Welcome to British Open tickets, the site all about getting tickets to the oldest of the four golf major championships and the only one outside the US. As one of only four Majors, the British Open, also known as simply the Open, is one of the most exciting golf tournaments of the year. Its always a special event and it seems like each year British Open tickets get hotter and hotter. This year the British Open takes place at Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire, Scotland.

The British Open is administered by the R&A The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, among the oldest and most prestigious of all golf clubs. Dating back generations, tickets to the British Open have been a hot item for years. The R&A is also the governing body outside of the US and Mexico, where the PGA is the governing body. The US Open is always played 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. In 2009 the British Open will be a par 70 with total yardage being 7,204.

Each year the British Open takes place at one of nine rotating and historic links course in Scotland or England. For the 2009 British Open tickets will let you into Turnberry. This is a hot golf ticket,  but its not the only chance to see golf in the UK. The 2010 Ryder Cup is happening at Celtic Manor, and you can get Ryder Cup tickets for that event right now. 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 prize money.

There are three tours whose players compete in The Open, making demand for British Open tickets all the more intuiting. Players on the PGA Tour, the PGA European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. Greg Norman set the top aggregate score with 267 in 1993, while Tiger Woods holds the to-par record with -19, set in 2000. Pádraig Harrington is the defending British Open champion, winning not only in 2008 but also 2007. You’re going to have to buy British Open tickets to see if Harrington can win the historic golf tournament again.

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. After the four holes the event turns into sudden death.

The first British Open was first played way back in 1860, the precise date on October 17 at Prestwick Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. The tournament was limited to professionals, and the field was a whopping eight Scottish golfers. A far cry from the total number of golfers fans with British Open tickets will get to see. 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.

Make sure that you get out the see golf player by the best in the world and get your British Open tickets soon. You definitely don’t want to miss out so get your tickets to the Open before they are all gone.

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