Ranking the Top Five Courses in British Open History

By Matt Coles | Jul 17, 2019

PORTRUSH, NORTHERN IRELAND - APRIL 2: The Claret Jug is pictured at Royal Portrush Golf Club during a media event on April 2, 2019 in Portrush, Northern Ireland. The Open Championship returns to Royal Portrush for the first time since 1951 this summer between 18-21 of July. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) /

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Greg Norman of Australia plays a shot from the bunker during the 118th British Open Golf Championship on 22nd July 1989 at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland, United Kingdom. (Photo by Simon Bruty/Getty Images) /

#3 – Royal Troon

On the West Coast of Scotland sits an amazing golf course, and another with the royal charter, that has hosted the British Open nine times.

Royal Troon last hosted the tournament in 2016, and it is a British Open that will live long in the memory of any golf fan who watched it.

Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson went head-to-head in the final group on Sunday, with the pair finishing more than ten shots ahead of the nearest challenger.

The Swede’s 72-hole score of 264 is the lowest ever in British Open history, and his -20 finishing total saw him become the first Scandinavian winner of the tournament.

Other winners around the links of Royal Troon include Bobby Locke, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Mark Calcavecchia, and Justin Leonard.

The signature hole is the par-3 8th hole, the ‘Postage Stamp’. It is the shortest hole in British Open golf, measuring just 123 yards, but high scores are often written down on the card.

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