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Edition not held
1871 The Open
No competition was held.
Nearby editions
Sources and record notes
Archive note
No competition was held in 1871.
Record sources
- The Open Records and Statistics
- 1871 The Open · Championship identity
The official Champion Golfers register explicitly marks 1871 as No Championship; the audited official event-history source https://www.theopen.com/latest/2018/12/the-history-of-the-claret-jug establishes that the Championship was not held because there was no prize to present after Young Tom Morris won the Challenge Belt outright. Dates, playing number, venue, and winner are null because no Championship was held.
Verified 2026-08-20
- 1871 The Open · Championship identity