The iconic Claret Jug has been awarded since 1872, and the first British Open even predates that. Here's a complete list of Open Championship winners.

Then by 1993 it was £1,000,000, the year champion Greg Norman won £100,000. In 2011, the prize fund had risen to £5 million, a number that reached $10.25 million by 2017, when the R&A had ...