Carnoustie (Championship)
The main tournaments played at Carnoustie (Championship) are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on the winners, their scores and prize money.
Majors
Rolex
The Senior Open presented by Rolex (37th) (July 25-28). [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Majors
AIG
The AIG Women's Open (45th) (Aug 19-22). Second-placed Georgia Hall (Eng), Madelene Sagstrom (Swe) and Lizette Salas (USA) finished 1 shot behind Anna Nordqvist (Swe), who recorded her third major championship win. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Majors
R&A
The Open Championship (147th) (July 19-22). Second-placed Justin Rose (Eng), Rory McIlroy (N.Ire), Kevin Kisner (USA) and Xander Schauffele (USA) finished 2 shots behind 35-year-old Molinari (Italy), who recorded his first major championship win. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Majors
Rolex
The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex (30th) (July 21-24). Second-placed Scott McCarron (USA) finished 2 shots behind 50-year-old Broadhurst (Eng), who claimed his first win in a major championship. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Amateur
R&A
The Amateur Championship (120th). Langasque (Fra) beat Grant Forrest (Scot, Craigielaw GC) 4 and 2 in the 36-hole final, to become the third Frenchman to win this title. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus. Earlier rounds also at Panmure GC].
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (109th). Meadow (N. Ire) beat Rocio Sanchez Lobato (Esp) 4 and 3 in the 18-hole final. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Majors
Ricoh
The Ricoh Women's British Open (35th) (July 28-31). Second-placed Brittany Lang (USA) finished 4 shots behind defending champion Tseng (Taiw). At age 22, Tseng became the youngest ever winner (man or woman) of five majors. This was her fourth win in the eight women's major championships played in 2010-11. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Majors
MasterCard
The Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard (24th) (July 22-25). Second-placed Corey Pavin (USA) finished 1 shot behind Langer (Ger), who won his first senior major title. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Majors
R&A
The Open Championship (136th) (July 19-22). Harrington (Ire) beat Sergio García (Esp) in a four-hole playoff: Harrington 15 (E), Garcia 16 (+1). Harrington became the first Irish player in 60 yrs to win the Claret Jug. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
The Open Championship (128th) (July 15-18). Lawrie (Scot) beat Justin Leonard (USA) and Jean Van de Velde (Fra) in a 4-hole playoff: Lawrie 15 (E), Leonard and Van de Velde 18 (+3). With a three shot lead at the 72nd hole, Van de Velde needed no worse than a double-bogey 6 to win the championship. He took seven. At one stage on this disastrous final hole, while standing bare-foot in the Barry Burn, he contemplated playing out of the Burn, but eventually took a drop instead. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Played as the Scottish Open (July 10-13). Second-placed Andrew Coltart (Scot) finished 4 shots behind Ian Woosnam (Wales), who won this title for the third time. [Championship course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Played as the Scottish Open (July 12-15). Second-placed Nick Faldo (Eng) finished 2 shots behind 32-year-old Wayne Riley (Aus), who recorded the first of his two European Tour wins. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Amateur
R&A
The Amateur Championship (97th). Dundas (Scot) beat Bradley Dredge (Wales) 7 and 6 in the final. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
The Open Championship (104th) (July 9-12). Making his Open Championship debut, 25-year old Watson (USA) beat Jack Newton (Aus) in an 18-hole playoff: Watson 71 (-1), Newton 72 (E). This was the first of Watson's five Open Championship wins. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (70th). Irvin (Eng) beat Mickey Walker (Eng) 3 and 2 in the final. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Amateur
R&A
The Amateur Championship (76th). Melnyk (USA) beat James Simons (USA) 3 and 2 in the final. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
The Open Championship (97th) (July 10-13). Second-placed Jack Nicklaus (USA) and Bob Charles (NZ) finished 2 shots behind Player (RSA). Player's three-wood approach to the par-5 14th (the Spectacles) set-up an eagle three; to this day it is still referred to as "the shot" in Carnoustie legend. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Amateur
R&A
The Amateur Championship (71st). Cole (RSA) beat Ronnie Shade (Scot) 3 and 2 in the final. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Europe
Pringle
Played as the inaugural Pringle of Scotland Tournament (Aug 20-22). Second-placed Bernard Hunt (Eng) finished 4 shots behind Harold Henning (RSA). [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (58th). Spearman (Eng) beat Dianne J. Robb (Eng) 7 and 6 in the final. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
The Open Championship (82nd) (July 8-10). Second-placed Frank Stranahan (USA), Antonio Cerda (Arg), Peter Thomson (Aus) and Dai Rees (Wales) finished 4 shots behind Hogan (USA). This was the only Open Championship which Hogan entered. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Europe
News of the World
Played as the News of the World Match Play (Sept 20-23). Defending champion Rees (Wales) beat Frank Jowle (Eng) 7 and 6 in the 36-hole final, to record his fourth win in the British Match Play Championship. [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
Amateur
R&A
The US Amateur Championship (47th) (Sept 8-13). Robert H. "Skee" Riegel (USA) beat John Dawson (USA) 2 and 1 in the final. [Pebble Beach Golf Links, Monterey Peninsula, CA].
The Open Championship (72nd) (July 7-9). Second-placed Reg Whitcombe (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Cotton (Eng). [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
The Open Championship (66th) (June 3-5). Second-placed José Jurado (Arg) finished 1 shot behind Armour (USA). [Championship Course, Carnoustie Golf Links, Angus].
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