but it wasn’t originally awarded to the Open Championship winner. The first Open champion in 1860, Willie Park, Sr., received the Challenge Belt, made of wide, red Morocco leather and adorned ...

The Open Championship was established to determine ... over three rounds of the 12-hole course at Prestwick. Willie Park Sr. won the first tournament, and over the years, the event grew in ...

Willie Park won the inaugural Open Championship in 1860. His son Willie Park Jr. later duplicated the feat in 1887. Tom Morris, Sr. / Tom Morris, Jr. The commemorative plaque for Old Tom Morris in ...

Tom Morris Jr., Willie Park Sr., Walter Hagen and Bobby Locke. Tiger Woods has captured three Claret Jugs, winning in 2000, 2005 and 2006. The other three-time Open Championship winners are Jamie ...

The final major of the 2024 golf season has arrived. This week, the world's best players will head across the pond for the Open Championship. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are.

The stage is set at Royal Liverpool. Come Sunday night, a champion will be crowned at the 151st Open Championship. A new name — or perhaps a familiar one — will be engraved in the Claret Jug.

The Open Championship, often simply referred to as The Open, is the oldest of the four major golf championships. Held annually in the United Kingdom, it attracts the world's best golfers who vie ...