1,530 Holes - 1973 - Lebanon, TN - Raymond Lasater - Guiness Record
The Champion Golfer of the year gets the Claret Jug and the first place prize money, second place gets the silver salver and the second place prize money and the leading amateur (who makes the cut) gets the silver medal but no prize money. The rest of the field get their allocation of the prize money, depending on how they finished. Those who missed the cut still get a share of the purse, but it's not very much.
Tim Henman. you know the Britain's best tennis player before Andy Murray
In the 2003 Mercedes Championship, Ernie Els shot 31 Under par for 72 holes, which is the lowest score in relation to par. In the 2003 Valero Texas Open Tommy Armour III shot 254 for 72 holes, which is the lowest aggregate score.
The Masters- Phil Mickelson. US Open- Geoff Ogilvy. The Open- Tiger Woods. USPGA Championship- Tiger Woods.
Lucas Glover, $1,350,000 Phil Mickelson, $559,830 David Duval, $559,830 Ricky Barnes, $559,830 Ross Fisher, $289,146 Tiger Woods, $233,350 Soren Hansen, $233,350 Hunter Mahan, $233,350 Henrik Stenson, $194,794 Rory McIlroy, $154,600 Matt Bettencourt, $154,600 Sergio Garcia, $154,600 Ryan Moore, $154,600 Stephen Ames, $154,600 Mike Weir, $154,600 Anthony Kim, $122,128 Retief Goosen, $122,128 Ian Poulter, $100,308 Michael Sim, $100,308 Peter Hanson, $100,308 Graeme McDowell, $100,308 Bubba Watson, $100,308 Lee Westwood, $76,422 Steve Stricker, $76,422 Oliver Wilson, $76,422 Sean O'Hair, $76,422 Vijay Singh, $56,041 Francesco Molinari, $56,041 Azuma Yano, $56,041 J.B. Holmes, $56,041 Johan Edfors, $56,041 Stewart Cink, $56,041 Kevin Sutherland, $47,404 Jim Furyk, $47,404 Camilo Villegas, $47,404 Carl Pettersson, $42,935 a-Nick Taylor Adam Scott, $42,935 Todd Hamilton, $42,935 Tim Clark, $38,492 Dustin Johnson, $38,492 a-Drew Weaver Billy Mayfair, $38,492 Kenny Perry, $35,536 Thomas Levet, $33,319 John Mallinger, $33,319 Rocco Mediate, $27,409 Andres Romero, $27,409 K.J. Choi, $27,409 Tom Lehman, $27,409 Geoff Ogilvy, $27,409 Gary Woodland, $27,409 a-Kyle Stanley Jean-Francois Lucquin, $22,501 Andrew McLardy, $22,501 Angel Cabrera, $22,501 Ben Curtis, $21,385 Jeff Brehaut, $20,630 Trevor Murphy, $20,630 Fred Funk, $19,921 http://www.nowpublic.com/sports/us-open-purse-payout-2009-glover-take-home-us-open-prize-money The list is now available at http://www.usopen.com/pdf/moneyList.pdf
The European and U.S. teams have 12 players each chosen by a captain.
The open championship was first played on 17th October 1860 at Prestwick golf club. It was won by Willie Park senior.
Jack Nicklaus has won 6 Masters Tournaments, Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer have each won 4, no one has won exactly 5.
Among fairly active players I would say that's mostly Colin Montgomerie, who played in 72 majors, finishing second in 5 of them. Lee Westwood, the first player to earn a top-3 in each major before winning one of them, has played in 60. Sergio Garcia and Steve Stricker have played 58, and Luke Donald has participated in 39.
15, 5 Masters (1997, 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2009) 3 US Opens (2000, 2002 and 2008) 3 British Opens (2000, 2005 and 2006) and 4 USPGA Championships (1999, 2000, 2006 and 2007).
2nd most all-time after Jack Nicklaus who has 18.
Young Tom Morris, he was 17 years and 181 days when he won it in 1868.
1st: $1.4 million
2nd: $826,874
3rd: $531,020
4th: $413,437
5th: $333,784
6th: $288,268
7th: $246,545
8th: $208,615
9th: $182,064
10th: $166,892
The 50th-place finisher won $22,378.
For the 2010 year:For 2010: The total purse has risen by £600,000, to take the amount to £4.8 million...The defending champion, Stuart Cink, took home £750,000 last year, but Louis Oosthuizen will collect £850,000 this year. The rise in the purse is apparently due to the weak pound against the US Dollar and the Euro. Second-placed Lee Westwood will take home £500,000 and even the player at the bottom of the leaderboard after the final round will still collect £2,250.
Mcdowell-$1,350,000; Havret-$810,000; Els-$480,687; Woods and Michelson-$303,119 each; Love and Kuchar-$228,255 each
For the 2008 year:The total prize fund for the 2008 Open Championship will be £4.2 million, the same as in 2007. That equates to just over $8.3 million, or €5.25 million.Prize money for the winner will also remain the same as in 2007. The player who lifts the Claret Jug at Royal Birkdale will receive £750,000 - that's equivalent to US$1.49 million or €939,000.
Padrig Harrington won the 2008 Open Championship and $1,498,875
Ian Poulter came in 2nd place and won $899,325
Henrik Stenson and Greg Norman came in tied for 3rd place and each won $509,618
Jim Furyk tied for 5th and won $359,730
There was a total of $8,169,179 awarded to the 83 players who made the cut.
Two amateurs finished in the top 83, Chris Wood (Tied for 5th) and Thomas Sherreard (Tied for 19th) but they do not get any prize money.
The 2003 Open Championship was won by Ben Curtis (USA) with a score of 283(-1). This was the 132nd playing of the Open Championship, and was held from 17 - 20 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. This was Ben Curtis' only major win to date
Sandy Lyle of Scotland shot a 2 over 282 to win the 1985 British Open at Royal St. George's Gold Club. He won 65,000 pounds.
Todd Hamilton won $1,348,270 USD in 2004 at Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland.
Generally 72 - eighteen holes a day for four consecutive days.
He was born on 19 October 1982, so he is 27.