2008 Open Championship

December 2020 August 2013 2008 Open Championship 2008_Open_Championship_Official_Film_Cover.png 250px Southport, England Royal Birkdale Golf Club The R&A 17–20 July 2008 European TourPGA TourJapan Golf Tour 70 7173 yd 156 players, 83 after cut 149 (+9) £4,200,000http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/25485471/ British Open coverage on MSNBC 17 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080804032743/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/25485471/ 4 August 2008 dead €5,335,867$8,161,174 £750,000€938,565$1,498,875 IRL Pádraig Harrington 283 (+3) 2007 2009 UK England 1 Southport 53.622 -3.033 Location in England 5 230 Merseyside  Royal Birkdale Golf Club 53.622 -3.033 Location in Southport, Merseyside,north of Liverpool, England 5 210 The 2008 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 137th Open Championship, played from 17 to 20 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Pádraig Harrington successfully defended his Open Championship title, his second; he shot four under par over the final nine holes and was four strokes ahead of runner-up Ian Poulter.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fjVZAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rkcNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6236%2C2569007 Union-Democrat Sonora, California Associated Press Luck of the Irish not necessary 21 July 2008 B1 Harrington was the last golfer to win the same major back-to-back for a decade until Brooks Koepka won consecutive U.S. Opens in 2017 and 2018. Television coverage was provided as usual by the BBC in the UK, and by ABC and TNT in the United States. Field World Number One Tiger Woods was the most notable absentee, as he was recovering from knee surgery following his victory at the U.S. Open. About two-thirds of the field each year consists of players that are fully exempt from qualifying for the Open. Below is the list of the exemption categories and the players who are exempt. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses. Some categories are not shown as all players in that category had already qualified from an earlier category:http://www.opengolf.com/ChampionshipGolf/TheOpenChampionship/Players/ExemptPlayers.aspx Exempt Players OpenGolf 6 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080711051610/http://www.opengolf.com/ChampionshipGolf/TheOpenChampionship/Players/ExemptPlayers.aspx 11 July 2008 dead 1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2007 Open Championship K. J. Choi (7,15,19), Stewart Cink (7,19), Ben Curtis (3,4), Ernie Els (3,4,5,7,15,19), Sergio García (5,7,14,15), Richard Green, Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5,7), Hunter Mahan (7,15,19), Andrés Romero (5,7), Steve Stricker (7,15,19), Mike Weir (7,19) 2. Past Open Champions born between 20 July 1942 and 19 July 1948 (Eligible but not competing: Tony Jacklin, Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf) 3. Past Open Champions aged 60 or under on 20 July 2008 Mark Calcavecchia (15), John Daly, David Duval (4), Todd Hamilton (4), Paul Lawrie (4), Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard (7), Sandy Lyle, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara (4), Tom Watson (28) (Eligible but not competing: Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Nick Price, Bill Rogers, Tiger Woods) 4. The Open Champions for 1998-2007 5. First 20 in the PGA European Tour Final Order of Merit for 2007 Ángel Cabrera (7,11,19), Paul Casey (7), Nick Dougherty, Niclas Fasth (7), Retief Goosen (7,11,19), Anders Hansen (6), Søren Hansen (7), Peter Hanson, Grégory Havret, Søren Kjeldsen, Colin Montgomerie, Justin Rose (7,15), Henrik Stenson (7), Richard Sterne (7), Graeme Storm, Lee Westwood (7) 6. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2006-2008 David Howell, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (7) 7. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Rankings for Week 21, 2008 Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames (14), Stuart Appleby (19), Woody Austin (15,19), Aaron Baddeley (15), Tim Clark, Jim Furyk (15,19,23), J. B. Holmes, Trevor Immelman (12,19), Zach Johnson (12,15,19), Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer, Anthony Kim, Phil Mickelson (12,13,14,15,19), Geoff Ogilvy (11,15,19), Sean O'Hair, Rod Pampling, Ian Poulter, Jeff Quinney, Rory Sabbatini (15,19), Adam Scott (15,19), Vijay Singh (13,15,19), Brandt Snedeker (15), Scott Verplank (15,19), Boo Weekley, Oliver Wilson (Eligible but not competing: Shingo Katayama, Luke Donald withdrew prior to start of tournament with a wrist injury,http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/07/11/donald_injured.ap/index.html Donald out of British Open with wrist injury 13 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080713200810/http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/07/11/donald_injured.ap/index.html 13 July 2008 dead Toru Taniguchi withdrew prior to start of tournament with a back injurySlocum's prayers answered with Taniguchi's withdrawal) 8. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the 2008 PGA European Tour Order of Merit on completion of the 2008 BMW PGA Championship Richard Finch, Graeme McDowell, Damien McGrane 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 Open de France and including the U.S. Open Pablo Larrazábal, Scott Strange 10. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2008 European Open and the 2008 Barclays Scottish Open. David Frost, Simon Khan 11. The U.S. Open Champions for 2004-2008 Michael Campbell 12. The U.S. Masters Champions for 2004-2008 13. The U.S. PGA Champions for 2003-2007 (Eligible but not competing: Shaun Micheel) 14. The U.S. PGA Tour Players Champions for 2006-2008 15. Top 20 on the Official Money List of the 2007 PGA Tour Charles Howell III (19) 16. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the Official Money List of the 2008 PGA Tour on completion of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Bart Bryant, Ryuji Imada 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 2008 AT&T National Rocco Mediate (Eligible but not competing: Kenny Perryhttp://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1821105,00.html Kenny Perry facing criticism for skipping British Open 13 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080713040448/http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1821105,00.html 13 July 2008 dead Field for the British Open) 18. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2008 AT&T National and the 2008 John Deere Classic Freddie Jacobson, Jay Williamson 19. Playing members of the 2007 Presidents Cup teams Lucas Glover, Nick O'Hern (David Toms withdrew prior to start of tournamenthttp://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/07/11/kelly.open/index.html Kelly gets spot in British Open after Toms withdraws 13 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080713200812/http://www.pgatour.com/2008/r/07/11/kelly.open/index.html 13 July 2008 dead) 20. First place on the 2007 Asian Tour Order of Merit Liang Wenchong 21. First 2 on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2007 Craig Parry, David Smail 22. First place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa Sunshine Tour for 2007 James Kingston 23. The RBC Canadian Open Champion for 2007 24. The Japan Open Champion for 2007 25. First 2 on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2007 Brendan Jones, Hideto Tanihara 26. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2008 Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic Michio Matsumura, Prayad Marksaeng, Yoshinobu Tsukada, Azuma Yano 27. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt having applied (26) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2008 Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2008 Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic Hiroshi Iwata, Shintaro Kai 28. The Senior British Open Champion for 2007 29. The 2008 Amateur Champion Reinier Saxton (a) 30. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2007 (Colt Knost turned professional and forfeited his invitation.) 31. The European Individual Amateur Champion for 2007 Benjamin Hébert (a) International Final Qualifying Africa: Josh Cunliffe, Darren Fichardt, Doug McGuigan, Hennie Otto Australasia: Peter Fowler, Brad Lamb, Ewan Porter, Andrew Tampion Asia: Adam Blyth, Danny Chia, Lam Chih Bing, Angelo Que America: Craig Barlow, Rich Beem, Alex Čejka, Tom Gillis, Paul Goydos, Matt Kuchar, Doug LaBelle II, Michael Letzig, Davis Love III, Scott McCarron, Jeff Overton, Tim Petrovic, John Rollins, Kevin Stadler Europe: Thomas Aiken, Phillip Archer, Peter Baker, Grégory Bourdy, Ariel Cañete, Simon Dyson, Pelle Edberg, Johan Edfors, Ross Fisher, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet, David Horsey, José-Filipe Lima, Alex Norén, Simon Wakefield, Anthony Wall, Paul Waring, Steve Webster, Martin Wiegele Local Final Qualifying (Monday 7 July and Tuesday 8 July) Hillside: Rohan Blizard (a), Jamie Elson, Jean van de Velde, Chris Wood (a) Southport and Ainsdale: Jon Bevan, Gary Boyd, Jamie Howarth, Tom Sherreard (a) West Lancashire: Peter Appleyard, Barry Hume, Jonathan Lomas, Philip Walton Alternates Camilo Villegas - took spot not taken by Kenny Perry Pat Perez - replaced Luke Donald Jerry Kelly - replaced David Toms Heath Slocum - replaced Toru Taniguchi Venue Royal Birkdale Golf Club Course layout The 2008 Open Championship Yards n/a 450 421 451 201 346 499 178 457 414 3417 408 436 184 499 201 544 439 572 473 3756 7,173 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 34 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 5 4 36 70 Source: Lengths of the course for previous Opens:http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 21, 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 1998: 7018 yd, par 70 1991: 6940 yd 0, par 70 1983: 6968 yd, par 71 1976: 7001 yd, par 72 2em 1971: 7080 yd 0, par 73 1965: 7037 yd, par 73 1961: 6844 yd, par 72https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hP9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3eIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4350%2C2556749 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Palmer takes British crown 16 July 1961 1B 1954: 6867 yd Round summaries First round Thursday, 17 July 2008 Rocco Mediate, 2008 U.S. Open runner-up, shot a one-under par round of 69 to take the 18-hole lead alongside Graeme McDowell and Robert Allenby. One shot back at even-par was 53-year old two-time champion Greg Norman with fellow countryman Adam Scott. PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 AUS Robert Allenby69−1 NIR Graeme McDowell USA Rocco MediateT4 USA Bart Bryant70E AUS Greg Norman AUS Adam ScottT7 USA Jim Furyk71+1 ZAF Retief Goosen SWE Peter Hanson FRA Grégory Havret SWE Freddie Jacobson ENG Simon Wakefield ENG Anthony Wall CAN Mike Weir Second round Friday, 18 July 2008 The cut was at 149 (+9) and 83 advanced, including Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson, who played in the terrible morning conditions in the first round. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 KOR 1997 K. J. Choi72-67=139−12 AUS Greg Norman70-70=140E3 COL Camilo Villegas76-65=141+1T4 AUS Robert Allenby69-73=142+2 USA David Duval73-69=142 USA Jim Furyk71-71=142 IRL Pádraig Harrington74-68=142 NIR Graeme McDowell69-73=142 USA Rocco Mediate69-73=142 SWE Alex Norén72-70=142 Amateurs: Wood (+5), Sherreard (+6), Hébert (+12), Blizard (+15), Saxton (+17). Third round Saturday, 19 July 2008 Greg Norman, age 53, became the oldest to hold at least a share of the 54-hole lead (it lasted just one year, as Tom Watson led after three rounds in 2009 at age 59). Due to extremely high winds, there were no under-par rounds, and it was first time since 1986 when the 54-hole leader was not under par. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Greg Norman70-70-72=212+2T2 KOR 1997 K. J. Choi72-67-75=214+4 IRL Pádraig Harrington74-68-72=2144 ENG Simon Wakefield71-74-70=215+5T5 USA Ben Curtis78-69-70=217+7 ENG Ross Fisher72-74-71=217 USA Anthony Kim72-74-71=217 SWE Alex Norén72-70-75=217T9 AUS Robert Allenby69-73-76=218+8 USA Rocco Mediate69-73-76=218 ENG Ian Poulter72-71-75=218 SWE Henrik Stenson76-72-70=218 ENG Graeme Storm76-70-72=218 ENG Chris Wood (a)75-70-73=218 Final round Sunday, 20 July 2008 thumb|200px|Greg Norman at the 2008 Open Championship Despite a wrist injury that almost forced him to withdraw prior to the tournament, Pádraig Harrington successfully defended his Open Championship title.http://www.sportsnet.ca/golf/2008/07/20/open_final_round/ Shark tanks, Padraig defends Open title 21 July 2008 Harrington pulled away from the field with a tremendous back nine and became only the fifth to repeat at the Open in the last fifty years. Runner-up Ian Poulter matched Harrington's 69 and was four strokes back, while Greg Norman faltered with eight bogeys for 77 and tied for third place with Henrik Stenson.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/7516327.stm Brilliant Harrington retains Open 21 July 2008 20 July 2008 Rob Hodgetts BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20080721001723/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/7516327.stm 21 July 2008 live PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 IRL Pádraig Harrington 74-68-72-69=283 +3750,0002 ENG Ian Poulter 72-71-75-69=287 +7450,000T3 AUS Greg Norman 70-70-72-77=289 +9255,000 SWE Henrik Stenson 76-72-70-71=289T5 USA Jim Furyk 71-71-77-71=290 +10180,000 ENG Chris Wood (a) 75-70-73-72=290 0T7 AUS Robert Allenby 69-73-76-74=292 +1296,450 CAN Stephen Ames 73-70-78-71=292 ENG Paul Casey 78-71-73-70=292 USA Ben Curtis 78-69-70-75=292 ZAF Ernie Els 80-69-74-69=292 ENG David Howell 76-71-78-67=292 SWE Robert Karlsson 75-73-75-69=292 USA Anthony Kim 72-74-71-75=292 USA Steve Stricker 77-71-71-73=292 Source:http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2008/scoring/ PGA of America 2008 Open Championship 20 July 2008 15 May 2017 Amateurs: Wood (+10), Sherreard (+14). (a) denotes amateur Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par444344344 443435454 IRL Harrington +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 +5 +6 +7 +7 +7 +7 +6 +6 +5 +5 +3 +3 ENG Poulter +9 +9 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +9 +9 +8 +8 +8 +8 +8 +7 +7 +7 AUS Norman +3 +4 +5 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6 +6 +7 +7 +8 +9 +9 +8 +8 +8 +9 SWE Stenson +9 +9 +9 +9 +9 +10 +10 +10 +9 +9 +9 +9 +9 +10 +9 +9 +8 +9 USA Furyk +10 +11 +11 +11 +11 +11 +11 +11 +11 +11 +11 +11 +11 +11 +10 +10 +10 +10 ENG Wood +8 +8 +9 +9 +9 +9 +8 +8 +7 +7 +8 +9 +10 +10 +10 +10 +9 +10 KOR 1997 Choi +5 +5 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 +10 +10 +11 +11 +11 +11 +11 +10 +9 +13 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ Source:https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=411 ESPN British Open Championship 10 August 2015 References External links Royal Birkdale 2008 (Official site) 137th Open Championship- Royal Birkdale (European Tour) 2008 Open Championship (PGA of America) 2008 53.622 -3.033 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in England Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Sport in Southport Category:2000s in Merseyside