On July 25 in golf history — 2004: Todd Hamilton wins the Open at Troon, plus 5 more moments from 1926–2010.
Bobby Jones, who won the Open Championship three times in the 1920s, completed his unmatched single-season Grand Slam in 1930 before retiring at 28.
Bobby JonesLee Trevino's 1971 Open win at Royal Birkdale completed a run of three national Opens in a month, earning him Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year.
Lee TrevinoBy late July 1982 Tom Watson had already won that year's U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and would add the Open Championship at Troon to complete a rare double.
Tom WatsonPaul Lawrie's 1999 Open win came after he trailed by 10 strokes entering the final round, still the largest final-round deficit overcome in major history.
Paul LawrieJourneyman Todd Hamilton won the 2004 Open Championship at Royal Troon in a four-hole playoff over Ernie Els, using a hybrid to chip his way to victory.
Todd HamiltonSouth Africa's Louis Oosthuizen won the 2010 Open Championship at St Andrews by seven strokes, a breakthrough major won wire-to-wire.
Louis Oosthuizen