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lilhokie525 OP
Jul 18, 2025 at 06:50 AM ET
today's trivia
The first playing of The Open was in 1860. What was the first year that someone from outside Scotland won The Open?

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jdkhokie
1924 thinking an American during the roaring 20s
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Va AandM
Behalf of 2 Scots friends, thanks for the question wording.
Won’t text them for the answer because it would likely piss them to be reminded when someone English or Welsh first won.
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EDGEMAN
1979
Brown Water Brown Water
1890
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lilhokie525 OP
ding, ding, ding, correct!
Scotsmen won The Open every year from 1860-1889. Englishman John Ball won in 1890. The first winner from outside the UK was Frenchman Arnaud Massy in 1907. The first American winner was Jock Hutchinson in 1921. Only two Scotsmen, Sandy Lyle (1985) and Paul Lawrie (1999), have won The Open since 1920.
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim
well I knew there was a 9 in it. LOL . Need to listen better.
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Geekull
1872
MAHokie69 MAHokie69
1896
UTPr0sim UTPr0sim
They mentioned that on the Sirius XM broadcast yesterday. 1909 I think,
but I don't remember for sure.
JoesterVT JoesterVT
Trick question. "Outside Scotland" isn't a real country.
You probably think East Carolina is a state...
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lilhokie525 OP
Note that I did not capitalize "outside".
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VermontHokie
1860
Tombo Tombo
1901
Late 80s Hokie Late 80s Hokie
1871
santafe santafe
1862
Stork Stork
1861