Challenge Belt

The Golf Champion Trophy,golf ball for its special shape, it is also called Claret Jug. Claret Jug is presented to each year’s winner of The Open Championship. But it is not the original prize during the history of The Open Championship. When the Championship started at Prestwick in 1860, the winner was awarded with the Challenge Belt. The Challenge Belt was made of rich morocco leather and embellished with a silver buckle and emblems.TaylorMade Burner Superfast TP Driver

The idea of presenting the winner of the Open Championship with a Challenge Belt came from the Earl of Eglinton and derived from his keen interest in medieval pageantry. Earl of Eglinton devoted himself to encouraging sport throughout the whole social and to leading the foundation of The TaylorMade R9 Super Tri Driver Open Championship. The Earl donated many trophies for competitions. The original Challenge Belt was purchased by the members of Prestwick Golf Club.

In accordance with the first rule of the new golf competition: “The party winning the belt shall always leave the belt with the treasurer of the club until he produces a guarantee to the satisfaction of the above committee that the belt shall be safely kept and laid on the TaylorMade Burner Superfast Driver table at the next meeting to compete for it until it becomes the property of the winner by being won three times in succession.”