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
1997 Open Championship of the course for previous Opens (since 1950): Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5. "Thursday, 17 July 1997" "Friday, 18 July 1997" <br> Amateurs: "Howard (+2)", Watson (+7), Bladon (+10), Olsson (+11), Webster (+11), Taylor (+15), Young (+17), Miller (+22). "Saturday, 19 July 1997" "Sunday, 20 July 1997" <br> Amateurs: Howard (+9) "Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par" 1997 Open Championship The 1997 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 126th Open Championship, held from 17–20 July at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Justin Leonard won his only