2017 Open Championship

2017 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 20–23 July 2017
Location Southport, England
Course(s) Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Organized by The R&A
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par 70
Length 7,173 yards (6,559 m)
Field 156 players
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Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Location in England
Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, Merseyside,
north of Liverpool, England

The 2017 Open Championship will be the 146th Open Championship, held 20–23 July 2017 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.
It will be the 10th Open Championship played at Royal Birkdale.

Media

The 2017 Open Championship will be the second to be televised domestically by Sky Sports. In the United States, it will be the second Open Championship to be televised by NBC (Golf Channel's parent network).

Venue

The 2017 event will be the tenth Open Championship played at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club. The most recent was in 2008, where Pádraig Harrington successfully defended his 2007 Open Championship title from Carnoustie.

The 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yardage n/a 4504214512013464991784574143417 40843618449920154443957247337567,173
Par 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 34 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 5 4 36 70

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[1]

  • 2008: 7,173 yards (6,559 m), par 70
  • 1998: 7,018 yards (6,417 m), par 70
  • 1991: 6,940 yards (6,350 m), par 70
  • 1983: 6,968 yards (6,372 m), par 71
  • 1976: 7,001 yards (6,402 m), par 72
  • 1971: 7,080 yards (6,470 m), par 73
  • 1965: 7,037 yards (6,435 m), par 73
  • 1961: 6,844 yards (6,258 m), par 72 [2]
  • 1954: 6,867 yards (6,279 m), par 73 [3]

Field

Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 23 July 2017

Mark Calcavecchia, Stewart Cink (2), Darren Clarke (2), Ben Curtis, John Daly, David Duval, Ernie Els (2), Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington (2), Zach Johnson (2,14), Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Sandy Lyle, Rory McIlroy (2,3,5,6,10,12,14), Phil Mickelson (2,3,12,14), Mark O'Meara, Louis Oosthuizen (2,5), Henrik Stenson (2,3,5,14), Tiger Woods

2. The Open Champions for 2007–2016
3. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2016 Open Championship

Sergio García (5,14), Bill Haas, Tyrrell Hatton (5), J. B. Holmes (12,14), Dustin Johnson (8,12,14), Andrew Johnston (5), Søren Kjeldsen (5), Steve Stricker

4. Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2017
5. Top 30 on the 2016 Race to Dubai for 2016

Richard Bland, Rafael Cabrera-Bello (14), Ross Fisher, Matthew Fitzpatrick (14), Branden Grace, Scott Hend, David Horsey, Thongchai Jaidee, Martin Kaymer (8,14), Li Haotong, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten, Francesco Molinari, Alexander Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thomas Pieters (14), Charl Schwartzel (12), Andy Sullivan (14), Wang Jeung-hun, Lee Westwood (14), Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett (9,14), Chris Wood (6,14)

6. Last three BMW PGA Championship winners

An Byeong-hun

7. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2017 Race to Dubai through the BMW International Open
8. Last five U.S. Open winners

Justin Rose (14,27), Jordan Spieth (9,12,14), 18 June 2017

9. Last five Masters Tournament winners

Adam Scott (12), Bubba Watson (12), 9 April 2017

10. Last five PGA Championship winners

Jason Day (11,12), Jason Dufner (12), Jimmy Walker (12,14)

11. Last three Players Championship winners

Rickie Fowler (14), 14 May 2017

12. The 30 qualifiers for the 2016 Tour Championship

Daniel Berger, Paul Casey, Roberto Castro, Kevin Chappell, Emiliano Grillo, Kim Si-woo, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, Matt Kuchar (14), Hideki Matsuyama (19), William McGirt, Ryan Moore (14), Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, Patrick Reed (14), Brandt Snedeker (14), Justin Thomas, Jhonattan Vegas, Gary Woodland

13. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2017 FedEx Cup points list through the Travelers Championship

25 June

14. Playing members of the 2016 Ryder Cup teams

Brooks Koepka

15. Winner of the 2016 Asian Tour Order of Merit

11 December

16. Winner of the 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Matthew Griffin

17. Winner of the 2016 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

5 March 2017

18. Winner of the 2016 Open de Argentina

Kent Bulle

19. Winner of the 2016 Japan Open
20. Top 2 on the 2016 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List

Yuta Ikeda, Hideto Tanihara

21. Top 2, not already exempt, on the 2017 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List through the Japan Golf Tour Championship
22. Winner of the 2016 Senior Open Championship

Paul Broadhurst

23. Winner of the 2017 Amateur Championship
24. Winner of the 2016 U.S. Amateur

Curtis Luck (a)

25. Winner of the 2016 European Amateur

Luca Cianchetti (a)

26. Recipient of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal

Maverick McNealy (a)

27. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament
Open Qualifying Series

The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) consists of 11 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 20 Nov 3 10 Aaron Baddeley, Ashley Hall, Cameron Smith
Singapore SMBC Singapore Open 22 Jan 2 10
South Africa Joburg Open 26 Feb 3 10
Vietnam Ho Tram Players Championship 16 Apr 2 10
Japan Mizuno Open 28 May 4 12
France Alstom Open de France 3 10
United States Quicken Loans National 2 Jul 4 12
Ireland Dubai Duty Free Irish Open 9 Jul 3 10
United States Greenbrier Classic 9 Jul 4 12
Scotland Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open 16 Jul 3 10
United States John Deere Classic 16 Jul 1 5
Final Qualifying

The Final Qualifying events will be played on 4 July at four courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England. Three qualifying places are available at each location.

Gailes Links –
Hillside –
Royal Cinque Ports –
Woburn –
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.

Past champions expected in the field

Player Country Year(s) won
Henrik Stenson  Sweden 2016
Zach Johnson  United States 2015
Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 2014
Phil Mickelson  United States 2013
Ernie Els  South Africa 2002, 2012
Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 2011
Louis Oosthuizen  South Africa 2010
Stewart Cink  United States 2009
Pádraig Harrington  Ireland 2007, 2008
Tiger Woods  United States 2000, 2005, 2006
Todd Hamilton  United States 2004
Ben Curtis  United States 2003
David Duval  United States 2001
Paul Lawrie  Scotland 1999
Mark O'Meara United States 1998
Justin Leonard  United States 1997
Tom Lehman  United States 1996
John Daly United States 1995
Mark Calcavecchia  United States 1989
Sandy Lyle  Scotland 1985

References

  1. ↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 21, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Palmer takes British crown". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon, U.S.). Associated Press. 16 July 1961. p. 1B.
  3. ↑ "Peter Thomson wins British Open with 283". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. 10 July 1954. p. 11.

External links

Preceded by
2017 U.S. Open		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2017 PGA Championship

Coordinates: 53°37′19″N 3°01′59″W / 53.622°N 3.033°W / 53.622; -3.033

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