2009 Open Championship
Encyclopedia
The 2009 Open Championship was the 138th Open Championship, one of the four major
golf
championships, and was played from 16–19 July at the Turnberry Resort, in Ayrshire
, Scotland
. It was the fourth time The Open Championship
had been played at Turnberry. The previous winners of the tournament there were Tom Watson
in 1977
, Greg Norman
in 1986
, and Nick Price
in 1994
.
The championship was won by Stewart Cink
, who claimed his first major championship after a four-hole playoff with 59 year-old Tom Watson, having not held the outright lead during regulation play. Watson had the chance to win his sixth Open and become the oldest major champion in history during regulation play, but was unable to make par on the final hole to drop into a tie with Cink.
, the course
had been lengthened by almost 250 yards, with over 60 having been added to the par 5 17th hole. Six new tees
had been built, and the 16th hole was 45 yards longer and had been remodelled into a dog-leg to the right, having previously been relatively straight.
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
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)
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
Louis Oosthuizen
, Robert Rock
, Thongchai Jaidee
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
, Dudley Hart
, Ryuji Imada
, Billy Mayfair
, Carl Pettersson
, Andrés Romero
, Kevin Sutherland
, D. J. Trahan
, Bubba Watson
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
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.)
30. The 2008 European Individual Amateur
Champion
Stephan Gross (a)
International Final Qualifying
Local Final Qualifying
Alternates
Drawn from the Official World Golf Rankings
of 5 July 2009 (provide the player was entered in the Open and did not withdraw from qualifying):
took the overnight lead by firing a 6 under par 64. Past champions turned back the clock as 59-year-old five-time winner Tom Watson
carded a bogey-free 65, and both 1989 champion Mark Calcavecchia
(age 49) and 1998 champion Mark O'Meara
(52) shot 67s. 2003 champion Ben Curtis
also opened with a 65 to tie for second alongside Watson and Japan's Kenichi Kuboya
, who was even par through 14 holes, but finished birdie, birdie, eagle, birdie. Last year's Cinderella story Greg Norman
turned in a disappointing 77. Two-time defending champion Pádraig Harrington
shot a quiet 69. Tiger Woods
struggled off the tee and shot 71. Steve Stricker
, Stewart Cink
and Camilo Villegas
, all looking for their first major championship, started strong with 66s. Notable players at -3 67: Calcavecchia, O'Meara, Retief Goosen
, Jim Furyk
, Mike Weir
and Vijay Singh
.
, who would be joint leader at the end of the day, and England's Ross Fisher
, who would be tied for 4th place. Retief Goosen
shot an even par 70 and would also share 4th. 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 5 under par. At the age of 59, Watson looked to become the oldest winner of a major championship.
The cut fell at 144 (4 over par) with 73 players making the cut. Sixteen year-old Italian British Amateur Champion
Matteo Manassero
, playing with Watson, posted a level par second round 70, to go with his first round 71, to make the cut and all but secure the silver medal as the leading amateur. Among those to miss the cut was world number one and pre-tournament favorite Tiger Woods
. Going out in the afternoon, he could only manage a four over par 74 after making 2 double bogeys on holes 10 and 13, and he would finish one shot outside the cut line at 145. It was the first time Woods had missed the cut in the Open, and only the second time he had missed the cut in any major as a professional, after the 2006 U.S. Open
. Other notable players 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).
Amateurs: Manassero
(+1), Gross (+9).
was one of only five players to shoot under par in conditions similar to Friday, and ended the day just one stroke off the lead, tied for second with Ross Fisher. The best round of the day was a three under par 67, posted by Bryce Molder
, who leapt into the top 10, having been tied for 53rd after round two.
at 2 under par. Tom Watson birdied the 17th to move into the clear lead at 3 under par. Needing a par four at the 18th to win, he was unable to get up and down from the back of the final green and went into a 4 hole playoff with Cink.
Amateurs: Manassero (+2)
On the first playoff 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 feet and made his par. Both made par 3s on the second hole. On the third hole of the playoff, the par 5 17th, Watson's drive found a bad lie in heavy rough, and he was unable to reach the fairway with his next shot. Having reached the green in four, he then three-putted for a 7, while Cink hit the green in two and two putted for birdie. With a four stroke lead going down the final hole, Cink hit his approach to 5 feet, and made birdie to triumph in the playoff by 6 strokes and win the Open Championship.
Men's major golf championships
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golf
Golf
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championships, and was played from 16–19 July at the Turnberry Resort, in Ayrshire
Ayrshire
Ayrshire is a registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, United Kingdom, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine. The town of Troon on the coast has hosted the British Open Golf Championship twice in the...
, Scotland
Scotland
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. It was the fourth time The Open Championship
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...
had been played at Turnberry. The previous winners of the tournament there were Tom Watson
Tom Watson (golfer)
Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....
in 1977
1977 Open Championship
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, Greg Norman
Greg Norman
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in 1986
1986 Open Championship
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, and Nick Price
Nick Price
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in 1994
1994 Open Championship
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.
The championship was won by Stewart Cink
Stewart Cink
Stewart Ernest Cink is an American professional golfer who won the 2009 Open Championship. He has spent over 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 2004 to 2009.-Early years and education:...
, who claimed his first major championship after a four-hole playoff with 59 year-old Tom Watson, having not held the outright lead during regulation play. Watson had the chance to win his sixth Open and become the oldest major champion in history during regulation play, but was unable to make par on the final hole to drop into a tie with Cink.
Venue
As with previous editions of The Open Championship at Turnberry, the 2009 event was played over the resort's Ailsa Course. Since it last hosted the Championship in 19941994 Open Championship
The 1994 Open Championship was the 123rd Open Championship held from 14-17 July at Turnberry Golf Resort, Scotland. Nick Price won his second major championship by one stroke over Jesper Parnevik.-First round:-Second round:...
, the course
Golf course
A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...
had been lengthened by almost 250 yards, with over 60 having been added to the par 5 17th hole. Six new tees
Teeing ground
In golf, the teeing ground is the area at the beginning of a hole from which the player's first stroke is taken. When referring to the area, the terms "tee", "tee box", and "teeing ground" are often used interchangeably....
had been built, and the 16th hole was 45 yards longer and had been remodelled into a dog-leg to the right, having previously been relatively straight.
Card of the course
| Hole | Name | Yardage | Par | Hole | Name | Yardage | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ailsa Craig | 354 | 4 | 10 | Dinna Fouter | 456 | 4 | |
| 2 | Mak Siccar | 428 | 4 | 11 | Maidens | 175 | 3 | |
| 3 | Blaw Wearie | 489 | 4 | 12 | Monument | 451 | 4 | |
| 4 | Woe-Be-Tide | 166 | 3 | 13 | Tickly Tap | 410 | 4 | |
| 5 | Fin Me Oot | 474 | 4 | 14 | Risk-An-Hope | 448 | 4 | |
| 6 | Tappie Toorie | 231 | 3 | 15 | Ca' Canny | 206 | 3 | |
| 7 | Roon The Ben | 538 | 5 | 16 | Wee Burn | 455 | 4 | |
| 8 | Goat Fell | 454 | 4 | 17 | Lang Whang | 559 | 5 | |
| 9 | Bruce's Castle | 449 | 4 | 18 | Duel in the Sun | 461 | 4 | |
| Out | 3583 | 35 | In | 3621 | 35 | |||
| Total | 7204 | 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
2008 Open Championship
The 2008 Open Championship was the 137th Open Championship, played 17–20 July, at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, England. Pádraig Harrington of Ireland successfully defended his Open Championship title for his second Open title...
Robert Allenby
Robert Allenby
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(5,15), Stephen Ames
Stephen Ames
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(5), Paul Casey
Paul Casey
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(5,6,7,19), Ben Curtis
Ben Curtis (golfer)
Ben Clifford Curtis is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 2003 Open Championship.-Early career:Curtis was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Ostrander, Ohio. His family runs the , also in Ostrander...
(3,4,5,15,19), Ernie Els
Ernie Els
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(3,4,5,15), Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk
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(5,15,19), Pádraig Harrington
Padraig Harrington
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(3,4,5,6,13,19), David Howell
David Howell (golfer)
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, Anthony Kim
Anthony Kim
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(5,15,19), Greg Norman
Greg Norman
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(3), Ian Poulter
Ian Poulter
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(5,6,19), Henrik Stenson
Henrik Stenson
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(5,6,14,19), Steve Stricker
Steve Stricker
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(5,15,19), Chris Wood
Chris Wood (golfer)
Christopher James Wood is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour. He was the low amateur in the 2008 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and tied for third in the following year's tournament held at Turnberry.-Amateur career:Wood was born in Bristol, England...
- Robert KarlssonRobert KarlssonRobert Karlsson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and as of 2011 on the PGA Tour.-Career:...
(5,6,19) withdrew prior to the tournament due to an eye problem.
2. Past Open Champions born between 17 July 1943 and 19 July 1948
(Eligible but did not compete: Tony Jacklin
Tony Jacklin
Anthony Jacklin CBE is an English golfer, who was the most successful British player of his generation. He was also the most successful European Ryder Cup captain ever.-Early life and education:...
, Johnny Miller
Johnny Miller
John Laurence Miller is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour. He was one of the top players in the world during the mid-1970s; he ranked second in the world on Mark McCormack's world golf rankings in both 1974 and 1975 behind Jack Nicklaus. He is currently the lead golf...
)
3. Past Open Champions aged 60 or under on 19 July 2008
Mark Calcavecchia
Mark Calcavecchia
Mark John Calcavecchia is an American professional golfer and a former PGA Tour member. During his professional career, he has won thirteen PGA Tour events, including the 1989 Open Championship. Calcavecchia currently plays on the Champions Tour.-Early years:Calcavecchia was born in Laurel,...
, John Daly
John Daly (golfer)
John Patrick Daly is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.Daly is known primarily for his driving distance off the tee , his non-country club appearance and attitude, and his rough-and-tumble personal life. Daly remains one of the most popular and intriguing figures on the PGA Tour...
, David Duval
David Duval
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(4), Nick Faldo
Nick Faldo
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, Todd Hamilton
Todd Hamilton
William Todd Hamilton is an American professional golfer.Hamilton was born in the small west-central Illinois city of Galesburg. He grew up in an even smaller Henderson County town on the Mississippi called Oquawka. He attended Union High School in Biggsville, Illinois and played golf regularly on...
(4), Paul Lawrie
Paul Lawrie
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(4), Tom Lehman
Tom Lehman
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, Justin Leonard
Justin Leonard
Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...
(5,15,19), Sandy Lyle
Sandy Lyle
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, Mark O'Meara
Mark O'Meara
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, Tom Watson
Tom Watson (golfer)
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, Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
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(4,5,11,12,13)
(Eligible but did not compete: Ian Baker-Finch
Ian Baker-Finch
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, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Price
Nick Price
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, Bill Rogers
Bill Rogers (golfer)
William Charles Rogers is an American professional golfer who is best known as the winner of the 1981 Open Championship....
)
4. The Open Champions for 1999-2008
5. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Rankings
Official World Golf Rankings
The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers...
for Week 21, 2009
Ángel Cabrera
Angel Cabrera
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(11,12), Chad Campbell
Chad Campbell
David Chad Campbell is an American professional golfer.-Early years and amateur career:Campbell was born in Andrews, Texas and grew up in west Texas. He was a member of a strong junior college men's golf squad during the years he played at Midland College...
(15,19), K. J. Choi
Choi Kyung-Ju
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(15), Stewart Cink
Stewart Cink
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(15,19), Tim Clark (15), Luke Donald
Luke Donald
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, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
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, Ross Fisher
Ross Fisher
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(6), Sergio García
Sergio García
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(6,14,15,19), Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen
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(6), Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Miguel Angel Jiménez
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(6,7,19), Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson
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, Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson
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(12), Martin Kaymer
Martin Kaymer
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(6), Søren Kjeldsen
Søren Kjeldsen
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(6), Hunter Mahan
Hunter Mahan
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(15,19), Graeme McDowell
Graeme McDowell
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(6,19), Rory McIlroy
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, Geoff Ogilvy
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(11), Sean O'Hair
Sean O'Hair
Sean M. O'Hair is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Early life:O'Hair was born in Lubbock, Texas...
, Kenny Perry
Kenny Perry
James Kenneth Perry is an American professional golfer who currently plays on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour, for which he became eligible following his 50th birthday.-Early years:...
(15,19), Álvaro Quirós
Álvaro Quirós
Álvaro Quirós García is a Spanish professional golfer.Quirós was born in Guadiaro, a borough of San Roque, Cádiz. He turned professional in 2004.-Professional career:...
(6), Justin Rose
Justin Rose
Justin Peter Rose is a South African-born English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour while keeping his membership on the European Tour...
(19), Rory Sabbatini
Rory Sabbatini
Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini is a South African professional golfer.Rory Sabbatini was born in Durban, South Africa. He started playing golf at age 4, but concentrated on it from age 12. He was recruited by the University of Arizona, turned professional in 1998 and joined the PGA Tour in 1999...
, Adam Scott, Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
(13,15), David Toms
David Toms
David Wayne Toms is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won a total of thirteen events on the PGA Tour including the 2001 PGA Championship...
, Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child...
(15), Nick Watney
Nick Watney
Nicholas Alan Watney is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The highlight of Watney's career to date is his victory at the 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship....
, Mike Weir
Mike Weir
Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003....
(15), Lee Westwood
Lee Westwood
Lee John Westwood OBE is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons...
(6,19), Oliver Wilson
Oliver Wilson
Oliver John Wilson is an English professional golfer.Wilson was born in Mansfield, England, where his golfing career began at Coxmoor Golf Club....
(6,19)
- Trevor ImmelmanTrevor ImmelmanTrevor John Immelman is a South African professional golfer and winner of the 2008 Masters Tournament.-Early years:Immelman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Born into a golfing family , he took up golf at the age of five. He attended Hottentots Holland High School...
(12,15) withdrew prior to the tournament due to a wrist injury. - Phil MickelsonPhil MickelsonPhilip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...
(12,13,14,15,19) withdrew prior to the tournament due to his wife's recovery from breast cancer surgery. - Shingo KatayamaShingo KatayamaShingo Katayama is a Japanese golfer.Katayama was born in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. He turned professional in 1995 and has played full time on the Japan Golf Tour since 1997. He topped the Japan Golf Tour money list five times: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008...
(23,24) withdrew prior to the tournament due a back injury. - Jeev Milkha SinghJeev Milkha SinghJeev Milkha Singh is the first Indian professional golfer to become a member of the European Tour. He is the highest ranked Indian golfer in the world and first broke into the top 100 in October 2006.-Early life:...
(6,20) withdrew prior to the tournament due a rib injury.
6. First 30 in the PGA European Tour Final Order of Merit for 2008
Darren Clarke
Darren Clarke
Darren Christopher Clarke is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who currently plays on the European Tour and has previously played on the PGA Tour. He has won 22 tournaments worldwide on a number of golf's main tours including the European Tour, the PGA Tour, the Sunshine Tour and the...
, Richard Finch
Richard Finch (golfer)
Richard Finch is an English professional golfer.Finch is currently a member of the European Tour. He has been a member since 2005. Finch earned his card through Qualifying School in 2004...
, Richard Green
Richard Green (golfer)
Richard George Green is an Australian professional golfer.Green was born in Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria. He turned professional in 1992, and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia the same year....
, Søren Hansen
Søren Hansen
Søren Hansen is a Danish professional golfer.Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He won the 1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and turned professional later that year....
(19), Peter Hanson
Peter Hanson
Peter Hanson is a Swedish professional golfer.Hanson was born in Svedala, Sweden. He turned professional in 1998 and has played on the Challenge Tour and the European Tour. His professional wins include the 1998 Gunther Hamburg Classics on the Challenge Tour and the 2005 Open de España on the...
, Peter Hedblom
Peter Hedblom
Peter Mikael Hedblom is a Swedish professional golfer.-Amateur career:Hedblom was born in Gävle, Sweden. He won the 1986 Swedish Boys Championship when he was 16. The following year he won the Doral Junior Classic in the United States and the Scandinavian Amateur Open...
, James Kingston
James Kingston
James Hubert Kingston is a South African professional golfer.Kingston was born in Ottosdal, South Africa. He turned professional in 1988, and is currently a member of the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour...
, Pablo Larrazábal
Pablo Larrazabal
Pablo Larrazábal is a Spanish professional golfer currently playing on the European Tour.Larrazábal was born in Barcelona, Spain. He attended high school in the United States and returned to Spain in 2002 with the intention of turning professional but his father made him work on the family fish...
, Paul McGinley
Paul McGinley
Paul McGinley is an Irish golfer who plays on the European Tour. He is most famous for holing the winning putt for the European team in the 2002 Ryder Cup. He currently resides in Sunningdale, England....
, Damien McGrane
Damien McGrane
Damien McGrane is an Irish golfer.McGrane was born in Kells, County Meath, Ireland. He turned professional in 1991.McGrane has had full status on the European Tour since 2003, and has earned over €3.5m in prize-money...
, Francesco Molinari
Francesco Molinari
Francesco Molinari is an Italian professional golfer. He is a two-time winner on the European Tour and was a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team.-Background and amateur career:...
, Colin Montgomerie
Colin Montgomerie
Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE is a Scottish professional golfer, often referred to by one of his nicknames 'Monty'. He has had one of the finest careers in European Tour history, having won a record eight Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutively from 1993 to 1999, and 31...
, Charl Schwartzel
Charl Schwartzel
Charl Adriaan Schwartzel is a South African professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, European Tour, and the Sunshine Tour. He won the 2011 Masters Tournament. Schwartzel's highest world ranking has been number seven, in May 2011....
, Anthony Wall
Anthony Wall
Anthony David Wall is an English professional golfer.Wall was born in London. He turned professional in 1995 and has played on the European Tour since 1998. He has made the top 100 on the Order of Merit every season since his rookie year. His only European Tour win to date came at the 2000 Alfred...
7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2007-2009
Anders Hansen
Anders Hansen
Anders Rosenberg Hansen is a Danish professional golfer.Hansen was born in Sønderborg, Denmark. He turned professional in 1995...
8. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the 2009 PGA European Tour
PGA European Tour
The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...
Race to Dubai on completion of the 2009 BMW PGA Championship
Louis Oosthuizen
Louis Oosthuizen
Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2010 Open Championship.-Early life and career:...
, Robert Rock
Robert Rock
Robert Rock is an English professional golfer. He was born in Armitage, near Lichfield in Staffordshire. He joined the European Tour as an affiliate member in 2003 and has remained a member ever since....
, Thongchai Jaidee
Thongchai Jaidee
Thongchai Jaidee is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the European Tour. He holds the record for most career victories and most career earnings on the Asian Tour....
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
BMW International Open
The BMW International Open is an annual men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. Founded in 1989, it has always been held in and around BMW's home city of Munich, Germany, and since 1997 has been played at the Golfclub München Eichenried....
and including the U.S. Open
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
Nick Dougherty
Nick Dougherty
Nicholas Dougherty is an English professional golfer.Dougherty was born in Bootle, Merseyside, and attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School near Blackburn, Lancashire. He is a protégé of former professional golfer, Nick Faldo, and had an exceptional amateur career...
, Johan Edfors
Johan Edfors
Johan Edfors is a Swedish professional golfer who plays primarily on the European Tour.Edfors was born in Varberg. He attended the University of Texas at San Antonio on a Division I athletic scholarship for men's golf. He played for the team under the coaching of Barry Denton for two years.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
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
Champions for 2005-2009
Michael Campbell
Michael Campbell
Michael Shane Campbell, CNZM is a New Zealand golfer who is best known for having won the 2005 U.S. Open and the richest prize in golf, the £1,000,000 HSBC World Match Play Championship, in the same year. He is a member of the European Tour.Ethnically, he is predominantly Māori, from the Ngati...
, Lucas Glover
Lucas Glover
Lucas Hendley Glover is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is best known for winning the 2009 U.S. Open.-Amateur career:...
12. The U.S. Masters Champions for 2005-2009
13. The U.S. PGA Champions
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...
for 2004-2008
14. The U.S. PGA Tour Players
The Players Championship
The Players Championship is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour.Originally known as the Tournament Players Championship, the inaugural event in 1974 was played at Atlanta Country Club in Marietta, Georgia before moving to the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas in 1975 and Inverrary...
Champions for 2007-2009
15. Top 30 on the Official 2008 PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
FedEx Cup
FedEx Cup
The FedEx Cup is a championship trophy for the PGA Tour. Its introduction marked the first time that men's professional golf had a playoff system. Announced in November 2005, it was first awarded in 2007 after a NASCAR-like points race. Bill Haas is the current champion...
points list
Stuart Appleby
Stuart Appleby
Stuart Appleby is an Australian professional golfer.-Early life:Appleby was born in Cohuna in rural northern Victoria, and grew up on a nearby dairy farm. He began in golf by hitting balls from paddock to paddock after his farm chores were completed...
, Briny Baird
Briny Baird
Michael Jancey "Briny" Baird is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.Baird was born in Miami Beach, Florida. He played varsity golf in the 7th grade at Miami Country Day...
, Ken Duke
Ken Duke
Kenneth Wootson Duke is an American professional golfer.Duke was born in Hope, Arkansas. After turning professional in 1994, Duke first qualified for the PGA Tour in 2004, but failed to keep his card and returned to the Nationwide Tour...
, Dudley Hart
Dudley Hart
Howard Dudley Hart is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years:Hart was born in Rochester, New York...
, Ryuji Imada
Ryuji Imada
is a U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer.Imada was born in Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan. He came to the United States when he was 14 to attend a Tampa golf academy for Asian players. His instructor was Richard Abele, who became his legal guardian. Under Abele's teaching, he won several of the top ...
, Billy Mayfair
Billy Mayfair
William Fred Mayfair is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour .-Early years and amateur career:Mayfair was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Before his fifteenth birthday, he had won a number of junior golf tournaments. In 1981, he was on the cover of Boys' Life magazine as "golf's...
, Carl Pettersson
Carl Pettersson
Carl Pettersson is a Swedish professional golfer.Pettersson was born in Gothenburg. His father was a Volvo executive who was transferred internationally, so Carl lived in England from ages ten to fourteen and spent his last two high school years at Grimsley High School in Greensboro, North...
, Andrés Romero
Andres Romero
For the Chilean footballer with the same name see Andrés Romero Andrés Fabián Romero is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the PGA Tour and European Tour....
, Kevin Sutherland
Kevin Sutherland
Kevin John Sutherland is an American professional golfer.Sutherland was born in Sacramento, California and graduated from Christian Brothers High School. He attended Fresno State University and made the golf team as a walk-on freshman...
, D. J. Trahan
D. J. Trahan
Donald Roland "D.J." Trahan, Jr. is an American professional golfer.Trahan was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He moved to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, where he attended Hilton Head Island High School. He then moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina where he attended and graduated from Paul M....
, Bubba Watson
Bubba Watson
Gerry "Bubba" Watson is an American professional golfer. Watson is one of the few left-handed golfers on tour and is known for his tremendous length. The longest driver on the PGA Tour, in 2007 he had an average drive of 315.2 yards and is capable of generating a ball speed of 194 mph, being...
- Dudley HartDudley HartHoward Dudley Hart is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years:Hart was born in Rochester, New York...
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
FedEx Cup
The FedEx Cup is a championship trophy for the PGA Tour. Its introduction marked the first time that men's professional golf had a playoff system. Announced in November 2005, it was first awarded in 2007 after a NASCAR-like points race. Bill Haas is the current champion...
points list of the 2009 PGA Tour on completion of the HP Byron Nelson Championship
Brian Gay
Brian Gay
Joseph Brian Gay is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.- Early years :A military brat, Gay was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but was raised primarily at Fort Rucker, Alabama, where his father was a U.S. Army noncomissioned officer involved in flight operations...
, Charley Hoffman
Charley Hoffman
Charley Lindley Hoffman is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Hoffman was born in San Diego, California. He won the California State High School Championship in 1994 and 1995, becoming the first two time winner. He qualified three times for the Buick...
, Charles Howell III
Charles Howell III
Charles Gordon Howell III is an American golfer. He has been featured in the top 15 of the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early years and amateur career:...
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
The Players Championship
The Players Championship is an annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour.Originally known as the Tournament Players Championship, the inaugural event in 1974 was played at Atlanta Country Club in Marietta, Georgia before moving to the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas in 1975 and Inverrary...
and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2009 AT&T National
AT&T National
The AT&T National is a professional golf tournament held in the Washington D.C. area during the Fourth of July weekend. The PGA Tour event is hosted by Tiger Woods and benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation. The first AT&T National was held July 5–8, 2007, at the Blue Course of the Congressional...
Paul Goydos
Paul Goydos
Paul David Goydos is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.-Early life:...
, Bryce Molder
Bryce Molder
Bryce Wade Molder is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early life:Molder was born in Harrison, Arkansas and attended public school in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Conway, Arkansas...
18. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2009 AT&T National
AT&T National
The AT&T National is a professional golf tournament held in the Washington D.C. area during the Fourth of July weekend. The PGA Tour event is hosted by Tiger Woods and benefits the Tiger Woods Foundation. The first AT&T National was held July 5–8, 2007, at the Blue Course of the Congressional...
and the 2009 John Deere Classic
John Deere Classic
The John Deere Classic is an American professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in July, the week before the British Open, at the TPC at Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois....
Brandt Snedeker
Brandt Snedeker
Brandt Snedeker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years through College:Snedeker was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He was introduced to golf by his maternal grandmother, who managed a golf course in Missouri...
- Brett QuigleyBrett QuigleyBrett Quigley is an American professional golfer.Quigley was born in Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He is the nephew of PGA Tour and Champions Tour golfer Dana Quigley. He won the 1987 U.S...
qualified at the John Deere ClassicJohn Deere ClassicThe John Deere Classic is an American professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is played annually in July, the week before the British Open, at the TPC at Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois....
, but declined the invitation in order to attend the memorial service for the wife of fellow player Chris SmithChris Smith (golfer)Christopher McClain Smith is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Nationwide Tour.Smith was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Ohio State University, where he was a four-time All-Conference selection in the Big Ten from 1988 to 1991, and an All-America selection as a...
19. Playing members of the 2008 Ryder Cup
2008 Ryder Cup
The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19–21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the...
teams
J. B. Holmes
J. B. Holmes
John Bradley "J.B." Holmes is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Holmes was born in Campbellsville, the seat of Taylor County, in central Kentucky. Holmes began to play on the varsity golf team at Taylor County High School in Campbellsville when he was in the third grade. He suffered a...
, Boo Weekley
Boo Weekley
Thomas Brent "Boo" Weekley is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Weekley was born in Milton, Florida. He turned professional in 1997 and played on mini-tours until 2002, when he qualified for the PGA Tour. He made the cut in only five of 24 events that year, and lost his...
20. First place on the 2008 Asian Tour
Asian Tour
The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf tour in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours. The Asian Tour is administered from offices in Singapore...
Order of Merit
21. First place on the 2008 PGA Tour of Australasia
PGA Tour of Australasia
The PGA Tour of Australasia is a professional golf tour for men. Official events on the tour count for World Golf Ranking points. The tour was formed in 1973 as the PGA Tour of Australia and adopted its current name in 1991....
Order of Merit
Mark Brown
Mark Brown (golfer)
Mark Brown is a New Zealand professional golfer.Brown was born in Lower Hutt. He had played golf on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Canadian Tour and the Asian Tour without much success until 2007 when he had four top ten finishes on the Asian Tour and finished 15th on the Order of Merit.In 2008,...
22. First place on the 2008 Sunshine Tour
Sunshine Tour
The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern Africa. For much of its history it was known either as the South African Tour or the FNB Tour, but it rebranded itself in an attempt to broaden its appeal...
Order of Merit
Richard Sterne
Richard Sterne (golfer)
-Life and career:Sterne was born in Pretoria. He was runner-up in the Boys' 15-17 Division at the 1999 World Junior Golf Championships and turned pro in 2001. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2002 and graduated to membership of the main European Tour in 2003. He won his first European...
23. The 2008 Japan Open
Japan Open Golf Championship
The is Japan's national open golf championship. As of 2011, it is one of the three richest tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, with a prize fund of ¥200 million...
Champion
24. First 2, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...
for 2008
Prayad Marksaeng
Prayad Marksaeng
Prayad Marksaeng is a Thai professional golfer.Prayad was a member of Thailand's winning golf team at the 1987 South East Asian Games and turned professional in 1991. He has been a member of the Asian Tour since it began in its modern form in 1995. He was won six events on the tour, becoming one...
, Azuma Yano
Azuma Yano
is a Japanese professional golfer.Yano has won three tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*2005 Asahi-Ryokuken Yomiuri Memorial...
25. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2009 Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic
Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic
The Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic was a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was formed in 2007 from the merger of two long-standing JGT events, the Mizuno Open and the Yomiuri Open. It is played at the Yomiuri Country Club in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo. The purse for the 2010 event...
Ryo Ishikawa
Ryo Ishikawa
, also known by the nickname "Hanikami Ōji" , is a Japanese professional golfer.On 20 May 2007, Ishikawa became the youngest winner ever of a men's regular tournament on the Japan Golf Tour by winning the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at the age 15 years and 8 months. He competed as an amateur and it...
, Tomohiro Kondo
Tomohiro Kondo
Tomohiro Kondo is a Japanese professional golfer.Kondo was born in Aichi Prefecture. He won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games.After turning professional, Kondo joined the Japan Golf Tour...
, Kenichi Kuboya
Kenichi Kuboya
Kenichi Kuboya is a Japanese professional golfer.Kuboya won four events on the Japan Golf Tour between 1997 and 2002, picking up two wins in each of those seasons....
, David Smail
David Smail (golfer)
David Smail is a professional golfer from New Zealand.He was born in and resides in Hamilton, New Zealand. He won the New Zealand Open in 2001. He has won five titles on the Japan Golf Tour and has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings...
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
Japan Golf Tour
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour. However since the early 1990s, the growth in prize money has not kept pace with...
events up to and including the 2009 Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic
Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic
The Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic was a golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It was formed in 2007 from the merger of two long-standing JGT events, the Mizuno Open and the Yomiuri Open. It is played at the Yomiuri Country Club in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo. The purse for the 2010 event...
Yuta Ikeda
Yuta Ikeda
Yuta Ikeda is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2008 where he has won eight tournaments...
, Koumei Oda
Koumei Oda
is a Japanese professional golfer.Oda was born in Tagawa, Fukuoka. He turned professional in 2000.Oda won the 2008 Casio World Open and the 2009 Token Homemate Cup. He competed in the 2009 Open Championship at Turnberry, but failed to make the cut, finishing day two at 14 over par. He retained the...
27. The Senior British Open
Senior British Open Championship
The Senior Open Championship, or simply The Senior Open is a professional golf tournament for men aged 50 and over. It is run by The R&A, the same body that organises The Open Championship. Prize money won in the event is official money on both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour...
Champion for 2008
Bruce Vaughan
Bruce Vaughan
Bruce Lloyd Vaughan is an American professional golfer.Vaughan was born in Kankakee, Illinois. He didn't start playing golf until he was 20 and working as a firefighter in Hutchinson, Kansas....
28. The 2009 Amateur
The Amateur Championship
The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...
Champion
Matteo Manassero
Matteo Manassero
Matteo Manassero is an Italian professional golfer. He is the youngest golfer to win a European Tour event.Manassero was born in Negrar, in the Province of Verona. In 2009, at the age of 16, he became the youngest ever winner of the British Amateur Championship, defeating England's Sam Hutsby in...
(a)
29. The 2008 U.S. Amateur Champion
(U.S. Amateur winner Danny Lee
Danny Lee (golfer)
Danny Jin-Myung Lee is a professional golfer from Rotorua, New Zealand. Lee was born in South Korea and emigrated to New Zealand at the age of eight. His name in Hangul is 이진명. He became a naturalized New Zealander on 2 September 2008 at Rotorua, where he attended Rotorua Boys' High...
turned professional in April 2009 and forfeited his automatic exemption.)
30. The 2008 European Individual Amateur
European Amateur
The European Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Europe. It is organized by the European Golf Association and was first played in 1986. The winner receives an invitation to The Open Championship.-Winners:-External links:***...
Champion
Stephan Gross (a)
International Final Qualifying
- Africa: Jaco Ahlers, Marc CayeuxMarc CayeuxMarc Elton Cayeux is a Zimbabwean professional golfer. His father is South African, and his mother English. He was born in Lancaster, England and raised in Zimbabwe, leaving school at 14 to pursue a career in golf...
, Jeremy Kavanagh - Australasia: Josh Geary, Tim Wood, Michael Wright
- Asia: Gaganjeet BhullarGaganjeet BhullarGaganjeet Bhullar is an Indian professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour.-Amateur career:Bhullar was born in Kapurthala, India. He was India's number one amateur in 2004 and 2006 and was part of the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games. He finished in a tie for...
, Liang Wen-chongLiang Wen-ChongLiang Wen-Chong is a Chinese professional golfer. He is the highest ranked golfer from the People's Republic of China and the only Chinese golfer in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking. He has succeeded his mentor Zhang Lian-wei as the top Chinese player.Liang plays on the Asian Tour, ...
, Terry PilkadarisTerry PilkadarisTerry Peter Pilkadaris is an Australian professional golfer.Pilkadaris was born in Perth, Western Australia. He turned professional in 1998, joining the PGA Tour of Australasia. Since 2002 he has played on the Asian Tour where he has won three tournaments. He was fifth on the Asian Tour Order of...
, Tim StewartTim StewartTim Stewart is an Australian professional golfer. A former Australian Amateur champion, he turned professional in November 2008 and is now playing on the PGA Tour of Australasia and Asian Tour.-Personal life:... - America: James DriscollJames DriscollJames Driscoll is an American professional golfer and current player on the PGA Tour.Driscoll was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest of seven children. He grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts outside of Boston. He started golf at a young age and won the Club Championship at his home club...
, Fredrik JacobsonFredrik JacobsonFredrik Ulf Yngve Jacobson is a Swedish professional golfer.Jacobson was born in Kungsbacka. He turned professional in 1994 and was a member of the European Tour in 1995 and from 1997 to 2004. In 2003 he won his first European Tour title, and went on to claim two more victories that season...
, Richard S. Johnson, Matt KucharMatt KucharMatthew Gregory Kuchar is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He has ranked as high as number six in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early career:...
, Martin LairdMartin LairdMartin Laird is a Scottish professional golfer, playing on the PGA Tour. He has won two PGA Tour events in his career, most notably the Arnold Palmer Invitational in 2011...
, Davis Love IIIDavis Love IIIDavis Milton Love III is an American professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. He earned his PGA Tour card in the fall of 1985, on his first attempt. He quickly established himself on the PGA...
, Jeff OvertonJeff OvertonJeffrey Laurence Overton is an American professional golfer.Overton was born in Evansville, Indiana. He attended Indiana University, graduating in 2005 with a degree in Sports Marketing and Management....
- Tim WilkinsonTim Wilkinson (golfer)Timothy David Wilkinson is a professional golfer from New Zealand.Wilkinson was born in Palmerston North. He won the New Zealand Stroke Play Championship in 2000 and turned professional in 2003....
withdrew prior to the tournament due to thumb surgery.
- Tim Wilkinson
- Europe: Paul BroadhurstPaul BroadhurstPaul Andrew Broadhurst is an English golfer, originally from Atherstone in Warwickshire.Broadhurst was the leading amateur at the 1988 Open Championship. He joined the European Tour in 1989, picked up his first win at the Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open that year, and was the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie...
, Rhys DaviesRhys Davies (golfer)Rhys Davies is a Welsh professional golfer.Davies was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but has lived in Wales for the majority of his life. He played collegiate golf in the United States at East Tennessee State University where he won ten times...
, David DrysdaleDavid DrysdaleDavid Drysdale is a Scottish professional golfer.Drysdale was born in Edinburgh. He turned professional in 1995.Drysdale currently competes on the European Tour, having graduated through qualifying school for the fourth time at the end of 2008...
, Rafael EcheniqueRafael EcheniqueRafael Echenique is an Argentine professional golfer.Echenique was born in San Luis, Argentina. He turned pro in 1999. Having failed to gain a place on the European Tour via the qualifying school on four occasions, Echenique finally won his card on the main tour by virtue of finishing seventh on...
, Oliver FisherOliver FisherOliver James Fisher is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.Fisher was born in Chingford, London. He was a winner of the Faldo Series, Nick Faldo's development programme for young golfers, in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and as such was regarded as one of the best prospects of his...
, Branden GraceBranden GraceBranden John Grace is a professional golfer from South Africa. He was born in Pretoria and turned professional at the end of 2007, since when he has played on the Sunshine Tour. His best finish on tour through 2009 came at the 2009 Africa Open, where he finished tied for second, one stroke behind...
, Raphaël JacquelinRaphaël JacquelinRaphaël Jacquelin is a French professional golfer.Jacquelin was born in Lyon. He turned professional in 1995, after winning the French Amateur Championship.Jacquelin began his professional career on the Challenge Tour...
, Gary OrrGary OrrGary Hamish Orr is a Scottish professional golfer.Orr was born in Helensburgh, Scotland. He turned professional in 1988 and became a member of the European Tour in 1993. His two wins on the Tour both came in 2000, at the Algarve Portuguese Open and the Victor Chandler British Masters...
, Richie RamsayRichie RamsayRichie Ramsay is a Scottish professional golfer.In 2006, Ramsay became the first British golfer in almost a century to win the United States Amateur Championship. He also won several other amateur titles and played in the 2005 Walker Cup....
, Graeme StormGraeme StormGraeme Raymond Storm is an English professional golfer.Storm was born in Hartlepool. He learnt his trade at Hartlepool Golf Club, where he still holds the course record of 62...
Local Final Qualifying
- Glasgow Golf Club - Gailes Links: Thomas AikenThomas AikenThomas Edward Aiken is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.Following a successful amateur career, which included being named the South African Amateur of the Year in 2001, Aiken turned professional at the start of 2002. In 2004, he won three times on the Sunshine...
, Peter BakerPeter Baker (golfer)Peter A. Baker is an English professional golfer.Baker was born in Shifnal, Shropshire, and currently lives near Wolverhampton. He learned golf at his father's nine hole Himley Hall course and was taught by Sandy Lyle's father Alex....
, David Higgins, Elliot Saltman - Kilmarnock (Barassie): Markus BrierMarkus BrierMarkus Brier is one of relatively few Austrian touring professional golfers, and as of 2008 is his country's highest ranked player....
, Peter Ellebye, Daniel GauntDaniel Gaunt (golfer)Daniel Stephen Gaunt is an Australian professional golfer.Gaunt was born in Lancefield, Victoria near Melbourne. His brother Chris is also a professional golfer. He lives in New Malden, England with his wife, Caroline, and two children...
, Lloyd SaltmanLloyd SaltmanLloyd Saltman is a Scottish professional golfer.Saltman was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the grandson of former Hibernian goalkeeper Tommy Younger... - Western Gailes: Fredrik Andersson HedFredrik Andersson HedFredrik Andersson Hed is a Swedish golfer.Andersson Hed was born in Halmstad. He turned professional in 1992. He has had two victories on the Challenge Tour but found success hard to come by on the main European Tour, where he had to return to qualifying school on numerous occasions...
, Thomas Haylock, Steve SurrySteve SurrySteve Surry is an English professional golfer.Surry was born in Bath, Somerset and turned professional in 2003. In his early career he competed mostly on the regional Jamega Tour, where he won nine events and headed the Order of Merit in 2006 and 2008.In 2009, Surry won the Michael Ward UK Open on...
, Daniel Wardrop
Alternates
Drawn from the Official World Golf Rankings
Official World Golf Rankings
The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers...
of 5 July 2009 (provide the player was entered in the Open and did not withdraw from qualifying):
- Mathew GogginMathew GogginMathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow...
replaced Trevor ImmelmanTrevor ImmelmanTrevor John Immelman is a South African professional golfer and winner of the 2008 Masters Tournament.-Early years:Immelman was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Born into a golfing family , he took up golf at the age of five. He attended Hottentots Holland High School...
. - Ben CraneBen CraneBenjamin McCully Crane is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Crane was born in Portland, Oregon. He was age 5 when his grandfather taught him how to play golf, and he grew up playing at the nearby Portland Golf Club where Ben Hogan won the 1945 Portland Open...
replaced Phil MickelsonPhil MickelsonPhilip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...
. - Steve MarinoSteve MarinoStephen Paul Marino, Jr. is an American professional golfer, a member of the PGA Tour since 2007.-Early life, education, early golf:...
replaced Shingo KatayamaShingo KatayamaShingo Katayama is a Japanese golfer.Katayama was born in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. He turned professional in 1995 and has played full time on the Japan Golf Tour since 1997. He topped the Japan Golf Tour money list five times: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008...
. - Rod PamplingRod Pampling-Golf career:Pampling was born in Redcliffe in Queensland. He turned professional in 1994. He began tournament golf career on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he won the 1999 Canon Challenge, and also spent time on the NGA Hooters Tour, a developmental tour in the United States...
entered the field as no players not already qualified finished in the top 5 at the Barclays Scottish Open. - Thomas LevetThomas LevetThomas Levet is a French professional golfer who is a member of the European Tour and former member of the PGA Tour.Levet was born in Paris, France...
replaced Brett QuigleyBrett QuigleyBrett Quigley is an American professional golfer.Quigley was born in Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He is the nephew of PGA Tour and Champions Tour golfer Dana Quigley. He won the 1987 U.S...
. - John SendenJohn SendenJohn Gerard Senden is an Australian professional golfer.Senden was born in Brisbane, Queensland and turned pro in 1992....
replaced Jeev Milkha SinghJeev Milkha SinghJeev Milkha Singh is the first Indian professional golfer to become a member of the European Tour. He is the highest ranked Indian golfer in the world and first broke into the top 100 in October 2006.-Early life:...
.
Made the cut
| Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Watson Tom Watson (golfer) Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour.... |
1975 1975 Open Championship The 1975 Open Championship was a golf competition held at Carnoustie Golf Links. The competition was won by Tom Watson in an 18-hole playoff over Jack Newton, 71 to 72.-First round:-Second round:... , 1977 1977 Open Championship The 1977 Open Championship, sometimes called the "Duel in the Sun", was a golf competition held at Turnberry, Scotland, in July 1977. The competition was won by Tom Watson.... , 1980 1980 Open Championship The 1980 Open Championship was the 109th Open Championship held from 17-20 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, Scotland. Tom Watson won his third Open Championship and fourth major title by four strokes over Lee Trevino.-First round:-Second round:... , 1982 1982 Open Championship The 1982 Open Championship was the 111th Open Championship held from 15-18 July at Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Tom Watson won his fourth Open Championship, second consecutive major title, and seventh major title by one stroke over Peter Oosterhuis and Nick Price.-First round:-Second... , 1983 1983 Open Championship The 1983 Open Championship was the 112th Open Championship held from 14-17 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Tom Watson won his fifth Open Championship, second consecutive Open Championship, and eighth major title by one stroke over Andy Bean and Hale Irwin.-First... |
65 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 278 | –2 | 2nd | |
| Ernie Els Ernie Els Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing... |
2002 2002 Open Championship The 2002 Open Championship was the 131st Open Championship held from 18-21 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Ernie Els won his first Open Championship and third major championship in a playoff over Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkington, and ultimately in a sudden-death... |
69 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 281 | +1 | T8 | |
| Justin Leonard Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American... |
1997 1997 Open Championship The 1997 Open Championship was the 126th Open Championship held from 17-20 July at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Justin Leonard won his first major championship by three strokes over Jesper Parnevik and Darren Clarke.-First round:... |
70 | 70 | 73 | 68 | 281 | +1 | T8 | |
| Mark Calcavecchia Mark Calcavecchia Mark John Calcavecchia is an American professional golfer and a former PGA Tour member. During his professional career, he has won thirteen PGA Tour events, including the 1989 Open Championship. Calcavecchia currently plays on the Champions Tour.-Early years:Calcavecchia was born in Laurel,... |
1989 1999 Open Championship The 1999 Open Championship was the 128th Open Championship held from 15-18 July at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland. Paul Lawrie won his first major championship in a playoff over Jean van de Velde and Justin Leonard. Lawrie, down by 10 strokes at the start of the fourth round,... |
67 | 69 | 77 | 71 | 284 | +4 | T27 | |
| John Daly John Daly (golfer) John Patrick Daly is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.Daly is known primarily for his driving distance off the tee , his non-country club appearance and attitude, and his rough-and-tumble personal life. Daly remains one of the most popular and intriguing figures on the PGA Tour... |
1995 1995 Open Championship The 1995 Open Championship was the 124th Open Championship held from 20-23 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. John Daly won his first Open Championship and second overall major championship in a four-hole playoff over Costantino Rocca.The 1995 Open is often remembered for... |
68 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 284 | +4 | T27 | |
| Paul Lawrie Paul Lawrie Paul Stewart Lawrie MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1999.-Life and career:... |
1999 1999 Open Championship The 1999 Open Championship was the 128th Open Championship held from 15-18 July at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland. Paul Lawrie won his first major championship in a playoff over Jean van de Velde and Justin Leonard. Lawrie, down by 10 strokes at the start of the fourth round,... |
71 | 73 | 76 | 68 | 288 | +8 | T47 | |
| Tom Lehman Tom Lehman Thomas Edward Lehman is an American professional golfer.Lehman was born in Austin, Minnesota, but Alexandria, Minnesota is credited as his official Minnesota hometown. He attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a degree in Business/Accounting and turned professional in 1982. It took... |
1996 1996 Open Championship The 1996 Open Championship was the 125th Open Championship held from 18-21 July at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England... |
68 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 290 | +10 | T60 | |
| Pádraig Harrington Padraig Harrington Pádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:... |
2007 2007 Open Championship The 2007 Open Championship was the 136th Open Championship, played 19-22 July at Carnoustie Golf Links. Pádraig Harrington of Ireland defeated Sergio García of Spain in a playoff to take the title and his first major championship... , 2008 2008 Open Championship The 2008 Open Championship was the 137th Open Championship, played 17–20 July, at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, England. Pádraig Harrington of Ireland successfully defended his Open Championship title for his second Open title... |
69 | 74 | 76 | 73 | 292 | +12 | T65 | |
| Mark O'Meara Mark O'Meara Mark Francis O'Meara is an American professional golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s... |
1998 1998 Open Championship The 1998 Open Championship was the 127th Open Championship held from 16-19 July at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Mark O'Meara won his second major championship of the year and first Open Championship in a playoff over Brian Watts by two strokes.-First round:-Second... |
67 | 77 | 77 | 74 | 295 | +15 | T70 |
Missed the cut
| Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Curtis Ben Curtis (golfer) Ben Clifford Curtis is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 2003 Open Championship.-Early career:Curtis was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Ostrander, Ohio. His family runs the , also in Ostrander... |
2003 2003 Open Championship The 2003 Open Championship was the 132nd Open Championship held from 17-20 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England. Ben Curtis won his first major by one stroke over Thomas Bjørn and Vijay Singh... |
65 | 80 | 145 | +5 | |
| Todd Hamilton Todd Hamilton William Todd Hamilton is an American professional golfer.Hamilton was born in the small west-central Illinois city of Galesburg. He grew up in an even smaller Henderson County town on the Mississippi called Oquawka. He attended Union High School in Biggsville, Illinois and played golf regularly on... |
2004 2004 Open Championship The 2004 Open Championship was the 133rd Open Championship, played from 15-18 July at Royal Troon Golf Club. Todd Hamilton held off Ernie Els in a playoff after carding a final round 69. Phil Mickelson finished third, followed by Lee Westwood in fourth. The win made Todd the fifth consecutive... |
75 | 70 | 145 | +5 | |
| Tiger Woods Tiger Woods Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No... |
2000 2000 Open Championship The 2000 Open Championship was the 129th Open Championship held from 20-23 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. Tiger Woods won his first Open Championship and fourth major championship by eight strokes over Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els... , 2005 2005 Open Championship The 2005 Open Championship was the 134th Open Championship, played from 14-17 July at The Old Course at St Andrews. Tiger Woods pulled away from Colin Montgomerie for a five shot victory. The win was his second overall and his second at St... , 2006 2006 Open Championship The 2006 Open Championship was the 135th Open Championship, played from 20-23 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Tiger Woods held off Chris DiMarco, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, and Sergio García for a two-shot victory. The win was his second consecutive Open Championship title and third overall. It was... |
71 | 74 | 145 | +5 | |
| David Duval David Duval David Robert Duval is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour.-Early years:... |
2001 2001 Open Championship The 2001 Open Championship was the 130th Open Championship held from 19-22 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England... |
71 | 76 | 147 | +7 | |
| Sandy Lyle Sandy Lyle Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle, MBE is a Scottish professional golfer. Lyle has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s... |
1985 1985 Open Championship The 1985 Open Championship was the 114th Open Championship held from the 18 - 21 July at the Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Sandy Lyle won his first major championship by one stroke over Payne Stewart... |
75 | 73 | 148 | +8 | |
| Nick Faldo Nick Faldo Sir Nicholas Alexander "Nick" Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer on the European Tour who now mainly works as an on air golf analyst. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open Championships and three Masters. He was ranked the World No... |
1987 1987 Open Championship The 1987 Open Championship was the 116th Open Championship held from 16-19 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, Scotland. Nick Faldo won his first major championship by one stroke over Paul Azinger and Rodger Davis.-First round:-Second round:... , 1990 1990 Open Championship The 1990 Open Championship was the 119th Open Championship held from 19-22 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. Nick Faldo won his second Open Championship, second major title of the year, and fourth major title overall by five strokes over Mark McNulty and Payne... , 1992 1992 Open Championship The 1992 Open Championship was the 121st Open Championship held from 16–19 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, Scotland. Nick Faldo won his third Open Championship and fifth overall major championship by one stroke over John Cook... |
78 | 73 | 151 | +11 | |
| Greg Norman Greg Norman Gregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s... |
1986 1986 Open Championship The 1986 Open Championship was the 115th Open Championship held from 17-20 July at the Turnberry Golf Resort at The Westin Turnberry Resort, Scotland. Greg Norman won his first major championship by five strokes over Gordon J. Brand... , 1993 1993 Open Championship The 1993 Open Championship was the 122nd Open Championship held from 15-18 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Greg Norman won his second Open Championship by two strokes over Nick Faldo.-First round:-Second round:... |
77 | 75 | 152 | +12 |
First round
A calm and sunny Thursday meant good scoring conditions for the opening round of the 2009 championship. Miguel Ángel JiménezMiguel Angel Jiménez
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez is a Spanish professional golfer. He has won 18 times on the European Tour.-Early years:...
took the overnight lead by firing a 6 under par 64. Past champions turned back the clock as 59-year-old five-time winner Tom Watson
Tom Watson (golfer)
Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....
carded a bogey-free 65, and both 1989 champion Mark Calcavecchia
Mark Calcavecchia
Mark John Calcavecchia is an American professional golfer and a former PGA Tour member. During his professional career, he has won thirteen PGA Tour events, including the 1989 Open Championship. Calcavecchia currently plays on the Champions Tour.-Early years:Calcavecchia was born in Laurel,...
(age 49) and 1998 champion Mark O'Meara
Mark O'Meara
Mark Francis O'Meara is an American professional golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s...
(52) shot 67s. 2003 champion Ben Curtis
Ben Curtis (golfer)
Ben Clifford Curtis is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 2003 Open Championship.-Early career:Curtis was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Ostrander, Ohio. His family runs the , also in Ostrander...
also opened with a 65 to tie for second alongside Watson and Japan's Kenichi Kuboya
Kenichi Kuboya
Kenichi Kuboya is a Japanese professional golfer.Kuboya won four events on the Japan Golf Tour between 1997 and 2002, picking up two wins in each of those seasons....
, who was even par through 14 holes, but finished birdie, birdie, eagle, birdie. Last year's Cinderella story Greg Norman
Greg Norman
Gregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s...
turned in a disappointing 77. Two-time defending champion Pádraig Harrington
Padraig Harrington
Pádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:...
shot a quiet 69. Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
struggled off the tee and shot 71. Steve Stricker
Steve Stricker
Steven Stricker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour including the 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events. His most successful season on tour came in 2009, when he had three tournament victories...
, Stewart Cink
Stewart Cink
Stewart Ernest Cink is an American professional golfer who won the 2009 Open Championship. He has spent over 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 2004 to 2009.-Early years and education:...
and Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child...
, all looking for their first major championship, started strong with 66s. Notable players at -3 67: Calcavecchia, O'Meara, Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S...
, Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk
James Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer, 2010 FedEx Cup champion, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing...
, Mike Weir
Mike Weir
Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003....
and Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
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| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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| 1 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez Miguel Angel Jiménez Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez is a Spanish professional golfer. He has won 18 times on the European Tour.-Early years:... |
64 | −6 | |
| T2 | Ben Curtis Ben Curtis (golfer) Ben Clifford Curtis is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 2003 Open Championship.-Early career:Curtis was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Ostrander, Ohio. His family runs the , also in Ostrander... |
65 | −5 | |
| Kenichi Kuboya Kenichi Kuboya Kenichi Kuboya is a Japanese professional golfer.Kuboya won four events on the Japan Golf Tour between 1997 and 2002, picking up two wins in each of those seasons.... |
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| Tom Watson Tom Watson (golfer) Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour.... |
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| T5 | Stewart Cink Stewart Cink Stewart Ernest Cink is an American professional golfer who won the 2009 Open Championship. He has spent over 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 2004 to 2009.-Early years and education:... |
66 | −4 | |
| Mathew Goggin Mathew Goggin Mathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow... |
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| John Senden John Senden John Gerard Senden is an Australian professional golfer.Senden was born in Brisbane, Queensland and turned pro in 1992.... |
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| Steve Stricker Steve Stricker Steven Stricker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour including the 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events. His most successful season on tour came in 2009, when he had three tournament victories... |
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| Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child... |
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| T10 | Mark Calcavecchia Mark Calcavecchia Mark John Calcavecchia is an American professional golfer and a former PGA Tour member. During his professional career, he has won thirteen PGA Tour events, including the 1989 Open Championship. Calcavecchia currently plays on the Champions Tour.-Early years:Calcavecchia was born in Laurel,... |
67 | −3 | |
| Jim Furyk Jim Furyk James Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer, 2010 FedEx Cup champion, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing... |
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| Retief Goosen Retief Goosen Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S... |
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| Branden Grace Branden Grace Branden John Grace is a professional golfer from South Africa. He was born in Pretoria and turned professional at the end of 2007, since when he has played on the Sunshine Tour. His best finish on tour through 2009 came at the 2009 Africa Open, where he finished tied for second, one stroke behind... |
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| James Kingston James Kingston James Hubert Kingston is a South African professional golfer.Kingston was born in Ottosdal, South Africa. He turned professional in 1988, and is currently a member of the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour... |
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| Steve Marino Steve Marino Stephen Paul Marino, Jr. is an American professional golfer, a member of the PGA Tour since 2007.-Early life, education, early golf:... |
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| Mark O'Meara Mark O'Meara Mark Francis O'Meara is an American professional golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s... |
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| Vijay Singh Vijay Singh Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008... |
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| Richard Sterne Richard Sterne (golfer) -Life and career:Sterne was born in Pretoria. He was runner-up in the Boys' 15-17 Division at the 1999 World Junior Golf Championships and turned pro in 2001. He played on the European Challenge Tour in 2002 and graduated to membership of the main European Tour in 2003. He won his first European... |
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| Boo Weekley Boo Weekley Thomas Brent "Boo" Weekley is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Weekley was born in Milton, Florida. He turned professional in 1997 and played on mini-tours until 2002, when he qualified for the PGA Tour. He made the cut in only five of 24 events that year, and lost his... |
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| Mike Weir Mike Weir Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003.... |
Second round
The second round was windy with scattered showers, so it was much tougher than the first day. The scoring average was more than 2 strokes higher with just 7 sub-par rounds being posted on Friday compared to 50 on Thursday. The weather was at its worst during the morning, with the best rounds being the 68s of American Steve MarinoSteve Marino
Stephen Paul Marino, Jr. is an American professional golfer, a member of the PGA Tour since 2007.-Early life, education, early golf:...
, who would be joint leader at the end of the day, and England's Ross Fisher
Ross Fisher
Ross Daniel Fisher is an English professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour.Fisher was born in Ascot, Berkshire. His home course is the famous Wentworth Golf Club, Surrey, England, location of the European Tour administrative headquarters. As a child, he attended Charters School, a state...
, who would be tied for 4th place. Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S...
shot an even par 70 and would also share 4th. 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 5 under par. At the age of 59, Watson looked to become the oldest winner of a major championship.
The cut fell at 144 (4 over par) with 73 players making the cut. Sixteen year-old Italian British Amateur Champion
The Amateur Championship
The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. It is one of the two leading individual tournaments for amateur golfers, alongside the U.S. Amateur...
Matteo Manassero
Matteo Manassero
Matteo Manassero is an Italian professional golfer. He is the youngest golfer to win a European Tour event.Manassero was born in Negrar, in the Province of Verona. In 2009, at the age of 16, he became the youngest ever winner of the British Amateur Championship, defeating England's Sam Hutsby in...
, playing with Watson, posted a level par second round 70, to go with his first round 71, to make the cut and all but secure the silver medal as the leading amateur. Among those to miss the cut was world number one and pre-tournament favorite Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
. Going out in the afternoon, he could only manage a four over par 74 after making 2 double bogeys on holes 10 and 13, and he would finish one shot outside the cut line at 145. It was the first time Woods had missed the cut in the Open, and only the second time he had missed the cut in any major as a professional, after the 2006 U.S. Open
2006 U.S. Open Golf Championship
The 2006 United States Open Championship was the 106th U.S. Open, played from June 15 to June 18 at Winged Foot Golf Club West Course. The U.S. Open returned to Winged Foot for the first time since 1984 when Fuzzy Zoeller captured his second and final major championship. Geoff Ogilvy won his first...
. Other notable players to miss the cut included Mike Weir
Mike Weir
Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003....
(67–78=145), Ben Curtis
Ben Curtis (golfer)
Ben Clifford Curtis is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 2003 Open Championship.-Early career:Curtis was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Ostrander, Ohio. His family runs the , also in Ostrander...
(65–80=145), David Duval
David Duval
David Robert Duval is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour.-Early years:...
(71–76=147) and Geoff Ogilvy
Geoff Ogilvy
Geoff Charles Ogilvy is an Australian professional golfer. He won the 2006 U.S. Open and has also won three World Golf Championships.-Professional career:...
(75–78=153).
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Steve Marino Steve Marino Stephen Paul Marino, Jr. is an American professional golfer, a member of the PGA Tour since 2007.-Early life, education, early golf:... |
67-68=135 | −5 | |
| Tom Watson Tom Watson (golfer) Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour.... |
65-70=135 | |||
| 3 | Mark Calcavecchia Mark Calcavecchia Mark John Calcavecchia is an American professional golfer and a former PGA Tour member. During his professional career, he has won thirteen PGA Tour events, including the 1989 Open Championship. Calcavecchia currently plays on the Champions Tour.-Early years:Calcavecchia was born in Laurel,... |
67-69=136 | −4 | |
| T4 | Ross Fisher Ross Fisher Ross Daniel Fisher is an English professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour.Fisher was born in Ascot, Berkshire. His home course is the famous Wentworth Golf Club, Surrey, England, location of the European Tour administrative headquarters. As a child, he attended Charters School, a state... |
69-68=137 | −3 | |
| Retief Goosen Retief Goosen Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S... |
67-70=137 | |||
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez Miguel Angel Jiménez Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez is a Spanish professional golfer. He has won 18 times on the European Tour.-Early years:... |
64-73=137 | |||
| Kenichi Kuboya Kenichi Kuboya Kenichi Kuboya is a Japanese professional golfer.Kuboya won four events on the Japan Golf Tour between 1997 and 2002, picking up two wins in each of those seasons.... |
65-72=137 | |||
| Vijay Singh Vijay Singh Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008... |
67-70=137 | |||
| T9 | Stewart Cink Stewart Cink Stewart Ernest Cink is an American professional golfer who won the 2009 Open Championship. He has spent over 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 2004 to 2009.-Early years and education:... |
66-72=138 | −2 | |
| J. B. Holmes J. B. Holmes John Bradley "J.B." Holmes is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Holmes was born in Campbellsville, the seat of Taylor County, in central Kentucky. Holmes began to play on the varsity golf team at Taylor County High School in Campbellsville when he was in the third grade. He suffered a... |
68-70=138 | |||
| Mathew Goggin Mathew Goggin Mathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow... |
66-72=138 | |||
| James Kingston James Kingston James Hubert Kingston is a South African professional golfer.Kingston was born in Ottosdal, South Africa. He turned professional in 1988, and is currently a member of the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour... |
67-71=138 | |||
| Lee Westwood Lee Westwood Lee John Westwood OBE is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons... |
68-70=138 |
Amateurs: Manassero
Matteo Manassero
Matteo Manassero is an Italian professional golfer. He is the youngest golfer to win a European Tour event.Manassero was born in Negrar, in the Province of Verona. In 2009, at the age of 16, he became the youngest ever winner of the British Amateur Championship, defeating England's Sam Hutsby in...
(+1), Gross (+9).
Third round
Tom Watson continued his good form with a one over par 71 to maintain a one stroke lead going into Sunday's final round. Australian Mathew GogginMathew Goggin
Mathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow...
was one of only five players to shoot under par in conditions similar to Friday, and ended the day just one stroke off the lead, tied for second with Ross Fisher. The best round of the day was a three under par 67, posted by Bryce Molder
Bryce Molder
Bryce Wade Molder is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early life:Molder was born in Harrison, Arkansas and attended public school in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Conway, Arkansas...
, who leapt into the top 10, having been tied for 53rd after round two.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Watson Tom Watson (golfer) Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour.... |
65-70-71=206 | −4 | |
| T2 | Ross Fisher Ross Fisher Ross Daniel Fisher is an English professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour.Fisher was born in Ascot, Berkshire. His home course is the famous Wentworth Golf Club, Surrey, England, location of the European Tour administrative headquarters. As a child, he attended Charters School, a state... |
69-68-70=207 | −3 | |
| Mathew Goggin Mathew Goggin Mathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow... |
66-72-69=207 | |||
| T4 | Retief Goosen Retief Goosen Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S... |
67-70-71=208 | −2 | |
| Lee Westwood Lee Westwood Lee John Westwood OBE is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons... |
68-70-70=208 | |||
| T6 | Stewart Cink Stewart Cink Stewart Ernest Cink is an American professional golfer who won the 2009 Open Championship. He has spent over 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 2004 to 2009.-Early years and education:... |
66-72-71=209 | −1 | |
| Jim Furyk Jim Furyk James Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer, 2010 FedEx Cup champion, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing... |
67-72-70=209 | |||
| T8 | Bryce Molder Bryce Molder Bryce Wade Molder is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early life:Molder was born in Harrison, Arkansas and attended public school in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Conway, Arkansas... |
70-73-67=210 | E | |
| Thongchai Jaidee Thongchai Jaidee Thongchai Jaidee is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour and the European Tour. He holds the record for most career victories and most career earnings on the Asian Tour.... |
69-72-69=210 | |||
| T10 | Ángel Cabrera Angel Cabrera Ángel Cabrera is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" in Spanish or in English as "The duck" for his waddling gait. He is a former U.S. Open champion and Masters champion. He is the first Argentine to win either... |
69-70-72=211 | +1 | |
| Richard S. Johnson | 70-72-69=211 | |||
| Steve Marino Steve Marino Stephen Paul Marino, Jr. is an American professional golfer, a member of the PGA Tour since 2007.-Early life, education, early golf:... |
67-68-76=211 | |||
| Boo Weekley Boo Weekley Thomas Brent "Boo" Weekley is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Weekley was born in Milton, Florida. He turned professional in 1997 and played on mini-tours until 2002, when he qualified for the PGA Tour. He made the cut in only five of 24 events that year, and lost his... |
67-72-72=211 |
Fourth round
Ross Fisher, with birdies at each of the first two holes, took the outright lead from overnight leader Tom Watson early on day four as Watson had 2 bogeys in 3 holes. Fisher dropped back with a quadruple bogey 8 on the 5th hole and was never in contention again. Lee Westwood eagled the 7th hole to move into the lead, which he held or shared for most of the round, but bogeys at 3 out of the last 4 holes saw him fall one stroke behind clubhouse leader Stewart Cink, who had rolled in a 15 foot putt for birdie at the 18th to move one clear of the previous year's leading amateur Chris WoodChris Wood (golfer)
Christopher James Wood is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour. He was the low amateur in the 2008 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and tied for third in the following year's tournament held at Turnberry.-Amateur career:Wood was born in Bristol, England...
at 2 under par. Tom Watson birdied the 17th to move into the clear lead at 3 under par. Needing a par four at the 18th to win, he was unable to get up and down from the back of the final green and went into a 4 hole playoff with Cink.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Stewart Cink Stewart Cink Stewart Ernest Cink is an American professional golfer who won the 2009 Open Championship. He has spent over 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 2004 to 2009.-Early years and education:... |
66-72-71-69=278 | −2 | Playoff | |
| Tom Watson Tom Watson (golfer) Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour.... |
65-70-71-72=278 | ||||
| T3 | Lee Westwood Lee Westwood Lee John Westwood OBE is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons... |
68-70-70-71=279 | −1 | 255,000 | |
| Chris Wood Chris Wood (golfer) Christopher James Wood is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour. He was the low amateur in the 2008 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and tied for third in the following year's tournament held at Turnberry.-Amateur career:Wood was born in Bristol, England... |
70-70-72-67=279 | ||||
| T5 | Luke Donald Luke Donald Luke Campbell Donald is an English professional golfer who is the current World Number One. He plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he reached the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in his career. In January 2007, he... |
71-72-70-67=280 | E | 157,000 | |
| Mathew Goggin Mathew Goggin Mathew Charles Goggin is an Australian professional golfer.As an amateur, Goggin won the 1995 Australian Amateur, played at Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, 2 & 1 over American Jamie Crow... |
66-72-69-73=280 | ||||
| Retief Goosen Retief Goosen Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S... |
67-70-71-72=280 | ||||
| T8 | Thomas Aiken Thomas Aiken Thomas Edward Aiken is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.Following a successful amateur career, which included being named the South African Amateur of the Year in 2001, Aiken turned professional at the start of 2002. In 2004, he won three times on the Sunshine... |
71-72-69-69=281 | +1 | 90,400 | |
| Ernie Els Ernie Els Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing... |
69-72-72-68=281 | ||||
| Søren Hansen Søren Hansen Søren Hansen is a Danish professional golfer.Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He won the 1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and turned professional later that year.... |
68-72-74-67=281 | ||||
| Richard S. Johnson | 70-72-69-70=281 | ||||
| Justin Leonard Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American... |
70-70-73-68=281 |
Amateurs: Manassero (+2)
Playoff
Tom Watson and Stewart Cink had tied at 2 under par during regulation play and entered a playoff for the championship. Under the rules of the Open Championship, the playoff was played over 4 holes. Holes number 5, 6, 17 and 18 were replayed.On the first playoff 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 feet and made his par. Both made par 3s on the second hole. On the third hole of the playoff, the par 5 17th, Watson's drive found a bad lie in heavy rough, and he was unable to reach the fairway with his next shot. Having reached the green in four, he then three-putted for a 7, while Cink hit the green in two and two putted for birdie. With a four stroke lead going down the final hole, Cink hit his approach to 5 feet, and made birdie to triumph in the playoff by 6 strokes and win the Open Championship.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stewart Cink Stewart Cink Stewart Ernest Cink is an American professional golfer who won the 2009 Open Championship. He has spent over 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 2004 to 2009.-Early years and education:... |
4-3-4-3=14 | −2 | 750,000 | |
| 2 | Tom Watson Tom Watson (golfer) Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour.... |
5-3-7-5=20 | +4 | 450,000 |