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137th British Open Championship 2008 |
2008 British Open
July 17-July 20, 2008 - Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Southport, England
The British Open.
In 2008, this time honored event will be staged
at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, just north of
Liverpool. This course will hold special
memories for Australian fans as both Peter
Thomson (twice) and Ian Baker-Finch have been
good enough to take home The Claret Jug. |
(More British Open Golf Results Information Here)
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The Open
Championship returns to the Lancashire Course at the
Royal Birkdale Golf Club from Thursday 17th to Sunday
20th July 2008. This will be the ninth time Royal
Birkdale has hosted the Championship, from Peter
Thomson's win in 1954 to Mark O'Meara's in 1998.
One of Britain's finest
golf clubs and host to two Ryder Cups, the Walker and
Curtis Cups, the Women's British Open and the Open
Championship on eight previous occasions, Royal Birkdale
has been voted the No 1 course in Britain, and is among
the best in the world.
The Royal Birkdale Golf Club is situated in the North
West of England, on the same stretch of coastline as
Royal Liverpool and Royal Lytham St Annes, both also
Open Championship venues. As well as England's Golf
Coast, the Northwest region also contains Liverpool,
Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria.
The Open Championship (sometimes referred to as the
British Open), is the oldest of the four major
championships in men's golf. Each year the event is
hosted by one of several prestigious golf clubs in
Britain; however, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of
St Andrews (R&A) administers The Open regardless of
its site. It is always played on a links course. The
Open Championship is played in July, and is the
third major to take place each year, after The
Masters Tournament and
the U.S. Open, but before the PGA Championship. It
has been an official event on the PGA TOUR since
1995, which means thatthe prize money won in the
Open by PGA Tour members is included on the official
money list. In addition, all Open Championships
before that date have been retrospectively
classified as PGA Tour wins and the list of leading
winners on the PGA Tour has been adjusted to reflect
this. The PGA European Tour has always recognized
The Open as an official event.
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Future
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British
Open History and Facts
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The
very first British Open Golf Championship took place
in the year 1860 when a meager field of eight competitors
played three rounds over the 12 holes that were
in those days the entirety of Scotland's Prestwick
Golf Club.
Willie Park was the winner as the eight golfers
went around the 12 holes three times in one day.
The gutta percha ball had just been invented three
years earlier, and Park shot a 174, which would
equate to 87 strokes if there were 18 holes instead
of just 12. The gutta percha could only go a maximum
of about 190 yards, compared to today’s launches
which approach 375 yards. Because of building space
and the course,s length, became too short to
be played and has not been played there since 1925.
Of the 14 different venues that have been honored
as an Open host over the years, five are no longer
on the rota for reasons of either lacking the length
demanded by today's big hitters, or not having the
necessary infrastructure to accommodate the crowds
attracted to view an Open.
Of the nine remaining courses, five are Scottish
links: St. Andrews, Muirfield, Royal Troon, Carnoustie
and Turnberry. The other four are all in England:
Royal Lytham & St. Annes, Royal Birkdale, Royal
Liverpool and Royal St. George's.
It is known in just about every place but America
as, quite simply, “The Open.” The one in the United
States has a little to do with that, of course.
But the British Open was being played 35 years before
the U.S. Open.
It has, furthermore, been called “The World Open.”
Players from around the globe participate, as they
have for a century or more. The British Open is
all-inclusive. The U.S. Open has been moving in
that direction for the last decade. But the British
Open has been accepting a cast from around the world
since the turn of the century.
In 1977 Turnberry's Ailsa Course had been Added
to the tour, Turnberry has hosted the Open three
times so far with undoubtedly many more to come.
Though many things have changed over the intervening
143 years, much has stayed the same, and the Open,
the world's most historic golf tournament, will
always be played over an elite list of Britain's
very best links.
British Open
Results
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The 2008
British Open winner is Padraig Harrington,
beating Ian Poulter to the top of the leader
board results. Padraig Harrington, the
winner f last year's Open. completed a 69
Round 4 at the British Open today, more than
enough to secure the victory with 3 over par
total 283.
More British
Open results |
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The
2008 British Open betting odds
have been posted by
Gamblers Palace Sportsbook!
Padraig Harrington is the reigning champion and is
currently posting 15/1 odds (a $100 bet wins $1500).
The Claret Jug or the proper name, The Golf Champion
Trophy, will be presented to the winner of The Open
Championship. |
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