This week's Open will be held at Carnoustie for the seventh time and it takes a skillful player to be able to tame longest course on the Open rotation. Eurosport.yahoo.com looks out how the past tournaments at the venue have panned out.

Year: 1999

Winner: Paul Lawrie

Score: 290

Margin: Playoff

Runners-up: Jean Van de Velde, Justin Leonard

Prize: £350,000

The winning score of 290 (six-over par) in 1999 was the highest since 1947, with Lawrie winning in a three-way playoff after the now infamous collapse of Jean Van de Velde.

The Frenchman only needed a double bogey on the last, but after a series of wild shots and a barefoot dip into the Barry Burn he eventually took a seven which set up a three way playoff with Lawrie and Justin Leonard.

In the four-hole playoff, Lawrie birdied the last two holes to take the title and complete a remarkable comeback. His 67 on the day saw him claw back a 10-shot deficit, the greatest final day comeback in major championship history.

Year: 1975

Winner: Tom Watson

Score: 279

Margin: Playoff

Runner-up: Jack Newton

Prize: £7,500

Tom Watson made up for collapsing at the US Open a month before to steal the title from Australian Jack Newton in a playoff. The five-time Open winner needed a 25-foot putt on the last the send the event to a playoff and then shot a 71 in the 18-hole playoff to win the claret jug by a single shot. It was Watson's first appearance at an event he would quickly come to love. Tragedy struck Newton eight years later when he lost an arm and an eye after walking into an airplane propeller but he did live to tell the tale.

Year: 1968

Winner: Gary Player

Score: 289

Margin: Two shots

Runners-up: Bob Charles, Jack Nicklaus

Prize: £3,000 pounds

The second of Player's three Open's was won after the South African edged a great battle with Jack Nicklaus on the final day. The key moment came on the Par 5 14th when Player produced a spectacular three wood second shot from a blind position that fell to within two feet of the hole which allowed him get a key eagle. Billy Casper was one shot ahead of Bob Charles going into the last day, but the occasion got the better of them and Player took advantage.

Year: 1953

Winner: Ben Hogan

Score: 282

Margin: Four shots

Runners-up: Antonio Cerda, Dai Reese, Peter Thomson, Frank Stranahan

Prize: £500 pounds

The only time the great Ben Hogan ever competed in the Open and he won in style with a stunning final day 68 sealing the title from a pack of four. The crowds flocked to see the game's true superstar of that time dominate the final day after he had started level with Roberto de Vicenzo. Unfortunately for Hogan, at the same time as he was winning the Open Walter Burkemo won the U.S. PGA Championship denying him the chance to win the Grand Slam. However, he did win all three majors he entered that year and six of the seven tournaments he competed in.

Year: 1937

Winner: Henry Cotton

Score: 290

Margin: Two shots

Runner-up: Reg Whitcombe

Prize: £100 pounds

Another comeback story on the final day as Henry Cotton overcame a three shot deficit on Reg Whitcombe to earn his second Open by a two shot margin. The entire U.S. Ryder Cup team played in the Open. Byron Nelson was the top American, finishing six shots behind

Year: 1931

Winner: Tommy Armour

Score: 296

Margin: One shot

Runner-up: Jose Jurado

Prize: £100 pounds

Carnoustie has always shown that it is not over until it is over and Tommy Armour was the first player to prove that as an Open as he came back from five shots down on the final day to defeat Jose Jurado of Argentina. The Argentine in fact had a collapse of "Van de Velde" proportions during his run in as he finished double bogey-bogey-bogey. The home fans had to wait until 1999 and Paul Lawrie's win before seeing another Scotsman take the Open on home soil.