The Open Championship Championship in 2008. In 2009, 59-year-old Tom Watson turned in one of the most remarkable performances ever seen at The Open. Leading the tournament through 71 holes and needing just a par on the last hole to become the oldest ever winner of a major championship, Watson bogeyed, setting up a four-hole playoff, which he would lose to Stewart Cink. In 2013, Phil Mickelson won his first Open Championship at Muirfield. His victory meant that he had won 3 of the 4 majors in pursuit of the career grand slam, just needing the U.S. Open, where he has finished runner-up
2009 Women's British Open Union at , shorter than the par-71 set-up for The Open Championship in 2001. Matthew became the first Scot to win the title, just eleven weeks after giving birth to her second child in mid-May. Previous lengths of the course for the Women's British Open (since 2001): "Thursday, 30 July 2009" "Friday, 31 July 2009" "Saturday, 1 August 2009" "Sunday, 2 August 2009" "Final round" "Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par"<br> 2009 Women's British Open The 2009 Women's British Open was held 30 July – 2 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was