Photo by Francois Nel/Getty ImagesCourse: Royal Portrush (Dunluce Links Course), Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; 7,317 yards, par 72.
Purse: $10,750,000; 1st place - $1,935,000; 2nd - $1,120,000, 3rd - $718,000
Defending Champion: for this annual tournament? Francesco Molinari. Coming off a pretty great stretch of golf, he came from behind and overtook Tiger Woods on the final day to capture the Claret Jug (pictured above, and the trophy presented to the winner). For this course? Max Faulkner in 1951. Because the Open Championship rotates amongst 6-8 courses, and has not been played in Northern Ireland since the ‘51 event, won by Faulkner. Do your own research on how all that went…
