A very select group of golfers have ever won the British Open, but to win it back to back puts you in an exclusive club indeed.
Jeffrey MayJeff_DiarioASUpdate: Jul 17th, 2024 11:14 EDT0
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The Open Championship, known as the British Open on this side of the water, is one of the truly great historic tournaments in golf history. The last of the four majors of the year, it is the oldest golf tournament in the world.
Winning the Open Championship is one of the most prestigious acts a professional golfer can achieve. Winning it twice in a row? That is unbelievably special.
John Daly is teeing off in his 25th Open Championship. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/Pj6CgMeVhC
— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) July 20, 2023
Who won the British Open twice in a row?
The last golfer to accomplish the feat was Padraig Harrington, who lifted the Claret Jug in 2007 and 2008. The two years prior to that, in 2005 and 2006, the Claret Jug was hoisted by Tiger Woods.
Two back-to-back winners, themselves back-to-back is like being struck by lightning. Only accomplished twice in history, when Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen did the double-double from 1926 to 1929.
Here are a list of the most wins of Open Championships.
Harry Vardon 6
James Braid 5
John Henry Taylor 5
Peter Thomson 5
Tom Watson 5
Tom Morris Sr.
Tom Morris Jr. 4
Willie Park Sr. 4
Walter Hagen 4
Bobby Locke 4
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