Open Champions are given automatic exemptions until they are 60 years old.
British Open Championship Golf happened in 1997.
No, he has not quit competitive golf. He is rehabilitating an injury he suffered at the 2001 British Open. He has been granted a Major Medical Exemption again for 2008, the sixth year he has received such an exemption.
Please follow the related link to the US Open.
British Open Championship Golf was created on 1997-04-30.
No, the winner of the US Open gets a 10 year exemption.
This year, British Open Golf Tournament will start on July 19, 2012 until July 22, 2012.
At Turnberry 2009.
Golf. The Open Championship. (NOT The British Open, as it is called in the USA)
Muirfield
The 2008 Open Golf Championship was won by Padraig Harrington (Irl)
British open
Padraig Harrington.