jug

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An emotional Open homecoming at Portrush in July was a moment to savour, even though he was unable to get his hands on the Claret Jug in a seventh-place finish.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Weir met Garcia on New Year’s Eve, 1963, at a Palo Alto music store, and soon formed the jug band Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions with Garcia and future Dead bandmate Ron “Pigpen” McKernan.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

He would also become only the second player to win the Claret Jug while topping the world rankings, after Tiger Woods, who did it three times.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

The last Englishman to lift the Claret Jug was Sir Nick Faldo, at Muirfield in 1992.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025

I wisht he was home t’ Jug Cove thinkin’ of his soul.

From Every Man for Himself by Duncan, Norman