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2001 Open Championship
The 2001 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 130th Open Championship, held from 19 to 22 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. David Duval won his only major championship, three strokes ahead of runner-up Niclas Fasth. Course layout Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950): Past champions in the field Made the cut Missed the cut Source: Round summaries First round ''Thursday, 19 July 2001'' Second round ''Friday, 20 July 2001'' Amateurs: '' Dixon (−1)'', Wilson (+5), Hoey (+7), Quinney (+7), Griffiths (+8), Kemp (+12). Third round ''Saturday, 21 July 2001'' Final round ''Sunday, 22 July 2001'' Amateurs: Dixon (+1) Source: Scorecard ''Final round'' ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' Source: References External linksRoyal Lytham & St Annes 2001 (Official site) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lytham St Annes
Lytham St Annes () is a seaside town in the Borough of Fylde in Lancashire, England. It is on the The Fylde, Fylde coast, directly south of Blackpool on the Ribble Estuary. The population at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 42,954. The town is almost contiguous with Blackpool but is separated from it by Blackpool Airport. The town is made up of the four areas of Lytham, Ansdell, Fairhaven and St Annes-on-Sea. Lytham St Annes has four golf courses and links (golf), links, the most notable being the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, which regularly hosts the The Open Championship, Open Championship. Lytham St Annes is a reasonably affluent area with residents' earnings among the highest in the North of England. Towns and districts Lytham St Annes consists of four main areas: Lytham, Saint Anne's-on-the-Sea, Ansdell and Fairhaven. Lytham The name Lytham comes from the Old English ''hlithum,'' plural of ''hlith'' meaning (place at) the slopes'.'' The Green, a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Open Championship
The 1979 Open Championship was the 108th Open Championship, held 18–21 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. Seve Ballesteros, 22, won the first of his five major titles, three strokes ahead of runners-up Jack Nicklaus and Ben Crenshaw. It was the first of his three Open Championship victories; he raised the Claret Jug again in 1984 and 1988. This was the last Open scheduled to end on Saturday; in 1980 it moved to a Sunday final round, similar to the other three majors. Course Hole #6 was a par 4 in 2012. Lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950): * 1974: , par 71 * 1969: , par 71 * 1963: , par 70 * 1958: , par 71 * 1952: Past champions in the field Made both cuts Source: Missed the first cut Source: Round summaries First round ''Wednesday, 18 July 1979'' Source: Second round ''Thursday, 19 July 1979'' Source: Amateurs: '' McEvoy (+3), Player (+8)'', Hallberg (+14), Hoad (+15),Bennett (+17), My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Calcavecchia
Mark John Calcavecchia (born June 12, 1960) is an American professional golfer and a former PGA Tour member. During his professional career, he won 13 PGA Tour events, including the 1989 Open Championship. He plays on the Champions Tour as well as a limited PGA Tour schedule that includes The Open Championship. Early years Calcavecchia was born in Laurel, Nebraska. While he was a teenager, his family moved from Nebraska to West Palm Beach, Florida in 1973. He attended North Shore High School in West Palm Beach, and won the Florida high school golf championship in 1977 while playing for the North Shore golf team. While playing in junior tournaments, Calcavecchia often competed against Jack Nicklaus' son, Jackie, and as a result began a lifelong friendship at the age of 14 with the legendary pro. College career He accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he played for coach Buster Bishop and coach John Darr's Florida Gators men's golf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Open Championship
The 1998 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 127th Open Championship, held from 16–19 July at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. In weekend wind and rain, Mark O'Meara won his second major championship of the year and first Open Championship in a playoff over Brian Watts, the 54-hole leader. Three months earlier, O'Meara won the Masters on the final green by sinking a birdie putt. At age 41, he became the oldest player to win two majors in a year: Jack Nicklaus (1980), Ben Hogan (1953), and Craig Wood (1941) were all age forty. (Hogan won three majors and turned 41 two weeks after the third.) At the previous Open at Royal Birkdale seven years earlier in 1991, O'Meara was a co-leader after 54 holes, shot 69, and tied for Course Source: Lengths of the course for previous Opens: * 1991: , par 70 * 1983: , par 71 * 1976: , par 72 * 1971: , par 73 * 1965: , par 73 * 1961: * 1954: Past champions in the field Made the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark O'Meara
Mark Francis O'Meara (born January 13, 1957) is an American professional golfer. He was a tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He spent nearly 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from their debut in 1986 to 2000. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015. Early years O'Meara was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, but grew up in southern California in Mission Viejo, California, Mission Viejo. He took up golf at age 13, sneaking on to the nearbMission Viejo Country Club O'Meara later became an employee of the club and played on his high school golf team. He was an All-American at Long Beach State Beach, Long Beach State, and won the U.S. Amateur in 1979, defeating defending champion John Cook (golfer), John Cook, 8 and 7, in the final. He also won the California State Amateur Championship that year. O'Meara was a former resident of Orlando, Florida and lived in the same neighborhood as T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Open Championship
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Paul Lawrie
Paul Stewart Lawrie (born 1 January 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1999. He was a vice-captain for the European Ryder Cup team in 2016. Early career Lawrie was born in Aberdeen and turned professional in 1986. in 1990 he won the Scottish Assistants' Championship at Cruden Bay by five strokes and the Scottish Under-25 Championship at Deer Park by seven strokes. In 1991 he won the Daily Express Scottish National Pro-am at Carnoustie by a stroke from Craig Maltman. He became a member of the European Tour in 1992. He performed steadily without doing much to draw attention to himself, aside from a 6th-place finish in the 1993 Open Championship. In his first seven seasons his only top 50 finish on the Order of Merit came in 1996 when he was 21st. However he also finished in the top 100 in all but one of the other six seasons, and picked up a debut tour win at the 1996 Catalan Open. 1999 onwards Lawrie's career was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records. * * * Woods is widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and is one of the most famous athletes in modern history. He is an inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Following an outstanding junior, college, and amateur golf career, Woods turned professional in 1996 at the age of 20. By the end of April 1997, he had won three PGA Tour events in addition to his first major, the 1997 Masters, which he won by 12 strokes in a record-breaking performance. He reached number one in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in June 1997, less than a year after turning pro. Throughout the first decade of the 21st century, Woods was the dominant force in golf. He was the top-ranked golfer in the world from August 1999 to September 2004 (264 consecutive we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Open Championship
The 1994 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 123rd Open Championship, held from 14 to 17 July at Turnberry Golf Resort, Scotland. Nick Price won the second of his three major championships and only Claret Jug, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jesper Parnevik. Price was three-under over the final three holes and posted 66 (–4), while Parnevik, in the group ahead, bogeyed the 72nd hole to miss a It was the first of two consecutive majors for Price, who won his second PGA Championship a month later. Course Ailsa Course ^ The 18th hole was renamed " Duel in the Sun" in 2003. Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship: * 1986: , par 70 * 1977: , par 70 Past champions in the field Made the cut Source: Missed the cut Source: Round summaries First round ''Thursday, 14 July 1994'' Source: Second round ''Friday, 15 July 1994'' Source: Amateurs: ''Bennett (–1)'', James (+5), Evans (+9), Harris (+9), Pullan (+15) Third round '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Price
Nicholas Raymond Leige Price (born 28 January 1957) is a Zimbabwean retired professional golfer who has won three major championships in his career: the PGA Championship twice (in 1992 and 1994) and The Open Championship in 1994. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003. Background Price was born in Durban, South Africa. His parents were originally British. His father was English and his mother Welsh. His early life was spent in Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe). He attended Prince Edward School in Salisbury (now Harare), where he captained the golf team. After his schooling he served in the Rhodesian Air Force during that country's Bush War. He is at present a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe. He began his professional golf career in 1977 on the South African Tour, before moving to the European Tour and finally the PGA Tour in 1983. In 1984, Price renounced his Zimbabwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Open Championship
The 1952 Open Championship was the 81st Open Championship, held 9–11 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. This was the second Open at the course, its first was 26 years earlier in 1926. Bobby Locke won the third of his four Claret Jugs at 287 (−1), one stroke ahead of runner-up Peter Thomson. This was the first of seven consecutive Opens in which Thomson, age 22, finished as champion or runner-up. Fred Daly, 1947 champion, led after each of the first three rounds, but concluded with 153 (+9) on the final day and finished third. For qualifying, 274 players entered compared to the 148 the previous year in Northern Ireland. Through an error, the initial entry did not include Antonio Cerdá, the prior year's runner-up. The Championship committee used its discretion to allow him a late entry. Qualifying took place on 7–8 July, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at Royal Lytham & St Annes and 18 holes at adjacent Fairhaven. The number of quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Open Championship
The 1958 Open Championship was the 87th Open Championship, held from 2–5 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England. Peter Thomson (golfer), Peter Thomson won his fourth Claret Jug in five years in a 36-hole Saturday playoff, four strokes ahead of Dave Thomas (golfer), Dave Thomas. It was the first playoff at the Open since 1949 Open Championship, 1949 and the seventh consecutive year that Thomson, 28, finished either as champion or runner-up. The 278 scored by Thomas and Thomson was a record low for the Open. Qualifying took place on 30 June–1 July. Entries played 18 holes at Royal Lytham & St Annes and 18 holes at Fairhaven Golf Club, Fairhaven. With over 300 entries qualifying was played in three-balls, as had also been the case in 1956. The number of qualifiers was limited to a maximum of 100. Ties for 100th place would not qualify. The qualifying score was 148 and 96 players qualified. Peter Thomson (golfer), Peter Thomson led the qualifie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
