American golfers will be bidding for a clean sweep of major tournament wins this year when The Open gets under way at Royal Portrush on Thursday. Here, PA takes a look at the four US golfers who lifted the major trophies in 1982, the last time a country achieved a clean sweep of golf's biggest prizes. It was his sixth major win and he would go on to claim his seventh in The Open later the same year. Watson defended his Open title 12 months later at Royal Birkdale for his eighth major title, which places him sixth on the all-time list. Watson won The Open five times and only once on English soil, at Royal Birkdale in Southport in 1983.

Source: Irish Examiner July 16, 2019 16:41 UTC