |
| 1954 | Peter Thomson |
| 1953 | Ben Hogan |
| 1952 | Bobby Locke |
| 1951 | Max Faulkner |
| 1950 | Bobby Locke |
| YEAR | WINNER |
| 1949 | Bobby Locke |
| 1948 | Henry Cotton |
| 1947 | Fred Daly |
| 1946 | Sam Snead |
| 1940-45 | NOT PLAYED – WWII |
| 1939 | Richard Burton |
| 1938 | R.A. “Reg” Whitcombe |
| 1937 | Henry Cotton |
| 1936 | Alf Padgham |
| 1935 | Alf Perry |
| 1934 | Henry Cotton |
| 1933 | Denny Shute |
| 1932 | Gene Sarazen |
| 1931 | Tommy Armour |
| 1930 | Bobby Jones (a) |
| 1929 | Walter Hagen |
| 1928 | Walter Hagen |
| 1927 | Bobby Jones (a) |
| 1926 | Bobby Jones (a) |
| 1925 | Jim Barnes |
| 1924 | Walter Hagen |
| 1923 | Arthur Havers |
| 1922 | Walter Hagen |
| 1921 | Jock Hutchison |
| 1920 | George Duncan |
| 1915-19 | NOT PLAYED – WWI |
| 1914 | Harry Vardon |
| 1913 | J.H. Taylor |
| 1912 | Ted Ray |
| 1911 | Harry Vardon |
| 1910 | James Braid |
| 1909 | J.H. Taylor |
| 1908 | James Braid |
| 1907 | Arnaud Massy |
| 1906 | James Braid |
| 1905 | James Braid |
| 1904 | Jack White |
| 1903 | Harry Vardon |
| 1902 | Sandy Herd |
| 1901 | James Braid |
| 1900 | J.H. Taylor |
| YEAR | WINNER |
| 1899 | Harry Vardon |
| 1898 | Harry Vardon |
| 1897 | Harold “Hal” Hilton (a) |
| 1896 | Harry Vardon |
| 1895 | J.H. Taylor |
| 1894 | J.H. Taylor |
| 1893 | William Auchterlonie |
| 1892 | Harold “Hal” Hilton (a) |
| 1891 | Hugh Kirkaldy |
| 1890 | John Ball (a) |
| 1889 | Willie Park Jr. |
| 1888 | Jack Burns |
| 1887 | Willie Park Jr. |
| 1886 | David Brown |
| 1885 | Bob Martin |
| 1884 | Jack Simpson |
| 1883 | Willie Fernie |
| 1882 | Bob Ferguson |
| 1881 | Bob Ferguson |
| 1880 | Bob Ferguson |
| 1879 | Jamie Anderson |
| 1878 | Jamie Anderson |
| 1877 | Jamie Anderson |
| 1876 | Bob Martin |
| 1875 | Willie Park Sr. |
| 1874 | Mungo Park |
| 1873 | Tom Kidd |
| 1872 | Young Tom Morris |
| 1871 | NOT PLAYED |
| 1870 | Young Tom Morris |
| 1869 | Young Tom Morris |
| 1868 | Young Tom Morris |
| 1867 | Old Tom Morris |
| 1866 | Willie Park Sr. |
| 1865 | Andrew Strath |
| 1864 | Old Tom Morris |
| 1863 | Willie Park Sr. |
| 1862 | Old Tom Morris |
| 1861 | Old Tom Morris |
| 1860 | Willie Park Sr |
