2015 Open Championship
Golf tournament
- European Tour
- PGA Tour
- Japan Golf Tour
€8,717,310
$9,831,780
€1,591,255
$1,794,690
Zach Johnson
St Andrews
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The 2015 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 144th Open Championship, held from 16 to 20 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. It was the 29th Open Championship played at the course and Zach Johnson won in a four-hole playoff for his second major title.
World number one Rory McIlroy withdrew prior to the tournament due to an off-course ankle injury; he was the first defending champion absent from the Open in over sixty years, since Ben Hogan opted not to participate in 1954. Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth attempted to win a third consecutive major and take over the top ranking.[2][3] He finished one stroke out of the playoff, in a tie for fourth.[4]
Inclement weather – which included heavy rain and very strong winds – forced play to be suspended twice, on Friday and Saturday, with the latter having play suspended for nearly most of the day. The third round was held on Sunday and the final round (and playoff) on Monday.
This was also the last Open Championship played under the then present TV deals with the BBC and ESPN each having their swan song. NBC and Sky Sports would take over coverage the following year at Royal Troon.
This was the final Open appearance for five-time champion Tom Watson and three-time champion Nick Faldo who played in his last major championship.
Venue
The 2015 event is the 29th Open Championship played at the Old Course at St Andrews. The most recent was in 2010 when Louis Oosthuizen won his only major title and became the second South African to win an Open Championship at St Andrews (Bobby Locke is the first, having won at St Andrews in 1957).
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burn | 375 | 4 | 10 | Bobby Jones | 386 | 4 | |
| 2 | Dyke | 452 | 4 | 11 | High (In) | 174 | 3 | |
| 3 | Cartgate (Out) | 398 | 4 | 12 | Heathery (In) | 348 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ginger Beer | 480 | 4 | 13 | Hole O'Cross (In) | 465 | 4 | |
| 5 | Hole O'Cross (Out) | 570 | 5 | 14 | Long | 614 | 5 | |
| 6 | Heathery (Out) | 414 | 4 | 15 | Cartgate (In) | 455 | 4 | |
| 7 | High (Out) | 371 | 4 | 16 | Corner of the Dyke | 418 | 4 | |
| 8 | Short | 174 | 3 | 17 | Road | 495 | 4 | |
| 9 | End | 352 | 4 | 18 | Tom Morris | 356 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,586 | 36 | In | 3,711 | 36 | |||
| Source:[5] | Total | 7,297 | 72 | |||||
Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[6]
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Field
Criteria and exemptions
Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.[7][8]
1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 19 July 2015
- Mark Calcavecchia (3)
- Stewart Cink (2,3)
- Darren Clarke (2,3)
- Ben Curtis
- John Daly
- David Duval
- Ernie Els (2,3)
- Nick Faldo
- Todd Hamilton
- Pádraig Harrington (2)
- Paul Lawrie
- Tom Lehman
- Justin Leonard (3)
- Sandy Lyle
- Phil Mickelson (2,3,5,15)
- Mark O'Meara
- Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,5,6)
- Tiger Woods (2,3,12)
- Eligible but did not enter: Ian Baker-Finch, Greg Norman, Nick Price
- Rory McIlroy (2,3,4,5,6,7,9,11,13,15) withdrew with an ankle injury.[9]
2. The Open Champions for 2005–2014
3. The Open Champions finishing in the first 10 and tying for 10th place in The Open Championship 2009–2014[a]
- Tom Watson
4. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2014 Open Championship
- Victor Dubuisson (5,6,15)
- Rickie Fowler (5,12,13,15)
- Jim Furyk (5,13,15)
- Sergio García (5,6,13,15)
- Marc Leishman
- Shane Lowry (5,6)
- Graeme McDowell (5,6,15)
- Edoardo Molinari
- Charl Schwartzel (5,6,10)
- Adam Scott (5,10,13)
5. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2015
- Keegan Bradley (11,15)
- Paul Casey
- Jason Day (13)
- Jamie Donaldson (6,15)
- Matt Every
- Branden Grace
- Bill Haas (13)
- J. B. Holmes
- Billy Horschel (13)
- Thongchai Jaidee (6)
- Miguel Ángel Jiménez (6)
- Dustin Johnson (13)
- Zach Johnson (13,15)
- Martin Kaymer (6,9,11,12,13,15)
- Brooks Koepka (6)
- Matt Kuchar (13,15)
- Anirban Lahiri (OQS[b])
- Joost Luiten (6)
- Hunter Mahan (13,15)
- Ben Martin
- Hideki Matsuyama (13)
- Ryan Moore
- Kevin Na (13)
- Ryan Palmer (13)
- Ian Poulter (6,15)
- Patrick Reed (13,15)
- Justin Rose (6,9,13,15)
- Webb Simpson (9,13,15)
- Brandt Snedeker
- Jordan Spieth (9,10,13,15)
- Henrik Stenson (6,15)
- Brendon Todd (13)
- Jimmy Walker (13,15)
- Bubba Watson (10,13,15)
- Lee Westwood (6,15)
- Bernd Wiesberger
- Danny Willett (6)
- Gary Woodland (13)
- Chris Kirk (13) withdrew with a hand injury.[11]
6. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2014
7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2013–2015
8. First 5 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai on completion of the 2015 BMW International Open
- Kiradech Aphibarnrat
- Alex Norén withdrew with an injury.[12]
9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2011–2015
10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2011–2015
11. The PGA Champions for 2010–2014
12. The Players Champions for 2013–2015
13. The leading 30 qualifiers for the 2014 Tour Championship
14. First 5 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list for 2015 on completion of the 2015 Travelers Championship
15. Playing members of the 2014 Ryder Cup teams
16. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2014
- David Lipsky
17. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2014
- Greg Chalmers (OQS[b])
18. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2014
19. The Japan Open Champion for 2014
20. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2014
21. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2015 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2015 Japan Golf Tour Championship
22. The Senior Open Champion for 2014
23. The Amateur Champion for 2015
- Romain Langasque (a)
24. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2014
- Gunn Yang (a)
25. The European Amateur Champion for 2014
- Ashley Chesters (a)
26. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2014
Open Qualifying Series
The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) consisted of 10 events from the six major tours. Places were available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who finished in the top n and ties. In the event of ties, positions went to players ranked highest according to that week's OWGR.[13]
| Location | Tournament | Date | Spots | Top | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Emirates Australian Open | 30 Nov | 3 | 10 | Greg Chalmers (17), Rod Pampling, Brett Rumford |
| Thailand | Thailand Golf Championship | 14 Dec | 4 | 12 | Marcus Fraser, Scott Hend, Anirban Lahiri (5), Jonathan Moore |
| Africa | Joburg Open | 1 Mar | 3 | 10 | David Howell, Andy Sullivan, Anthony Wall |
| Japan | Mizuno Open | 31 May | 4 | 12 | Scott Strange, Tadahiro Takayama, Taichi Teshima, Shinji Tomimura |
| Ireland | The Irish Open | 31 May | 3 | 10 | Tyrrell Hatton, Søren Kjeldsen, Eddie Pepperell |
| USA | Travelers Championship | 28 Jun | 4 | 12 | Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Brian Harman, Carl Pettersson |
| France | Alstom Open de France | 5 Jul | 3 | 10 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello, James Morrison, Jaco van Zyl |
| USA | Greenbrier Classic | 5 Jul | 4 | 12 | James Hahn, David Hearn, Danny Lee, Greg Owen |
| Scotland | Scottish Open | 12 Jul | 3 | 10 | Daniel Brooks, Raphaël Jacquelin, Rikard Karlberg |
| USA | John Deere Classic | 12 Jul | 1 | 5 | Tom Gillis |
Final Qualifying
The Final Qualifying events were played on 30 June at four courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England. Three qualifying places were available at each location.[14]
| Location | Qualifiers[c][d] |
|---|---|
| Gailes Links | Ryan Fox, Paul Kinnear (a, R), Mark Young (R) |
| Hillside | Scott Arnold, Pelle Edberg, Jordan Niebrugge (a) |
| Royal Cinque Ports | Alister Balcombe (a, R), Gary Boyd, Ben Taylor (a, R) |
| Woburn | Robert Dinwiddie, Paul Dunne (a), Retief Goosen |
Alternates
To make up the full field of 156, additional places were allocated in ranking order from the Official World Golf Ranking at the time that these places were made available by the Championship Committee. Any places made available after the 5 July 2015 used the week 27 rankings.[7]
From the Week 26 (week ending 29 June) Official World Golf Ranking:[15]
- Francesco Molinari (ranked 43)
- Matt Jones (67)
- David Lingmerth (72)
- Harris English (74)
- Daniel Berger (75)
- Tim Clark (71) withdrew.[16]
From the Week 27 (week ending 5 July) Official World Golf Ranking:
- Russell Knox (ranked 77)[e]
- Kevin Streelman (80)[f]
- Hiroshi Iwata (81)[g]
- Richie Ramsay (82)[h]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Dustin Johnson posted a seven-under-par 65 on day one to lead by one shot from a group of six golfers.[17][18] Jordan Spieth was two shots off the lead after carding a 67.[19][20]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Johnson | 65 | −7 |
| T2 |  Jason Day | 66 | −6 |
 Retief Goosen | |||
| Zach Johnson | |||
 Paul Lawrie | |||
| Robert Streb | |||
 Danny Willett | |||
| T8 | Kevin Na | 67 | −5 |
| Jordan Niebrugge (a) | |||
| Louis Oosthuizen | |||
| Charl Schwartzel | |||
| Jordan Spieth |
*The last group completed play at approximately 9:36 pm. BST (UTC+1)
Second round
Friday and Saturday, 17–18 July 2015
The first group teed-off at 6:32 am BST on Friday, but heavy rain caused localised flooding and play was suspended at 6:46 am. Restarted at 10 am; later tee times were delayed over three hours . The tee time for the 52nd and last group was delayed from the original 4:13 pm to 7:27 pm. The second round was not completed on Friday and 42 players returned early Saturday to finish their rounds.[21][22][23]
Dustin Johnson was the overnight leader on 10-under-par after 13 holes, a stroke ahead of Danny Willett.[24] The day marked the final Open appearance of five-time champion Tom Watson at age 65.[25]
Play resumed on Saturday at 7 am, with the third round due to start at 11 am. However, play was soon suspended at 7:32 am because a strong wind was moving stationary balls on some of the greens. Because it was a non-dangerous situation, players were allowed to complete the hole they were playing. Dustin Johnson had bogeyed the 14th to move back to 9-under-par, tied for the lead with Willett.
After a delay of several hours, it was decided that only the remainder of the second round would be competed on Saturday, with the third round scheduled for Sunday and the fourth round for Monday. Play finally resumed at 6 pm, a 10½ hour delay, and was completed after 9 pm. The 36-hole cut was at even par 144 and eighty players advanced to the third round.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Johnson | 65-69=134 | −10 |
| 2 | Danny Willett | 66-69=135 | −9 |
| 3 | Paul Lawrie | 66-70=136 | −8 |
| T4 | Jason Day | 66-71=137 | −7 |
| Zach Johnson | 66-71=137 | ||
| Louis Oosthuizen | 67-70=137 | ||
| Adam Scott | 70-67=137 | ||
| Robert Streb | 66-71=137 | ||
| Marc Warren | 68-69=137 | ||
| T10 | Luke Donald | 68-70=138 | −6 |
 Paul Dunne (a) | 69-69=138 | ||
| Retief Goosen | 66-72=138 | ||
 Hideki Matsuyama | 72-66=138 |
*The last group completed play Saturday at approximately 9:19 pm.
Amateurs: Dunne (−6), Niebrugge (−4), Langasque (−3), Schniederjans (−2), Chesters (−1), Kinnear (+2), Yang (+6), Balcombe (+6), Taylor (+11)
Third round
Sunday, 19 July 2015
Amateur Paul Dunne was in a share of the lead after the third round along with Louis Oosthuizen and Jason Day.[26] No amateur had led the Open after three rounds since 1927.[27]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Jason Day | 66-71-67=204 | −12 |
| Paul Dunne (a) | 69-69-66=204 | ||
| Louis Oosthuizen | 67-70-67=204 | ||
| 4 | Jordan Spieth | 67-72-66=205 | −11 |
| 5 | Pádraig Harrington | 72-69-65=206 | −10 |
| T6 |  Sergio García | 70-69-68=207 | −9 |
| Retief Goosen | 66-72-69=207 | ||
| Zach Johnson | 66-71-70=207 | ||
| Marc Leishman | 70-73-64=207 | ||
| Jordan Niebrugge (a) | 67-73-67=207 | ||
| Justin Rose | 71-68-68=207 | ||
| Adam Scott | 70-67-70=207 | ||
| Robert Streb | 66-71-70=207 | ||
| Danny Willett | 66-69-72=207 |
*The last group completed play Sunday at approximately 7:04 pm.
Amateurs: Dunne (−12), Niebrugge (−9), Chesters (−6), Schniederjans (−4), Langasque (−4)
Final round
Monday, 20 July 2015
Marc Leishman carded a 66 in the final round to have the lead in the clubhouse at −15 while the final pairings were beginning their back nine. Zach Johnson then birdied the 18th to also card a 66 and tie the clubhouse lead with Leishman. The second to last group of the round were Jason Day and Jordan Spieth. Day and Spieth both headed to the par-4 16th at −14, one shot back of Leishman and Johnson. Spieth hit a difficult putt to birdie to get to -15, while Day parred. On the famous par-4 17th "Road Hole," an errant approach shot by Spieth resulted in a bogey and he was back at −14. Day was unable to convert a difficult birdie putt and remained at −14 as well. At the 18th, Spieth's approach shot was short, in the "Valley of Sin" below the green; he almost holed the chip for birdie, but settled for par and 274 (−14). Day was left with a 15-foot (4.5 m) birdie putt to join the playoff, but could not convert and also ended a stroke back at 274.
The final pairing was Louis Oosthuizen and amateur Paul Dunne, who was at even par 36 out, but was four-over on the next four holes, fell out of contention, and tied for thirtieth place.[28] Oosthuizen played a solid round and needed a birdie at 18 to get into the playoff with Leishman and Johnson. His approach shot left him with a 10-foot (3 m) birdie putt, which he sunk. The Open Championship's rules dictated there would be a four-hole aggregate score playoff between Johnson, Leishman, and Oosthuizen. Johnson took the early lead on the first and never looked back, winning by a stroke over Oosthuizen.[29][30] The win was Johnson's second major championship victory; he won the Masters eight years earlier in 2007.[31]
Final leaderboard
| Champion |
| Silver Medal winner (low amateur) |
| (a) = amateur |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Zach Johnson | 66-71-70-66=273 | −15 | Playoff |
| Marc Leishman | 70-73-64-66=273 | |||
| Louis Oosthuizen (c) | 67-70-67-69=273 | |||
| T4 | Jason Day | 66-71-67-70=274 | −14 | 295,000 |
| Jordan Spieth | 67-72-66-69=274 | |||
| T6 | Sergio García | 70-69-68-70=277 | −11 | 196,000 |
| Jordan Niebrugge (a) | 67-73-67-70=277 | 0 | ||
| Justin Rose | 71-68-68-70=277 | 196,000 | ||
| Danny Willett | 66-69-72-70=277 | |||
| T10 | Brooks Koepka | 71-70-69-68=278 | −10 | 138,500 |
| Adam Scott | 70-67-70-71=278 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) | |
| T12 | Ashley Chesters (a) | 71-72-67-69=279 | −9 | 0 | |
| Luke Donald | 68-70-73-68=279 | 103,875 | |||
 Martin Kaymer | 71-70-70-68=279 | ||||
| Ollie Schniederjans (a) | 70-72-70-67=279 | 0 | |||
| Brendon Todd | 71-73-69-66=279 | 103,875 | |||
| Anthony Wall | 70-71-68-70=279 | ||||
| T18 | Hideki Matsuyama | 72-66-71-71=280 | −8 | 82,750 | |
| Robert Streb | 66-71-70-73=280 | ||||
| T20 | Stewart Cink (c) | 70-71-68-72=281 | −7 | 61,475 | |
| Marcus Fraser | 74-69-68-70=281 | ||||
| Retief Goosen | 66-72-69-74=281 | ||||
| Branden Grace | 69-72-73-67=281 | ||||
| Pádraig Harrington (c) | 72-69-65-75=281 | ||||
| Russell Henley | 74-66-72-69=281 | ||||
| Phil Mickelson (c) | 70-72-70-69=281 | ||||
| James Morrison | 71-71-70-69=281 | ||||
| Greg Owen | 68-73-71-69=281 | ||||
| Patrick Reed | 72-70-67-72=281 | ||||
| T30 | Steven Bowditch | 70-69-69-74=282 | −6 | 40,417 | |
| Paul Dunne (a) | 69-69-66-78=282 | 0 | |||
| Rickie Fowler | 72-71-66-73=282 | 40,417 | |||
| Jim Furyk | 73-71-66-72=282 | ||||
| Billy Horschel | 73-71-71-67=282 | ||||
| Matt Jones | 68-73-69-72=282 | ||||
 Anirban Lahiri | 69-70-71-72=282 | ||||
| Ryan Palmer | 71-71-67-73=282 | ||||
| Andy Sullivan | 72-71-68-71=282 | ||||
| Jimmy Walker | 72-68-71-71=282 | ||||
| T40 | Scott Arnold | 71-73-73-66=283 | −5 | 27,861 | |
| Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 71-73-68-71=283 | ||||
| Paul Lawrie (c) | 66-70-74-73=283 | ||||
 Francesco Molinari | 72-71-73-67=283 | ||||
| Geoff Ogilvy | 71-68-72-72=283 | ||||
| John Senden | 72-72-68-71=283 | ||||
| Webb Simpson | 70-70-71-72=283 | ||||
 Henrik Stenson | 73-70-71-69=283 | ||||
| Marc Warren | 68-69-72-74=283 | ||||
| T49 |  Jamie Donaldson | 72-71-71-70=284 | −4 | 18,728 | |
| David Duval (c) | 72-72-67-73=284 | ||||
 Ryan Fox | 72-69-76-67=284 | ||||
| David Howell | 68-73-73-70=284 | ||||
| Dustin Johnson | 65-69-75-75=284 | ||||
| Hunter Mahan | 72-72-67-73=284 | ||||
 Graeme McDowell | 72-72-70-70=284 | ||||
| Eddie Pepperell | 72-70-66-76=284 | ||||
| Lee Westwood | 71-73-69-71=284 | ||||
| T58 | Greg Chalmers | 70-71-69-75=285 | −3 | 15,907 | |
| Jason Dufner | 73-71-67-74=285 | ||||
| Matt Kuchar | 71-73-70-71=285 | ||||
| David Lipsky | 73-69-70-73=285 | ||||
| Kevin Na | 67-75-70-73=285 | ||||
| Cameron Tringale | 71-71-73-70=285 | ||||
| Gary Woodland | 72-70-71-72=285 | ||||
| T65 | Ernie Els (c) | 71-73-69-73=286 | −2 | 15,350 | |
 Thongchai Jaidee | 72-71-70-73=286 | ||||
 Romain Langasque (a) | 69-72-71-74=286 | 0 | |||
| T68 |  Graham DeLaet | 71-73-68-75=287 | −1 | 14,950 | |
| Harris English | 71-72-69-75=287 | ||||
| Ross Fisher | 71-73-72-71=287 | ||||
| Richie Ramsay | 72-71-70-74=287 | ||||
| Charl Schwartzel | 67-72-69-79=287 | ||||
 Bernd Wiesberger | 72-72-71-72=287 | ||||
| T74 | Paul Casey | 70-71-75-72=288 | E | 14,450 | |
| David Lingmerth | 69-72-70-77=288 | ||||
| Ben Martin | 74-70-67-77=288 | ||||
| Brett Rumford | 71-71-71-75=288 | ||||
| T78 | Bernhard Langer | 74-70-73-72=289 | +1 | 14,150 | |
| Mark O'Meara (c) | 72-72-71-74=289 | ||||
| 80 | Thomas Aiken | 75-69-72-74=290 | +2 | 14,000 | |
| CUT | John Daly (c) | 71-74=145 | +1 | ||
| Victor Dubuisson | 74-71=145 | ||||
| Tommy Fleetwood | 69-76=145 | ||||
| Brian Harman | 73-72=145 | ||||
 Mikko Ilonen | 75-70=145 | ||||
| Rikard Karlberg | 70-75=145 | ||||
| Kevin Kisner | 71-74=145 | ||||
| Pablo Larrazábal | 76-69=145 | ||||
| Alexander Lévy | 70-75=145 | ||||
| Shane Lowry | 73-72=145 | ||||
| Carl Pettersson | 72-73=145 | ||||
| Marcel Siem | 70-75=145 | ||||
 An Byeong-hun | 74-72=146 | +2 | |||
| Jonas Blixt | 75-71=146 | ||||
| Darren Clarke (c) | 73-73=146 | ||||
| Pelle Edberg | 72-74=146 | ||||
| Hiroyuki Fujita | 71-75=146 | ||||
| Stephen Gallacher | 73-73=146 | ||||
| Tyrrell Hatton | 70-76=146 | ||||
| Scott Hend | 74-72=146 | ||||
| Raphaël Jacquelin | 76-70=146 | ||||
| Paul Kinnear (a) | 70-76=146 | ||||
| Russell Knox | 72-74=146 | ||||
 Joost Luiten | 74-72=146 | ||||
| Matteo Manassero | 73-73=146 | ||||
| Brandt Snedeker | 73-73=146 | ||||
| Keegan Bradley | 75-72=147 | +3 | |||
| George Coetzee | 74-73=147 | ||||
| David Hearn | 74-73=147 | ||||
| J. B. Holmes | 73-74=147 | ||||
| Danny Lee | 73-74=147 | ||||
| Sandy Lyle (c) | 71-76=147 | ||||
| Ryan Moore | 74-73=147 | ||||
| Ian Poulter | 73-74=147 | ||||
| Tadahiro Takayama | 75-72=147 | ||||
| Shinji Tomimura | 73-74=147 | ||||
| Bubba Watson | 71-76=147 | ||||
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 73-75=148 | +4 | |||
| James Hahn | 75-73=148 | ||||
| Yuta Ikeda | 74-74=148 | ||||
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 75-73=148 | ||||
 Søren Kjeldsen | 75-73=148 | ||||
| Tom Lehman (c) | 75-73=148 | ||||
| Jaco van Zyl | 79-69=148 | ||||
| Romain Wattel | 75-73=148 | ||||
| Mark Young | 74-74=148 | ||||
| Daniel Berger | 73-76=149 | +5 | |||
| Thomas Bjørn | 70-79=149 | ||||
| Adam Bland | 75-74=149 | ||||
| Daniel Brooks | 76-73=149 | ||||
| Ben Curtis (c) | 74-75=149 | ||||
| Bill Haas | 75-74=149 | ||||
| Morgan Hoffmann | 73-76=149 | ||||
| Hiroshi Iwata | 79-70=149 | ||||
| Edoardo Molinari | 74-75=149 | ||||
| Koumei Oda | 73-76=149 | ||||
| Taichi Teshima | 76-73=149 | ||||
| Alister Balcombe (a) | 74-76=150 | +6 | |||
| Robert Dinwiddie | 73-77=150 | ||||
| Tom Gillis | 76-74=150 | ||||
| Charley Hoffman | 72-78=150 | ||||
| Justin Leonard (c) | 78-72=150 | ||||
 Liang Wenchong | 80-70=150 | ||||
| Scott Strange | 77-73=150 | ||||
| Kevin Streelman | 78-72=150 | ||||
| Gunn Yang (a) | 73-77=150 | ||||
| Matt Every | 73-78=151 | +7 | |||
| Todd Hamilton (c) | 74-77=151 | ||||
| Tiger Woods (c) | 76-75=151 | ||||
| Jonathan Moore | 74-78=152 | +8 | |||
| Rod Pampling | 77-75=152 | ||||
| Nick Faldo (c) | 83-71=154 | +10 | |||
| Mark Calcavecchia (c) | 80-75=155 | +11 | |||
| Ben Taylor (a) | 82-73=155 | ||||
| Tom Watson (c) | 76-80=156 | +12 | |||
| Gary Boyd | 77-80=157 | +13 | |||
Source:[28]
Scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Johnson | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −16 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −14 | −15 |
| Leishman | −10 | −10 | −11 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −16 | −16 | −16 | −16 | −15 | −15 | −15 |
| Oosthuizen | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 |
| Day | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 |
| Spieth | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −14 | −14 |
| García | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 |
| Niebrugge | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 |
| Rose | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 |
| Willett | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 |
| Harrington | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −8 | −7 |
| Dunne | −11 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −6 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source:[28]
Playoff
This was the ninth four-hole playoff at the Open Championship, first used in 1989. The last playoff at St Andrews was twenty years earlier in 1995.
Johnson and Oosthuizen birdied the first while Leishman bogeyed; Johnson birdied the second and then the routing switched over to the Road Hole (#17), which all three bogeyed. All three made par at 18 and Johnson won the Claret Jug by a stroke.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zach Johnson | 3-3-5-4=15 | −1 | 1,150,000 |
| T2 | Louis Oosthuizen | 3-4-5-4=16 | E | 536,500 |
| Marc Leishman | 5-4-5-4=18 | +2 |
- Four-hole aggregate playoff on holes 1, 2, 17, and 18
Scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Johnson | −1 | −2 | −1 | −1 |
| Oosthuizen | −1 | −1 | E | E |
| Leishman | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 |
Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
Source:[28]
Notes
- ^ Category 3 was extended from 2010 back to 2009 to enable Watson to make a final Open appearance at St Andrews[10]
- ^ a b Lahiri and Chalmers had already qualified through the Open Qualifying Series prior to meeting exemption criteria.
- ^ (a) – indicates the player was an amateur.
- ^ (R) – indicates a golfer who came through Regional Qualifying.
- ^ Knox replaced Rory McIlroy.[9]
- ^ Streelman replaced Chris Kirk.[11]
- ^ Iwata replaced Alex Norén.[12]
- ^ Ramsay replaced Tim Clark.[16]
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- ^ a b Ross, Helen (11 July 2015). "Kirk withdraws from Open Championship". PGA Tour.
- ^ a b @TheOpen (12 July 2015). "Field update: Alex Noren of Sweden has withdrawn from #TheOpen due to injury and is replaced by Japan's Hiroshi Iwata" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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- ^ Murray, Scott; Smith, Alan (20 July 2015). "The Open 2015: day two – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ Dirs, Ben (17 July 2015). "Open 2015: Dustin Johnson leads after day two at St Andrews". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ Murray, Scott (18 July 2015). "The Open 2015: day three – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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- ^ Corrigan, James (20 July 2015). "The Open 2015: Zach Johnson holds nerve against Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen to win first Claret Jug". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
External links
- St Andrews 2015 (Official site)
- 144th Open Championship - St Andrews (European Tour)
- 2015 Open Championship (PGA of America)
