The OPEN - Past Champions
| Year | Winner | Venue | Total Score | Total Purse (£) | First Prize (£) |
| 2000 | Tiger WOODS | St Andrews | 269 | 2612250 | 500000 |
| 1999 | Paul LAWRIE | Carnoustie | 290 | 2000000 | 350000 |
| 1998 | Mark O'MEARA | Royal Birkdale | 280 | 1750000 | 300000 |
| 1997 | Justin LEONARD | Royal Troon | 272 | 1600000 | 250000 |
| 1996 | Tom LEHMAN | Royal Lytham & St. Annes | 271 | 1400000 | 200000 |
| 1995 | John DALY | St. Andrews | 282 | 1250000 | 125000 |
| 1994 | Nick PRICE | Turnberry | 268 | 1100000 | 110000 |
| 1993 | Greg NORMAN | Royal St Georges, Sandwich | 267 | 1000000 | 100000 |
| 1992 | Nick FALDO | Muirfield | 272 | 950000 | 95000 |
| 1991 | Ian BAKER-FINCH | Royal Birkdale | 272 | 900000 | 90000 |
| 1990 | Nick FALDO | St. Andrews | 270 | 825000 | 85000 |
| 1989 | Mark CALCAVECCHIA | Royal Troon | 275 | 750000 | 80000 |
| 1988 | Seve BALLESTEROS | Royal Lytham & St. Annes | 273 | 700000 | 80000 |
| 1987 | Nick FALDO | Muirfield | 279 | 650000 | 75000 |
| 1986 | Greg NORMAN | Turnberry | 280 | 600000 | 70000 |
| 1985 | Sandy LYLE | Royal St Georges, Sandwich | 282 | 530000 | 65000 |
| 1984 | Seve BALLESTEROS | St. Andrews | 276 | 451000 | 55000 |
| 1983 | Tom WATSON | Royal Birkdale | 275 | 300000 | 40000 |
| 1982 | Tom WATSON | Royal Troon | 284 | 250000 | 32000 |
| 1981 | Bill ROGERS | Royal St Georges, Sandwich | 276 | 200000 | 25000 |
| 1980 | Tom WATSON | Muirfield | 271 | 155000 | 15500 |
| 1979 | Seve BALLESTEROS | Royal Lytham & St. Annes | 283 | 125000 | 12500 |
| 1978 | Jack NICKLAUS | St. Andrews | 281 | 100000 | 10000 |
| 1977 | Tom WATSON | Turnberry | 268 | 75000 | 7500 |
| 1976 | Johnny MILLER | Royal Birkdale | 279 | 50000 | 5500 |
| 1975 | Tom WATSON | Carnoustie | 279 | 45000 | 5500 |
| 1974 | Gary PLAYER | Royal Lytham & St. Annes | 282 | 40000 | 5250 |
| 1973 | Tom WEISKOPF | Royal Troon | 276 | 30000 | 4250 |
| 1972 | Lee TREVINO | Muirfield | 278 | 20000 | 3000 |
| 1971 | Lee TREVINO | Royal Birkdale | 278 | 15000 | 2100 |
| 1970 | Jack NICKLAUS | St. Andrews | 283 | 10000 | 1750 |
| 1969 | Tony Jacklin | R Lytham & St Annes | 280 | 8500 | 1500 |
| 1968 | Gary Player | Carnoustie | 289 | 8500 | 1400 |
| 1967 | Roberto de Vicenzo | Hoylake | 278 | 7000 | 1250 |
| 1966 | Jack Nicklaus | Muirfield | 282 | 5000 | 1000 |
| 1965 | Peter Thomson | Royal Birkdale | 285 | 4850 | 1000 |
| 1964 | Tony Lema | St Andrews | 279 | 3750 | 1000 |
| 1963 | Bob Charles | R Lytham & St Annes | 277 | 3500 | 750 |
| 1962 | Arnold Palmer | Troon | 276 | 2450 | 500 |
| 1961 | Arnold Palmer | Birkdale | 284 | 1700 | 300 |
| 1960 | Kel Nagle | St Andrews | 278 | 1000 | 150 |
| 1959 | Gary Player | Muirfield | 284 | 500 | 100 |
| 1958 | Peter Thomson | R Lytham & St Annes | 278 | 400 | 100 |
| 1957 | Bobby Locke | St Andrews | 279 | 275 | 100 |
| 1956 | Peter Thomson | Hoylake | 286 | 225 | 75 |
| 1955 | Peter Thomson | St Andrews | 281 | 125 | 50 |
| 1954 | Peter Thomson | Birkdale | 283 | 100 | 30 |
| 1953 | Ben Hogan | Carnoustie | 282 | 110 | (AM) nil |
| 1952 | Bobby Locke | R Lytham & St Annes | 287 | 28.5 | 10 |
| 1951 | Max Faulkner | Royal Portrush | 285 | 22 | 8 |
| 1950 | Bobby Locke | Troon | 279 | 27 | 10 |
| 1949 | Bobby Locke | Sandwich | 283 | 16 | 6 |
| 1948 | Henry Cotton | Muirfield | 284 | 10 | nil |
| 1947 | F Daly | Hoylake | 293 | nil | nil |
| 1946 | Sam Snead | St Andrews | 290 | ||
| 1945 | No Championship | ||||
| 1944 | No Championship | ||||
| 1943 | No Championship | ||||
| 1942 | No Championship | ||||
| 1941 | No Championship | ||||
| 1940 | No Championship | ||||
| 1939 | R Burton | St Andrews | 290 | ||
| 1938 | RA Whitcombe | Sandwich | 295 | ||
| 1937 | Henry Cotton | Carnoustie | 290 | ||
| 1936 | AH Padgham | Hoylake | 287 | ||
| 1935 | Alfred Perry | Muirfield | 283 | ||
| 1934 | Henry Cotton | Sandwich | 283 | ||
| 1933 | Densmore Shute | St Andrews | 292 | ||
| 1932 | Gene Sarazen | Sandwich | 283 | ||
| 1931 | Tommy Armour | Carnoustie | 296 | ||
| 1930 | Bobby Jones | Hoylake | 291 | ||
| 1929 | Walter Hagen | Muirfield | 292 | ||
| 1928 | Walter Hagen | Sandwich | 292 | ||
| 1927 | Bobby Jones | St Andrews | 285 | ||
| 1926 | Bobby Jones | R Lytham & St Annes | 291 | ||
| 1925 | Jim Barnes | Prestwick | 300 | ||
| 1924 | Walter Hagen | Hoylake | 301 | ||
| 1923 | AG Havers | Troon | 295 | ||
| 1922 | Walter Hagen | Sandwich | 300 | ||
| 1921 | Jock Hutchinson | St Andrews | 296 | ||
| 1920 | George Duncan | Deal | 303 | ||
| 1919 | No Championships | ||||
| 1918 | No Championships | ||||
| 1917 | No Championships | ||||
| 1916 | No Championships | ||||
| 1915 | No Championships | ||||
| 1914 | Harry Vardon | Prestwick | 306 | ||
| 1913 | JH Taylor | Hoylake | 304 | ||
| 1912 | Edward Ray | Muirfield | 295 | ||
| 1911 | Harry Vardon | Sandwich | 303 | ||
| 1910 | James Braid | St Andrews | 299 | ||
| 1909 | JH Taylor | Deal | 295 | ||
| 1908 | James Braid | Prestwick | 291 | ||
| 1907 | A Massey | Hoylake | 312 | ||
| 1906 | James Braid | Muirfield | 300 | ||
| 1905 | James Braid | St Andrews | 318 | ||
| 1904 | Jack White | Sandwich | 296 | ||
| 1903 | Harry Vardon | Prestwick | 300 | ||
| 1902 | Alex Herd | Hoylake | 307 | ||
| 1901 | James Braid | Muirfield | 309 | ||
| 1900 | JH Taylor | St Andrews | 309 | ||
| 1899 | Harry Vardon | Sandwich | 310 | ||
| 1898 | Harry Vardon | Prestwick | 307 | ||
| 1897 | HH Hilton | Hoylake | 314 | ||
| 1896 | Harry Vardon | Muirfield | 316 | ||
| 1895 | JH Taylor | St Andrews | 322 | ||
| 1894 | JH Taylor | Sandwich | 326 | ||
| 1893 | Willie Auchterlonie | Prestwick | 322 | ||
| 1892 | HH Hilton | Muirfield | 305 | ||
| 1891 | Hugh Kirkaldy | St Andrews | 166 | ||
| 1890 | Jack Ball Jr | Prestwick | 164 | ||
| 1889 | Willie Park Jr | Musselburgh | 155 | ||
| 1888 | Jack Burns | St Andrews | 171 | ||
| 1887 | Willie Park Jr | Prestwick | 161 | ||
| 1886 | David Brown | Musselburgh | 157 | ||
| 1885 | Bob Martin | St Andrews | 171 | ||
| 1884 | Jack Simpson | Prestwick | 160 | ||
| 1883 | Willie Fernie | Musselburgh | 159 | ||
| 1882 | Bob Ferguson | St Andrews | 171 | ||
| 1881 | Bob Ferguson | Prestwick | 170 | ||
| 1880 | Bob Ferguson | Musselburgh | 162 | ||
| 1879 | Jamie Anderson | St Andrews | 169 | ||
| 1878 | Jamie Anderson | Prestwick | 157 | ||
| 1877 | Jamie Anderson | Musselburgh | 160 | ||
| 1876 | Bob Martin | St Andrews | 176 | ||
| 1875 | Willie Park | Prestwick | 166 | ||
| 1874 | Mungo Park | Musselburgh | 159 | ||
| 1873 | Tom Kidd | St Andrews | 179 | ||
| 1872 | Tom Morris Jr | Prestwick | 166 | ||
| 1871 | No Championship | Na | |||
| 1870 | Tom Morris Jr | Prestwick | 149 | ||
| 1869 | Tom Morris Jr | Prestwick | 154 | ||
| 1868 | Tom Morris Jr | Prestwick | 157 | ||
| 1867 | Tom Morris Sr | Prestwick | 170 | ||
| 1866 | Willie Park | Prestwick | 169 | ||
| 1865 | Andrew Strath | Prestwick | 162 | ||
| 1864 | Tom Morris Sr | Prestwick | 167 | ||
| 1863 | Willie Park | Prestwick | 168 | ||
| 1862 | Tom Morris Sr | Prestwick | 163 | ||
| 1861 | Tom Morris Sr | Prestwick | 163 | ||
| 1860 | Willie Park | Prestwick | 174 | ||