2015 Open Championship

August 2014 August 2014 2015 Open Championship 2015 Open Championship logo.png 16–20 July 2015 St Andrews, Scotland Old Course The R&A European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour 72 7297 yd on 156 players, 80 after cut 144 (E) £6,300,000http://www.theopen.com/NewsVideo/News/2015/06/The-Champion-Golfer-of-the-Year-will-win-more-than-1-million-for-the-first-time-at-the-144th-Open The Champion Golfer of the Year will win more than £1 million at The Open The Open 24 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150626065717/http://www.theopen.com/NewsVideo/News/2015/06/The-Champion-Golfer-of-the-Year-will-win-more-than-1-million-for-the-first-time-at-the-144th-Open 26 June 2015 dead dmy-all €8,717,310$9,831,780 £1,150,000€1,591,255 $1,794,690 USA Zach Johnson 273 (−15), playoff 2014 2016 UK#UK Scotland#Scotland Fife yes St Andrews Location in the United Kingdom##Location in Scotland##Location in Fife 56.343 -2.803 type:event inline,title The 2015 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 144th Open Championship, held from 16 to 20 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. It was the 29th Open Championship played at the course and Zach Johnson won in a four-hole playoff for his second major title. World number one Rory McIlroy withdrew prior to the tournament due to an off-course ankle injury; he was the first defending champion absent from the Open in over sixty years, since Ben Hogan opted not to participate in 1954. Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth attempted to win a third consecutive major and take over the top ranking.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/08/rory-mcilroy Rory McIlroy pulls out of Open title defence at St Andrews through injury 8 July 2015 The Guardian 15 July 2015https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/13/jordan-spieth-open-2015-putting-driver-st-andrews-golf Jordan Spieth warns Open 2015 rivals: 'My putting is awesome right now' 13 July 2015 The Guardian 15 July 2015 He finished one stroke out of the playoff, in a tie for fourth.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/33597911 Open 2015: Zach Johnson triumphs in play-off at St Andrews 20 July 2015 BBC Sport Phil Dawkes 21 July 2015 Inclement weather – which included heavy rain and very strong winds – forced play to be suspended twice, on Friday and Saturday, with the latter having play suspended for nearly most of the day. The third round was held on Sunday and the final round (and playoff) on Monday. This was also the last Open Championship played under the then present TV deals with the BBC and ESPN each having their swan song. NBC and Sky Sports would take over coverage the following year at Royal Troon. This was the final Open appearance for five-time champion Tom Watson and three-time champion Nick Faldo who played in his last major championship. Venue Old Course at St Andrews The 2015 event is the 29th Open Championship played at the Old Course at St Andrews. The most recent was in 2010 when Louis Oosthuizen won his only major title and became the second South African to win an Open Championship at St Andrews (Bobby Locke is the first, having won at St Andrews in 1957). HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Burn3754 10Bobby Jones38642Dyke452411High (In)17433Cartgate (Out)398412Heathery (In)34844Ginger Beer480413Hole O'Cross (In)46545Hole O'Cross (Out)570514Long61456Heathery (Out)414415Cartgate (In)45547High (Out)371416Corner of the Dyke41848Short174317Road49549End352418Tom Morris3564Out3,58636In3,71136Source:http://www.standrews.org.uk/golf/the_courses/old_course.html St Andrews – The Old Course 19 February 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120921212811/http://www.standrews.org.uk/golf/the_courses/old_course.html 21 September 2012 dmy Total7,29772 Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 19, 203 30 June 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 dmy 2010: 7305 yd 2005: 7279 yd 2000: 7115 yd 1995: 6933 yd 1990: 6933 yd 1984: 6933 yd 2em 1978: 6933 yd 1970: 6957 yd 1964: 6926 yd 1960: 6936 yd 1955: 6936 yd Field Criteria and exemptions Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.http://www.theopen.com/sitecore/shell/~/media/files/players/2015/2015%20Open%20Entry%20Form.pdf The Open Championship – Entry Form The Open 28 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150323074539/http://www.theopen.com/sitecore/shell/~/media/files/players/2015/2015%20Open%20Entry%20Form.pdf 23 March 2015 dead dmy-all http://www.theopen.com/Players/Exemptions Exemptions 28 January 2015 1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 19 July 2015 15em Mark Calcavecchia (3) Stewart Cink (2,3) Darren Clarke (2,3) Ben Curtis John Daly David Duval Ernie Els (2,3) Nick Faldo Todd Hamilton Pádraig Harrington (2) Paul Lawrie Tom Lehman Justin Leonard (3) Sandy Lyle Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,15) Mark O'Meara Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,5,6) Tiger Woods (2,3,12) Eligible but did not enter: Ian Baker-Finch, Greg Norman, Nick Price Rory McIlroy (2,3,4,5,6,7,9,11,13,15) withdrew with an ankle injury.https://news.yahoo.com/rory-mcilroy-pulls-british-open-155611218.html Rory McIlroy pulls out of British Open Yahoo News Associated Press 8 July 2015 2. The Open Champions for 2005–2014 3. The Open Champions finishing in the first 10 and tying for 10th place in The Open Championship 2009–2014Category 3 was extended from 2010 back to 2009 to enable Watson to make a final Open appearance at St Andrewshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/28133197 The Open: Tom Watson delighted at 'very special' 2015 exemption 2 July 2015 BBC Sport 17 July 2015 Tom Watson 4. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2014 Open Championship 15em Victor Dubuisson (5,6,15) Rickie Fowler (5,12,13,15) Jim Furyk (5,13,15) Sergio García (5,6,13,15) Marc Leishman Shane Lowry (5,6) Graeme McDowell (5,6,15) Edoardo Molinari Charl Schwartzel (5,6,10) Adam Scott (5,10,13) 5. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2015 15em Keegan Bradley (11,15) Paul Casey Jason Day (13) Jamie Donaldson (6,15) Matt Every Branden Grace Bill Haas (13) J. B. Holmes Billy Horschel (13) Thongchai Jaidee (6) Miguel Ángel Jiménez (6) Dustin Johnson (13) Zach Johnson (13,15) Martin Kaymer (6,9,11,12,13,15) Brooks Koepka (6) Matt Kuchar (13,15) Anirban Lahiri (OQSoqs Lahiri and Chalmers had already qualified through the Open Qualifying Series prior to meeting exemption criteria.) Joost Luiten (6) Hunter Mahan (13,15) Ben Martin Hideki Matsuyama (13) Ryan Moore Kevin Na (13) Ryan Palmer (13) Ian Poulter (6,15) Patrick Reed (13,15) Justin Rose (6,9,13,15) Webb Simpson (9,13,15) Brandt Snedeker Jordan Spieth (9,10,13,15) Henrik Stenson (6,15) Brendon Todd (13) Jimmy Walker (13,15) Bubba Watson (10,13,15) Lee Westwood (6,15) Bernd Wiesberger Danny Willett (6) Gary Woodland (13) Chris Kirk (13) withdrew with a hand injury.http://www.pgatour.com/news/2015/07/11/chris-kirk-wd-open-championship.html Kirk withdraws from Open Championship Helen Ross PGA Tour 11 July 2015 6. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2014 15em Thomas Bjørn (15) Jonas Blixt George Coetzee Ross Fisher Tommy Fleetwood Stephen Gallacher (15) Mikko Ilonen Pablo Larrazábal Alexander Lévy Marcel Siem Marc Warren Romain Wattel 7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2013–2015 15em An Byeong-hun Matteo Manassero 8. 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 2015 BMW International Open Kiradech Aphibarnrat Alex Norén withdrew with an injury.TheOpen 620173660943462400 12 July 2015 Field update: Alex Noren of Sweden has withdrawn from #TheOpen due to injury and is replaced by Japan's Hiroshi Iwata 9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2011–2015 10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2011–2015 11. The PGA Champions for 2010–2014 Jason Dufner 12. The Players Champions for 2013–2015 13. The leading 30 qualifiers for the 2014 Tour Championship 15em Russell Henley Morgan Hoffmann Geoff Ogilvy John Senden Cameron Tringale 14. 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 2015 on completion of the 2015 Travelers Championship 15em Steven Bowditch Charley Hoffman Kevin Kisner Robert Streb 15. Playing members of the 2014 Ryder Cup teams 16. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2014 David Lipsky 17. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2014 Greg Chalmers (OQSoqs) 18. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2014 Thomas Aiken 19. The Japan Open Champion for 2014 Yuta Ikeda 20. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2014 15em Hiroyuki Fujita Koumei Oda 21. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2015 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2015 Japan Golf Tour Championship 15em Adam Bland Liang Wenchong 22. The Senior Open Champion for 2014 Bernhard Langer 23. The Amateur Champion for 2015 Romain Langasque (a) 24. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2014 Gunn Yang (a) 25. The European Amateur Champion for 2014 Ashley Chesters (a) 26. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2014 Ollie Schniederjans (a) Open Qualifying Series 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 top n and ties. In the event of ties, positions went to players ranked highest according to that week's OWGR.http://www.theopen.com/NewsVideo/News/2014/11/The%20road%20to%20The%20Open%20begins%20in%20Australia The road to The Open begins in Australia The Open 23 November 2014 24 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141229011413/http://www.theopen.com/NewsVideo/News/2014/11/The%20road%20to%20The%20Open%20begins%20in%20Australia 29 December 2014 dead dmy-all Location Tournament Date Spots Top Qualifiers Australia Emirates Australian Open 30 Nov 3 10 Greg Chalmers (17), Rod Pampling, Brett Rumford Thailand Thailand Golf Championship 14 Dec 4 12 Marcus Fraser, Scott Hend, Anirban Lahiri (5), Jonathan Moore Africa Joburg Open 1 Mar 3 10 David Howell, Andy Sullivan, Anthony Wall Japan Mizuno Open 31 May 4 12 Scott Strange, Tadahiro Takayama, Taichi Teshima, Shinji Tomimura Ireland The Irish Open 31 May 3 10 Tyrrell Hatton, Søren Kjeldsen, Eddie Pepperell USA Travelers Championship 28 Jun 4 12 Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Brian Harman, Carl Pettersson France Alstom Open de France 5 Jul 3 10 Rafa Cabrera-Bello, James Morrison, Jaco van Zyl USA Greenbrier Classic 5 Jul 4 12 James Hahn, David Hearn, Danny Lee, Greg Owen Scotland Scottish Open 12 Jul 3 10 Daniel Brooks, Raphaël Jacquelin, Rikard Karlberg USA John Deere Classic 12 Jul 1 5 Tom Gillis Final Qualifying The Final Qualifying events were played on 30 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.http://www.theopen.com/Players Players The Open 2 July 2015 Location Qualifiersamateur (a) – indicates the player was an amateur.(R) – indicates a golfer who came through Regional Qualifying. Gailes Links Ryan Fox, Paul Kinnear (a, R), Mark Young (R) Hillside Scott Arnold, Pelle Edberg, Jordan Niebrugge (a) Royal Cinque Ports Alister Balcombe (a, R), Gary Boyd, Ben Taylor (a, R) Woburn Robert Dinwiddie, Paul Dunne (a), Retief Goosen Alternates To make up the full field of 156, additional places were allocated in ranking order from the Official World Golf Ranking at the time that these places were made available by the Championship Committee. Any places made available after the 5 July 2015 used the week 27 rankings. From the Week 26 (week ending 29 June) Official World Golf Ranking:http://www.theopen.com/NewsVideo/News/2015/06/Donald-secures-return-to-The-Open Donald secures return to The Open The Open 29 June 2015 29 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150701213716/http://www.theopen.com/NewsVideo/News/2015/06/Donald-secures-return-to-The-Open 1 July 2015 dead dmy-all 15em Francesco Molinari (ranked 43) Matt Jones (67) David Lingmerth (72) Harris English (74) Daniel Berger (75) Tim Clark (71) withdrew.TheOpen 620311084830994432 12 July 2015 Field update: Tim Clark (South Africa) has withdrawn from #TheOpen and is replaced by Richie Ramsay (Scotland) From the Week 27 (week ending 5 July) Official World Golf Ranking: 15em Russell Knox (ranked 77)Knox replaced Rory McIlroy. Kevin Streelman (80)Streelman replaced Chris Kirk. Hiroshi Iwata (81)Iwata replaced Alex Norén. Richie Ramsay (82)Ramsay replaced Tim Clark. Round summaries First round Thursday, 16 July 2015 Dustin Johnson posted a seven-under-par 65 on day one to lead by one shot from a group of six golfers.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/33555269 Open 2015: Dustin Johnson leads at St Andrews after day one 16 July 2015 BBC Sport Ben Dirs 17 July 2015https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/theopen/11742106/The-Open-2015-day-one-live-Tigers-Woods-finishes-four-over-in-first-round.html The Open 2015, day one - as it happened 16 July 2015 Daily Telegraph JJ Bull Dan Lucas 17 July 2015 Jordan Spieth was two shots off the lead after carding a 67.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/jul/16/the-open-2015-day-one-live-golf The Open 2015: day one – as it happened 16 July 2015 The Guardian Scott Murray Alan Smith 17 July 2015https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/16/dustin-johnson-leads-open-2015-65 Dustin Johnson leads Open after superb 65 as he chases major redemption 16 July 2015 The Guardian Ewan Murray 17 July 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Dustin Johnson 65 −7T2 AUS Jason Day 66 −6 ZAF Retief Goosen USA Zach Johnson SCO Paul Lawrie USA Robert Streb ENG Danny WillettT8 USA Kevin Na 67 −5 USA Jordan Niebrugge (a) ZAF Louis Oosthuizen ZAF Charl Schwartzel USA Jordan Spieth *The last group completed play at approximately 9:36 pm. BST (UTC+1) Second round Friday and Saturday, 17–18 July 2015 The first group teed-off at 6:32 am BST on Friday, but heavy rain caused localised flooding and play was suspended at 6:46 am. Restarted at 10 am; later tee times were delayed over three hours . The tee time for the 52nd and last group was delayed from the original 4:13 pm to 7:27 pm. The second round was not completed on Friday and 42 players returned early Saturday to finish their rounds.https://www.espn.com/golf/theopen15/story/_/id/13275308/dustin-johnson-leads-open-second-round-suspended-darkness Dustin Johnson retains lead with five holes left in second round ESPN 17 July 2015https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/18/the-open-st-andrews The Open suffers storm of criticism as wind wreaks havoc at St Andrews 18 July 2015 The Guardian Ewan Murray 21 July 2015https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/jul/17/the-open-2015-day-two-live-golf The Open 2015: day two – as it happened 20 July 2015 The Guardian Scott Murray Alan Smith 21 July 2015 Dustin Johnson was the overnight leader on 10-under-par after 13 holes, a stroke ahead of Danny Willett.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/33562710 Open 2015: Dustin Johnson leads after day two at St Andrews 17 July 2015 BBC Sport Ben Dirs 18 July 2015 The day marked the final Open appearance of five-time champion Tom Watson at age 65.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/jul/18/the-open-2015-day-three-live The Open 2015: day three – as it happened 18 July 2015 The Guardian Scott Murray 21 July 2015 Play resumed on Saturday at 7 am, with the third round due to start at 11 am. However, play was soon suspended at 7:32 am because a strong wind was moving stationary balls on some of the greens. Because it was a non-dangerous situation, players were allowed to complete the hole they were playing. Dustin Johnson had bogeyed the 14th to move back to 9-under-par, tied for the lead with Willett. After a delay of several hours, it was decided that only the remainder of the second round would be competed on Saturday, with the third round scheduled for Sunday and the fourth round for Monday. Play finally resumed at 6 pm, a 10½ hour delay, and was completed after 9 pm. The 36-hole cut was at even par 144 and eighty players advanced to the third round. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Dustin Johnson 65-69=134 −102 ENG Danny Willett 66-69=135 −93 SCO Paul Lawrie 66-70=136 −8T4 AUS Jason Day 66-71=137 −7 USA Zach Johnson 66-71=137 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 67-70=137 AUS Adam Scott 70-67=137 USA Robert Streb 66-71=137 SCO Marc Warren 68-69=137T10 ENG Luke Donald 68-70=138 −6 IRL Paul Dunne (a) 69-69=138 ZAF Retief Goosen 66-72=138 JPN Hideki Matsuyama 72-66=138 *The last group completed play Saturday at approximately 9:19 pm. Amateurs: Dunne (−6), Niebrugge (−4), Langasque (−3), Schniederjans (−2), Chesters (−1), Kinnear (+2), Yang (+6), Balcombe (+6), Taylor (+11) Third round Sunday, 19 July 2015 Amateur Paul Dunne was in a share of the lead after the third round along with Louis Oosthuizen and Jason Day.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/19/the-open-2015-i-dont-see-why-i-cant-win-claret-jug-says-paul-dunne The Open 2015: I don't see why I can't win Claret Jug, says Paul Dunne 20 July 2015 The Guardian Ewan Murray 21 July 2015 No amateur had led the Open after three rounds since 1927.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/jul/19/the-open-day-four-live The Open 2015: round three – as it happened 20 July 2015 Guardian Scott Murray 21 July 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 AUS Jason Day 66-71-67=204 −12 IRL Paul Dunne (a) 69-69-66=204 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 67-70-67=2044 USA Jordan Spieth 67-72-66=205 −115 IRL Pádraig Harrington 72-69-65=206 −10T6 ESP Sergio García 70-69-68=207 −9 ZAF Retief Goosen 66-72-69=207 USA Zach Johnson 66-71-70=207 AUS Marc Leishman 70-73-64=207 USA Jordan Niebrugge (a) 67-73-67=207 ENG Justin Rose 71-68-68=207 AUS Adam Scott 70-67-70=207 USA Robert Streb 66-71-70=207 ENG Danny Willett 66-69-72=207 *The last group completed play Sunday at approximately 7:04 pm. Amateurs: Dunne (−12), Niebrugge (−9), Chesters (−6), Schniederjans (−4), Langasque (−4) Final round Monday, 20 July 2015 Marc Leishman carded a 66 in the final round to have the lead in the clubhouse at −15 while the final pairings were beginning their back nine. Zach Johnson then birdied the 18th to also card a 66 and tie the clubhouse lead with Leishman. The second to last group of the round were Jason Day and Jordan Spieth. Day and Spieth both headed to the par-4 16th at −14, one shot back of Leishman and Johnson. Spieth hit a difficult putt to birdie to get to -15, while Day parred. On the famous par-4 17th "Road Hole," an errant approach shot by Spieth resulted in a bogey and he was back at −14. Day was unable to convert a difficult birdie putt and remained at −14 as well. At the 18th, Spieth's approach shot was short, in the "Valley of Sin" below the green; he almost holed the chip for birdie, but settled for par and 274 (−14). Day was left with a 15 ft 0.5 on birdie putt to join the playoff, but could not convert and also ended a stroke back at 274. The final pairing was Louis Oosthuizen and amateur Paul Dunne, who was at even par 36 out, but was four-over on the next four holes, fell out of contention, and tied for thirtieth place. Oosthuizen played a solid round and needed a birdie at 18 to get into the playoff with Leishman and Johnson. His approach shot left him with a 10 ft 0 on birdie putt, which he sunk. The Open Championship's rules dictated there would be a four-hole aggregate score playoff between Johnson, Leishman, and Oosthuizen. Johnson took the early lead on the first and never looked back, winning by a stroke over Oosthuizen.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/jul/20/the-open-day-five-live The Open 2015: fourth round - as it happened 20 July 2015 The Guardian Scott Murray 21 July 2015https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/33604587 Open 2015: Zach Johnson 'humbled' by St Andrews victory 20 July 2015 BBC Sport 21 July 2015 The win was Johnson's second major championship victory; he won the Masters eight years earlier in 2007.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/theopen/11752235/The-Open-2015-Zach-Johnson-holds-nerve-against-Marc-Leishman-and-Louis-Oosthuizen-to-win-first-Claret-Jug.html The Open 2015: Zach Johnson holds nerve against Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen to win first Claret Jug 20 July 2015 The Daily Telegraph James Corrigan 21 July 2015 Final leaderboard Champion Silver Medal winner (low amateur)(a) = amateur(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)T1 USA Zach Johnson 66-71-70-66=273 −15 Playoff AUS Marc Leishman 70-73-64-66=273 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen (c) 67-70-67-69=273T4 AUS Jason Day 66-71-67-70=274 −14 295,000 USA Jordan Spieth 67-72-66-69=274T6 ESP Sergio García 70-69-68-70=277 −11 196,000USA Jordan Niebrugge (a) 67-73-67-70=277 0 ENG Justin Rose 71-68-68-70=277 196,000 ENG Danny Willett 66-69-72-70=277T10 USA Brooks Koepka 71-70-69-68=278 −10 138,500 AUS Adam Scott 70-67-70-71=278 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)T12 ENG Ashley Chesters (a) 71-72-67-69=279 −9 0 ENG Luke Donald 68-70-73-68=279 103,875 GER Martin Kaymer 71-70-70-68=279 USA Ollie Schniederjans (a) 70-72-70-67=279 0 USA Brendon Todd 71-73-69-66=279 103,875 ENG Anthony Wall 70-71-68-70=279T18 JPN Hideki Matsuyama 72-66-71-71=280 −8 82,750 USA Robert Streb 66-71-70-73=280T20 USA Stewart Cink (c) 70-71-68-72=281 −7 61,475 AUS Marcus Fraser 74-69-68-70=281 RSA Retief Goosen 66-72-69-74=281 RSA Branden Grace 69-72-73-67=281 IRL Pádraig Harrington (c) 72-69-65-75=281 USA Russell Henley 74-66-72-69=281 USA Phil Mickelson (c) 70-72-70-69=281 ENG James Morrison 71-71-70-69=281 ENG Greg Owen 68-73-71-69=281 USA Patrick Reed 72-70-67-72=281T30 AUS Steven Bowditch 70-69-69-74=282 −6 40,417 IRL Paul Dunne (a) 69-69-66-78=282 0 USA Rickie Fowler 72-71-66-73=282 40,417 USA Jim Furyk 73-71-66-72=282 USA Billy Horschel 73-71-71-67=282 AUS Matt Jones 68-73-69-72=282 IND Anirban Lahiri 69-70-71-72=282 USA Ryan Palmer 71-71-67-73=282 ENG Andy Sullivan 72-71-68-71=282 USA Jimmy Walker 72-68-71-71=282T40 AUS Scott Arnold 71-73-73-66=283 −5 27,861 ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello 71-73-68-71=283 SCO Paul Lawrie (c) 66-70-74-73=283 ITA Francesco Molinari 72-71-73-67=283 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 71-68-72-72=283 AUS John Senden 72-72-68-71=283 USA Webb Simpson 70-70-71-72=283 SWE Henrik Stenson 73-70-71-69=283 SCO Marc Warren 68-69-72-74=283T49 WAL Jamie Donaldson 72-71-71-70=284 −4 18,728 USA David Duval (c) 72-72-67-73=284 NZL Ryan Fox 72-69-76-67=284 ENG David Howell 68-73-73-70=284 USA Dustin Johnson 65-69-75-75=284 USA Hunter Mahan 72-72-67-73=284 NIR Graeme McDowell 72-72-70-70=284 ENG Eddie Pepperell 72-70-66-76=284 ENG Lee Westwood 71-73-69-71=284T58 AUS Greg Chalmers 70-71-69-75=285 −3 15,907 USA Jason Dufner 73-71-67-74=285 USA Matt Kuchar 71-73-70-71=285 USA David Lipsky 73-69-70-73=285 USA Kevin Na 67-75-70-73=285 USA Cameron Tringale 71-71-73-70=285 USA Gary Woodland 72-70-71-72=285T65 RSA Ernie Els (c) 71-73-69-73=286 −2 15,350 THA Thongchai Jaidee 72-71-70-73=286 FRA Romain Langasque (a) 69-72-71-74=286 0T68 CAN Graham DeLaet 71-73-68-75=287 −1 14,950 USA Harris English 71-72-69-75=287 ENG Ross Fisher 71-73-72-71=287 SCO Richie Ramsay 72-71-70-74=287 RSA Charl Schwartzel 67-72-69-79=287 AUT Bernd Wiesberger 72-72-71-72=287T74 ENG Paul Casey 70-71-75-72=288 E 14,450 SWE David Lingmerth 69-72-70-77=288 USA Ben Martin 74-70-67-77=288 AUS Brett Rumford 71-71-71-75=288T78 GER Bernhard Langer 74-70-73-72=289 +1 14,150 USA Mark O'Meara (c) 72-72-71-74=28980 RSA Thomas Aiken 75-69-72-74=290 +2 14,000CUT USA John Daly (c) 71-74=145 +1 FRA Victor Dubuisson 74-71=145 ENG Tommy Fleetwood 69-76=145 USA Brian Harman 73-72=145 FIN Mikko Ilonen 75-70=145 SWE Rikard Karlberg 70-75=145 USA Kevin Kisner 71-74=145 ESP Pablo Larrazábal 76-69=145 FRA Alexander Lévy 70-75=145 IRL Shane Lowry 73-72=145 SWE Carl Pettersson 72-73=145 GER Marcel Siem 70-75=145 KOR An Byeong-hun 74-72=146 +2 SWE Jonas Blixt 75-71=146 NIR Darren Clarke (c) 73-73=146 SWE Pelle Edberg 72-74=146 JPN Hiroyuki Fujita 71-75=146 SCO Stephen Gallacher 73-73=146 ENG Tyrrell Hatton 70-76=146 AUS Scott Hend 74-72=146 FRA Raphaël Jacquelin 76-70=146 ENG Paul Kinnear (a) 70-76=146 SCO Russell Knox 72-74=146 NED Joost Luiten 74-72=146 ITA Matteo Manassero 73-73=146 USA Brandt Snedeker 73-73=146 USA Keegan Bradley 75-72=147 +3 RSA George Coetzee 74-73=147 CAN David Hearn 74-73=147 USA J. B. Holmes 73-74=147 NZL Danny Lee 73-74=147 SCO Sandy Lyle (c) 71-76=147 USA Ryan Moore 74-73=147 ENG Ian Poulter 73-74=147 JPN Tadahiro Takayama 75-72=147 JPN Shinji Tomimura 73-74=147 USA Bubba Watson 71-76=147 THA Kiradech Aphibarnrat 73-75=148 +4 USA James Hahn 75-73=148 JPN Yuta Ikeda 74-74=148 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez 75-73=148 DEN Søren Kjeldsen 75-73=148 USA Tom Lehman (c) 75-73=148 RSA Jaco van Zyl 79-69=148 FRA Romain Wattel 75-73=148 ENG Mark Young 74-74=148 USA Daniel Berger 73-76=149 +5 DEN Thomas Bjørn 70-79=149 AUS Adam Bland 75-74=149 ENG Daniel Brooks 76-73=149 USA Ben Curtis (c) 74-75=149 USA Bill Haas 75-74=149 USA Morgan Hoffmann 73-76=149 JPN Hiroshi Iwata 79-70=149 ITA Edoardo Molinari 74-75=149 JPN Koumei Oda 73-76=149 JPN Taichi Teshima 76-73=149 ENG Alister Balcombe (a) 74-76=150 +6 ENG Robert Dinwiddie 73-77=150 USA Tom Gillis 76-74=150 USA Charley Hoffman 72-78=150 USA Justin Leonard (c) 78-72=150 CHN Liang Wenchong 80-70=150 AUS Scott Strange 77-73=150 USA Kevin Streelman 78-72=150 KOR Gunn Yang (a) 73-77=150 USA Matt Every 73-78=151 +7 USA Todd Hamilton (c) 74-77=151 USA Tiger Woods (c) 76-75=151 USA Jonathan Moore 74-78=152 +8 AUS Rod Pampling 77-75=152 ENG Nick Faldo (c) 83-71=154 +10 USA Mark Calcavecchia (c) 80-75=155 +11 ENG Ben Taylor (a) 82-73=155 USA Tom Watson (c) 76-80=156 +12 ENG Gary Boyd 77-80=157 +13 Source:http://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=2253 ESPN The Open 20 July 2015 15 May 2017 Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par444454434 434454444USA Johnson −9 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −15AUS Leishman −10 −10 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15ZAF Oosthuizen −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15AUS Day −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14USA Spieth −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −14 ESP García −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 USA Niebrugge −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −11 −11 ENG Rose −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 ENG Willett −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 IRL Harrington −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −10 −8 −7 IRL Dunne −11 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −10 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −6 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source: Playoff This was the ninth four-hole playoff at the Open Championship, first used in 1989. The last playoff at St Andrews was twenty years earlier in 1995. Johnson and Oosthuizen birdied the first while Leishman bogeyed; Johnson birdied the second and then the routing switched over to the Road Hole (#17), which all three bogeyed. All three made par at 18 and Johnson won the Claret Jug by a stroke. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 USA Zach Johnson 3-3-5-4=15 −1 1,150,000T2 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 3-4-5-4=16 E 536,500 AUS Marc Leishman 5-4-5-4=18 +2 Four-hole aggregate playoff on holes 1, 2, 17, and 18 Scorecard Hole  1    2   17  18 Par4444USA Johnson −1 −2 −1 −1ZAF Oosthuizen −1 −1 E EAUS Leishman +1 +1 +2 +2 Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par Source: Notes References External links St Andrews 2015 (Official site) 144th Open Championship - St Andrews (European Tour) 2015 Open Championship (PGA of America) 2015 Category:The Open Championship Category:St Andrews Category:21st century in Fife Category:Sport in Fife Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship