| Open
Championship Records
| Oldest
winner: | Tom
Morris, Sr. (46 years, 99 days), 1867 | | Youngest
winner: | Tom Morris, Jr. (17
years, 5 months, 8 days), 1868 | | Amateur
winners: | John
Ball, 1890 | | Harold
Hilton, 1892, 1897 | | Bobby
Jones, 1926, 1927, 1930 | | Lowest
72 holes by an amateur: | 281,
Iain Pyman, 1993 | | Most
Victories: | 6,
Harry Vardon, (1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914) | | Consecutive
victories: | 6,
Harry Vardon, (1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914) | | Runner
up: | 7,
Jack Nicklaus | | Lowest
72 holes: | 267,
Greg Norman (66-68-69-64), 1993 | | Lowest
first 54 holes: | 198,
Tom Lehman (67-67-64), 1996 | | 199,
Nick Faldo (67-65-67), 1990 | | 199,
Nick Faldo (66-64-69), 1992 | | Lowest
first 36 holes: | 130,
Nick Faldo (66-64), 1992 | | Low
first round: | 64,
Craig Stadler, 1983 | | 64,
Christy O'Connor, Jr., 1985 | | 64,
Rodger Davis, 1987 | | 64,
Raymond Floyd, 1992 | | 64,
Steve Pate, 1992 | | Low
second round: | 63,
Mark Hayes, 1977 | | 63,
Greg Norman, 1986 | | 63,
Nick Faldo, 1993 | | Low
third round: | 63,
Isao Aoki, 1980 | | 63,
Paul Broadhurst, 1990 | | Low
fourth round: | 63,
Jodie Mudd, 1991 | | 63,
Payne Stewart, 1993 | | Low
score - 9 holes: | 28,
Denis Durnian (first nine), 1993 | | Highest
winning score: | 326,
J.H. Taylor, 1894 | | Biggest
winning margin: | 13
strokes, Tom Morris, Sr., 1862 | | Champion
with four rounds the same: | Densmore
Shute (73-73-73-73), 1933 | | Champions
with four rounds under 70: | Greg
Norman (66-68-69-64),1993 | | Nick
Price (69-66-67-66), 1994 | | Best
final round by a champion: | 64,
Greg Norman, 1993 | | Worst
final round by a champion since 1920: | 79,
Henry Cotton, 1934 |
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