2014 Open Championship

The 2014 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 143rd Open Championship, held from 17 to 20 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Merseyside, England.

2014 Open Championship

Tournament information
Dates	17–20 July 2014
Location	Merseyside, England
Course(s)	Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Organized by	The R&A
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,312 yd (6,686 m)
Field	156 players, 72 after cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	£5.400 million[1] €6.776 million $9.226 million
Winner's share	£975,000[1] €1,223,450 $1,665,788
Champion
Rory McIlroy
271 (−17)

Hoylake

Location in England

Hoylake

Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, Merseyside, west of Liverpool, England

Rory McIlroy won his first Open Championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Rickie Fowler and Sergio García, and became only the sixth to win the championship going wire-to-wire after 72 holes (being the sole leader after each round). It was McIlroy's third major title, having won the U.S. Open in 2011 and the PGA Championship in 2012; he became the first European to win three different majors and joined Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only three (since the first Masters Tournament in 1934) to win three majors by the age of 25.[2]

Venue

The 2014 event was the twelfth Open Championship played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.[3] The most recent was in 2006, with Tiger Woods winning his second consecutive Open Championship title, holding off Chris DiMarco with a two-shot victory. The first open at the venue was in 1897, won by amateur Harold Hilton by a stroke ahead of James Braid.

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	17 – Royal	458	4		10	8 – Far	532	5
2	18 – Stand	454	4		11	9 – Punch Bowl	391	4
3	1 – Course	426	4		12	10 – Dee	447	4
4	2 – Road	372	4		13	11 – Alps	194	3
5	3 – Long	528	5		14	12 – Hilbre	454	4
6	4 – New	201	3		15	13 – Rushes	161	3
7	5 – Telegraph	480	4		16	14 – Field	577	5
8	6 – Briars	431	4		17	15 – Lake	458	4
9	7 – Dowie	197	3		18	16 – Dun	551	5
Out		3,547	35		In		3,765	37
Source[4][5][6]					Total		7,312	72

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1947):[7]

• 2006: 7,258 yards (6,637 m), par 72
• 1967: 6,995 yards (6,396 m), par 72
• 1956: 6,960 yards (6,364 m), par 71
• 1947: 6,978 yards (6,381 m), par 68[8]

Field

Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.[9][10]

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 20 July 2014
Stewart Cink (2,3), Darren Clarke (2,3), Ben Curtis, John Daly, David Duval, Ernie Els (2,3,6,15), Nick Faldo, Todd Hamilton (2), Pádraig Harrington (2), Paul Lawrie, Justin Leonard (3), Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5,10,13,15), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,5,15), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5,12,13,15)

• Eligible but did not enter: Ian Baker-Finch, Greg Norman, Nick Price
• Tom Lehman withdrew for family reasons.[11]
• Mark O'Meara withdrew with an elbow injury.[12]
• Mark Calcavecchia (3) withdrew.[13]

2. The Open Champions for 2004–2013

3. The Open Champions finishing in the first 10 and tying for 10th place in The Open Championship 2009–2013
Tom Watson

4. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2013 Open Championship
Zach Johnson (5,13,15), Hunter Mahan (5,13,15), Hideki Matsuyama (5,15,20), Francesco Molinari (5,6), Ian Poulter (5,6), Adam Scott (5,10,13,15,17), Henrik Stenson (5,6,13), Lee Westwood (5,6)

5. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2014
Thomas Bjørn (6), Jonas Blixt, Keegan Bradley (11,13,15), Jason Day (13,15), Graham DeLaet (13,15), Luke Donald (7,13), Jamie Donaldson (6), Victor Dubuisson (6), Jason Dufner (11,13,15), Harris English, Matt Every, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk (13), Stephen Gallacher (6), Sergio García (6,13), Bill Haas (13,15), Russell Henley, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (6), Dustin Johnson (13), Matt Jones, Martin Kaymer (6,9,11,12), Chris Kirk, Matt Kuchar (12,13,15), Joost Luiten (6), Graeme McDowell (6,9), Rory McIlroy (7,9,11), Ryan Moore, Ryan Palmer, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose (6,9,13), Charl Schwartzel (6,10,13,15), John Senden (Open Qualifying Series – Australia), Webb Simpson (9,13,15), Brandt Snedeker (13,15), Jordan Spieth (13,15), Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson (10), Gary Woodland (13)

• Steve Stricker (13,15) chose not to play.[14]

6. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2013
Grégory Bourdy, Paul Casey, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Tommy Fleetwood, Branden Grace (15), David Howell, Mikko Ilonen, Thongchai Jaidee, Matteo Manassero (7), Brett Rumford, Richard Sterne (15), Peter Uihlein, Bernd Wiesberger, Chris Wood

7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2012–2014

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 2014 BMW International Open
Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Pablo Larrazábal, Shane Lowry

9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2010–2014

10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2010–2014

11. The PGA Champions for 2009–2013
Yang Yong-eun

12. The Players Champions for 2012–2014

13. The leading 30 qualifiers for the 2013 Tour Championship
Roberto Castro, Brendon de Jonge (15), Billy Horschel, D. A. Points, Kevin Streelman, Nick Watney, Boo Weekley

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 2014 on completion of the 2014 Travelers Championship
Kevin Na, Brendon Todd

15. Playing members of the 2013 Presidents Cup teams
Ángel Cabrera, Marc Leishman

16. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2013
Kiradech Aphibarnrat

17. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2013

18. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2013
Dawie van der Walt

19. The Japan Open Champion for 2013
Masanori Kobayashi

20. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2013
Kim Hyung-sung

21. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2014 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2014 Japan Golf Tour Championship.
Yūsaku Miyazato, Koumei Oda

22. The Senior Open Champion for 2013
Mark Wiebe

23. The Amateur Champion for 2014
Bradley Neil (a)

24. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2013

• Matthew Fitzpatrick (26) forfeited his exemption by turning professional after the U.S. Open.[15]

25. The European Amateur Champion for 2013
Ashley Chesters (a)

26. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2013

Open Qualifying Series

Major changes were made to the qualification categories.[16] There is now an Open Qualifying Series (OQS) which consists of 10 events from the six major tours. This series largely replaces International Final Qualifying. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top n and ties. In the event of ties, positions go to players highest according to that week's OWGR.

Location	Tournament	Date	Spots	Top	Qualifiers
Australia	Emirates Australian Open	1 Dec	3	10	Rhein Gibson, Bryden Macpherson, John Senden
Africa	Joburg Open	9 Feb	3	10	George Coetzee, Jin Jeong, Justin Walters
Thailand	36-hole qualifier	7 Mar	4	n/a	Hiroshi Iwata, Pan Cheng-tsung (a), Yoshinobu Tsukada, Wu Ashun
Japan	Mizuno Open	1 Jun	4	12	Jang Dong-kyu, Kim Hyung-tae, Tomohiro Kondo, Juvic Pagunsan
Ireland	The Irish Open	22 Jun	3	10	Matthew Baldwin, Edoardo Molinari, Danny Willett
USA	Quicken Loans National	29 Jun	4	12	Charley Hoffman, Ben Martin, Brendan Steele, Shawn Stefani
France	Alstom Open de France	6 Jul	3	10	Michael Hoey, Robert Karlsson, Victor Riu
USA	Greenbrier Classic	6 Jul	4	12	Billy Hurley III, George McNeill, Chris Stroud, Cameron Tringale
Scotland	Scottish Open	13 Jul	3	10	Kristoffer Broberg, Tyrrell Hatton, Scott Jamieson
USA	John Deere Classic	13 Jul	1	5	Brian Harman

Final Qualifying

Unlike in previous years, the Final Qualifying events were played at four courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England and not at four courses near the Open Championship venue.

Gailes Links: – Paul McKechnie, Jamie McLeary, Marc Warren

Hillside: – Oscar Florén, Chris Hanson, John Singleton

Sunningdale:[17][18] – An Byeong-hun, Chris Rodgers, Matthew Southgate

Woburn: – Paul Dunne (a), Rhys Enoch, Oliver Fisher

McKechnie and Singleton had earlier played in Regional Qualifying, at Bruntsfield Links and Mere, respectively.

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 week 27 rankings issued on 6 July 2014 used these week 27 rankings.[10] Ten places were made available on 2 July and so ten players were added based on the week 26 rankings.[19][20]

1. Kevin Stadler (ranked 62, week 26)
2. J. B. Holmes (63)
3. K. J. Choi (66)
4. Erik Compton (72)
5. Charles Howell III (73) – withdrew for family reasons[21]
6. Brooks Koepka (74)
7. Chesson Hadley (76)
8. Freddie Jacobson (79)
9. Anirban Lahiri (81)
10. Scott Stallings (82)
11. Thorbjørn Olesen (84) – replaced Charles Howell III[21]
12. Ryo Ishikawa (ranked 76, week 27) – replaced Steve Stricker[14]
13. Ross Fisher (90) – replaced Mark O'Meara[12]
14. David Hearn (94) – replaced Mark Calcavecchia[13]

(a) denotes amateur

Nationalities in the field

North America (58)	South America (1)	Europe (59)	Oceania (8)	Asia (21)	Africa (9)
Canada (2)	Argentina (1)	England (19)	Australia (8)	China (1)	South Africa (8)
United States (56)		Northern Ireland (4)		India (1)	Zimbabwe (1)
		Scotland (8)		Japan (8)
		Wales (2)		South Korea (7)
		Ireland (3)		Philippines (1)
		Austria (1)		Taiwan (1)
		Denmark (2)		Thailand (2)
		Finland (1)
		France (3)
		Germany (1)
		Italy (3)
		Netherlands (1)
		Spain (5)
		Sweden (6)

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Phil Mickelson	United States	2013	74	70	71	68	283	−5	T23
Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	2011	72	72	67	73	284	−4	T26
Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	2010	70	68	76	72	286	−2	T36
Stewart Cink	United States	2009	71	75	73	69	288	E	T47
Tom Watson	United States	1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983	73	73	75	68	289	+1	T51
Tiger Woods	United States	2000, 2005, 2006	69	77	73	75	294	+6	69

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Justin Leonard	United States	1997	74	73	147	+3
Ben Curtis	United States	2003	74	74	148	+4
John Daly	United States	1995	77	71	148	+4
Todd Hamilton	United States	2004	77	74	151	+7
David Duval	United States	2001	73	79	152	+8
Ernie Els	South Africa	2002, 2012	79	73	152	+8
Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	2007, 2008	74	78	152	+8
Nick Faldo	England	1987, 1990, 1992	76	77	153	+9
Paul Lawrie	Scotland	1999	79	74	153	+9
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1985	82	84	166	+22

Source:[22]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 17 July 2014

Rory McIlroy shot a bogey-free round of 66 (−6) to take a one-stroke lead over Matteo Manassero.[23] World number one Adam Scott, Sergio García, brothers Edoardo and Francesco Molinari, Shane Lowry, Brooks Koepka and Jim Furyk were another shot further back at 68 (−4).[24] Three-time champion Tiger Woods, playing in his first major championship of the year following back surgery, rebounded from bogeys on his first two holes to post a round of 69 (−3).[25]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	66	−6
2	Matteo Manassero	Italy	67	−5
T3	Jim Furyk	United States	68	−4
	Sergio García	Spain
	Brooks Koepka	United States
	Shane Lowry	Ireland
	Edoardo Molinari	Italy
	Francesco Molinari	Italy
	Adam Scott	Australia
T10	Rickie Fowler	United States	69	−3
	Robert Karlsson	Sweden
	Marc Leishman	Australia
	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan
	Koumei Oda	Japan
	Yoshinobu Tsukada	Japan
	Jimmy Walker	United States
	Boo Weekley	United States
	Tiger Woods	United States

Second round

Friday, 18 July 2014

Rory McIlroy shot a second consecutive round of 66 (−6) to post a 132 total (−12) and a four-shot lead after 36 holes.[26] Dustin Johnson had the lowest round of the tournament with a 65 (−7) to move into second place.[27]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	66-66=132	−12
2	Dustin Johnson	United States	71-65=136	−8
T3	Rickie Fowler	United States	69-69=138	−6
	Sergio García	Spain	68-70=138
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	68-70=138
	Ryan Moore	United States	70-68=138
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	70-68=138
	Charl Schwartzel	South Africa	71-67=138
T9	George Coetzee	South Africa	70-69=139	−5
	Jim Furyk	United States	68-71=139
	Marc Warren	Scotland	71-68=139

Amateurs: Chesters (+3), Dunne (+4), Pan (+4), Neil (+11).

Third round

Saturday, 19 July 2014

In anticipation of an approaching severe storm with lightning Saturday afternoon, the R&A announced Friday that the third round would be played off both the 1st and 10th tees in threesomes. Normal play is from only the first tee in pairs. This was the first time that play went off both tees at The Open.[28]

Rickie Fowler, beginning the round six shots behind leader Rory McIlroy, recorded birdies on 7 of his first 12 holes to pull into a tie for the lead at 12-under. Still tied, Fowler made bogey on the 14th, while McIlroy made a 35-foot (11 m) putt for birdie and a two-shot swing which gave him the lead again. At the par-5 16th, Fowler made another bogey to drop into a tie for second with playing partner Sergio García.[29] McIlroy then eagled the hole to take a 5-shot lead after the three-shot swing with Fowler. All three players bogeyed the 17th. At the par-5 18th, García made par and Fowler made birdie, but McIlroy hit his approach to 6 feet (1.8 m) and made another eagle, pushing his lead to six shots after 54 holes. McIlroy was the only person to eagle the 16th and 18th holes in the third round. Going into the closing round, McIlroy was within three shots of both the Open scoring record to par and the record score to par for all major championships, both of which are −19. The severe storms expected never materialized, although heavy showers preceded and followed third round play.[30]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	66-66-68=200	−16
2	Rickie Fowler	United States	69-69-68=206	−10
T3	Sergio García	Spain	68-70-69=207	−9
	Dustin Johnson	United States	71-65-71=207
5	Victor Dubuisson	France	74-66-68=208	−8
6	Edoardo Molinari	Italy	68-73-68=209	−7
T7	Jim Furyk	United States	68-71-71=210	−6
	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	69-71-70=210
	Matteo Manassero	Italy	67-75-68=210
	Charl Schwartzel	South Africa	71-67-72=210
	Adam Scott	Australia	68-73-69=210

Final round

Sunday, 20 July 2014

Sergio García applied pressure on the leader Rory McIlroy early, making birdie at three of the first five holes. McIlroy responded with a birdie at the 1st hole, while playing partner Rickie Fowler missed a number of early opportunities for birdie. McIlroy made bogey at both the 5th and the 6th to drop his lead to 3 shots, and came back with a birdie at the 9th. García made an eagle at the 10th, besting McIlroy and Fowler who both made birdie.[31] McIlroy made bogey at 13 to fall to −16 and his lead fell to two shots over García. However, García missed the green at the 15th in a greenside bunker and failed to escape the bunker on his first attempt. He made bogey and dropped into a tie with Fowler at −13.[32] All three players made birdie at 16, and McIlroy missed the green at the 17th. His chip shot rolled to within a foot from the cup, securing par. Fowler and García both made birdie at the 18th. McIlroy made par for a two-shot victory.[33] Jim Furyk finished fourth, as he did in 2006, also at Hoylake.[34]

The low round of the day and the championship was 65 (−7), recorded by four players in placid conditions on Sunday.[35]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	66-66-68-71=271	−17	975,000
T2	Rickie Fowler	United States	69-69-68-67=273	−15	460,000
	Sergio García	Spain	68-70-69-66=273
4	Jim Furyk	United States	68-71-71-65=275	−13	280,000
T5	Marc Leishman	Australia	69-72-70-65=276	−12	210,500
	Adam Scott	Australia	68-73-69-66=276
T7	Edoardo Molinari	Italy	68-73-68-68=277	−11	154,250
	Charl Schwartzel	South Africa	71-67-72-67=277
T9	Victor Dubuisson	France	74-66-68-70=278	−10	112,666
	Shane Lowry	Ireland	68-75-70-65=278
	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	74-69-68-67=278

Source:[36][37]

Scorecard

Final round

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	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	5
McIlroy	−17	−17	−17	−17	−16	−15	−15	−15	−16	−17	−17	−17	−16	−16	−16	−17	−17	−17
Fowler	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14	−15
García	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−14	−14	−15
Furyk	−6	−6	−6	−6	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−13
Leishman	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−8	−8	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−12
Scott	−6	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Source:[36][37]

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External links

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