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Andrew Strath (1836-1868) was a professional golfer. He was born in St Andrews, Scotland, which is known as the "Home of Golf".
Like most professionals of his era Strath did not make his living from tournaments. He began his working life as an apprentice to a clubmaker and sometimes partnered Old Tom Morris in the challenge matches which were a feature of golf at the time. He was famous for the amount of backspin he could get on his iron shots.
Strath won The Open Championship in 1865, becoming the only man to break the early domination of the event by Willie Park, Snr and the two Tom Morris's father and son. He also finished third in 1860, fourth in 1863, second in 1864 and fourth in 1867. In 1865 he succeeded Old Tom Morris as Keeper of the Green at Prestwick but died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty-two. His brothers Davie and George were also golfers. Davie was considered the best player of the three, but like Andrew he died young. George served as the first professional at Royal Troon before emigrating to the United States.
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(1860) Willie Park, Snr. | (1861-62) Tom Morris, Sr. | (1863) Willie Park, Snr. | (1864) Tom Morris, Sr. | (1865) Andrew Strath | (1866) Willie Park, Snr. | (1867) Tom Morris, Sr. | (1868-70) Tom Morris, Jr. | (1871) No championship | (1872) Tom Morris, Jr. | (1873) Tom Kidd | (1874) Mungo Park | (1875) Willie Park, Snr. | (1876) Bob Martin | (1877-79) Jamie Anderson | (1880 -82) Bob Ferguson | (1883) Willie Fernie | (1884) Jack Simpson | (1885) Bob Martin | (1886) David Brown | (1887) Willie Park, Jnr. | (1888) Jack Burns | (1889) Willie Park, Jnr. | (1890) John Ball | (1891) Hugh Kirkaldy | (1892) Harold Hilton | (1893) William Auchterlonie | (1894-95) John Henry Taylor | (1896) Harry Vardon | (1897) Harold Hilton | (1898-99) Harry Vardon | (1900) John Henry Taylor | (1901) James Braid | (1902) Alexander Herd | (1903) Harry Vardon | (1904) Jack White | (1905-06) James Braid | (1907) Arnaud Massy | (1908) James Braid | (1909) John Henry Taylor | (1910) James Braid | (1911) Harry Vardon | (1912) Edward Ray | (1913) John Henry Taylor | (1914) Harry Vardon | (1915-19) No Championships due to World War I | (1920) Geogre Duncan | (1921) Jock Hutchison | (1922) Walter Hagen | (1923) Arthur Havers | (1924) Walter Hagen | (1925) Jim Barnes | (1926-27) Bobby Jones | (1928-29) Walter Hagen | (1930) Bobby Jones | (1931) Tommy Armour | (1932) Gene Sarazen | (1933) Denny Shute | (1934) Henry Cotton | (1935) Alf Perry | (1936) Alf Padgham | (1937) Henry Cotton | (1939) Richard Burton (golfer) | (1940-45) No Championships due to World War II | (1946) Sam Snead | (1947) Fred Daly | (1948) Henry Cotton | (1949-50) Bobby Locke | (1951) Max Faulkner | (1952) Bobby Locke | (1953) Ben Hogan | (1954-56) Peter Thomson | (1957) Bobby Locke | (1958) Peter Thomson | (1959) Gary Player | (1960) Kel Nagle | (1961-62) Arnold Palmer | (1963) Bob Charles | (1964) Tony Lema | (1965) Peter Thomson | (1966) Jack Nicklaus | (1967) Roberto DeVicenzo | (1968) Gary Player | (1969) Tony Jacklin | (1970) Jack Nicklaus | (1971-72) Lee Trevino | (1973) Tom Weiskopf | (1974) Gary Player | (1975) Tom Watson | (1976) Johnny Miller | (1977) Tom Watson | (1978) Jack Nicklaus | (1979) Severiano Ballesteros | (1980) Tom Watson | (1981) Bill Rogers | (1982-83) Tom Watson | (1984) Severiano Ballesteros | (1985) Sandy Lyle | (1986) Greg Norman | (1987) Nick Faldo | (1988) Severiano Ballesteros | (1989) Mark Calcavecchia | (1990) Nick Faldo | (1991) Ian Baker-Finch | (1992) Nick Faldo | (1993) Greg Norman | (1994) Nick Price | (1995) John Daly | (1996) Tom Lehman | (1997) Justin Leonard | (1998) Mark O'Meara | (1999) Paul Lawrie | (2000) Tiger Woods | (2001) David Duval | (2002) Ernie Els | (2003) Ben Curtis | (2004) Todd Hamilton | (2005-06) Tiger Woods
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