Woods, McIlroy, Mickelson - last 20 Open Championship winners in pictures

A look at who has been victorious at the UK major, which is being held this year at St Andrews

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  2021: Collin Morikawa (United States) finished -15 par, two strokes ahead of Jordan Spieth at Royal St George's. EPA

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  2019: Shane Lowry (Republic of Ireland) finished -15 par, six strokes ahead of Tommy Fleetwood at Royal Portrush. Reuters

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  2018: Francesco Molinari (Italy) finished -8 par, two strokes ahead of Kevin Kisner, Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose and Xander Schauffele at Carnoustie. Getty

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  2017: Jordan Spieth (United States) finished -12 par, three strokes ahead of Matt Kuchar at Royal Birkdale. Getty

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  2016: Henrik Stenson (Sweden) finished -20 par, three strokes ahead of Phil Mickelson at Royal Troon. AFP

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  2015: Zach Johnson (United States) finished -15 par, won play-off against Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen at St Andrews. AP

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  2014: Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) finished -17 par, two strokes ahead of Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia at Royal Liverpool.

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  2013: Phil Mickelson (United States) finished -3 par, three strokes ahead of Henrik Stenson at Muirfield. Reuters

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  2012: Ernie Els (South Africa) finished -7 par, one stroke ahead of Adam Scott at Royal Lytham & St Annes. AP

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  2011: Darren Clarke (Northern Ireland) finished -5 par, three strokes ahead of Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson at Royal St George's. AP

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  2010: Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) finished -16 par, seven strokes ahead of Lee Westwood at St Andrews. PA

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  2009: Stewart Cink (United States) finished -2 par, won play-off against Tom Watson at Turnberry. Getty

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  2008: Padraig Harrington (Republic of Ireland) finished +3 par, four strokes ahead of Ian Poulter at Royal Birkdale. Getty

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  2007: Padraig Harrington (Republic of Ireland) finished -7 par, won play-off against Sergio Garcia at Carnoustie. Getty

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  2006: Tiger Woods (United States) finished -18 par, two strokes ahead of Chris DiMarco at Royal Liverpool. Getty

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  2005: Tiger Woods (United States) finished -14 par, five strokes ahead of Colin Montgomerie at St Andrews. Getty

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  2004: Todd Hamilton (United States) finished -10 par, won play-off against Ernie Els at Royal Troon. Getty

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  2005: Ben Curtis (United States) finished -1 par, one stroke ahead of Thomas Bjorn and Vijay Singh at Royal St George's. Getty

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  2002: Ernie Els (South Africa) finished -10 par, won play-off against Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkington and Thomas Levet at Muirfield. Getty

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  2001: David Duval (United States) finished -10 par, three strokes ahead of Niclas Fasth at Royal Lytham & St Annes. Allsport

All eyes are on the famous Old Course at St Andrews this week as the Open Championship returns to Scotland.

Reigning champion Collin Morikawa – playing alongside four-time major winner Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele, who secured last week's Scottish Open crown – starts his defence at 12.58pm (UAE time).

Six-time major winner Phil Mickelson tees-off at 10.30am alongside countryman Kurt Kitayama and Lucas Herbert.

US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick and 15-time major winner Tiger Woods begin their opening rounds at 5.59pm.

Other big names to look out for are, the 2017 Race to Dubai winner Tommy Fleetwood at 11.14am, the reigning PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas tees-off at 1.09pm, while world No 1 Scottie Scheffler starts at 4.26pm.

In the gallery above, you can see who are the last 20 golfers to win The Open and lift the famous Claret Jug. To move on to the next image, click on the arrows, or if you're using a mobile device, simply swipe.