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Old Tom Morris, 1867, 46 years 99 days | Harry Vardon, 1914, 44 years 41 days | Roberto de Vicenzo, 1967, 44 years 93 days |

Young Tom Morris, 1868, 17 years 5 months 3 days | Willie Auchterlonie, 1893, 21 years 24 days | Severiano Ballesteros, 1979, 22 years 3 months 12 days |

Harry Vardon, 1896, 1903, 1911 | J.H Taylor, 1894, 1900, 1913 | Gary Player, 1959, 1968, 1974 |

16, J.H. Taylor, Jack Nicklaus | 15, Harry Vardon, James Braid |

61, Jack Nicklaus | 52, Nick Faldo | 44, Tom Watson |

14, Jack Nicklaus | 14, Nick Faldo |


3, Bobby Jones 1926-27-30 | 2,Harold Hilton, 1892-97 | 1, John Ball, 1890 | Roger Wethered lost a play-off in 1921 |

Willie Park, Prestwick, 1860 | Tom Kidd, St Andrews, 1873 | Mungo Park, Musselburgh, 1874 | Harold Hilton, Muirfield, 1892 | Jock Hutchison, St Andrews, 1921 | Densmore Shute, St Andrews, 1933 | Ben Hogan, Carnoustie, 1953 | Tony Lema, St Andrews, 1964 | Tom Watson, Carnoustie, 1975 | Ben Curtis, Sandwich, 2003 |

6, Harry Vardon, 1896, 98, 99, 1903, 11, 14 | 5, James Braid, 1901, 05, 06, 08, 10 | J H Taylor, 1894, 95, 1900, 09, 13 | Peter Thomson, 1954, 55, 56, 58, 65 | Tom Watson, 1975, 77, 80, 82, 83 |

7, Jack Nicklaus, 1964, 67, 68, 72, 76, 77, 79 | 6, J H Taylor, 1896, 1904, 05, 06, 07, 14 |

Young Tom Morris, 14 years 4 months 25 days, 1865 | Gene Sarazen, 74 years, 4 months, 9 days, 1976 |

13 strokes - Old Tom Morris, 1862 | 12 strokes - Young Tom Morris, 1870 | 11 strokes - Young Tom Morris, 1869 | 8 strokes - J H Taylor, 1900 and 1913; James Braid, 1908; Tiger Woods 2000. | 6 strokes - Bobby Jones, 1927; Walter Hagen, 1929; Arnold Palmer, 1962; Johnny Miller, 1976 |

267 (66, 68, 69, 64) Greg Norman, Royal St George’s, 1993 | 268 (68,70, 65, 65) Tom Watson, Turnberry, 1977; (69, 66, 67, 66) Nick Price, Turnberry, 1994 | 269 (67,66,67,69) Tiger Woods, St Andrews, 2000 | 270 (67, 65, 67, 71) Nick Faldo, St Andrews, 1990 | 271 (68, 70, 64, 69) Tom Watson, Muirfield, 1980; (67, 67, 64, 73) Tom Lehman, Royal Lytham & St Annes, 1996 | 272 (71, 71, 64, 66) Ian Baker- Finch, Royal Birkdale, 1991; (66, 64, 69, 73) Nick Faldo, Muirfield, 1992; (69, 66, 72, 65) Justin Leonard, Royal Troon, 1997 |

269 (19 under par), Tiger Woods, St Andrews, 2000 | 270 (18 under par), Nick Faldo, St Andrews, 1990 | 270 (18 under par), Tiger Woods, Hoylake, 2006 |

269 Jack Nicklaus (68, 70, 65, 66), Turnberry, 1977 | 269 Nick Faldo (69, 63, 70, 67), Royal St Georges, 1993 | 269 Jesper Parnevik (68, 66, 68, 67), Turnberry, 1994 |

281 (68, 72, 70, 71) Iain Pyman, Royal St George’s. 1993; (75, 66, 70, 70) Tiger Woods, Royal Lytham, 1996 | 282 (72, 66, 75, 69) Justin Rose, Royal Birkdale, 1998 | 283 (74, 70, 71, 68) Guy Wolstenhome, St Andrews, 1960 |

63 - Mark Hayes, 2nd round Turnberry, 1977; | Isao Aoki, 3rd round Muirfield, 1980; | Greg Norman, 2nd round Turnberry, 1986; | Paul Broadhurst, 3rd round St Andrews, 1990; | Jodie Mudd, 4th round Royal Birkdale, 1991; | Nick Faldo, 2nd round and Payne Stewart, 4th round Royal St George's, 1993 |

66 - Frank Stranahan, 4th round Troon, 1950; | Tiger Woods, 2nd round, Royal Lytham, 1996; | Justin Rose, 2nd round Royal Birkdale, 1998 |

Craig Stadler 1983 (64) at Royal Birkdale | Christy O’Conner Jnr. 1985 (64) at Royal St George’s | Rodger Davis 1987 (64) at Muirfield | Raymond Floyd and Steve Pate 1992 (64) at Muirfield |

Mark Hayes 1977 (63) at Turnberry | Greg Norman 1986 (63) at Turnberry | Nick Faldo 1993 (63) at Royal St George’s |

Isao Aoki 1980 (63) at Muirfield | Paul Broadhurst 1990 (63) at St Andrews |

Jodie Mudd 1991 (63) at Royal Birkdale | Payne Stewart 1993 (63) at Royal St George’s |

130 (66, 64), Nick Faldo, Muirfield, 1992 |

130 (65, 65), Tom Watson, Turnberry, 1977 | 130 (64, 66), Ian Baker-Finch, Royal Birkdale, 1991 | 130 (66, 64), Anders Forsbrand, Turnberry, 1994 |

130 (66, 64), Fuzzy Zoeller, Turnberry, 1994 |

198 (67, 67, 64), Tom Lehman, Royal Lytham, 1996 | 199 (67, 65, 67), Nick Faldo, St Andrews, 1990; (66, 64, 69), Nick Faldo, Muirfield, 1992 |

199 (66, 67, 66), Nick Price, Turnberry, 1994 |

28, Denis Durnian, first 9, Royal Birkdale, 1983 | 29, Peter Thomson and Tom Haliburton, first 9, Royal Lytham, 1958 | 29, Tony Jacklin, first 9, St Andrews, 1970 | 29, Bill Longmuir, first 9, Royal Lytham, 1979 | 29, David J. Russell, first 9, Royal Lytham, 1988 | 29, Ian Baker-Finch and Paul Broadhurst, first 9, St Andrews, 1990 | 29, Ian Baker-Finch, first 9, Royal Birkdale, 1991 | 29, Paul McGinley, first 9, Royal Lytham, 1996 | 29, Ernie Els, first 9, Muirfield, 2002 | 29, Sergio Garcia, first 9, Royal Liverpool, 2006 |

19 years, J.H Taylor, 1894 – 1913 | 18 years, Harry Vardon, 1896 – 1914 | 15 years, Gary Player, 1959 – 74 | 14 years, Willie Park, 1860-75 | 14 years, Henry Cotton, 1934 - 48 |

11 years, Henry Cotton, 1937-48 |

4, Young Tom Morris, 1868-72 (No Championship in 1871) | 3, Jamie Anderson, 1877-79; Bob Ferguson, 1880-82; Peter Thomson, 1954-56 | 2, Old Tom Morris, 1861-62; J.H Taylor, 1894-95; Harry Vardon, 1898-99; James Braid, 1905-06; Bobby Jones, 1926-27; Walter Hagen, 1928-29; Bobby Locke, 1949-50; Arnold Palmer, 1961-62; Lee Trevino, 1971-72; Tom Watson, 1982-83; Tiger Woods, 2005-06 |

16, J.H Taylor, Jack Nicklaus | 15, Harry Vardon, James Braid |

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