1947 Men's British Open Squash Championship three games to nil before securing the Open Championship with a hard fought second leg win. 1947 Men's British Open Squash Championship The 1947 Open Championship was between the defending champion Jim Dear of the Queen's Club and the professional champion Mahmoud Karim of Egypt. The Amateur Championships returned in December 1946 and the Professional Championships returned in March 1947, so there had not been time to organise a 1946 Open Championships. However the first leg of the 1947 Open Championships finally took place on 17 December at the Lansdowne Club with the second leg held at the Royal Automobile
2009 Open Championship British Open Champion for 2008 Bruce Vaughan 28. The 2009 Amateur Champion Matteo Manassero (a) 29. The 2008 U.S. Amateur Champion 30. The 2008 European Individual Amateur Champion Stephan Gross (a) International Final Qualifying Local Final Qualifying (Monday 6 July and Tuesday 7 July) Alternates Drawn from the Official World Golf Rankings of 5 July 2009 (provide the player was entered in the Open and did not withdraw from qualifying): "Thursday, 16 July 2009" Calm and sunny weather provided good scoring conditions for the opening round. Miguel Ángel Jiménez took the lead at 64 (−6), and past champions turned back