Oldest winners

Old Tom Morris (46yrs 99days, Prestwick 1867)

Harry Vardon (44yrs 41days, Prestwick 1914)

Roberto de Vicenzo (44yrs 93days, Hoylake 1967)

Youngest winners

Young Tom Morris (17yrs 5mths, Prestwick 1868)

Willie Auchterlonie (21yrs 24days, Prestwick 1893)

Severiano Ballesteros (22yrs 3mths, Royal Lytham 1979)

Most wins

6 Harry Vardon (1896-98-99-03-11-14)

5 James Braid (1901-05-06-08-10)

5 JH Taylor (1894-95-00-09-13)

5 Peter Thomson (1954-55-56-58-65)

5 Tom Watson (1975-77-80-82-83)

Biggest win

13 strokes Old Tom Morris (Prestwick 1862)

12 strokes Young Tom Morris (Prestwick 1870)

11 strokes Young Tom Morris (Prestwick 1869)

Lowest total

267 Greg Norman (Sandwich 1993)

268 Tom Watson (Turnberry 1977)

268 Nick Price (Turnberry 1994)

269 Tiger Woods (St Andrews 2000)

Lowest sub-par total

19 under Tiger Woods (St Andrews 2000)

18 under Nick Faldo (St Andrews 1990)

Lowest rounds

63 Mark Hayes (Turnberry 1977)

63 Isao Aoki (Muirfield 1980)

63 Greg Norman (Turnberry 1986)

63 Paul Broadhurst (St Andrews 1990)

63 Jodie Mudd (Royal Birkdale 1991)

63 Nick Faldo (Sandwich 1993)

63 Payne Stewart (Sandwich 1993)

Lowest 9 holes

28 Denis Durnian (Royal Birkdale 1983)

29 Peter Thomson (Royal Lytham 1958)

29 Tom Haliburton (Royal Lytham 1958)

29 Tony Jacklin (St Andrews 1970)

29 Bill Longmuir (Royal Lytham 1979)

29 DJ Russell (Royal Lytham 1988)

29 Ian Baker-Finch (St Andrews 1990)

29 Paul Broadhurst (St Andrews 1990)

29 Ian Baker-Finch (Royal Birkdale 1991)

29 Paul McGinley (Royal Lytham 1996)

29 Ernie Els (Muirfield 2002)

Champions in three decades

Harry Vardon (1896, 1903, 1911)

JH Taylor (1894, 1900, 1913)

Gary Player (1959, 1968, 1974)

Most top-10 finishes

16 JH Taylor, Jack Nicklaus

15 Harry Vardon, James Braid

Most sub-par rounds

61 Jack Nicklaus

49 Nick Faldo

40 Tom Watson

Most sub-par totals

14 Jack Nicklaus

13 Nick Faldo

Most consecutive sub-70 rounds

7 Ernie Els 1993-94

Amateur winners

3 Bobby Jones 1926-27-30

2 Harold Hilton 1892-97

1 John Ball 1890

Debut winners

Willie Park (Prestwick 1860)

Tom Kidd (St Andrews 1873)

Mungo Park (Musselburgh 1874)

Harold Hilton (Muirfield 1892)

Jock Hutchison (St Andrews 1921)

Densmore Shute (St Andrews 1933)

Ben Hogan (Carnoustie 1953)

Tony Lema (St Andrews 1964)

Tom Watson (Carnoustie 1975)

Ben Curtis (Sandwich 2003)

Most times runner-up

7 Jack Nicklaus (1964-67-68-72-76-77-79)

6 JH Taylor (1896-04-05-06-07-14)

Youngest competitor

Young Tom Morris (14yrs 4mths)

Oldest competitor

Gene Sarazen (74 yrs 4mths)

Lowest total by runner-up

269 Jack Nicklaus (Turnberry 1977)

269 Nick Faldo (Sandwich 1993)

269 Jesper Parnevik (Turnberry 1994)

Lowest amateur totals

281 Iain Pyman (Sandwich 1993)

281 Tiger Woods (Royal Lytham 1996)

282 Justin Rose (Royal Birkdale 1998)

Lowest amateur rounds

66 Frank Stranahan (Troon 1950)

66 Tiger Woods (Royal Lytham 1996)

66 Justin Rose (Royal Birkdale 1998)

Lowest first round

64 Craig Stadler (Royal Birkdale 1983)

64 Christy OConner Jnr (Sandwich 1985)

64 Rodger Davis (Muirfield 1987)

64 Raymond Floyd (Muirfield 1992)

64 Steve Pate (Muirfield 1992)

Lowest second round

63 Mark Hayes (Turnberry 1977)

63 Greg Norman (Turnberry 1986)

63 Nick Faldo (Sandwich 1993)

Lowest third round

63 Isao Aoki (Muirfield 1980)

63 Paul Broadhurst (St Andrews 1990)

Lowest fourth round

63 Jodie Mudd (Royal Birkdale 1991)

63 Payne Stewart (Sandwich 1993)

Lowest first 36 holes

130 Nick Faldo (Muirfield 1992)

Lowest second 36 holes

130 Tom Watson (Turnberry 1977)

130 Ian Baker-Finch (Royal Birkdale 1991)

130 Anders Forsbrand (Turnberry 1994)

Lowest middle 36 holes

130 Fuzzy Zoeller (Turnberry 1994)

Lowest first 54 holes

198 Tom Lehman (Royal Lytham 1996)

199 Nick Faldo (St Andrews 1990)

199 Nick Faldo (Muirfield 1992)

Lowest final 54 holes

199 Nick Price (Turnberry 1994)

Biggest span between first and last wins

19 years JH Taylor 1894-1913

18 years Harry Vardon 1896-1914

15 years Gary Player 1959-74

Biggest span between wins

11 years Henry Cotton 1937-48

Back-to-back wins

4 Young Tom Morris 1868-72

3 Jamie Anderson 1877-79

3 Bob Ferguson 1880-82

3 Peter Thomson, 1954-56

2 Old Tom Morris 1861-62

2 JH Taylor 1894-95

2 Harry Vardon 1998-99

2 James Braid 1905-06

2 Bobby Jones 1926-27

2 Walter Hagen 1928-29

2 Bobby Locke 1949-50

2 Arnold Palmer 1961-62

2 Lee Trevino 1971-72

2 Tom Watson 1982-83

Most top-five finishes

16 JH Taylor

16 Jack Nicklaus

15 Harry Vardon

15 James Braid

Most sub-70 rounds

33 Jack Nicklaus

33 Nick Faldo

27 Tom Watson

23 Greg Norman

Outright leader after every round

1912 Ted Ray

1927 Bobby Jones

1932 Gene Sarazen

1934 Henry Cotton

1973 Tom Weiskopf

Leader after every round (inc. ties)

1899 Harry Vardon

1900 JH Taylor

1903 Harry Vardon

1971 Lee Trevino

1974 Gary Player

Record 18-hole lead

4 James Braid 1908

4 Bobby Jones 1927

4 Henry Cotton 1934

4 Christy O'Connor Jnr 1985

Record 36-hole lead

9 Henry Cotton 1934

Record 54-hole lead

10 Henry Cotton 1934

Best last-round comeback to win

10 Paul Lawrie (Carnoustie 1999)

Champions with four rounds under 70

Greg Norman (Sandwich 1993)

Nick Price (Turnberry 1994)

Tiger Woods (St Andrews 2000)

Non-champions with four rounds under 70

Ernie Els (Sandwich 1993)

Jesper Parnevik (Turnberry 1994)

Ernie Els (Royal Troon 2004)

Best last round to win

64 Greg Norman (Sandwich 1993)

65 Tom Watson (Turnberry 1977)

65 Severiano Ballesteros (Royal Lytham 1988)

65 Justin Leonard (Royal Troon 1997)

Most appearances

46 Gary Player

37 Jack Nicklaus

Most appearances before winning

16 Nick Price

14 Mark O'Meara

Most appearances without a win

29 Dai Rees

28 Sam Torrance

27 Neil Coles

Longest course

7,361 yards Carnoustie 1999

Courses most often used

27 St Andrews

24 Prestwick

15 Muirfield