2016 Open Championship

2016 Open Championship
Tournament information
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
Sweden Henrik Stenson
264 (−20)
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Royal Troon Golf Club
Location in Scotland

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. Sky Sports 1 became Sky Sports The Open for the tournament.[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 broadcast 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

Main article: Royal Troon Golf Club

Old Course

HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar
1Seal3674 10Sandhills4514
2Black Rock390411The Railway4824
3Gyaws377412The Fox4304
4Dunure555513Burmah4734
5Greenan209314Alton1783
6Turnberry601515Crosbie4994
7Tel-el-Kebir401416Well5545
8Postage Stamp123317Rabbit2203
9The Monk422418Craigend4584
Out3,44536In3,74535
Source:[6] Total 7,19071

Lengths of the course for previous Opens:[7][8]

  • 2004: 7,175 yards (6,561 m), par 71
  • 1997: 7,079 yards (6,473 m), par 71
  • 1989: 7,097 yards (6,489 m), par 72
  • 1982: 7,067 yards (6,462 m), par 72
  • 1973: 7,064 yards (6,459 m), par 72
  • 1962: 7,045 yards (6,442 m), par 72
  • 1950: 6,583 yards (6,019 m), par 70
  • 1923: 6,415 yards (5,866 m)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

Webb Simpson

9. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2012–2016
10. The PGA Champions for 2011–2015

Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner

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

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

Chris Kirk

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

Nathan Holman

17. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2015

George Coetzee

18. The Japan Open Champion for 2015

Satoshi Kodaira

19. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2015

Yūsaku Miyazato

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

Yuta Ikeda, Yosuke Tsukada

21. The Senior Open Champion for 2015

Marco Dawson

22. The Amateur Champion for 2016

Scott Gregory (a)

23. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2015
24. The European Amateur Champion for 2015

Stefano Mazzoli (a)

25. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2015
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
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
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]

  1. James Hahn (ranked 58, week 26)
  2. Gary Woodland (65)
  3. Ryan Palmer (68)
  4. Patton Kizzire (70)
  5. Fabián Gómez (71)
  6. Wang Jeung-hun (74)
  7. Scott Hend (75)
  8. Graeme McDowell (76)
  9. Brendan Steele (77)
  10. Francesco Molinari (78)
  11. Tony Finau (79)
  12. Jim Herman (80) – replaced Billy Hurley III
  13. Marcus Fraser (81) – replaced Tiger Woods
  14. Luke Donald (ranked 83, week 27) – replaced Jaco van Zyl[19]
  15. Daniel Summerhays (86) – replaced Stewart Cink[20]
  16. Charles Howell III (87) – did not play due to injury[21]
  17. Jamie Lovemark (88) – replaced Daniel Berger[12]
  18. Ian Poulter (90) – did not play due to injury
  19. 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)
 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
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
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 the putt lipped out of the hole.[24]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
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.[25] 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.[26]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
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.[27] Both golfers were five shots ahead of the rest of the field at the end of the day.[28]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
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

In what earned instant acclaim as one of the greatest final-round duels in major championship history,[29] 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.[30] Both birdied the 10th hole, then Stenson made bogey at the 11th to draw level with Mickelson.[31] 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).[32] In finishing second, Mickelson shot an aggregate score of 267, thus tying the Open Championship's previous record (Greg Norman, 1993).

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
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

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par444535434 444434534
Sweden Stenson −11 −12 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −17 −16 −16 −16 −17 −18 −19 −19 −20
United States Mickelson −12 −12 −12 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17
United States Holmes −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −5 −6 −6 −6
United States Stricker −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −5 −5
Spain García −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4
England Hatton −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4
Northern Ireland McIlroy E −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4
England Johnston −6 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3
United States Haas −6−6−6−6−5−4−4−3−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2
United States D. Johnson −1−1−2−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2
Denmark Kjeldsen −3−2−2−2−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2

Records

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