2007 Open Championship

2007 Open Championship

Tournament information
Dates	19–22 July 2007
Location	Angus, Scotland
Course(s)	Carnoustie Golf Links Championship Course
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	7,421 yards (6,786 m)
Field	156 players, 70 after cut
Cut	146 (+4)
Prize fund	£4,200,000 €6,158,474 $8,637,720
Winner's share	£750,000 €1,106,618 $1,542,450
Champion
Pádraig Harrington
277 (−7), playoff
«2006 2008»

Carnoustie

Location in Scotland

Carnoustie

Location in Angus, Scotland

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. A field of 156 players participated in the championship, and the purse was £4,200,000 (an increase of £200,000 over 2006); the winner received £750,000 (an increase of £30,000 over 2006). Using conversion rates at the time of the tournament, the purse was €6,158,474 for the European Tour's Order of Merit rankings and US$8,637,720 for the PGA Tour's money list.

History of The Open Championship at Carnoustie

Carnoustie hosted its first Open Championship in 1931 and the 2007 Open was the seventh to be held at Carnoustie, and third consecutive to end in a playoff. Carnoustie's prestige in the golf community is irrefutable as the list of champions includes Tommy Armour (1931), Henry Cotton (1937), Ben Hogan (1953), Gary Player (1968), Tom Watson (1975) and Paul Lawrie (1999). The 1999 championship was nicknamed "Carnastie" due to how difficult the course and conditions were. Frenchman Jean van de Velde went into the 18th hole needing only a double-bogey to win the championship. He triple-bogeyed the hole and went to a playoff with Lawrie and Justin Leonard of the United States. Lawrie won the Open after a four hole playoff. Watson's win in 1975, his first of five Open Championships (and eight majors), came after a full-round playoff with Jack Newton of Australia.

Course layout

Carnoustie Golf Links – Championship Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Cup	406	4		10	South America	466	4
2	Gulley	463	4		11	Dyke	383	4
3	Jockie's Burn	358	4		12	Southward Ho	499	4
4	Hillocks	412	4		13	Whins	176	3
5	Brae	415	4		14	Spectacles	514	5
6	Hogan's Alley	578	5		15	Lucky Slap	472	4
7	Plantation	410	4		16	Barry Burn	248	3
8	Short	183	3		17	Island	461	4
9	Railway	478	4		18	Home	499	4
Out		3,703	36		In		3,718	35
					Total		7,421	71

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):

• 1999: 7,361 yards (6,731 m), par 71
• 1975: 7,065 yards (6,460 m), par 72
• 1968: 7,252 yards (6,631 m), par 72
• 1953: 6,701 yards (6,127 m)

Field

The field consisted of 156 golfers. Seventy players made the 36-hole cut at 146 (+4) or better.

1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2006 Open Championship
Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5,9), Chris DiMarco (3,17), Ernie Els (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (3,9,13,17,21), Sergio García (3,4,17), Carl Pettersson (3,13), Andrés Romero, Adam Scott (3,13), Hideto Tanihara, Tiger Woods (2,3,10,11,13,17)

2. Past Open Champions aged 65 or under
Mark Calcavecchia, Ben Curtis, John Daly, Nick Faldo, Todd Hamilton, Tony Jacklin, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Sandy Lyle, Mark O'Meara

• Eligible but not competing: Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, David Duval, Johnny Miller, Greg Norman, Nick Price, Bill Rogers, Tom Watson, Tom Weiskopf

3. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Rankings for 28 May 2007
Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames (12), Stuart Appleby (13), Aaron Baddeley, Chad Campbell (13,17), Paul Casey (4,17), K. J. Choi, Stewart Cink (13,17), Luke Donald (4,13,17), Joe Durant (13), Niclas Fasth (4), Retief Goosen (4,9,13), Anders Hansen (5), Pádraig Harrington (4,17), Charles Howell III, David Howell (4,5,17), Trevor Immelman (13), Zach Johnson (10,17), Robert Karlsson (4,17), Davis Love III (13), Phil Mickelson (10,11,12,13,17), Colin Montgomerie (4,17), Arron Oberholser, Geoff Ogilvy (9,13), Nick O'Hern (19), Rod Pampling (13), Ian Poulter (4), John Rollins, Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini (13), Charl Schwartzel (4,20), Vijay Singh (11,13), Henrik Stenson (4,17), Richard Sterne, Steve Stricker, Vaughn Taylor (17), David Toms (13,17), Scott Verplank (17), Mike Weir (10), Lee Westwood (17), Brett Wetterich (13,17)

• Eligible but not competing: Tim Clark, José María Olazábal (17)

4. First 20 in the European Tour Final Order of Merit for 2006
John Bickerton, Thomas Bjørn, Paul Broadhurst, Johan Edfors, Jeev Milkha Singh (18), Anthony Wall

5. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2005-2007

6. Top three players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the 2007 European Tour Order of Merit through 27 May
Markus Brier, Raphaël Jacquelin, Yang Yong-eun

7. Top two players, not otherwise exempt, with the most European Tour prize money from the Italian Open through the French Open, including the U. S. Open
Bradley Dredge, Graeme Storm

8. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2007 European Open and the 2007 Barclays Scottish Open.
Pelle Edberg, Grégory Havret

9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2003–2007
Michael Campbell

10. The U.S. Masters Champions for 2003–2007

11. The U.S. PGA Champions for 2002–2006
Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel

12. The Players Champions for 2005–2007

• Eligible but not competing: Fred Funk

13. Top 20 on the Official Money List of the 2006 PGA Tour
Brett Quigley

14. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the Official Money List of the 2007 PGA Tour on completion of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
Nick Watney, Boo Weekley

15. 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 2007 AT&T National
Hunter Mahan

• Eligible but not competing: Woody Austin

16. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2007 AT&T National and the 2007 John Deere Classic
Pat Perez, Jonathan Byrd

17. Playing members of the 2006 Ryder Cup teams
Darren Clarke, J. J. Henry, Paul McGinley

18. Winner of the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2006

19. First 2 on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2006
Kevin Stadler

20. Winner of the Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2006/07

21. The Canadian Open Champion for 2006

22. The Japan Open Champion for 2006
Paul Sheehan

23. First 2 on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2006
Shingo Katayama, Toru Taniguchi

24. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2007 Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic
Lee Dong-hwan, Lee Seung-ho, Toshinori Muto, Achi Sato

25. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt having applied (24) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2007 Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2007 Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic
Tomohiro Kondo, Toshimitsu Izawa

26. The Senior British Open Champion for 2006
Loren Roberts

27. The 2007 Amateur Champion
Drew Weaver (a)

28. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2006
Richie Ramsay (a)

29. The European Individual Amateur Champion for 2006
Rory McIlroy (a)

International Final Qualifying

Africa: Desvonde Botes, Adilson da Silva, Doug McGuigan, Terry Pilkadaris

Australasia: Ben Bunny, Peter Fowler, Scott Laycock, Ewan Porter

Asia: Ross Bain, David Gleeson, Adam Groom, Lam Chih Bing, Won Joon Lee

America: Brian Davis, Mark Hensby, Charley Hoffman, Anders Hultman, Jerry Kelly, Matt Kuchar, Spencer Levin, Ryan Moore, Sean O'Hair, Michael Putnam, John Senden, Duffy Waldorf

Europe: Fredrik Andersson Hed, Benn Barham, Grégory Bourdy, Peter Baker, Nick Dougherty, Mattias Eliasson, Ross Fisher, Alastair Forsyth, Mark Foster, David Frost, Peter Hanson, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, José-Filipe Lima, Graeme McDowell, Francesco Molinari, Oliver Wilson

Local Final Qualifying

Downfield: Jon Bevan, Scott Drummond, David Higgins

Monifieth: Dave Coupland (a), Paul Waring (a), Llewellyn Matthews (a)

Montrose: Justin Kehoe, David Shacklady, Matthew Zions

Panmure: Kevin Harper, Steven Alker, Steve Parry

Alternates

• Richard Green – took spot not taken by Woody Austin
• Tom Pernice, Jr. – replaced Olazábal

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) Won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Ernie Els	South Africa	2002	72	70	68	69	279	−5	T4
Ben Curtis	United States	2003	72	74	70	65	281	−3	T8
Tiger Woods	United States	2000, 2005, 2006	69	74	69	70	282	−2	T12
Mark Calcavecchia	United States	1989	74	70	72	69	285	+1	T23
Tom Lehman	United States	1996	73	73	74	73	293	+9	T51
Mark O'Meara	United States	1998	74	72	76	74	296	+12	T60
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1985	73	73	73	79	298	+14	T65

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) Won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Paul Lawrie	Scotland	1999	73	74	147	+5
Justin Leonard	United States	1997	74	73	147	+5
John Daly	United States	1995	74	76	150	+8
Nick Faldo	England	1987, 1990, 1992	79	73	152	+10
Todd Hamilton	United States	2004	81	72	153	+11
Tony Jacklin	England	1969	78	83	161	+19

Round summaries

First round

Friday, 19 July 2007

Sergio García led the field after the first round. When the Open was last held at Carnoustie in 1999, García shot a first round 89 and went on to miss the cut. Amateur Rory McIlroy shot the only bogey-free round on the day, finishing with a 68 (−3). McIlroy qualified for the Open by winning the European Amateur Championship for 2006. Tiger Woods began his campaign for his third straight Open Championship by shooting a 69 (−2), including an eagle at Hogan's Alley, the famous 6th hole at Carnoustie. Paul McGinley shot a bogey-free round through 14 but then bogeyed the 15th and 16th holes. John Daly suffered an incredible swoon, scoring −5 after three birdies and an eagle on 11, only to get a double bogey on 12, triple bogey on 14, and three more bogeys on the way to a 74 (+3) for the round and eventually missed the cut. The scoring average on the day was 73.72 (+2.72).

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Sergio García	Spain	65	−6
2	Paul McGinley	Ireland	67	−4
T3	Markus Brier	Austria	68	−3
	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina
	Michael Campbell	New Zealand
	Rory McIlroy (a)	Northern Ireland
	Boo Weekley	United States
T8	K.J. Choi	South Korea	69	−2
	Stewart Cink	United States
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain
	Tiger Woods	United States

Second round

Friday, 20 July 2007

Day 1 leader Sergio García shot a 71 (E) today to stay at −6 and led by 2 strokes. Amateur Rory McIlroy was the story of day 1 and shot a 76 (+5) to drop to +2 which put him in a tie for 31st going into the weekend. Paul McGinley shot a 75 (+4) to drop to even par; the Irishman had started the day in second place. Tiger Woods shot a disappointing 74 (+3) including a double bogey on the first hole. Mike Weir shot the best round of the day with a 68 (−3), which moved him into a tie for third place going into the weekend. The 36-hole cut fluctuated between +4 and +5 until it settled at +4, and the scoring average for the second round was 74.10 (+3.10).

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Sergio García	Spain	65-71=136	−6
2	K.J. Choi	South Korea	69-69=138	−4
T3	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	69-70=139	−3
	Mike Weir	Canada	71-68=139
T5	Jim Furyk	United States	70-70=140	−2
	Boo Weekley	United States	68-72=140
T7	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	68-73=141	−1
	Alastair Forsyth	Scotland	70-71=141
	Retief Goosen	South Africa	70-71=141
	J. J. Henry	United States	70-71=141
	Andrés Romero	Argentina	71-70=141
	Lee Westwood	England	71-70=141

Amateurs: McIlroy (+2), Weaver (+6), Ramsay (+9), Coupland (+11), Waring (+12), Matthews (+16).

Notable players who missed the cut

Player	Country	Score	To par
Paul Lawrie	Scotland	73-74=147	+5
Justin Leonard	United States	74-73=147
Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	73-74=147
Henrik Stenson	Sweden	71-76=147
Phil Mickelson	United States	71-77=148	+6
David Toms	United States	71-77=148
Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	75-74=149	+7
John Daly	United States	74-76=150	+8
Davis Love III	United States	79-71=150

Third round

Saturday, 21 July 2007

Sergio García shot a 68 (−3) to extend his lead to three strokes and was now at −9 after 54 holes. Paul McGinley rebounded from his second round 75 to shoot a 68 (−3), −3 for the tournament, in a tie for third place with six other players going into the final round. Tiger Woods shot a 69 (−2) which put him at −1 going into the weekend. At 8 strokes behind the leader it appeared that his quest for a third straight Open Championship would fall short. Tiger had never won a major when trailing after 54 holes. The best round on the day was an amazing 64 (−7) by Steve Stricker, which was the lowest ever for an Open Championship round at Carnoustie, and also tied the course record (Alan Tait scored 64 during a pro-am in 1994, and Colin Montgomerie scored the same during the Scottish Open in 1995). Stricker birdied five of the first seven holes en route to a bogey-free round with 7 birdies. Stricker was at +1 going into the day and ended the day in second alone, 3 strokes behind García. Chris DiMarco scored 66 (−5) to move into the group tied for third at −3, six shots behind. García has never won a major championship, and for the first time in his career held the lead at a major championship heading into the final round. The only Spaniard to win the Open is Hall of Famer Seve Ballesteros, who has won it three times. The scoring average on the day was 71.61 (+0.61).

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Sergio García	Spain	65-71-68=204	−9
2	Steve Stricker	United States	71-72-64=207	−6
T3	Paul Broadhurst	England	71-71-68=210	−3
	K.J. Choi	South Korea	69-69-72=210
	Hunter Mahan	United States	69-73-68=210
	Chris DiMarco	United States	74-70-66=210
	Ernie Els	South Africa	72-70-68=210
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	69-73-68=210
	Paul McGinley	Ireland	67-75-68=210
T10	Jim Furyk	United States	70-70-71=211	−2
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	69-70-72=211
	Andrés Romero	Argentina	71-70-70=211
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	72-71-68=211
	Mike Weir	Canada	71-68-72=211

Final round

Sunday, 22 July 2007

Another wild final round had numerous lead changes, and it came down to Sergio García, Andres Romero, and Pádraig Harrington in the final holes. García struggled at times during his only over-par round of the tournament, but was still at 8-under (+1 for the day) entering the last couple of holes. Meanwhile, Harrington had four birdies followed by an eagle at the 14th hole to move to 9-under for the championship, and stood on the 18th tee with a one-shot lead. Harrington went into the Barry Burn twice, but salvaged a double-bogey six to finish with a round of 67 (−4), 7-under for the tournament. García, who now had a one-shot lead on the par-4 72nd hole, found a greenside bunker with his approach shot. He left himself a ten footer (3 m) for par and the title, but the putt lipped out and he had to settle for a playoff, scoring a 73 (+2) for the round.

Romero shot par or better in every round, and had ten birdies Sunday. He was at 9-under after 70 holes with a two-stroke lead, but the Argentine was done in by a double bogey-bogey ending to finish a single stroke out of the playoff. The best round of the day was by Richard Green who shot a 64 (−7). The Australian equalled the course record during an Open set the previous day by American Steve Stricker, and set the target in the clubhouse on 279. He began the day at +2 and his round put him in a tie for fourth. Rory McIlroy shot +1 on the day, +5 for the tournament, to finish tied 42nd and win the silver medal for top amateur in his first Open. The scoring average on the day was 72.79 (+1.79).

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
T1	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	69-73-68-67=277	−7	Playoff
	Sergio García	Spain	65-71-68-73=277
3	Andrés Romero	Argentina	71-70-70-67=278	−6	290,000
T4	Ernie Els	South Africa	72-70-68-69=279	−5	200,000
	Richard Green	Australia	72-73-70-64=279
T6	Stewart Cink	United States	73-73-69-65=280	−4	145,500
	Hunter Mahan	United States	69-73-68-70=280
T8	K.J. Choi	South Korea	69-69-72-71=281	−3	94,750
	Ben Curtis	United States	72-74-70-65=281
	Steve Stricker	United States	71-72-64-74=281
	Mike Weir	Canada	71-68-72-70=281

Top amateur: Rory McIlroy (+5).

The first 10 players, plus ties, are invited to the 2008 Open Championship.

Source:

Full Leaderboard

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	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4
Harrington	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−9	−9	−9	−9	−7
Garcia	−9	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8	−7
Romero	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−5	−6	−7	−5	−6	−7	−8	−9	−7	−6
Els	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5
Green	+2	+1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−5	−5	−5	−6	−5
Stricker	−6	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Playoff

Pádraig Harrington
at the 2007 Open Championship

Pádraig Harrington became the first Irishman to win the Open Championship in 60 years, defeating Sergio García in a playoff. The four-hole aggregate playoff included holes 1, 16, 17, and 18. Harrington birdied the par-4 first hole while García bogeyed, a two-stroke edge. Both players parred the next two holes (García hit the pin on the par-3 16th but his ball rolled a distance away), so Harrington still led by two strokes heading into the dangerous 18th. Harrington played the hole more cautiously this time, and reached the green in three shots. García gave himself a chance by reaching the green in two, but his birdie putt burned the left edge. Harrington made his short bogey putt to become the first European winner of a major since Paul Lawrie of Scotland triumphed in a three-way playoff at Carnoustie in 1999; the win moved Harrington's world ranking up to sixth.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	3-3-4-5=15	E	750,000
2	Sergio García	Spain	5-3-4-4=16	+1	450,000

Scorecard

Hole	1	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	4
Harrington	−1	−1	−1	E
Garcia	+1	+1	+1	+1

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

External links

• The Open.com: 2007 Open
• European Tour: 2007 Open Championship
• PGA of America: 2007 Open Championship
• About.com: 2007 Open

Preceded by 2007 U.S. Open

Major Championships

Succeeded by 2007 PGA Championship