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* Stenson was the first to reach 20 under at the Open Championship, beating [[Tiger Woods]]' record of 19-under in [[2000 Open Championship|2000]]. |
* Stenson was the first to reach 20 under at the Open Championship, beating [[Tiger Woods]]' record of 19-under in [[2000 Open Championship|2000]]. |
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* Stenson's score of 264 set a new major championship record, beating [[David Toms]]' 265 in the [[2001 PGA Championship]]. |
* Stenson's score of 264 set a new major championship record, beating [[David Toms]]' 265 in the [[2001 PGA Championship]]. |
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* Stenson broke by three shots the previous Open Championship record of 267, set by [[Greg Norman]] in 1993. |
* Stenson broke by three shots the previous Open Championship record of 267, set by [[Greg Norman]] in [[1993 Open Championship|1993]]. |
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* Stenson's 63 tied the major record for a round. It was the 29th time this score had been achieved, and Stenson was the 27th different player to do so. Stenson and [[Johnny Miller]] were the only players to shoot 63 in the final round of a major and win.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2016/tournamentid=2016054/news/newsid=302339.html |title=With This Win – Henrik Stenson, Open Champion |publisher=PGA European Tour |date=17 July 2016}}</ref> |
* Stenson's 63 tied the major record for a round. It was the 29th time this score had been achieved, and Stenson was the 27th different player to do so. Stenson and [[Johnny Miller]] were the only players to shoot 63 in the final round of a major and win.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2016/tournamentid=2016054/news/newsid=302339.html |title=With This Win – Henrik Stenson, Open Champion |publisher=PGA European Tour |date=17 July 2016}}</ref> |
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* The 11-shot difference between Stenson and Mickelson with the rest of the field was the largest in history.<ref>{{cite news |title=Henrik Stenson claims Open for first major title |url=http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/17094320/henrik-stenson-wins-open-championship-final-round-showdown-phil-mickelson |work=ESPN |date=17 July 2016 |accessdate=17 July 2016}}</ref> |
* The 11-shot difference between Stenson and Mickelson with the rest of the field was the largest in history.<ref>{{cite news |title=Henrik Stenson claims Open for first major title |url=http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/17094320/henrik-stenson-wins-open-championship-final-round-showdown-phil-mickelson |work=ESPN |date=17 July 2016 |accessdate=17 July 2016}}</ref> |
Revision as of 06:17, 18 July 2016
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 14–17 July 2016 |
Location | Ayrshire, Scotland |
Course(s) | Royal Troon Golf Club Old Course |
Organized by | The R&A |
Tour(s) | |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,190 yd (6,575 m) |
Field | 156 players, 81 after cut |
Cut | 146 (+4) |
Prize fund | £6,500,000[1] €7,544,614 $8,572,200 |
Winner's share | £1,175,000 €1,363,834 $1,549,590 |
Champion | |
Henrik Stenson | |
264 (–20) | |
The 2016 Open Championship was the 145th Open Championship, played 14–17 July at Royal Troon Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the ninth Open Championship played at the Old Course of Troon, and the fifth since gaining royal status. The Open was won by Henrik Stenson who achieved a record 20 under par. He became the first Scandinavian man to win a major title.[2]
Media
This was the first Open Championship with live domestic television coverage on Sky Sports, after it had been shown on the BBC from 1955 to 2015.[3] BBC TV coverage was a two-hour highlights programme each evening.[4] The Open Championship was covered by Group B of the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events which meant that highlights must be made available to all television viewers, particularly those who do not have subscription television.[5]
In the United States, it was the first Open Championship to be televised by NBC (Golf Channel's parent network), after 55 years of being televised in the U.S. by ESPN/ABC; Golf Channel will furnish the first and second rounds of the tournament, marking the first time that Golf Channel had coverage of a men's major championship. For two decades (1995–2014), NBC televised the U.S. Open and other championships of the USGA, which switched to Fox in 2015.
Venue
Old Course
Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
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1 | Seal | 367 | 4 | 10 | Sandhills | 451 | 4 | |
2 | Black Rock | 390 | 4 | 11 | The Railway | 482 | 4 | |
3 | Gyaws | 377 | 4 | 12 | The Fox | 430 | 4 | |
4 | Dunure | 555 | 5 | 13 | Burmah | 473 | 4 | |
5 | Greenan | 209 | 3 | 14 | Alton | 178 | 3 | |
6 | Turnberry | 601 | 5 | 15 | Crosbie | 499 | 4 | |
7 | Tel-el-Kebir | 401 | 4 | 16 | Well | 554 | 5 | |
8 | Postage Stamp | 123 | 3 | 17 | Rabbit | 220 | 3 | |
9 | The Monk | 422 | 4 | 18 | Craigend | 458 | 4 | |
Out | 3,445 | 36 | In | 3,745 | 35 | |||
Source:[6] | Total | 7,190 | 71 |
Lengths of the course for previous Opens:[7][8]
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Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.
Field
Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.[9][10]
- 1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 17 July 2016
Mark Calcavecchia, Darren Clarke (2), Ben Curtis, John Daly, David Duval, Ernie Els (2), Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington (2), Zach Johnson (2,3,4,12,14), Paul Lawrie, Justin Leonard, Sandy Lyle, Rory McIlroy (2,4,5,6,10,12), Phil Mickelson (2,4,14), Mark O'Meara, Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,4,5,12,14)
- Stewart Cink (2) and Tiger Woods (2) did not play.
- Eligible but did not enter: Nick Faldo, Ian Baker-Finch, Tom Lehman, Nick Price.
- 2. The Open Champions for 2006–2015
- 3. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2015 Open Championship
Jason Day (4,10,11,12,14), Sergio García (4), Marc Leishman (4,14), Jordan Niebrugge, Justin Rose (4,5,8,12), Adam Scott (4,9,14), Jordan Spieth (4,8,9,12,14), Danny Willett (4,5,9)
- Brooks Koepka (4,12) withdrew with an ankle injury.[11]
- 4. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2016
An Byeong-hun (5,6), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (5), Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Paul Casey (12), Kevin Chappell, Matthew Fitzpatrick (5), Rickie Fowler (11,12,14), Jim Furyk (12), Branden Grace (5,14), Emiliano Grillo, Bill Haas (12,14), Charley Hoffman (12), J. B. Holmes (12,14), Billy Horschel, Thongchai Jaidee (5,14), Dustin Johnson (8,12,14), Kim Kyung-tae (19), Kevin Kisner (12), Søren Kjeldsen (5), Russell Knox, Matt Kuchar (12,14), Danny Lee (12,14), David Lingmerth, Shane Lowry (5), Hideki Matsuyama (12,14), Ryan Moore, Kevin Na (12), Patrick Reed (5,12,14), Charl Schwartzel (5,14), Brandt Snedeker (12), Henrik Stenson (5,12), Andy Sullivan (5), Justin Thomas, Jimmy Walker (12,14), Bubba Watson (9,12,14), Lee Westwood (OQS-Thailand), Bernd Wiesberger (5)
- Daniel Berger (12) withdrew with a shoulder injury.[12]
- 5. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2015
Kristoffer Broberg, Victor Dubuisson, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, David Howell, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Martin Kaymer (8,11), Anirban Lahiri (14,15), James Morrison, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thomas Pieters, Marc Warren, Chris Wood (6)
- Jaco van Zyl withdrew to focus on the Olympics.[13]
- 6. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2014–2016
- 7. First 5 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai on completion of the 2016 BMW International Open
Andrew Johnston, Rikard Karlberg, Lee Soo-min, Joost Luiten
- 8. The U.S. Open Champions for 2012–2016
- 9. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2012–2016
- 10. The PGA Champions for 2011–2015
- 11. The Players Champions for 2014–2016
- 12. Top 30 players from the final 2015 FedEx Cup points list
Steven Bowditch (14), Harris English, Scott Piercy, Robert Streb
- Bae Sang-moon (14) was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea.
- 13. First 5 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list for 2016 on completion of the 2016 Quicken Loans National
Smylie Kaufman, William McGirt
- 14. Playing members of the 2015 Presidents Cup teams
- 15. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2015
- 16. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2015
- 17. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2015
- 18. The Japan Open Champion for 2015
- 19. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2015
- 20. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2016 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2016 Japan Golf Tour Championship
- 21. The Senior Open Champion for 2015
- 22. The Amateur Champion for 2016
Scott Gregory (a)
- 23. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2015
- Bryson DeChambeau forfeited his exemption by turning professional in April 2016.
- 24. The European Amateur Champion for 2015
Stefano Mazzoli (a)
- 25. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2015
- Jon Rahm forfeited his exemption by turning professional in June 2016 but subsequently earned a spot through the Open Qualifying Series.
- Open Qualifying Series
The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) consists of 10 events from the six major tours. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top n and ties. In the event of ties, positions go to players ranked highest according to that week's OWGR.
Location | Tournament | Date | Spots | Top | Qualifiers |
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Australia | Emirates Australian Open | 29 Nov | 3 | 10 | Nick Cullen, Matt Jones, Rod Pampling |
Thailand | Thailand Golf Championship | 13 Dec | 4 | 12 | Jamie Donaldson, Phachara Khongwatmai, Clément Sordet, Lee Westwood (4) |
Africa | Joburg Open | 17 Jan | 3 | 10 | Zander Lombard, Haydn Porteous, Anthony Wall |
Japan | Mizuno Open | 29 May | 4 | 12 | Kodai Ichihara, Shugo Imahira, Lee Sang-hee, Hideto Tanihara |
Sweden | Nordea Masters | 5 Jun | 1 | 5 | Lasse Jensen |
USA | FedEx St. Jude Classic | 12 Jun | 4 | 12 | Brian Gay, Russell Henley, Noh Seung-yul, Steve Stricker |
USA | Quicken Loans National | 26 Jun | 4 | 12 | Jon Rahm, Vijay Singh, Harold Varner III
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France | Alstom Open de France | 3 Jul | 4 | 12 | Alexander Norén, Callum Shinkwin, Richard Sterne, Brandon Stone |
USA | Barracuda Championship | 3 Jul | 1 | 5 | Greg Chalmers |
Scotland | Scottish Open | 10 Jul | 4 | 12 | Nicolas Colsaerts, Tyrrell Hatton, Matteo Manassero, Richie Ramsay |
The Greenbrier Classic was cancelled due to the damage sustained by the course in the 2016 West Virginia flood.[15] The Open Qualifying Series event originally slated for the Greenbrier was shifted to the Barracuda Championship.[16]
- Final Qualifying
The Final Qualifying events were played on 28 June at four courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England. Three qualifying places were available at each location. None of the twelve qualifiers had played in Regional Qualifying on 20 June: each was exempted by virtue of holding an Official World Golf Ranking.[17]
- Gailes Links – Oskar Arvidsson, Scott Fernández, Colin Montgomerie
- Hillside – Dave Coupland, Paul Howard, Jack Senior
- Royal Cinque Ports – Steven Alker, James Heath, Matthew Southgate
- Woburn – Paul Dunne, Ryan Evans, Robert Rock
- Alternates
To make up the full field of 156, additional places are allocated in ranking order from the Official World Golf Ranking at the time that these places are made available by the Championship Committee. Any places made available after 3 July will use the week 27 rankings. Eleven places were made available on 27 June based on the week 26 rankings.[18]
- James Hahn (ranked 58, week 26)
- Gary Woodland (65)
- Ryan Palmer (68)
- Patton Kizzire (70)
- Fabián Gómez (71)
- Wang Jeung-hun (74)
- Scott Hend (75)
- Graeme McDowell (76)
- Brendan Steele (77)
- Francesco Molinari (78)
- Tony Finau (79)
- Jim Herman (80) – replaced Billy Hurley III
- Marcus Fraser (81) – replaced Tiger Woods
- Luke Donald (ranked 83, week 27) – replaced Jaco van Zyl[19]
- Daniel Summerhays (86) – replaced Stewart Cink[20]
- Charles Howell III (87) – did not play due to injury[21]
- Jamie Lovemark (88) – replaced Daniel Berger[12]
- Ian Poulter (90) – did not play due to injury
- Colt Knost (92) – replaced Brooks Koepka[11]
Nationalities in the field
North America (52) | South America (2) | Europe (61) | Oceania (14) | Asia (18) | Africa (9) |
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United States (52) | Argentina (2) | England (24) | Australia (11) | India (1) | South Africa (9) |
Northern Ireland (3) | Fiji (1) | Japan (8) | |||
Scotland (6) | New Zealand (2) | South Korea (6) | |||
Wales (1) | Thailand (3) | ||||
Ireland (3) | |||||
Austria (1) | |||||
Belgium (2) | |||||
Denmark (3) | |||||
France (2) | |||||
Germany (1) | |||||
Italy (3) | |||||
Netherlands (1) | |||||
Spain (5) | |||||
Sweden (6) |
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Phil Mickelson | United States | 2013 | 63 | 69 | 70 | 65 | 267 | −17 | 2 |
Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | 2014 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 67 | 280 | −4 | T5 |
Zach Johnson | United States | 2015 | 67 | 70 | 75 | 71 | 283 | −1 | T12 |
Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | 2011 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 286 | +2 | T30 |
Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | 2007, 2008 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 287 | +3 | T36 |
Mark O'Meara | United States | 1998 | 71 | 72 | 78 | 73 | 294 | +10 | T63 |
Paul Lawrie | Scotland | 1999 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 294 | +10 | T63 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
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Ernie Els | South Africa | 2002, 2012 | 71 | 76 | 147 | +5 |
Todd Hamilton | United States | 2004 | 75 | 73 | 148 | +6 |
Justin Leonard | United States | 1997 | 70 | 78 | 148 | +6 |
Mark Calcavecchia | United States | 1989 | 73 | 75 | 148 | +6 |
John Daly | United States | 1995 | 75 | 76 | 151 | +9 |
Louis Oosthuizen | South Africa | 2010 | 71 | 83 | 154 | +12 |
Ben Curtis | United States | 2003 | 77 | 83 | 160 | +18 |
Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 1985 | 85 | 78 | 163 | +21 |
David Duval | United States | 2001 | 82 | WD |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, 14 July 2016
Phil Mickelson shot an 8-under-par 63 to take a three-shot lead over Martin Kaymer and Patrick Reed. His 63 tied him with 27 others for the lowest round in a major championship.[22][23] Mickelson had a 16-foot putt at the 18th to become the first player to score 62 at a major championship, but he missed the putt.[24]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Phil Mickelson | United States | 63 | −8 |
T2 | Martin Kaymer | Germany | 66 | −5 |
Patrick Reed | United States | |||
T4 | Keegan Bradley | United States | 67 | −4 |
Tony Finau | United States | |||
Billy Horschel | United States | |||
Zach Johnson | United States | |||
Søren Kjeldsen | Denmark | |||
Steve Stricker | United States | |||
Andy Sullivan | England | |||
Justin Thomas | United States |
Second round
Friday, 15 July 2016
Phil Mickelson maintained his lead at the half way point with a one shot lead over Henrik Stenson, who had carded a 65 to move into second place at 9-under-par. The cut was at 4-over-par allowing previous major champions Jordan Spieth, Danny Willett and Bubba Watson to continue onto the third day. Billy Horschel, who started the day in joint fourth place, carded a dismal 85 to finish 10-over-par and miss the cut.[25]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Phil Mickelson | United States | 63-69=132 | −10 |
2 | Henrik Stenson | Sweden | 68-65=133 | −9 |
T3 | Keegan Bradley | United States | 67-68=135 | −7 |
Søren Kjeldsen | Denmark | 67-68=135 | ||
5 | Zach Johnson | United States | 67-70=137 | −5 |
T6 | Tony Finau | United States | 67-71=138 | −4 |
Sergio García | Spain | 68-70=138 | ||
Bill Haas | United States | 68-70=138 | ||
Andrew Johnston | England | 69-69=138 | ||
Charl Schwartzel | South Africa | 72-66=138 |
Amateurs: Gregory (+9), Mazzoli (+12)
Third round
Saturday, 16 July 2016
Henrik Stenson (68) overtook Phil Mickelson (70) in the third round, taking a single shot lead into the final round. Both golfers were five shots ahead of the rest of the field at the end of the day.[26]
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Henrik Stenson | Sweden | 68-65-68=201 | −12 |
2 | Phil Mickelson | United States | 63-69-70=202 | −11 |
3 | Bill Haas | United States | 68-70-69=207 | −6 |
4 | Andrew Johnston | England | 69-69-70=208 | −5 |
5 | J. B. Holmes | United States | 70-70-69=209 | −4 |
T6 | Tony Finau | United States | 67-71-72=210 | −3 |
Søren Kjeldsen | Denmark | 67-68-75=210 | ||
Steve Stricker | United States | 67-75-68=210 | ||
T9 | Keegan Bradley | United States | 67-68-76=211 | −2 |
Sergio García | Spain | 68-70-73=211 | ||
Patrick Reed | United States | 66-74-71=211 | ||
Charl Schwartzel | South Africa | 72-66-73=211 |
Final round
Sunday, 17 July 2016
Henrik Stenson broke the major championship scoring record while establishing a new Open Championship record on his way to his first career major championship. After Stenson began the round with a one-shot advantage over Phil Mickelson, Mickelson quickly jumped into the lead with a birdie at the 1st while Stenson three-putted for bogey. Stenson, however, rebounded with five birdies on the front-nine while Mickelson recorded a birdie and an eagle at the par-5 4th, giving Stenson back a one-shot lead.
Both birdied the 10th hole, then Stenson made bogey at the 11th to draw level with Mickelson. Beginning at the 14th Stenson recorded three consecutive birdies, including a 51-foot putt from off the green on the 15th to open up a two-shot lead. Mickelson narrowly missed an eagle putt on the 16th while Stenson got up-and-down from the greenside rough for a birdie to maintain the advantage. With another birdie at the 18th, Stenson tied the major championship scoring record with a round of 63 (−8).
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (£) |
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1 | Henrik Stenson | Sweden | 68-65-68-63=264 | −20 | 1,175,000 |
2 | Phil Mickelson | United States | 63-69-70-65=267 | −17 | 675,000 |
3 | J. B. Holmes | United States | 70-70-69-69=278 | −6 | 433,000 |
4 | Steve Stricker | United States | 67-75-68-69=279 | −5 | 337,000 |
T5 | Sergio García | Spain | 68-70-73-69=280 | −4 | 235,667 |
Tyrrell Hatton | England | 70-71-71-68=280 | |||
Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | 69-71-73-67=280 | |||
8 | Andrew Johnston | England | 69-69-70-73=281 | −3 | 170,000 |
T9 | Bill Haas | United States | 68-70-69-75=282 | −2 | 135,333 |
Dustin Johnson | United States | 71-69-72-70=282 | |||
Søren Kjeldsen | Denmark | 67-68-75-72=282 |
Scorecard
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Final round
Records
- Stenson became only the second golfer to finish 20 under par in a major championship, tying Jason Day's record from the 2015 PGA Championship.
- Stenson was the first to reach 20 under at the Open Championship, beating Tiger Woods' record of 19-under in 2000.
- Stenson's score of 264 set a new major championship record, beating David Toms' 265 in the 2001 PGA Championship.
- Stenson broke by three shots the previous Open Championship record of 267, set by Greg Norman in 1993.
- Stenson's 63 tied the major record for a round. It was the 29th time this score had been achieved, and Stenson was the 27th different player to do so. Stenson and Johnny Miller were the only players to shoot 63 in the final round of a major and win.[27]
- The 11-shot difference between Stenson and Mickelson with the rest of the field was the largest in history.[28]
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