The History of The Open Golf

1969. THE RAIN falls over Royal Lytham & St Annes … but the drought is finally broken. Eighteen long years without a British winner of The Open, the Claret Jug drifting farther from home. Then comes Tony Jacklin. Calm, focused, unshaken. His final putt drops — ‘What a corker!’ cries commentator Henry Longhurst. The gallery erupts, rushing the green. In the chaos, Jacklin loses a shoe, but he doesn’t care. Britain has its champion at last. The Claret Jug is home again.

Follow the story of The Open Championships through a book of authentic newspaper articles, curated from original reports dating back to 1934. This edition charts the history of golf’s most prestigious tournament — exactly as it was reported at the time.

Featuring:

– Henry Cotton’s 1934 Open victory at Royal St George’s
– Bobby Locke’s post-war dominance in the late 1940s
– Arnold Palmer’s back-to-back triumphs in 1961 and 1962
– Tony Jacklin ending Britain’s 18-year wait for glory in 1969
– Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, and Tiger Woods among golf’s great champions

Choose from a range of book covers and personalise your copy with a name and message to transform it into a unique keepsake. Whether for a golf enthusiast, a sports historian, or someone who remembers those classic rounds first-hand — you hold not just a gift, but a piece of golfing history ready to be passed on.

Archivist insight: We reproduce these newspaper articles from scan archives. In some cases, there’ll be blemishes and the reproduction quality might not be as clear or precise as it was in the original paper.