Challenge Belt

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The Challenge Belt was the original trophy awarded to winners of The Open Championship golf tournament before it was succeeded by the Claret Jug.

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Label Occurrences
Challenge Belt canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf golf trophy ⓘ
historical object ⓘ
sports award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Championship Belt ⓘ
Claret Jug ⓘ
associatedWith Prestwick, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Prestwick

early history of The Open Championship ⓘ
awardedFor winning The Open Championship ⓘ
awardingBody Prestwick Golf Club ⓘ
commissionedBy Prestwick Golf Club ⓘ
competition The Open Championship ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentLocation Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews ⓘ
decoratedWith silver panels ⓘ
designedBy James & Walter Marshall ⓘ
exhibitedAt British Golf Museum ⓘ
features inscriptions of winners ⓘ
silver buckle ⓘ
silver clasps ⓘ
silver engraving of a golfer ⓘ
silver front panel ⓘ
silver medallions ⓘ
silver ornaments ⓘ
silver shield-shaped plates ⓘ
silver side panels ⓘ
firstAwardedFor 1860 Open Championship ⓘ
heritage symbol of early Open Championship tradition ⓘ
historicalStatus retired trophy ⓘ
introduced 1860 ⓘ
lastAwardedFor 1870 Open Championship ⓘ
locationOfFirstCompetition Prestwick Golf Club ⓘ
material red Moroccan leather ⓘ
notableWinner Andrew Strath ⓘ
Tom Morris Sr. ⓘ
Willie Park Sr. ⓘ
originalCost 25 pounds sterling ⓘ
permanentAwardYear 1870 ⓘ
permanentlyAwardedTo Tom Morris Jr. ⓘ
predecessorOf Claret Jug ⓘ
reasonForReplacement need for new trophy after 1870 ⓘ
reasonForRetirement won three times in succession by Tom Morris Jr. ⓘ
replacedBy Golf Champion Trophy ⓘ
rule permanent possession after three consecutive wins ⓘ
winner to hold belt for one year ⓘ
sport golf ⓘ
successorOf Challenge Belt ⓘ
usedIn 1860s golf tournaments ⓘ
wonPermanently Challenge Belt ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Claret Jug → replaced → Challenge Belt ⓘ
Claret Jug → predecessorTrophy → Challenge Belt ⓘ
Golf Champion Trophy → replaced → Challenge Belt ⓘ
Golf Champion Trophy → predecessor → Challenge Belt ⓘ
Claret Jug → successorOf → Challenge Belt ⓘ
subject linked to: Challenge Belt
Tom Morris Jr. → wonPermanently → Challenge Belt ⓘ
subject linked to: Challenge Belt