If Lee Westwood captures the 142nd Open Championship to join fellow Englishman Justin Rose, and the reigning US Open winner, then it will be the first time since 1909 two England-born golfers have won two different majors in a same year.

The last time two Englishman won Majors in the same season was J H Taylor who captured the fourth of his five Open victories while George Sargeant also captured the 1909 US Open at the Englewood Club and also setting a new four round low of 290 and the first time the 300 strokes mark had been broken.