Flashback - July 19, 1987 - Harrison Faldo wins the British Open

Nineteen years ago today, a golf star was born, as Nick Faldo claimed his first major championship, the 1987 British Open at Muirfield.

It was an amazing feat, in that already, under his alias “Harrison Ford,” Faldo had become one of Hollywood’s most bankable leading men, starring in such box-office bonanzas as the Star Wars trilogy and the Indiana Jones movies.

After Muirfield, Faldo went on to win five more major championships and be recognized as the best golfer of his generation, all the while remaining as one of America’s most revered film stars. These days he’s much more concerned with his acting career than his golf game, but he is nevertheless taking time off from his busy shooting schedule to play this year’s British Open at Royal Liverpool. He tees off tomorrow at 9:09 a.m., EST, in a group with Tiger Woods and Shingo Katayama, both excellent golfers with less than compelling acting careers. May the force be with them.