2014 golf tournament held at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Wirral, England
Golf tournament
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 .
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
Criteria and exemptions
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)
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
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)
6. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2013
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
9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2010–2014
10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2010–2014
11. The PGA Champions for 2009–2013
12. The Players Champions for 2012–2014
13. The leading 30 qualifiers for the 2013 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 2014 on completion of the 2014 Travelers Championship
15. Playing members of the 2013 Presidents Cup teams
16. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2013
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
19. The Japan Open Champion for 2013
20. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2013
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 .
22. The Senior Open Champion for 2013
23. The Amateur Champion for 2014
24. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2013
25. The European Amateur Champion for 2013
26. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2013
Open Qualifying Series
Major changes were made to qualification routes.[ 16] The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) was introduced, consisting of 10 events from the six major tours. This series largely replaced International Final Qualifying. 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 according to their position in that week's Official World Golf Ranking .
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, when final qualifying had been held on courses close to the Open Championship venue, events were played at four courses covering Scotland and the North, Central and South regions of England.
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]
From the Week 26 Official World Golf Ranking:[ 18] [ 19]
From the Week 27 Official World Golf Ranking:
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 .[ 21] 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).[ 22] 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).[ 23]
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.[ 24] Dustin Johnson had the lowest round of the tournament with a 65 (−7) to move into second place.[ 25]
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.[ 26]
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 .[ 27] 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.[ 28]
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.[ 29] 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.[ 30] 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.[ 31] Jim Furyk finished fourth, as he did in 2006 , also at Hoylake.[ 32]
The low round of the day and the championship was 65 (−7), recorded by four players in placid conditions on Sunday.[ 33]
Final leaderboard
Champion
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money (£ )
T12
Dustin Johnson
71-65-71-72=279
−9
84,667
Robert Karlsson
69-71-70-69=279
Ryan Moore
70-68-73-68=279
T15
Stephen Gallacher
70-72-70-68=280
−8
68,667
David Howell
72-70-70-68=280
Francesco Molinari
68-70-75-67=280
18
George Coetzee
70-69-74-68=281
−7
61,500
T19
Keegan Bradley
73-71-69-69=282
−6
55,000
Ángel Cabrera
76-69-70-67=282
Chris Kirk
71-74-68-69=282
Matteo Manassero
67-75-68-72=282
T23
Phil Mickelson (c)
74-70-71-68=283
−5
46,167
Justin Rose
72-70-69-72=283
Chris Wood
75-70-73-65=283
T26
An Byeong-hun
72-71-69-72=284
−4
38,250
Thomas Bjørn
70-71-76-67=284
Darren Clarke (c)
72-72-67-73=284
Brian Harman
72-73-68-71=284
Ben Martin
71-73-70-70=284
Jimmy Walker
69-71-71-73=284
T32
Kristoffer Broberg
70-73-70-72=285
−3
31,000
David Hearn
70-73-71-71=285
Hunter Mahan
71-73-72-69=285
D. A. Points
75-69-72-69=285
T36
Branden Grace
71-72-69-74=286
−2
27,083
Louis Oosthuizen (c)
70-68-76-72=286
Jordan Spieth
71-75-67-73=286
T39
Thongchai Jaidee
72-72-72-71=287
−1
21,219
Hideki Matsuyama
69-74-73-71=287
Koumei Oda
69-77-74-67=287
Kevin Stadler
73-72-71-71=287
Henrik Stenson
72-73-73-69=287
Brendon Todd
73-73-74-67=287
Marc Warren
71-68-72-76=287
Gary Woodland
75-69-72-71=287
T47
Grégory Bourdy
75-69-74-70=288
E
16,013
Paul Casey
74-71-73-70=288
Stewart Cink (c)
71-75-73-69=288
Zach Johnson
71-75-71-71=288
T51
Jason Dufner
70-74-74-71=289
+1
14,650
Bill Haas
70-72-73-74=289
Tom Watson (c)
73-73-75-68=289
T54
Matt Jones
71-74-72-73=290
+2
13,925
Matt Kuchar
73-71-74-72=290
Kevin Na
76-70-70-74=290
Kevin Streelman
72-74-69-75=290
T58
Jason Day
73-73-74-71=291
+3
13,350
Jamie McLeary
73-73-75-70=291
Ryan Palmer
74-71-76-70=291
Chris Rodgers
73-71-73-74=291
John Senden
71-74-75-71=291
Brandt Snedeker
74-72-71-74=291
T64
Luke Donald
73-73-71-75=292
+4
12,900
Billy Hurley III
73-72-76-71=292
Thorbjørn Olesen
75-71-73-73=292
T67
Charley Hoffman
74-72-76-71=293
+5
12,650
Brooks Koepka
68-77-74-74=293
69
Tiger Woods (c)
69-77-73-75=294
+6
12,500
70
Martin Kaymer
73-72-72-79=296
+8
12,400
71
Matt Every
75-71-73-78=297
+9
12,300
72
Rhein Gibson
72-74-74-78=298
+10
12,200
CUT
Kiradech Aphibarnrat
72-75=147
+3
Rafa Cabrera-Bello
70-77=147
Ashley Chesters (a)
70-77=147
K. J. Choi
72-75=147
Graham DeLaet
71-76=147
Oliver Fisher
72-75=147
Oscar Florén
73-74=147
Hiroshi Iwata
70-77=147
Justin Leonard (c)
74-73=147
Paul McKechnie
76-71=147
Ian Poulter
73-74=147
Shawn Stefani
73-74=147
Yoshinobu Tsukada
69-78=147
Dawie van der Walt
71-76=147
Nick Watney
72-75=147
Lee Westwood
71-76=147
Erik Compton
71-77=148
+4
Ben Curtis (c)
74-74=148
John Daly (c)
77-71=148
Brendon de Jonge
78-70=148
Paul Dunne (a)
75-73=148
Harris English
72-76=148
Ross Fisher
74-74=148
Billy Horschel
73-75=148
Mikko Ilonen
70-78=148
Ryo Ishikawa
74-74=148
Freddie Jacobson
70-78=148
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
75-73=148
Kim Hyung-sung
72-76=148
Kim Hyung-tae
75-73=148
Pan Cheng-tsung (a)
74-74=148
Brett Rumford
75-73=148
John Singleton
78-70=148
Cameron Tringale
74-74=148
Bubba Watson
76-72=148
Boo Weekley
69-79=148
Danny Willett
74-74=148
Rhys Enoch
73-76=149
+5
George McNeill
76-73=149
Yūsaku Miyazato
72-77=149
Juvic Pagunsan
76-73=149
Patrick Reed
78-71=149
Scott Stallings
75-74=149
Matthew Baldwin
76-74=150
+6
Jonas Blixt
75-75=150
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño
74-76=150
Tommy Fleetwood
74-76=150
Anirban Lahiri
75-75=150
Jamie Donaldson
79-72=151
+7
Chesson Hadley
79-72=151
Todd Hamilton (c)
77-74=151
J. B. Holmes
74-77=151
Masanori Kobayashi
78-73=151
Victor Riu
74-77=151
Justin Walters
77-74=151
Bernd Wiesberger
72-79=151
Wu Ashun
75-76=151
Yang Yong-eun
75-76=151
David Duval (c)
73-79=152
+8
Ernie Els (c)
79-73=152
Pádraig Harrington (c)
74-78=152
Tyrrell Hatton
75-77=152
Pablo Larrazábal
75-77=152
Richard Sterne
73-79=152
Nick Faldo (c)
76-77=153
+9
Tomohiro Kondo
76-77=153
Webb Simpson
76-77=153
Scott Jamieson
77-77=154
+10
Paul Lawrie (c)
79-75=154
Brendan Steele
74-80=154
Roberto Castro
74-81=155
+11
Chris Hanson
81-74=155
Russell Henley
75-80=155
Jin Jeong
77-78=155
Bradley Neil (a)
79-76=155
Matthew Southgate
80-76=156
+12
Chris Stroud
79-77=156
Peter Uihlein
77-79=156
Jang Dong-kyu
78-79=157
+13
Joost Luiten
81-76=157
Mark Wiebe
79-78=157
Sandy Lyle (c)
82-84=166
+22
Bryden Macpherson
90-80=170
+26
WD
Michael Hoey
75
+3
Source: [ 34] [ 35]
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: [ 34] [ 35]
Notes
^ (a) – indicates the player was an amateur.
^ (R) – indicates a golfer who came through Regional Qualifying.
^ Sunningdale replaced Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club after it received significant damage following winter storms.[ 17]
^ Olesen replaced Charles Howell III.[ 20]
^ Ishikawa replaced Steve Stricker.[ 14]
^ Fisher replaced Mark O'Meara.[ 12]
^ Hearn replaced Mark Calcavecchia.[ 13]
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