Lee Westwood Names Past Open Golf Winners From Memory

Golf fever is hitting fever pitch this week as fans ready themselves for the 153rd instalment of The Open and a remarkable video has emerged of English golfer Lee Westwood testing his memory skills my trying to name as many past Open golf winners as he can.

Lee Westwood Names ALL Open Golf Winners Back To The 1970’s From Memory

Remembering the last five, or even ten Open golf winners is something that most of us could have a good stab at – right?

However, what about trying to recall the last 50 or so?

We think it’s fair to say no matter how much revision you did – trying to name ALL Open golf winners back to the 70’s from memory would be a skill that would only been seen on the old TV show ‘You Bet’.

However, an amazing video has hit social media on the eve of the 2025 Open Championship date at Portrush, where former world number one Lee Westwood showcases his memory on past winners of the final major of the season.

You can watch below as Westwood rattles off winners of the famous Claret Jug going back to the 1970’s – eventually ‘double bogeying’ on a player that sandwiched two wins by Tom Watson in 1976.

With Westwood kicking himself he didn’t go further – when finally naming Gary Player as the 1976 winner instead of Johnny Miller.

“Now we’ve got to be going towards Gary Player…..no it’s Johnny Miller. I should have got that – if you’d have said Birkdale I’d have got it” said Westwood.

With no event in 2020, Westwood managed to name a staggering 46 past Open golf winners on the spin.

WATCH: Lee Westwood Naming ALL Open Golf Winners Since 1977

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Lee Westwood Will Play In His First Major This Week, Since Moving To LIV Golf

Westwood (52) will be back at the Open this week in what will also be his first major appearance since moving to LIV Golf in 2022.

His last try at the Open saw Westwood card a -7 score in 2022 at St Andrews – ending in a tied 34th.

While his best Open finish over the years came when runner-up in 2010, again in Scotland at St Andrews – behind Louis Oosthuizen.

The former world number one had to qualify for the 153rd Open in June after playing in the qualifying event with little sleep after being in action in Dallas on the LIV tour.

He’s since said that he’s not going to burden himself with any expectations – but has also recently expressed his frustrations around the DP World Tour and the ‘double standards’ he feels they have.

Saying “I would have loved to be Ryder Cup captain, but they have closed that possibility because of LIV,” Westwood told the paper.

“It’s funny in a way as I’ve heard the names of guys who are being lined up and am aware that the only reason they didn’t join LIV is because their numbers were not met and they wanted too much. How does that work?”

Lee Westwood is a best-price 300/1 with the best golf betting sites in the UK ahead of the 2025 Open Championship.

With world number one Scottie Scheffler favourite at 6/1 and Rory McIlroy next best at 7/1 as the big field go in search of the $17m Open golf prize money purse on offer this week.