On July 11 in golf history — 1963: Bob Charles wins the Open Championship, plus 5 more moments from 1926–1991.
Bobby Jones's 1926 Open win at Royal Lytham featured a heroic blind mashie-iron shot from sandy ground on the 17th, commemorated by a plaque on the course.
Bobby JonesNew Zealand's Bob Charles won the 1963 Open Championship at Royal Lytham, defeating Phil Rodgers in a playoff to become the first left-hander to win a major.
Bob CharlesGary Player won the 1974 Open Championship at Royal Lytham by four strokes, his third and final Claret Jug.
Gary PlayerTom Watson won the 1980 Open Championship at Muirfield by four strokes over Lee Trevino for his third Claret Jug.
Tom WatsonGreg Norman led the 1986 Open Championship at Turnberry, which he would win for his first major after a brilliant second-round 63 in brutal conditions.
Greg NormanBy mid-July 1991 Australia's Ian Baker-Finch was rounding into the form that would carry him to the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale that summer.
Ian Baker Finch