2017 Open Championship

Tournament information
Dates	20–23 July 2017
Location	Southport, England 53°37′19″N3°02′00″W / 53.622°N 3.0333°W /53.622; -3.0333
Course	Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Organized by	The R&A
Tours	European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,156 yards (6,543 m)
Field	156 players, 77 after cut
Cut	145 (+5)
Prize fund	$10,250,000[1] €8,935,572 £7,890,000(est.)
Winner's share	$1,845,000 €1,608,403 £1,420,000(est.)
Champion
Jordan Spieth
268 (−12)
Location map
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The2017 Open Championship was amajor golf championship and the 146thOpen Championship, held 20–23 July atRoyal Birkdale Golf Club inSouthport, England. It was the tenth Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, which held its first in1954.^[2]

Jordan Spieth shot four rounds in the sixties for 268 (−12), three strokes ahead of runner-upMatt Kuchar, for his third major title, and the second in which he ledwire-to-wire (2015 Masters). In the third round,Branden Grace scored 62 to set a new major championship record.^[3]

This was the first year that the prize money was paid inU.S. dollars, rather thanBritish pounds.^[4]

This was the second Open Championship televised domestically bySky Sports.^[5] In the United States, it is the second Open Championship to be televised byNBC (Golf Channel's parent network).^[6]

This was the tenth Open Championship at Royal Birkdale; the ninth in2008 sawPádraig Harrington successfully defend his2007 title fromCarnoustie.

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

• 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^[8]
• 1954: 6,867 yards (6,279 m), par 73^[2]

The Open Championship field was made up of 156 players, who gained entry through various exemption criteria and qualifying tournaments. The criteria included past Open champions, recent major winners, top ranked players in theworld rankings and from the leading world tours, and winners and high finishers from various designated tournaments, including the Open Qualifying Series; the winners of designated amateur events, includingThe Amateur Championship andU.S. Amateur, also gained exemption provided they remain an amateur. Anyone not qualifying via exemption, and had a handicap of 0.4 or lower, could gain entry through regional and final qualifying events.

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

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

• Eligible but did not enter:Ian Baker-Finch,Mark Calcavecchia,Nick Faldo,^[b]Justin Leonard,Nick Price,^[b]Tiger Woods.
• Ben Curtis withdrew before the tournament.^[9]

2. The Open Champions for 2007–2016

3. Top 10 finishers and ties in the2016 Open Championship

4. Top 50 players in theOfficial World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2017

• Brandt Snedeker (12,17) did not play.^[10]

5. Top 30 on the2016Race to Dubai

6. Last threeBMW PGA Championship winners

7. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the2017Race to Dubai through theBMW International Open

8. Last fiveU.S. Open winners

9. Last fiveMasters Tournament winners

10. Last fivePGA Championship winners

11. Last threePlayers Championship winners

12. The 30 qualifiers for the2016Tour Championship

13. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the2017FedEx Cup points list through theTravelers Championship

14. Winner of the2016 Olympic Golf Tournament

15. Winner of the 2016Open de Argentina

16. Winner and runner-up from the 2017Korea Open

17. Playing members of the2016Ryder Cup teams

18. Winner of the2016Asian Tour Order of Merit

19. Winner of the2016PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

20. Winner of the2016–17Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

21. Winner of the 2016Japan Open

22. Top 2 on the2016Japan Golf Tour Official Money List

23. Top 2, not already exempt, on the2017Japan Golf Tour Official Money List through theJapan Golf Tour Championship

24. Winner of the 2016Senior Open Championship

25. Winner of the 2017Amateur Championship

26. Winner of the 2016U.S. Amateur

• Curtis Luck forfeited his exemption after turning professional in April 2017.

27. Winners of the 2016 and 2017 editions of theEuropean Amateur

28. Recipient of the 2016Mark H. McCormack Medal

The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) consisted of 10 events from the six major tours. Places were available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who finished in the topn and ties. In the event of ties, positions went to players ranked highest according to that week'sOWGR.

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

To make up the full field of 156, additional places were allocated in ranking order from theOfficial World Golf Ranking at the time that these places were made available by the Championship Committee.

From the Week 26 (week ending 2 July) Official World Golf Ranking:

From the Week 27 (week ending 9 July) Official World Golf Ranking:

Thursday, 20 July 2017

Three Americans –Brooks Koepka,Matt Kuchar, andJordan Spieth – shared the lead after the first round on five under par, a shot clear of England'sPaul Casey andCharl Schwartzel, withIan Poulter a further shot back.^[12] Reigning championHenrik Stenson was one under after a 69.Rory McIlroy was five over par after six holes but recovered to finish with a one-over-par 71.^[13][14]

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Brooks Koepka	65	−5
	Matt Kuchar
	Jordan Spieth
T4	Paul Casey	66	−4
	Charl Schwartzel
T6	Richard Bland	67	−3
	Rafa Cabrera-Bello
	Austin Connelly
	Charley Hoffman
	Ian Poulter
	Justin Thomas

Friday, 21 July 2017

In difficult conditions,Jordan Spieth followed his first round 65 with a 69 to lead by two strokes fromMatt Kuchar.^[15] Only eight players scored under par for their second rounds,Zach Johnson's 66 being the best round of the day.Alfie Plant was the only amateur to make the cut. He eagled the par-five 15th on his way to a 73 and a 36-hole total of 144.^[16]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jordan Spieth	65-69=134	−6
2	Matt Kuchar	65-71=136	−4
T3	Brooks Koepka	65-72=137	−3
	Ian Poulter	67-70=137
5	Richie Ramsay	68-70=138	−2
T6	Richard Bland	67-72=139	−1
	Austin Connelly	67-72=139
	Rory McIlroy	71-68=139
	Gary Woodland	70-69=139
T10	Kent Bulle	68-72=140	E
	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	67-73=140
	Charley Hoffman	67-73=140
	Russell Henley	70-70=140
	Chan Kim	72-68=140
	Jamie Lovemark	71-69=140
	Joost Luiten	68-72=140
	Hideki Matsuyama	68-72=140
	Alex Norén	68-72=140
	Bubba Watson	68-72=140

Amateurs:Plant (+4),Syme (+9), Cianchetti (+11),Ellis (+12),McNealy (+12)

Saturday, 22 July 2017

Jordan Spieth shot a 65 to take a three-stroke lead overMatt Kuchar, who shot a 66. On an easier day of scoring,Branden Grace scored 62, breaking the long-standingmen's major championship record of 63.^[17] There were also low rounds fromDustin Johnson, with a 64, andHenrik Stenson, with a 65, both getting into a tie for 7th place.^[18]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jordan Spieth	65-69-65=199	−11
2	Matt Kuchar	65-71-66=202	−8
T3	Austin Connelly	67-72-66=205	−5
	Brooks Koepka	65-72-68=205
T5	Branden Grace	70-74-62=206	−4
	Hideki Matsuyama	68-72-66=206
T7	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	67-73-67=207	−3
	Dustin Johnson	71-72-64=207
	Chan Kim	72-68-67=207
	Henrik Stenson	69-73-65=207

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	5	4
Grace	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8

Birdie

Sunday, 23 July 2017

Beginning the round with a three-shot lead,Jordan Spieth bogeyed three of his first four holes to fall into a tie withMatt Kuchar.^[19] A birdie at the 5th combined with a bogey by Kuchar at the 6th allowed Spieth to re-open a two-stroke advantage, but a bogey-birdie swing at the 9th evened the score heading to the back-nine. The score remained level until the 13th, when Spieth hit his tee shot well to the right of the fairway. Forced to take an unplayable lie and drop from the practice area, he managed to get up-and-down to save bogey while Kuchar took the lead by making par.^[20] At the par-3 14th, however, Spieth nearly holed his tee shot and converted the birdie attempt to tie Kuchar.^[21] Then at the par-5 15th, Spieth made a 48-foot (15 m) eagle putt to take the lead once again. With birdies on the next two holes Spieth played 14–17 in five-under to take a two-stroke lead heading to the last. When Kuchar found a greenside bunker and made bogey, Spieth was able to tap in for par and win the championship by three strokes.^[22]Li Haotong birdied his last four holes for 63 (−7) and jump into third place at 274 (−6), the best finish for an Asian player at the Open Championship sinceLu Liang-Huan in1971, also at Royal Birkdale.^[23] With the victory, Spieth joinedJack Nicklaus as the only golfers to win three legs of the career Grand Slam before the age of 24.^[24]

Note: Top 10 and ties qualify for the2018 Open Championship; top 4 and ties qualify for the2018 Masters Tournament

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jordan Spieth	65-69-65-69=268	−12	1,845,000
2	Matt Kuchar	65-71-66-69=271	−9	1,067,000
3	Li Haotong	69-73-69-63=274	−6	684,000
T4	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	67-73-67-68=275	−5	480,000
	Rory McIlroy (c)	71-68-69-67=275
T6	Branden Grace	70-74-62-70=276	−4	281,000
	Brooks Koepka	65-72-68-71=276
	Marc Leishman	69-76-66-65=276
	Alex Norén	68-72-69-67=276
	Matthew Southgate	72-72-67-65=276

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T11	Paul Casey	66-77-67-67=277	−3	175,333
	Chan Kim	72-68-67-70=277
	Henrik Stenson (c)	69-73-65-70=277
T14	Austin Connelly	67-72-66-73=278	−2	128,917
	Jason Dufner	73-71-66-68=278
	Zach Johnson (c)	75-66-71-66=278
	Hideki Matsuyama	68-72-66-72=278
	Ian Poulter	67-70-71-70=278
	Chris Wood	71-72-68-67=278
T20	Charley Hoffman	67-73-72-67=279	−1	104,500
	Xander Schauffele	69-75-70-65=279
T22	Richard Bland	67-72-70-71=280	E	88,000
	Rickie Fowler	71-71-67-71=280
	Jamie Lovemark	71-69-70-70=280
	Richie Ramsay	68-70-70-72=280
	Adam Scott	69-74-70-67=280
T27	Aaron Baddeley	69-76-72-64=281	+1	64,500
	Daniel Berger	68-76-70-67=281
	Jason Day	69-76-65-71=281
	David Drysdale	72-73-66-70=281
	Tony Finau	70-73-67-71=281
	Tommy Fleetwood	76-69-66-70=281
	Thongchai Jaidee	70-73-68-70=281
	Andrew Johnston	69-74-67-71=281
	Bubba Watson	68-72-71-70=281
	Lee Westwood	71-74-69-67=281
T37	Laurie Canter	70-72-72-68=282	+2	45,286
	Sergio García	73-69-68-72=282
	Russell Henley	70-70-75-67=282
	Martin Kaymer	72-72-70-68=282
	Søren Kjeldsen	71-71-72-68=282
	Webb Simpson	71-74-70-67=282
	Steve Stricker	70-72-69-71=282
T44	Chang Yi-keun	71-71-71-70=283	+3	31,070
	Andrew Dodt	69-75-69-70=283
	Ross Fisher	70-72-66-75=283
	Matt Fitzpatrick	69-73-68-73=283
	Kang Sung-hoon	68-73-76-66=283
	Joost Luiten	68-72-70-73=283
	Kevin Na	68-75-68-72=283
	Thomas Pieters	69-75-68-71=283
	Jon Rahm	69-74-70-70=283
	Peter Uihlein	72-72-69-70=283
T54	Scott Hend	71-74-65-74=284	+4	25,843
	J. B. Holmes	71-72-71-70=284
	Dustin Johnson	71-72-64-77=284
	Kevin Kisner	70-71-74-69=284
	Justin Rose	71-74-69-70=284
	Toby Tree	70-75-69-70=284
	Jimmy Walker	72-72-70-70=284
61	Ernie Els (c)	68-73-70-74=285	+5	25,000
T62	Kim Kyung-tae	73-71-69-73=286	+6	24,500
	Mike Lorenzo-Vera	75-70-70-71=286
	Shaun Norris	71-74-65-76=286
	Sean O'Hair	72-73-71-70=286
	Thorbjørn Olesen	70-72-74-70=286
	Alfie Plant (a)	71-73-69-73=286		0
	Charl Schwartzel	66-78-71-71=286		24,500
	Song Young-han	71-74-69-72=286
T70	Joe Dean	72-72-70-73=287	+7	23,556
	Brandon Stone	73-72-68-74=287
	Andy Sullivan	70-75-69-73=287
	Gary Woodland	70-69-74-74=287
T74	James Hahn	68-76-70-74=288	+8	23,163
	Bernd Wiesberger	69-75-71-73=288
76	Danny Willett	71-74-73-71=289	+9	22,975
77	Kent Bulle	68-72-74-76=290	+10	22,850
CUT	Roberto Castro	76-70=146	+6
	Mark Foster	75-71=146
	Ryan Fox	74-72=146
	Pádraig Harrington (c)	73-73=146
	Shiv Kapur	73-73=146
	Kim Si-woo	70-76=146
	Anirban Lahiri	73-73=146
	Pablo Larrazábal	72-74=146
	Alexander Lévy	71-75=146
	David Lipsky	68-78=146
	Julian Suri	74-72=146
	Adam Bland	75-72=147	+7
	Paul Broadhurst	75-72=147
	Matthew Griffin	70-77=147
	Russell Knox	74-73=147
	Martin Laird	68-79=147
	Francesco Molinari	73-74=147
	Robert Streb	69-78=147
	Justin Thomas	67-80=147
	Paul Waring	74-73=147
	Fabrizio Zanotti	77-70=147
	An Byeong-hun	77-71=148	+8
	Alexander Björk	75-73=148
	Kevin Chappell	73-75=148
	Darren Clarke (c)	75-73=148
	Dylan Frittelli	73-75=148
	Brian Harman	70-78=148
	Kim Gi-whan	73-75=148
	Jbe' Kruger	76-72=148
	Tom Lehman (c)	72-76=148
	Ryan McCarthy	76-72=148
	Haydn McCullen	73-75=148
	Ryan Moore	74-74=148
	Patrick Reed	73-75=148
	Kyle Stanley	70-78=148
	Emiliano Grillo	76-73=149	+9
	Bill Haas	71-78=149
	Ashley Hall	75-74=149
	Charles Howell III	74-75=149
	Paul Lawrie (c)	70-79=149
	Stuart Manley	68-81=149
	William McGirt	77-72=149
	Pat Perez	74-75=149
	Cameron Smith	74-75=149
	Connor Syme (a)	73-76=149
	Stewart Cink (c)	77-73=150	+10
	Michael Hendry	73-77=150
	David Horsey	75-75=150
	Yuta Ikeda	71-79=150
	Shane Lowry	72-78=150
	Prayad Marksaeng	76-74=150
	Phil Mickelson (c)	73-77=150
	Wang Jeung-hun	77-73=150
	Luca Cianchetti (a)	75-76=151	+11
	David Duval (c)	79-72=151
	Tyrrell Hatton	75-76=151
	Nick McCarthy	74-77=151
	Mark O'Meara (c)	81-70=151
	Jhonattan Vegas	75-76=151
	Wesley Bryan	74-78=152	+12
	John Daly (c)	74-78=152
	Harry Ellis (a)	77-75=152
	Darren Fichardt	71-81=152
	Billy Horschel	76-76=152
Maverick McNealy (a)	78-74=152
Yūsaku Miyazato	70-82=152
Louis Oosthuizen (c)	78-74=152
Matthieu Pavon	74-78=152
Callum Shinkwin	74-78=152
Hideto Tanihara	77-75=152
Bryson DeChambeau	76-77=153	+13
Adam Hadwin	71-82=153
Sandy Lyle (c)	77-76=153
Sebastián Muñoz	74-79=153
Brendan Steele	76-77=153
Phachara Khongwatmai	74-80=154	+14
Robert Dinwiddie	77-79=156	+16
Adam Hodkinson	80-76=156
Todd Hamilton (c)	79-79=158	+18

Source:^[25]

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	5	4
Spieth	−10	−10	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−10	−11	−12	−12
Kuchar	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−9
Li	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−5	−6
Cabrera-Bello	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5
McIlroy	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−5	−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Source:^[25]

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