Quiz: Winners of the Open Championship Since World War II

Matt Coles

It dates back to 1860, but we’re only looking for the past eight decades… How many can you get?

It’s one of the four biggest events on the men’s golfing calendar. How many winners of the Open Championship since 1946 can you name on our quiz?

The Open Championship is the longest-running tournament in golf, and first began way back in 1860. Prestwick played host to the event for the first decade, but since it has moved around the country.

A total of 14 venues have been lucky enough to call the Open home at some point in their history, with the likes of Royal Troon, St Andrews and Royal Birkdale among them.

It is one of four major golf tournaments in the men’s game, alongside the Masters Tournament, PGA Championship and the US Open.

Since the conclusion of World War II, there have been 79 editions of the Open Championship, and in recent years, there has been a trend of first-time winners.

You have to go back to 2012 to find the last golfer to have lifted the Claret Jug for a second time… But can you name all these champions?

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There are some big names on the list, while there are also a few names that you might struggle to get. However, we have provided the years that each player won the tournament, along with their nationality and the venue that it was played at. That makes it easier, right?

Can you name all 78 players on our Open Championship winners quiz, powered by Sporcle? You’ve got ten minutes to get them all, good luck!

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About the author

Matt Coles

Mention a European country, and Matt will tell you which resorts make the National Club Golfer Top 100s: European Resorts list. He might even throw in who designed the golf course and how many rooms the hotel has got at each one…

Matt got into the game of golf from a young age, following his old man to the local golf club. He fell for the sport, and now can’t seem to go a day without thinking about how to improve his game (Thanks Dad!). Matt has been a member of Howley Hall GC in Leeds since 2020, and is just about managing to maintain a single-figure handicap. He likes to remind people that he once broke 75, but won’t tell people that it was on a shortened course during the winter.

He moved to Leeds after graduating from the University of Central Lancashire with a First Class Honours degree in Sports Journalism. Matt joined NCG after almost five years travelling the world with the Professional Squash Association, working on events in all four corners of the globe.

Matt currently plays a Cobra King LTDx driver and RadSpeed 3-wood. TaylorMade monopolise the rest of his bag, with a SIM UDI, M5 irons and both Milled Grind and HI-TOE wedges, along with a Monza Redline putter. He uses a Vice Pro Plus golf ball, because he’s a bit different…

Away from golf, Matt is a Manchester United fan, and a keen runner, having ran the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon (his first and possibly last), in May 2023.

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