Open Championship 2014: All-time Records

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Golf Monthly takes a look back at some Open Championship records ahead of the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool

MOST VICTORIES

6 - Harry Vardon: 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914 5 - James Braid: 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910 5 - J.H. Taylor: 1894, 1895, 1900, 1909, 1913 5 - Peter Thomson: 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965 5 - Tom Watson: 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983

MOST SECOND-PLACE FINISHES 7 - Jack Nicklaus: 1964, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1979 6 - J.H. Taylor: 1896, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1914

MOST APPEARANCES 46 - Gary Player 38 - Jack Nicklaus

LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY 13 strokes: "Old" Tom Morris (Sr.), 1862 12 strokes: "Young" Tom Morris (Jr.), 1870 11 strokes: "Young" Tom Morris (Jr.), 1869 8 strokes: J.H. Taylor, 1900 8 strokes: J.H. Taylor, 1913 8 strokes: James Braid, 1908 8 strokes: Tiger Woods 2000

LOWEST WINNING SCORES 267 - Greg Norman: Royal St George's, 1993 268 - Tom Watson: Turnberry, 1977 268 - Nick Price: Turnberry, 1994 269 - Tiger Woods: St. Andrews, 2000 270 - Nick Faldo: St. Andrews, 1990; Tiger Woods, Royal Liverpool, 2006

LOWEST WINNING SCORES IN RELATION TO PAR 19-under - Tiger Woods: St Andrews, 2000 18-under - Nick Faldo: St Andrews, 1990 18-under - Tiger Woods: Hoylake, 2006

LOWEST 18-HOLE SCORE 63 - Mark Hayes: second round, Turnberry, 1977 63 - Isao Aoki: third round, Muirfield, 1980 63 - Greg Norman: second round, Turnberry, 1986 63 - Paul Broadhurst: third round, St. Andrews, 1990 63 - Jodie Mudd: fourth round, Royal Birkdale, 1991 63 - Nick Faldo: second round, Royal St. George's, 1993 63 - Payne Stewart: fourth round, Royal St George's, 1993 63 - Rory McIlroy: first round, St. Andrews, 2010

MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS 4 - "Young" Tom Morris: 1868-72 (tournament not played in 1871) 3 - Jamie Anderson: 1877-79 3 - Bob Ferguson: 1880-82 3 - Peter Thomson: 1954-56

OLDEST WINNER "Old" Tom Morris (Sr.): 1867, 46 years 99 days

YOUNGEST WINNER "Young" Tom Morris (Jr.): 1868, 17 years 5 months 8 days

YOUNGEST COMPETITOR "Young" Tom Morris (Jr.): 14 years 4 months, 25 days, 1865

OLDEST COMPETITOR "Old" Tom Morris (Sr.): 74 years, 11 months, 24 days, 1896

MOST TOP-FIVE FINISHES 16 - J.H Taylor 16 - Jack Nicklaus 15 - Harry Vardon 15 - James Braid

PLAYERS TO WIN IN THREE DIFFERENT DECADES Harry Vardon: 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914 J.H. Taylor: 1894, 1895, 1900, 1909, 1913 Gary Player: 1959, 1968, 1974

MOST FREQUENT VENUES St. Andrews - 28 Prestwick - 24 Muirfield - 15 Royal St. George's - 14 Royal Liverpool - 11 Royal Lytham & St. Annes - 10 Royal Birkdale - 9 Royal Troon - 8

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