The Open Championship
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The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later the venue rotated between a select group of coastal links golf courses in the United Kingdom. It is organised by The R&A.
Willie Park Sr., the first "Champion Golfer of the Year", wearing the Challenge Belt, the winner's prize at The Open until 1870
Harry Vardon, the record holding six-time winner of the Open, with five-time winner James Braid
Ben Hogan gets a ticker-tape parade on his return to New York City, after winning the 1953 Open Championship.
Tiger Woods won the Open twice at St Andrews.
Golf
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Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
A golfer in the finishing position after hitting a tee shot
The Xuande Emperor of the Ming dynasty playing chuiwan
The MacDonald boys playing golf, attributed to William Mosman. 18th century, National Galleries of Scotland.
Aerial view of the Golfplatz Wittenbeck in Mecklenburg, Germany