Every previous British Open Championship winner at Royal Troon
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Royal Troon has hosted The Open Championship nine times and has staged some of the greatest moments in Open history. Here’s a brief rundown of every Open at Troon so far…
The 152nd British Open will be the 10th at Royal Troon. But who won the previous nine – and how did they end up winning the Claret Jug?
![Arthur Havers won the 1923 Open Championship at Royal Troon](https://todaysgolfer-images.bauersecure.com/wp-images/182561/arthur-havers-1923-open-champion-royal-troon.jpg)
1923
Norfolk’s Arthur Havers holed out from the bunker on the 72nd hole to finish one stroke clear of defending champion Walter Hagen. His reward was a £75 winner’s cheque, a little under £3m less than what Brian Harman won in 2023.
![Bobby Locke won the 1950 Open Championship at Royal Troon](https://todaysgolfer-images.bauersecure.com/wp-images/182561/1950-open-champion-bobby-locke-royal-troon.jpg)
1950
Bobby Locke picked up the second of four Open titles after missing just two fairways all week. Every year thereafter he sent a Christmas card to the club with the same message: “Still the best greens in the world.”
![Arnold Palmer won the 1962 Open Championship at Royal Troon](https://todaysgolfer-images.bauersecure.com/wp-images/182561/arnold-palmer-1962-open-champion-royal-troon.jpg)
1962
Three months after winning the Masters for the first time, Arnold Palmer went back-to-back at The Open with a commanding six-shot victory over Kel Nagle. He was given an honorary membership of the club 20 years later.
![Tom Weiskopf won the 1973 Open Championship at Royal Troon](https://todaysgolfer-images.bauersecure.com/wp-images/182561/tom-weiskopf-royal-troon-open-champion-1973.jpg)
1973
American Tom Weiskopf became the first man in 39 years to win wire-to-wire, though the Championship is perhaps best remembered for Gene Sarazan’s hole-in-one on the Postage Stamp during the first round.
![Tom Watson won the 1982 Open Championship at Royal Troon](https://todaysgolfer-images.bauersecure.com/wp-images/182561/tom-watson-open-champion-royal-troon-1982.jpg)
1982
A month after winning the US Open, Tom Watson came from three back in the final round to be named Champion Golfer of the Year for a fourth time. He successfully defended the Claret Jug a year later at Royal Birkdale.
![Mark Calcavecchia won the 1989 Open Championship at Royal Troon](/wp-images%2F182561%2Fmark-calcavecchia-open-champion-1989-royal-troon.jpg)
1989
Greg Norman shot a course-record 64 in the final round, but came unstuck during a three-man playoff after hitting his third shot out of bounds on 18. Mark Calcavecchia birdied the hole and finished three clear of Wayne Grady.
![Justin Leonard won the 1997 Open Championship at Royal Troon](https://todaysgolfer-images.bauersecure.com/wp-images/182561/justin-leonard-1997-open-champion-royal-troon.jpg)
1997
Starting the final round five back, Justin Leonard birdied six holes on the front nine and closed with a 65 – the lowest round of the day – to claim a sensational three-shot victory over Darren Clarke and Jesper Parnevik.
![Todd Hamilton won the 2004 Open Championship at Royal Troon](https://todaysgolfer-images.bauersecure.com/wp-images/182561/todd-hamilton-2004-open-champion-royal-troon.jpg)
2004
Listed at 500-1 to win, Todd Hamilton overtook reigning Masters champion Phil Mickelson down the stretch and defeated Ernie Els in a four-hole play-off. He also became the sixth consecutive American to win at Troon.
![Henrik Stenson won the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon](https://todaysgolfer-images.bauersecure.com/wp-images/4665/henrik-stenson.jpg)
2016
In an epic final-round duel with Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson reeled off 10 birdies to claim a three-shot victory on 20-under-par, the lowest 72-hole score in Open history. JB Holmes finished way back in third on -6.
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Royal Troon has hosted The Open Championship nine times and has staged some of the greatest moments in Open history.
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Bobby Locke won the 1950 Open Championship at Royal Troon
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Arnold Palmer won the 1962 Open Championship at Royal Troon
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Arthur Havers won the 1923 Open Championship at Royal Troon
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Justin Leonard won the 1997 Open Championship at Royal Troon
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Mark Calcavecchia won the 1989 Open Championship at Royal Troon
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Todd Hamilton won the 2004 Open Championship at Royal Troon
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Tom Watson won the 1982 Open Championship at Royal Troon
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Tom Weiskopf won the 1973 Open Championship at Royal Troon