2017 Open Championship


The 2017 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 146th Open Championship, held from 20–23 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the tenth Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, which held its first in 1954.
Jordan Spieth shot four rounds under 70 for a score of 268, three strokes ahead of runner-up Matt Kuchar. It was Spieth's second wire-to-wire win at a major, following his 2015 Masters win. In the third round, Branden Grace scored 62, which set a new major championship record.
This was the first year that the prize money was paid in U.S. dollars rather than British pounds.

Media

This was the second Open Championship televised domestically by Sky Sports. In the United States, it is the second Open Championship to be televised by NBC.

Venue

The 2017 event was the tenth Open Championship played at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club. Before 2017 the most recent was in 2008, where Pádraig Harrington successfully defended his 2007 title from Carnoustie.
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Yardage448422451199346499177458416341640243618349920054243856747337407,156
Par444344344344434354543670

Lengths of the course for previous Opens:
Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.
;1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 23 July 2017
Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke, John Daly, David Duval, Ernie Els, Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington, Zach Johnson, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Sandy Lyle, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Mark O'Meara, Louis Oosthuizen, Henrik Stenson
;2. The Open Champions for 2007–2016
;3. Top 10 finishers and ties in the 2016 Open Championship
Sergio García, Bill Haas, Tyrrell Hatton, J. B. Holmes, Dustin Johnson, Andrew Johnston, Søren Kjeldsen, Steve Stricker
;4. Top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking for Week 21, 2017
Daniel Berger, Wesley Bryan, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Paul Casey, Kevin Chappell, Jason Day, Ross Fisher, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Rickie Fowler, Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo, Adam Hadwin, Billy Horschel, Kim Si-woo, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Marc Leishman, Hideki Matsuyama, William McGirt, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore, Alex Norén, Pat Perez, Thomas Pieters, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth, Hideto Tanihara, Justin Thomas, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett, Gary Woodland
;5. Top 30 on the 2016 Race to Dubai
Richard Bland, Scott Hend, David Horsey, Thongchai Jaidee, Martin Kaymer, Li Haotong, Shane Lowry, Joost Luiten, Thorbjørn Olesen, Andy Sullivan, Wang Jeung-hun, Lee Westwood, Chris Wood
;6. Last three BMW PGA Championship winners
An Byeong-hun
;7. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2017 Race to Dubai through the BMW International Open
Dylan Frittelli, Pablo Larrazábal, Alexander Lévy, David Lipsky, Fabrizio Zanotti
;8. Last five U.S. Open winners
;9. Last five Masters Tournament winners
;10. Last five PGA Championship winners
Jason Dufner
;11. Last three Players Championship winners
;12. The 30 qualifiers for the 2016 Tour Championship
Roberto Castro, Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, Jhonattan Vegas
;13. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the 2017 FedEx Cup points list through the Travelers Championship
Brian Harman, Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman, Brendan Steele
;14. Winner of the 2016 Olympic Golf Tournament
;15. Winner of the 2016 Open de Argentina
Kent Bulle
;16. Winner and runner-up from the 2017 Korea Open
Chang Yi-keun, Kim Gi-whan
;17. Playing members of the 2016 Ryder Cup teams
;18. Winner of the 2016 Asian Tour Order of Merit
;19. Winner of the 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
Matthew Griffin
;20. Winner of the 2016–17 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
Brandon Stone
;21. Winner of the 2016 Japan Open
;22. Top 2 on the 2016 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List
Yuta Ikeda
;23. Top 2, not already exempt, on the 2017 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List through the Japan Golf Tour Championship
Yūsaku Miyazato, Shaun Norris
;24. Winner of the 2016 Senior Open Championship
Paul Broadhurst
;25. Winner of the 2017 Amateur Championship
Harry Ellis
;26. Winner of the 2016 U.S. Amateur
Curtis Luck forfeited his exemption after turning professional in April 2017.
;27. Winners of the 2016 and 2017 editions of the European Amateur
Luca Cianchetti, Alfie Plant
;28. Recipient of the 2016 Mark H. McCormack Medal
Maverick McNealy
;Open Qualifying Series
The Open Qualifying Series consists of 10 events from the six major tours. Places are available to the leading players who finish in the top n and ties. In the event of ties, positions go to players ranked highest according to that week's OWGR.
LocationTournamentDateSpotsTopQualifiers
AustraliaEmirates Australian Open20 Nov310Aaron Baddeley, Ashley Hall, Cameron Smith
SingaporeSMBC Singapore Open22 Jan412Phachara Khongwatmai, Jbe' Kruger, Prayad Marksaeng, Song Young-han
South AfricaJoburg Open26 Feb310Darren Fichardt, Stuart Manley, Paul Waring
JapanMizuno Open28 May412Adam Bland, Michael Hendry, Chan Kim, Kim Kyung-tae
FranceHNA Open de France2 Jul310Alexander Björk, Michael Lorenzo-Vera, Peter Uihlein
United StatesQuicken Loans National2 Jul412Charles Howell III, Kang Sung-hoon, Martin Laird, Kyle Stanley
IrelandDubai Duty Free Irish Open9 Jul310David Drysdale, Ryan Fox, Richie Ramsay
United StatesGreenbrier Classic9 Jul412Jamie Lovemark, Sebastián Muñoz, Xander Schauffele, Robert Streb
ScotlandAberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open16 Jul310Andrew Dodt, Matthieu Pavon, Callum Shinkwin
United StatesJohn Deere Classic16 Jul15Bryson DeChambeau

;Final Qualifying
The Final Qualifying events were played on 4 July at five courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England. Three qualifying places were available at each location.
;Alternates
To make up the full field of 156, additional places are allocated in ranking order from the Official World Golf Ranking at the time that these places are made available by the Championship Committee.
  1. Webb Simpson
  2. Scott Piercy
  3. Anirban Lahiri
  4. Tony Finau
  5. James Hahn

    Nationalities in the field

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 20 July 2017
Three Americans – Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, and Jordan Spieth – shared the lead after the first round on five under par, a shot clear of England's Paul Casey and Charl Schwartzel, with Ian Poulter a further shot back. Reigning champion Henrik Stenson was one under after a 69. Rory McIlroy was five over par after six holes but recovered to finish with a one-over-par 71.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Brooks Koepka65−5
T1Matt Kuchar65−5
T1Jordan Spieth65−5
T4Paul Casey66−4
T4Charl Schwartzel66−4
T6Richard Bland67−3
T6Rafa Cabrera-Bello67−3
T6Austin Connelly67−3
T6Charley Hoffman67−3
T6Ian Poulter67−3
T6Justin Thomas67−3

Second round

Friday, 21 July 2017
In difficult conditions, Jordan Spieth followed his first round 65 with a 69 to lead by two strokes from Matt Kuchar. Only eight players scored under par for their second rounds, Zach Johnson's 66 being the best round of the day. Alfie Plant was the only amateur to make the cut. He eagled the par-five 15th on his way to a 73 and a 36-hole total of 144.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jordan Spieth65-69=134−6
2Matt Kuchar65-71=136−4
T3Brooks Koepka65-72=137−3
T3Ian Poulter67-70=137−3
5Richie Ramsay68-70=138−2
T6Richard Bland67-72=139−1
T6Austin Connelly67-72=139−1
T6Rory McIlroy71-68=139−1
T6Gary Woodland70-69=139−1
T10Kent Bulle68-72=140E
T10Rafa Cabrera-Bello67-73=140E
T10Charley Hoffman67-73=140E
T10Russell Henley70-70=140E
T10Chan Kim72-68=140E
T10Jamie Lovemark71-69=140E
T10Joost Luiten68-72=140E
T10Hideki Matsuyama68-72=140E
T10Alex Norén68-72=140E
T10Bubba Watson68-72=140E

Amateurs: Plant , Syme, Cianchetti, Ellis, McNealy

Third round

Saturday, 22 July 2017
Jordan Spieth shot a 65 to take a three-stroke lead over Matt Kuchar, who shot a 66. On an easier day of scoring, Branden Grace scored 62, breaking the long-standing men's major championship record of 63. There were also low rounds from Dustin Johnson, with a 64, and Henrik Stenson, with a 65, both getting into a tie for 7th place.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jordan Spieth65-69-65=199−11
2Matt Kuchar65-71-66=202−8
T3Austin Connelly67-72-66=205−5
T3Brooks Koepka65-72-68=205−5
T5Branden Grace70-74-62=206−4
T5Hideki Matsuyama68-72-66=206−4
T7Rafa Cabrera-Bello67-73-67=207−3
T7Dustin Johnson71-72-64=207−3
T7Chan Kim72-68-67=207−3
T7Henrik Stenson69-73-65=207−3

Branden Grace scorecard

Birdie

Final round

Sunday, 23 July 2017

Summary

Beginning the round with a three-shot lead, Jordan Spieth bogeyed three of his first four holes to fall into a tie with Matt Kuchar. A birdie at the 5th combined with a bogey by Kuchar at the 6th allowed Spieth to re-open a two-stroke advantage, but a bogey-birdie swing at the 9th evened the score heading to the back-nine. The score remained level until the 13th, when Spieth hit his tee shot well to the right of the fairway. Forced to take an unplayable lie and drop from the practice area, he managed to get up-and-down to save bogey while Kuchar took the lead by making par. At the par-3 14th, however, Spieth nearly holed his tee shot and converted the birdie attempt to tie Kuchar. Then at the par-5 15th, Spieth made a eagle putt to take the lead once again. With birdies on the next two holes Spieth played 14–17 in five-under to take a two-stroke lead heading to the last. When Kuchar found a greenside bunker and made bogey, Spieth was able to tap in for par and win the championship by three strokes. Li Haotong birdied his last four holes for 63 and jump into third place at 274, the best finish for an Asian player at the Open Championship since Lu Liang-Huan in 1971, also at Royal Birkdale. With the victory, Spieth joined Jack Nicklaus as the only golfers to win three legs of the career Grand Slam before the age of 24.

Final leaderboard

Note: Top 10 and ties qualify for the 2018 Open Championship; top 4 and ties qualify for the 2018 Masters Tournament
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Jordan Spieth65-69-65-69=268−121,845,000
2Matt Kuchar65-71-66-69=271−91,067,000
3Li Haotong69-73-69-63=274−6684,000
T4Rafa Cabrera-Bello67-73-67-68=275−5480,000
T4Rory McIlroy 71-68-69-67=275−5480,000
T6Branden Grace70-74-62-70=276−4281,000
T6Brooks Koepka65-72-68-71=276−4281,000
T6Marc Leishman69-76-66-65=276−4281,000
T6Alex Norén68-72-69-67=276−4281,000
T6Matthew Southgate72-72-67-65=276−4281,000

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Scorecard

Final round
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Par444344344443435454
Spieth−10−10−9−8−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−8−7−8−10−11−12−12
Kuchar−8−9−8−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−10−9
Li+1+1+1+1+1+1+1E−1−1−1−2−2−2−3−4−5−6
Cabrera-Bello−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−3−4−4−4−4−4−5−5
McIlroy−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−4−4−4−4−3−3−5−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogey

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