If you are looking for a British Open ticket or two you are at the right site, as we are all about getting golf tickets to the oldest of the four golf major championships, as well as the only Major that takes place outside America. With its place as one of the four PGA TOUR Majors, the British Open, to many in Britain just the Open, is always one fo the most anticipated and talked about golf tournaments of the year. The British Open is always a special event and for every event a British Open ticket is more and more valuable. The 2009 British Open takes place at Turnberry Golf Course located in the historic area of South Ayrshire in the birthplace of golf, Scotland.

Each year the tournament called the British Open is administered by the R&A, (The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews) one of the oldest and most traditional of all golf clubs in existence. Dating back generations of golfers, British Open ticket have been a hot item for years. The British Open always takes place on the third Friday in July. It is the third Major of the year, and takes place after The Masters and the US Open, but before the PGA Championship. The 2009 British Open is be a par 70 and has total yardage equaling 7,204 yards.

British Open always takes place at one of nine rotating golf links course in Scotland and England. For the 2009 British Open tickets will let you into Turnberry. The prize purse for the US Open is a total of $8.3 million, (£4.2), while the 2009 British Open winner will win £750,000, (+-$1.22 million). In the past the British Open had the smallest purse, but in recent years it has grown to have the biggest in terms of prize money.

The defending British Open Champion is Pádraig Harrington, winning not only in 2008 but also 2007. You’re going to have to buy a British Open ticket to see if Harrington can win the historic golf tournament again. Players from three tours compete in The Open, making demand for British Open tickets all the more intuiting. Not only do golfers on the PGA Tour play, but golfers on the PGA European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour also take part in the historic tournament. With so many golfers playing on the course each year, you know that the course records are pretty impressive. Greg Norman set the top aggregate score with 267 in 1993, while Tiger Woods holds the to-par record with -19, set in 2000.

One aspect of the British Open that differs from the other PGA Majors is that should there be a tie, all players tied at the end of regulation play take part in a four-hole playoff. That would certainly be a great development should you happen to have a British Open ticket in hand. After the four holes the event turns into sudden death.

The first ever British Open to be played took place in 1860, the precise date was on October 17 at Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. The first British Open was limited to professionals, and the field was just eight Scottish golfers. A far cry from the total number of golfers PGA fans that have a British Open ticket will get to see at the 2009 event. The eight players played three rounds of golf on Prestwick Golf Club’s 12-hole course. The winner of the first British Open was Willie Park Senior with a total score of 174. From the first British Open through 1870, the winner of the golf tournament was awarded the Champion’s Belt, a red leather belt with a silver buckle. The belt was retired in 1870 when Young Tom Morris was allowed to keep the belt for winning the British Open golf tournament three years in a row. The Champion’s Belt was replaced by the Golf Championship Trophy, which is also known as the Claret Jug. The 2009 British Open is going to be a good one, so get your British Open ticket as soon as you can. You definitely don’t want to miss out so get your ticket to the Open before you are left watching at home.

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