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The Open Championship
July 19th-22nd, 2012
The 2012 Open Golf Championship will be played at Royal Lytham & St. Annes
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The British Open Championship, now called The Open Championship, was first established in 1860.This year is going to have it's 141st edition of event this July 19th, 2012. This tournament is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico.
The British Open is the third one played during the calendar year. The US Masters takes place in April, the US Open in June and the PGA Championship takes place in August.
THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE
Location United Kingdom
Established 1860
Course(s) Royal Lytham & St Annes
Par 70 in
Yardage 7,211 yd
Tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Format Stroke play
Purse £4,200,000
(approx. €4,850,000)
(approx. US$6,850,000)
Tournament record score
Aggregate 267 Greg Norman (1993)
To-par -19* Tiger Woods (2000)
*record for all majors
The British Open, known officially as simply “the Open Championship”, is one of the four “major” annual golf tournaments. Some of the most notable winners of the British Open include Bobby Jones - the last amateur to win, Harry Vardon, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Tiger Woods just to name a few. St. George was the first venue to host The Open, the last Open tournament was in 2003 and before that 1993.
Royal Lytham & St Annes are looking forward to hosting this event on July 19th-22nd, 2012.
International Final Qualifying (IFQ) events for The Open Championship were introduced in 2004 and are held on five continents to give more players from around the world the chance to gain direct entry into golf’s oldest championship.
IFQ events for The 2012 Open at Royal St Annes’ will be as follows:
IFQ — Australasia: 10 & 11 January 2012, Kingston Heath Golf Club, Melbourne, Australia
IFQ — Africa: 18 & 29 January 2012, Royal Johannesburg & Kensington, South Africa
IFQ — Asia: 1 & 2 March 2012, Amata Spring, Thailand
IFQ — America: 21 May 2012, Gleneagles Country Club, Plano, Texas, USA
IFQ — Europe: 25 June 2012, Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire, England
2012 British Open Results
| Pos |
Player |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Hole |
Score |
| 1 |
Ernie Els |
67 |
70 |
68 |
68 |
F |
-7 |
| 2 |
Adam Scott |
64 |
67 |
68 |
75 |
F |
-6 |
| T3 |
Tiger Woods |
67 |
67 |
70 |
73 |
F |
-3 |
| T3 |
Brandt Snedeker |
66 |
64 |
73 |
74 |
F |
-3 |
| T5 |
Luke Donald |
70 |
68 |
71 |
69 |
F |
-2 |
| T5 |
Graeme McDowell |
67 |
69 |
67 |
75 |
F |
-2 |
| T7 |
Thomas Aiken |
68 |
68 |
71 |
72 |
F |
-1 |
| T7 |
Nicolas Colsaerts |
65 |
77 |
72 |
65 |
F |
-1 |
| T9 |
Ian Poulter |
71 |
69 |
73 |
67 |
F |
E |
| T9 |
Zach Johnson |
65 |
74 |
66 |
75 |
F |
E |
2011 British Open Results
| Pos |
Player |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Hole |
Score |
| 1 |
Darren Clarke |
68 |
68 |
69 |
70 |
F |
-5 |
| T2 |
Phil Mickelson |
70 |
69 |
71 |
68 |
F |
-2 |
| T2 |
Dustin Johnson |
70 |
68 |
68 |
72 |
F |
-2 |
| 4 |
Thomas Bjorn |
65 |
72 |
71 |
71 |
F |
-1 |
| T5 |
Chad Campbell |
69 |
68 |
74 |
69 |
F |
E |
| T5 |
Anthony Kim |
72 |
68 |
70 |
70 |
F |
E |
| T5 |
Rickie Fowler |
70 |
70 |
68 |
72 |
F |
E |
| 8 |
Raphael Jacquelin |
74 |
67 |
71 |
69 |
F |
+1 |
| T9 |
Sergio Garcia |
70 |
70 |
74 |
68 |
F |
+2 |
| T9 |
Simon Dyson |
68 |
72 |
72 |
70 |
F |
+2 |
The venues for the Open have been decided up until 2014:
2012 - 19-22 July, Royal Lytham & St Annes
2013 - 18-21 July, Muirfield
2014 - 17-20 July, Royal Liverpool
Louise Oosthuizen won the 2010 British Open
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Past British Open Golf Winners
Each week there will be a fairly comprehensive listing of the matchups and golf betting lines offered by Sportbet.com on the different tour events.
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