Of the 16 back-to-back Open Championship winners, two have won three in a row (Jamie Anderson, Bob Ferguson) while one (Young Tom Morris) captured four straight. The longest drought between back-to-back winners came from 1983 to 2005, which saw 23 years of non-consecutive champions before Tiger Woods accomplished the feat in '05 and '06.

The British Open returns to Royal Portrush this week as the world's top golfers descend on Northern Ireland, all with designs on winning the coveted the Claret Jug. Defending champion Xander Schauffele returns to defend his crown,

Scottie Scheffler finishes first round at three-under-par. Harris English and Christiaan Bezuidenhout rise to the top of the Open Championship leader board.

Matt Fitzpatrick, Jacob Skov Olesen, Haotong Li, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Harris English share the first-round lead at the Open Championship at 4-under 67.