Louis Oosthuizen currently owns an eight-stroke lead with six holes remaining in the 139th British Open. As massive as that seems, the 27-year-old South African needs to go a little to match the largest margin which is the 13 strokes Tom Morris Sr. won by in 1862 at Prestwick.
Here’s a look at some of the others:
| Margin | Player | Year |
| 13 strokes | Tom Morris Sr. | 1862 |
| 12 strokes | Tom Morris Jr. | 1870 |
| 11 strokes | Tom Morris Jr. | 1869 |
| 8 strokes | J.H. Taylor | 1900, 1913 |
| 8 strokes | James Braid | 1908 |
| 8 strokes | Tiger Woods | 2000 |