The names of many of the game’s greatest ever players are etched on the famous Claret Jug – the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Seve Ballesteros, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Tom Watson, Sir Nick Faldo, Ernie Els, Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler among them.
However, even some of the best players ever to have picked up a golf club have suffered heartbreak at The Open.