ENGLISH WINNERS OF THE OPEN

TWELVE Englishmen have won The Open 22 times between them — but there has not been an English winner since Nick Faldo in 1992 and no Englishman has ever won it at Royal Birkdale. 5 JOHN HENRY TAYLOR (Royal St George’s 1894; St Andrews 1895, 1900; Royal Cinque Ports 1909; Royal Liverpool 1913) HENRY COTTON (right) (Royal St George’s 1934; Carnoustie 1937; Muirfield 1948) NICK FALDO (Muirfield 1987, 1992; St Andrews 1990) 2 HAROLD HILTON* (Muirfield 1892; Royal Liverpool 1897) 1 JOHN BALL* (Prestwick 1890) ARTHUR HAVERS (Royal Troon 1923) ALF PERRY (Muirfield 1935) ALF PADGHAM (Royal Liverpool 1936) REG WHITCOMBE (Royal St George’s 1938) DICK BURTON (St Andrews 1939) MAX FAULKNER (Royal Portrush 1951) TONY JACKLIN (Royal Lytham & St Annes 1969) * Denotes amateur