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British Open

Youngest Winners

Age	Winner (Country)	Year of First Win
17 years 156 days	Young Tom Morris (Scotland)	1868
21 years 22 days	Willie Auchterlonie (Scotland)	1893
22 years 103 days	Seve Ballesteros (Spain)	1979
23 years 85 days	J. H. Taylor (England)	1894
23 years 121 days	Hugh Kirkaldy (Scotland)	1891
23 years 244 days	Gary Player (South Africa)	1959
23 years 361 days	Jordan Speith (USA)	2017
24 years 100 days	Bobby Jones (USA)	1926
24 years 162 days	Colin Morikawa (USA)	2021
24 years 206 days	Tiger Woods (USA	2000

Up to and including 2025 | Age when they first won the title if won more than once

Young Tom Morris is the youngest Open winner, while his father, Old Tom, is the oldest winner.

There is uncertainty about the age of the 1873 winner Tom Kidd (Scotland) as his date if birth is believed to be “around” 1848.

J. H. Taylor uniquely appears on the lists of both the Oldest and Youngest British Open winners.