The winner of the oldest of golf's four majors, the Open Championship, is presented with the silver Claret Jug, but when the tournament began in 1860, the prize was the Challenge Belt. The top four finishers in the Open, plus ties, qualify for the Masters Tournament. The British Open winner gets a five-year exemption to the Masters.

Source: opengolf.com

Masters qualifiers

1 Padraig Harrington
2 Sergio Garcia
3 Andres Romero
T-4 Richard Green
T-4 Ernie Els

Future dates

2008: July 17-20Lancashire Course Royal BirkdaleSouthport, England

2009: July 16-19Turnberry Ayrshire, Scotland

British Open champions

2007 Padraig Harrington

2006 Tiger Woods

2005 Tiger Woods

2004 x-Todd Hamilton

2003 Ben Curtis

2002 x-Ernie Els

2001 David Duval

2000 Tiger Woods

1999 x-Paul Lawrie

1998 x-Mark O'Meara

1997 Justin Leonard

1996 Tom Lehman

1995 x-John Daly

1994 Nick Price

1993 Greg Norman

1992 Nick Faldo

1991 Ian Baker-Finch

1990 Nick Faldo

1989 x-Mark Calcavecchia

1988 Seve Ballesteros

1987 Nick Faldo

1986 Greg Norman

1985 Sandy Lyle

1984 Seve Ballesteros

1983 Tom Watson

1982 Tom Watson

1981 Bill Rogers

1980 Tom Watson

1979 Seve Ballesteros

1978 Jack Nicklaus

1977 Tom Watson

1976 Johnny Miller

1975 x-Tom Watson

1974 Gary Player

1973 Tom Weiskopf

1972 Lee Trevino

1971 Lee Trevino

1970 x-Jack Nicklaus

1969 Tony Jacklin

1968 Gary Player

1967 Roberto De Vicenzo

1966 Jack Nicklaus

1965 Peter Thomson

1964 Tony Lema

1963 x-Bob Charles

1962 Arnold Palmer

1961 Arnold Palmer

1960 Kel Nagle

1959 Gary Player

1958 x-Peter Thomson

1957 Bobby Locke

1956 Peter Thomson

1955 Peter Thomson

1954 Peter Thomson

1953 Ben Hogan

1952 Bobby Locke

1951 Max Faulkner

1950 Bobby Locke

1949 x-Bobby Locke

1948 Henry Cotton

1947 Fred Daly

1946 Sam Snead

1940-45 None, World WarII

1939 Richard Burton

1938 R.A. Whitcombe

1937 Henry Cotton

1936 Alfred Padgham

1935 Alfred Perry

1934 Henry Cotton

1933 x-Denny Shute

1932 Gene Sarazen

1931 Tommy Armour

1930 Bobby Jones

1929 Walter Hagen

1928 Walter Hagen

1927 Bobby Jones

1926 Bobby Jones

1925 James M. Barnes

1924 Walter Hagen

1923 Arthur G. Havers

1922 Walter Hagen

1921 x-Jock Hutchison

1920 George Duncan

1915-19 None, World War I

1914 Harry Vardon

1913 John H. Taylor

1912 Edward Ray

1911 x-Harry Vardon

1910 James Braid

1909 John H. Taylor

1908 James Braid

1907 Arnaud Massy

1906 James Braid

1905 James Braid

1904 Jack White

1903 Harry Vardon

1902 Alexander Herd

1901 James Braid

1900 John H. Taylor

1899 Harry Vardon

1898 Harry Vardon

1897 Harold H. Hilton

1896 x-Harry Vardon

1895 John H. Taylor

1894 John H. Taylor

1893 William Auchterlonie

1892 Harold H. Hilton

1891 Hugh Kirkaldy

1890 John Ball Jr.

1889 x-Willie Park Jr.

1888 Jack Burns

1887 Willie Park Jr.

1886 David Brown

1885 Bob Martin

1884 Jack Simpson

1883 x-Willie Fernie

1882 Robert Ferguson

1881 Robert Ferguson

1880 Robert Ferguson

1879 Jamie Anderson

1878 Jamie Anderson

1877 Jamie Anderson

1876 Bob Martin

1875 Willie Park

1874 Mungo Park

1873 Tom Kidd

1872 Tom Morris Jr.

1871 No tournament

1870 Tom Morris Jr.

1869 Tom Morris Jr.

1868 Tom Morris Jr.

1867 Tom Morris Sr.

1866 Willie Park

1865 Andrew Strath

1864 Tom Morris Sr.

1863 Willie Park

1862 Tom Morris Sr.

1861 Tom Morris Sr.

1860 Willie Park

x-won in playoff