Editing The Open Championship (section)

===Bobby Locke, Peter Thomson, and Ben Hogan's Triple Crown (1946–1958)===
The Open returned after the [[Second World War]] to St Andrews, with a victory for American [[Sam Snead]]. [[Bobby Locke]] became the first South African winner, winning three times in four years between 1949 and 1952, and later winning a fourth title in 1957. Having already won the [[Masters Tournament|Masters]] and the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] earlier in the year, Ben Hogan won in his one and only Open appearance in 1953 to win the "Triple Crown".<ref name="PGA College"/> His achievement was so well regarded he returned to [[New York City]] to a ticker-tape parade.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-hogan-mystique-reimagined |magazine=Golf Digest |date=12 July 2018 |title=The Hogan Mystique, reimagined |access-date=6 January 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107234945/https://www.golfdigest.com/story/the-hogan-mystique-reimagined |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Peter Thomson (golfer)|Peter Thomson]] became the first Australian winner, winning four times in five years between 1954 and 1958, and later winning a fifth title in 1965.<ref name="PGA College"/> After flooding prevented [[Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club|Royal Cinque Ports]] from hosting, both in 1938 and 1949, it was removed from the rota.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royalcinqueports.com/open_rota |publisher=Royal Cinque Ports |title=Open Rota |access-date=6 January 2019 |archive-date=2 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502165650/https://www.royalcinqueports.com/open_rota |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Open was played outside of England and Scotland for the first time in 1951 at [[Royal Portrush Golf Club|Royal Portrush]], [[Northern Ireland]].<ref name="Open - 1951">{{cite web |url=https://scores.theopen.com/Heritage/PreviousOpens#!/1951/ |title=1951 |publisher=The Open |access-date=6 January 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107233514/https://scores.theopen.com/Heritage/PreviousOpens#!/1951/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The period saw fewer American entrants, as the [[PGA Tour]] had grown to be quite lucrative, and the [[PGA Championship]] was often played at the same or similar time paying triple the prize money.<ref name=ghcpmrsd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Zuo-AAAAIBAJ&pg=5254%2C4739915 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Scotland |title=Centenary Open Championship: prize money increased |date=4 December 1959 |page=12 |access-date=27 September 2020 |archive-date=12 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412033309/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Zuo-AAAAIBAJ&pg=5254,4739915 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="PGA Champ">{{cite web |url=https://www.pga.org/sites/default/files/assets/library/Media/mg-pga-champ.pdf/ |title=PGA Stats |publisher=PGA of America |access-date=6 January 2019 |archive-date=8 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108050515/https://www.pga.org/sites/default/files/assets/library/Media/mg-pga-champ.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> A larger golf ball was also used in America, which meant they had to adjust for the Open.<ref name="Open - 1953">{{cite web |url=https://scores.theopen.com/Heritage/PreviousOpens#!/1953/ |title=1953 |publisher=The Open |access-date=6 January 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107233514/https://scores.theopen.com/Heritage/PreviousOpens#!/1953/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>