Open Championship Claret Jug : Shane Lowry: Claret Jug has become part of furniture before its spotless return | Pro Golf Network / The first venue outside scotland to stage golf's oldest major in 1894, royal st george's has played host to 14 previous open championships.
Open Championship Claret Jug : Shane Lowry: Claret Jug has become part of furniture before its spotless return | Pro Golf Network / The first venue outside scotland to stage golf's oldest major in 1894, royal st george's has played host to 14 previous open championships. . Every year there is a hurricane that hits the open championship. In 1872 the committee also added a golf medal as you may have seen and heard when this year's winner phil mickelson was presented with both the claret jug and his gold medal. The claret jug, or to use its proper name, the golf champion trophy, is presented to each year's winner of the open. Former champions of the open such as jack nicklaus, tiger woods, arnold palmer, gary player, rory mcilroy, greg norman and more share what the claret jug. It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years since sergio garcia made his open championship he missed defending his claret jug in 2015 after suffering a serious ankle injury while playi