2009 Open Championship

September 2020 April 2013 2009 Open Championship 2009 Open Championship Annual.png 280px Front cover of the 2009 Open Annual 16–19 July 2009 Ayrshire, Scotland Ailsa Course, Turnberry The R&A European TourPGA TourJapan Golf Tour 70 7204 yd 156 players, 73 after cut 144 (+4) £4,200,000€4,852,724$6,837,628 £750,000€866,558$1,221,005 USA Stewart Cink 278 (−2), playoff 2008 2010 UK Scotland 1  Turnberry 55.316 -4.832 Location in Scotland 5 230 Scotland South Ayrshire Turnberry 55.316 -4.833 Location in South Ayrshire, Scotland 5 230 The 2009 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 138th Open Championship, held from 16–19 July at the Ailsa Course of the Turnberry Resort, in Ayrshire, Scotland. Stewart Cink won his only major championship after a four-hole playoff with Tom Watson. At age 59, Watson had the chance to win his sixth Open and become the oldest major champion in history during regulation play, but was unable to par the final hole and tied with Cink.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8158269.stm Cink dashes Watson's Open dreams BBC Sport 18 July 2009 18 July 2009 It was the fourth Open at Turnberry; the previous winners were Watson (1977), Greg Norman (1986), and Nick Price (1994).https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/4487902.stm Turnberry hosts The Open in 2009 BBC Sport 1 December 2005 20 July 2009 Venue Turnberry (golf course) As with previous editions of The Open Championship at Turnberry, this event was played on the resort's Ailsa Course. Since it last hosted the Championship in 1994, the course had been lengthened by almost 250 yd -1, with over 60 yd 0 having been added to the par 5 17th hole. Six new tees had been built, and the 16th hole was 45 yd 0 longer and had been remodelled into a dog-leg to the right, having previously been relatively straight.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8009589.stm Turnberry to set longer Open test BBC Sport 21 April 2009 2009-04-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20090422012539/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/8009589.stm 22 April 2009 live Card of the course Ailsa Course HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Ailsa Craig3544 10Dinna Fouter45642Mak Siccar428411Maidens17533Blaw Wearie489412Monument45144Woe-Be-Tide166313Tickly Tap41045Fin Me Oot474414Risk-An-Hope44846Tappie Toorie231315Ca' Canny20637Roon The Ben538516Wee Burn45548Goat Fell454417Lang Whang55959Bruce's Castle449418Duel in the Sun4614Out3,58335In3,62135 Total7,20470 Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship:http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 20, 203 1 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 1994: 6957 yd, par 70 1986: 6957 yd, par 70 1977: 6875 yd, par 70 Field Each year, around two-thirds of The Open Championship field consists of players that are fully exempt from qualifying for the Open. Below is a list of the exemption categories, and the players who were exempt for the 2009 Open. Each player is classified according to the first category by which they qualified, with other categories they also fall into being shown in parentheses. Some categories are not shown as all players in that category had already qualified from an earlier category: 1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2008 Open Championship Robert Allenby (5,15), Stephen Ames (5), Paul Casey (5,6,7,19), Ben Curtis (3,4,5,15,19), Ernie Els (3,4,5,15), Jim Furyk (5,15,19), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5,6,13,19), David Howell, Anthony Kim (5,15,19), Greg Norman (3), Ian Poulter (5,6,19), Henrik Stenson (5,6,14,19), Steve Stricker (5,15,19), Chris Wood Robert Karlsson (5,6,19) withdrew prior to the tournament due to an eye problem.https://www.espn.com/golf/britishopen09/news/story?id=4311595 Karlsson withdraws from British Open Reuters ESPN 7 July 2009 20 July 2009http://sports.sg.msn.com/golf/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3441880 Eye problem forces Karlsson out of Open Agence France-Presse MSNBC 7 July 2009 20 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090709221835/http://sports.sg.msn.com/golf/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3441880 9 July 2009 dead 2. Past Open Champions born between 17 July 1943 and 19 July 1948 (Eligible but did not compete: Tony Jacklin, Johnny Miller) 3. Past Open Champions aged 60 or under on 19 July 2008 Mark Calcavecchia, John Daly, David Duval (4), Nick Faldo, Todd Hamilton (4), Paul Lawrie (4), Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard (5,15,19), Sandy Lyle, Mark O'Meara, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods (4,5,11,12,13) (Eligible but did not compete: Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Price, Bill Rogers) 4. The Open Champions for 1999-2008 5. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Rankings for Week 21, 2009 Ángel Cabrera (11,12), Chad Campbell (15,19), K. J. Choi (15), Stewart Cink (15,19), Tim Clark (15), Luke Donald, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Ross Fisher (6), Sergio García (6,14,15,19), Retief Goosen (6), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (6,7,19), Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson (12), Martin Kaymer (6), Søren Kjeldsen (6), Hunter Mahan (15,19), Graeme McDowell (6,19), Rory McIlroy, Geoff Ogilvy (11), Sean O'Hair, Kenny Perry (15,19), Álvaro Quirós (6), Justin Rose (19), Rory Sabbatini, Adam Scott, Vijay Singh (13,15), David Toms, Camilo Villegas (15), Nick Watney, Mike Weir (15), Lee Westwood (6,19), Oliver Wilson (6,19) Trevor Immelman (12,15) withdrew prior to the tournament due to a wrist injury.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/2009-07-08-3486725596_x.htm Immelman withdraws from British Open Associated Press USA Today 8 July 2009 20 July 2009https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jul/08/open-championship-trevor-immelman Injury forces Trevor Immelman to pull out of Turnberry Open The Guardian 8 July 2009 20 July 2009 Phil Mickelson (12,13,14,15,19) withdrew prior to the tournament due to his wife's recovery from breast cancer surgery.https://www.espn.com/golf/britishopen09/news/story?id=4319609 Mickelson choosing to stay with wife Associated Press ESPN 10 July 2009 20 July 2009 Shingo Katayama (23,24) withdrew prior to the tournament due a back injury.http://www.pgatour.com/2009/r/07/12/katayama.wds/index.html Katayama out with injury; Marino takes spot in field PGA Tour 14 July 2009 20 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090715032001/http://www.pgatour.com/2009/r/07/12/katayama.wds/index.html 15 July 2009 dead Jeev Milkha Singh (6,20) withdrew prior to the tournament due a rib injury.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jul/14/jeev-milkha-singh-withdraws-from-open Jeev Milkha Singh pulls out of the Open The Guardian 14 July 2009 20 July 2009 6. First 30 in the PGA European Tour Final Order of Merit for 2008 Darren Clarke, Richard Finch, Richard Green, Søren Hansen (19), Peter Hanson, Peter Hedblom, James Kingston, Pablo Larrazábal, Paul McGinley, Damien McGrane, Francesco Molinari, Colin Montgomerie, Charl Schwartzel, Anthony Wall 7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2007-2009 Anders Hansen 8. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the 2009 PGA European Tour Race to Dubai on completion of the 2009 BMW PGA Championship Thongchai Jaidee, Louis Oosthuizen, Robert Rock 9. First 2 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from all official PGA European Tour events from OWGR Week 19 up to and including the BMW International Open and including the U.S. Open Nick Dougherty, Johan Edfors 10. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2009 Open de France Alstom and the 2009 Barclays Scottish Open. 11. The U.S. Open Champions for 2005-2009 Michael Campbell, Lucas Glover 12. The U.S. Masters Champions for 2005-2009 13. The U.S. PGA Champions for 2004-2008 14. The U.S. PGA Tour Players Champions for 2007-2009 15. Top 30 on the Official 2008 PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list Stuart Appleby, Briny Baird, Ken Duke, Ryuji Imada, Billy Mayfair, Carl Pettersson, Andrés Romero, Kevin Sutherland, D. J. Trahan, Bubba Watson Dudley Hart withdrew prior to the tournament. 16. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the FedEx Cup points list of the 2009 PGA Tour on completion of the HP Byron Nelson Championship Brian Gay, Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III 17. First 2 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from The Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2009 AT&T National Paul Goydos, Bryce Molder 18. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2009 AT&T National and the 2009 John Deere Classic Brandt Snedeker Brett Quigley qualified at the John Deere Classic, but declined the invitation in order to attend the memorial service for the wife of fellow player Chris Smithhttps://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=4322827 Stricker earns second PGA win of year Associated Press ESPN 12 July 2009 20 July 2009 19. Playing members of the 2008 Ryder Cup teams J. B. Holmes, Boo Weekley 20. First place on the 2008 Asian Tour Order of Merit 21. First place on the 2008 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit Mark Brown 22. First place on the 2008 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit Richard Sterne 23. The 2008 Japan Open Champion 24. First 2, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2008 Prayad Marksaeng, Azuma Yano 25. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2009 Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic Ryo Ishikawa, Tomohiro Kondo, Kenichi Kuboya, David Smail 26. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt having applied (25) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2009 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2009 Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic Yuta Ikeda, Koumei Oda 27. The Senior British Open Champion for 2008 Bruce Vaughan 28. The 2009 Amateur Champion Matteo Manassero (a) 29. The 2008 U.S. Amateur Champion (U.S. Amateur winner Danny Lee turned professional in April 2009 and forfeited his automatic exemption.http://www.amateurgolf.com/3444-GolfNews-World-Number1-Danny-Lee-Turns-Pro World Number 1 Danny Lee Turns Pro The New Zealand Herald amateurgolf.com 14 April 2009 20 July 2009) 30. The 2008 European Individual Amateur Champion Stephan Gross (a) International Final Qualifying Africa: Jaco Ahlers, Marc Cayeux, Jeremy Kavanagh Australasia: Josh Geary, Tim Wood, Michael Wright Asia: Gaganjeet Bhullar, Liang Wenchong, Terry Pilkadaris, Tim Stewart America: James Driscoll, Freddie Jacobson, Richard S. Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Martin Laird, Davis Love III, Jeff Overton Tim Wilkinson withdrew prior to the tournament due to thumb surgery. Europe: Paul Broadhurst, Rhys Davies, David Drysdale, Rafael Echenique, Oliver Fisher, Branden Grace, Raphaël Jacquelin, Gary Orr, Richie Ramsay, Graeme Storm Local Final Qualifying (Monday 6 July and Tuesday 7 July) Glasgow Golf Club - Gailes Links: Thomas Aiken, Peter Baker, David Higgins, Elliot Saltman Kilmarnock (Barassie): Markus Brier, Peter Ellebye, Daniel Gaunt, Lloyd Saltman Western Gailes: Fredrik Andersson Hed, Thomas Haylock, Steve Surry, Daniel Wardrop Alternates Drawn from the Official World Golf Rankings of 5 July 2009http://dps.twiihosting.net/wgr/doc/content/archive/2009/owgr27f2009.pdf Official World Golf Rankings, Week 27, 5 July 2009 Official World Golf Rankings 5 July 2009 20 July 2009 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes (provide the player was entered in the Open and did not withdraw from qualifying):http://www.thetimes.co.za/Sport/Article.aspx?id=1033156 Open joy for Thomas Levet Agence France-Presse The Times 20 July 2009 20 July 2009 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Mathew Goggin replaced Trevor Immelman. Ben Crane replaced Phil Mickelson. Steve Marino replaced Shingo Katayama. Rod Pampling entered the field as no players not already qualified finished in the top 5 at the Barclays Scottish Open.http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/pampling-pinches-lastminute-open-slot-20090713-dho5.html Pampling pinches last-minute Open slot The Sydney Morning Herald 13 July 2009 13 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120402152740/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/pampling-pinches-lastminute-open-slot-20090713-dho5.html 2 April 2012 dead Thomas Levet replaced Brett Quigley. John Senden replaced Jeev Milkha Singh. Round summaries First round Thursday, 16 July 2009 Calm and sunny weather provided good scoring conditions for the opening round. Miguel Ángel Jiménez took the lead at 64 (−6), and past champions turned back the clock: five-time winner Tom Watson, age 59, carded a bogey-free 65, and both Mark Calcavecchia (1989, age 49) and Mark O'Meara (1998, 52) shot 67. Ben Curtis, 2003 champion, also opened with 65 to join Watson and Kenichi Kuboya, who was even par through 14 holes, but finished birdie, birdie, eagle, birdie. Steve Stricker, Stewart Cink, and Camilo Villegas started strong at 66, and notables at 67 included Calcavecchia, O'Meara, Retief Goosen, Jim Furyk, Mike Weir, and Vijay Singh. Two-time defending champion Pádraig Harrington had a quiet 69, while Tiger Woods struggled off the tee for 71. Two-time champion Greg Norman, the previous year's Cinderella story, had a disappointing 77.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8154954.stm Superb Jimenez holds lead at Open 16 July 2009 BBC Sport 16 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090717101822/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8154954.stm 17 July 2009 livehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8150295.stm The Open - day one as it happened 16 July 2009 BBC Sport 20 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090716101256/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/8150295.stm 16 July 2009 live PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez64−6T2 USA Ben Curtis65−5 JPN Kenichi Kuboya USA Tom WatsonT5 USA Stewart Cink66−4 AUS Mathew Goggin AUS John Senden USA Steve Stricker COL Camilo VillegasT10 USA Mark Calcavecchia67−3 USA Jim Furyk ZAF Retief Goosen ZAF Branden Grace ZAF James Kingston USA Steve Marino USA Mark O'Meara FJI Vijay Singh ZAF Richard Sterne USA Boo Weekley CAN Mike Weir Second round Friday, 17 July 2009 High winds and scattered showers pushed the scoring average more than two strokes higher with just seven sub-par rounds on Friday, compared to fifty on Thursday. The conditions were the worst during the morning, and the round's best of 68 belonging to co-leader Steve Marino and Ross Fisher, tied for fourth place. Retief Goosen shot an even par 70 to share fourth. Veteran Tom Watson continued his excellent performance; he struggled through the front nine, but holed long putts at the 16th and 18th, as he made three birdies on the back nine to tie Marino for the lead at 135 (−5). Nearly sixty, Watson looked to become the oldest winner of a major championship by over a decade.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8156901.stm Woods misses cut as Watson shines BBC Sport 17 July 2009 18 July 2009 The cut was at 144 (+4) and 73 players advanced to the weekend. Sixteen-year-old British Amateur Champion Matteo Manassero played with Watson and posted 141 and all but secured the silver medal as the leading amateur.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8156753.stm Italian teenager enjoys dream day BBC Sport 17 July 2009 18 July 2009 Among those to miss the cut was world number one and pre-tournament favorite Tiger Woods. Going out in the afternoon, his 74 included two double bogeys on holes 10 and 13, and his 145 missed the cut by a stroke. It was his first missed cut at the Open, and only the second missed cut in a major as a professional, after the 2006 U.S. Open. Other notables to miss the cut included Mike Weir (67–78=145), Ben Curtis (65–80=145), David Duval (71–76=147), and Geoff Ogilvy (75–78=153).https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8154988.stm Open day two as it happened 16 July 2009 BBC Sport 20 July 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Steve Marino67-68=135−5 USA Tom Watson65-70=1353 USA Mark Calcavecchia67-69=136−4T4 ENG Ross Fisher69-68=137−3 ZAF Retief Goosen67-70=137 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez64-73=137 JPN Kenichi Kuboya65-72=137 FJI Vijay Singh67-70=137T9 USA Stewart Cink66-72=138−2 USA J. B. Holmes68-70=138 AUS Mathew Goggin66-72=138 ZAF James Kingston67-71=138 ENG Lee Westwood68-70=138 Amateurs: Manassero (+1), Gross (+9). Third round Saturday, 18 July 2009 Tom Watson continued his good form with a one-over 71 to maintain a one stroke lead. Mathew Goggin was one of only five players under par in conditions similar to Friday, and was just one stroke off the lead, tied for second with Ross Fisher. The best round of the day was 67 by Bryce Molder, who leapt into the top ten after starting the round in a tie for 53rd.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8157658.stm Watson leads going into final day BBC Sport 18 July 2009 18 July 2009https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8156941.stm Open day three as it happened 16 July 2009 BBC Sport 20 July 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tom Watson65-70-71=206−4T2 ENG Ross Fisher69-68-70=207−3 AUS Mathew Goggin66-72-69=207T4 ZAF Retief Goosen67-70-71=208−2 ENG Lee Westwood68-70-70=208T6 USA Stewart Cink66-72-71=209−1 USA Jim Furyk67-72-70=209T8 USA Bryce Molder70-73-67=210E THA Thongchai Jaidee69-72-69=210T10 ARG Ángel Cabrera69-70-72=211+1 SWE Richard S. Johnson70-72-69=211 USA Steve Marino67-68-76=211 USA Boo Weekley67-72-72=211 Final round Sunday, 19 July 2009 Fisher birdied the first two holes to take the outright lead as Watson had two bogeys in three holes. Fisher had a three shot lead at one point, but dropped back with a bogey on the 4th hole and quadruple bogey 8 on the 5th hole, and was never in contention again. Matthew Goggin was in contention most of the day and was tied for the lead with 5 holes remaining, but 3 straight bogeys took him out of contention. Chris Wood was 4 under for the day through 17 holes and 2 under the tournament, just 1 stroke behind the lead. But he caught a flier from the rough on 18 and was unable to get up and down behind the green, dropping to 1 under. Lee Westwood eagled the 7th hole to move into the lead, which he held or shared for most of the round, but bogeys at three of the last four holes, including a three putt on 18, dropped him to 1 under, one stroke behind clubhouse leader Cink, who had rolled in a 15 ft 0.5 on putt for birdie at the 18th to move to two-under. Watson birdied the 17th to move into sole possession of the lead at 3 under par. Needing a par four at the 18th to win, his approach shot took a hard bounce and rolled well over the green. Watson was unable to get up and down and entered into a four-hole playoff with Cink for the Claret Jug.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8157752.stm Open day four as it happened 16 July 2009 BBC Sport 20 July 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)T1 USA Stewart Cink66-72-71-69=278−2Playoff USA Tom Watson65-70-71-72=278T3 ENG Lee Westwood68-70-70-71=279−1255,000 ENG Chris Wood70-70-72-67=279T5 ENG Luke Donald71-72-70-67=280E157,000 AUS Mathew Goggin66-72-69-73=280 ZAF Retief Goosen67-70-71-72=280T8 ZAF Thomas Aiken71-72-69-69=281+190,400 ZAF Ernie Els69-72-72-68=281 DEN Søren Hansen68-72-74-67=281 SWE Richard S. Johnson70-72-69-70=281 USA Justin Leonard70-70-73-68=281 Amateurs: Manassero (+2) Scorecard Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par444343544 434443454USA Cink −1−1−1−1EE−1−1−1E−1−1−2−1−2−1−1−2USA Watson −3−3−2−2−2−2−3−3−2−2−3−3−3−2−2−2−3−2ENG Westwood −2−2−2−2−1−2−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−2−1−2−1ENG Wood +2+2+2+2+2+2E−1−1−2−2−2−1E−1−1−2−1 ENG Donald +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 E E AUS Goggin −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −1 E E E RSA Goosen −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E +2 +2 E E ENG Fisher −4 −5 −5 −4 E E +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ Source:https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/2009/29 Yahoo! Sports 2009 Open Championship leaderboard 19 July 2009 8 July 2014 Playoff Watson and Cink had tied at 278 (−2) during regulation play and entered a playoff for the championship. Under the rules of the Open Championship, a four-hole aggregate playoff was played over hole numbers 5, 6, 17, and 18. On the first extra hole, both players found greenside bunkers, but while Watson was only able to make minimal progress towards the hole and made bogey, Cink splashed out to 6 ft in and saved par. Both made par three on the second hole, but at the par 5 17th, Watson's drive went left to a bad lie in heavy rough, and he was unable to reach the fairway with his next shot. On the green in four, he three-putted for double bogey, while Cink hit the green in two and two-putted for birdie. With a four-stroke lead on the final hole, Cink hit his approach to 5 ft in and made birdie to triumph in the playoff by six strokes. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 USA Stewart Cink 4-3-4-3=14 −2750,0002 USA Tom Watson 5-3-7-5=20 +4450,000 Four-hole aggregate playoff on holes 5, 6, 17, and 18 Scorecard Playoff Hole  5    6   17  18 Par4354USA Cink EE−1−2USA Watson +1+1+3+4 Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par Source: References External links Turnberry 2009 (Official site) 138th Open Championship - Turnberry (European Tour) 2009 Open Championship (PGA of America) 2009 55.316 -4.832 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Category:Sport in South Ayrshire Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:21st century in South Ayrshire Category:Turnberry