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British Open Countries with the Most Wins

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Total Wins Country First Winner Last Winner
48 United States 1921 2025
41 Scotland 1860 1999
22 England 1890 1992
10 Australia 1954 2022
10 South Africa 1949 2012
7 Jersey 1896 1914
3 Northern Ireland 1947 2014
3 Spain 1979 1988
3 Ireland 2007 2019
1 France 1907 1907
1 New Zealand 1963 1963
1 Argentina 1967 1967
1 Zimbabwe 1994 1994
1 Sweden 2016 2016
1 Italy 2018 2018

Up to and including 2025

The last occasion a country won for the first time was in 2018 when Italy's Francesco Molinari won the title. Italy became the 15th different country to provide the winner of The Open.


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