2013 Open Championship

2013 Open Championship
Finishing hole at the 2013 Open
Tournament information
Dates18–21 July 2013
LocationGullane, Scotland
Course(s)Muirfield Golf Links
Organized byThe R&A
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par71
Length7,192 yards (6,576 m)[1]
Field156 players, 84 after cut
Cut150 (+8)
Prize fund£5,250,000[2]
€6,096,111
$8,015,700
Winner's share£945,000[2]
€1,097,570
$1,442,826
Champion
United States Phil Mickelson
281 (−3)
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Muirfield is located in Scotland
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Location in Scotland
Muirfield is located in East Lothian
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Location in East Lothian, Scotland

The 2013 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 142nd Open Championship, held from 18 to 21 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.[3] Phil Mickelson shot a final round 66 (−5) to win his fifth major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Henrik Stenson. Mickelson began the round five strokes back, in a tie for ninth place. Ian Poulter, Adam Scott, and 54-hole leader Lee Westwood tied for third, four back of Mickelson.

Venue

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Main article: Muirfield

The 2013 event was the 16th Open Championship played at Muirfield. The most recent was in 2002, when Ernie Els won his third major championship in a playoff over Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkington, and ultimately in a sudden-death playoff over Thomas Levet. Nick Faldo won the previous Open at the venue, in 1992; the first was in 1892.

The course was extended 158 yards (144 m) since 2002.[4]

Course layout

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Hole Yards Par    Hole Yards Par
1 447 4 10 469 4
2 364 4 11 387 4
3 377 4 12 379 4
4 226 3 13 190 3
5 559 5 14 475 4
6 461 4 15 448 4
7 184 3 16 186 3
8 441 4 17 575 5
9 554 5 18 470 4
Out 3,613 36 In 3,579 35
Source:[1] Total 7,192 71

Lengths of the course for Opens since 1950:[5]

  • 2013: 7,192 yards (6,576 m), par 71
  • 2002: 7,034 yards (6,432 m), par 71
  • 1992: 6,970 yards (6,373 m), par 71
  • 1987: 6,963 yards (6,367 m), par 71
  • 1980: 6,926 yards (6,333 m), par 71
  • 1972: 6,892 yards (6,302 m), par 71
  • 1966: 6,887 yards (6,297 m), par 71
  • 1959: 6,806 yards (6,223 m), par 72

Field

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Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.[6]

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2013

2. The Open Champions for 2003–2012

3. The Open Champions finishing in the first 10 and tying for 10th place in The Open Championship 2008–2012

4. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2012 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes

5. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking for Week 21, 2013

6. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2012

7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2011–2013

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 2013 Alstom Open de France

9. The Scottish Open Champion for 2013

10. The U.S. Open Champions for 2009–2013

11. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2009–2013

12. The PGA Champions for 2008–2012

13. The Players Champions for 2011–2013

14. The leading 30 qualifiers for the 2012 Tour Championship

15. 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 2013 on completion of the 2013 The Greenbrier Classic

16. The John Deere Classic winner for 2013

17. Playing members of the 2012 Ryder Cup teams

18. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2012

19. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Tour of Australasia for 2012

20. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2012

21. The Japan Open Champion for 2012

22. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2012

23. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2013 Mizuno Open[10]

24. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2013 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2013 Mizuno Open.

25. The Senior Open Champion for 2012

26. The Amateur Champion for 2013

27. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2012

28. The European Amateur Champion for 2012

29. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2012

Qualifying

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International Final Qualifying

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Local Final Qualifying

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Alternates

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To make up the full entry of 156, additional players were drawn from the Official World Golf Ranking dated 7 July 2013[17] (provided the player was entered in the Open and did not withdraw from qualifying).[6][18]

  1. Jonas Blixt (ranked 51)
  2. Martin Laird (59)
  3. Freddie Jacobson (63)
  4. Marc Leishman (66)
  5. Graham DeLaet (67)
  6. Kyle Stanley (68)
  7. Chris Wood (70)
  8. Ken Duke (73)
  9. Stephen Gallacher (75) replaced John Daly[7]
  10. Scott Stallings (76) took spot reserved for Scottish Open champion
  • (a) denotes amateur

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 18 July 2013

Zach Johnson was the first round leader after shooting a 5-under-par 66.[19] Both Johnson and Indian outsider Shiv Kapur reached 6-under during their rounds before dropping shots on the tougher back nine, Kapur doing so during difficult afternoon conditions by birdieing six of his first seven holes. Two Spaniards, 49-year-old Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Rafa Cabrera-Bello, had also reached 5-under before late bogeys, as had veteran Mark O'Meara. Two seniors were in the top five: O'Meara (56 years old), the 1998 champion, was tied for second at 67 and Tom Lehman (54), the 1996 champion, was tied for fourth at 68. Defending champion Ernie Els shot 74 (+3), tarnished by a triple-bogey after bunker trouble at the 16th.[20] World number one Tiger Woods, playing in the tough later conditions, opened with a bogey after snap-hooking his tee shot and taking an unplayable lie, but fought his way back to 69 (−2) in pursuit of his 15th major championship.[21] Out-of-form world number two Rory McIlroy, however, struggled to a 79 (+8) despite an early tee time. Phil Mickelson, four-time major champion and the winner of the previous week's Scottish Open, also had a 69 despite a closing bogey.[22]

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Zach Johnson 66 −5
T2 Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello 67 −4
United States Mark O'Meara
T4 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68 −3
United States Dustin Johnson
India Shiv Kapur
United States Tom Lehman
United States Brandt Snedeker
T9 Argentina Ángel Cabrera 69 −2
United States Todd Hamilton
United States Phil Mickelson
Italy Francesco Molinari
United States Jordan Spieth
United States Tiger Woods

Second round

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Friday, 19 July 2013

At the end of the second round, nine players were under par, and the cut line was +8. Jiménez was the leader at 139 (−3).[23] Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood, and Woods were all one shot behind at 140.[24]

Place Player Score To par
1 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68-71=139 −3
T2 United States Dustin Johnson 68-72=140 −2
Sweden Henrik Stenson 70-70=140
England Lee Westwood 72-68=140
United States Tiger Woods 69-71=140
T6 Argentina Ángel Cabrera 69-72=141 −1
Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello 67-74=141
United States Zach Johnson 66-75=141
Scotland Martin Laird 70-71=141
10 United States Ryan Moore 72-70=142 E

Amateurs: Fitzpatrick (+7), Mullen (+7), Porteous (+11), Stow (+11), Fox (+15), Forrest (+17), Pugh (+19).

Third round

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Saturday, 20 July 2013

Westwood's 70 (−1) took the 54-hole lead at 210 (−3), which included a long eagle at the 5th hole. Hunter Mahan shot 68 (−3) to move into a tie for second at 212 (−1). Woods held sole possession of the lead early in the round, but carded 72 (+1) to fall back to 212 with Mahan.[25] Adam Scott shot 70 (−1) to move to even-par 213.[26]

Place Player Score To par
1 England Lee Westwood 72-68-70=210 −3
T2 United States Hunter Mahan 72-72-68=212 −1
United States Tiger Woods 69-71-72=212
4 Australia Adam Scott 71-72-70=213 E
T5 Argentina Ángel Cabrera 69-72-73=214 +1
United States Zach Johnson 66-75-73=214
United States Ryan Moore 72-70-72=214
Sweden Henrik Stenson 70-70-74=214
T9 United States Phil Mickelson 69-74-72=215 +2
Italy Francesco Molinari 69-74-72=215

Final round

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Sunday, 21 July 2013

Through the first six holes, 54-hole leader Westwood was even for the day, but then faltered down the stretch. After a bogey on the 8th, Westwood relinquished the lead to Scott, who birdied the 11th to go two-under for the championship. Westwood bogeyed three more holes to finish at +1. "I didn't play badly, but I didn't play great", he remarked.[27]

Mickelson, who started the round five shots back, carded a 34 (−2) on the front nine to get to even-par for the championship. After bogeying the 10th, he got back to even par with a birdie at the 13th, then birdied the 14th while Scott bogeyed the 13th and the two were tied for the lead at −1. After two pars, Mickelson birdied the final two holes to finish at 281 (−3).[28] At that point, about an hour of play remained but Mickelson knew he had all but won the event.[29] Scott followed up his bogey on the 13th with bogeys on each of the next three holes.[27]

Stenson shot 70 (−1) and finished three strokes back of Mickelson in second place at even-par 284. Ian Poulter got hot in the middle of his round and posted a 67 (−4) to tie for third with Scott and Westwood.[30] Woods started the day two strokes off the lead, but shot a 74 (+3) to tie for sixth. Mahan, who also started the day two strokes back, carded a 75 (+4) and tied for ninth.[27][31]

Mickelson attained his fifth major title and first Open Championship. He had previously struggled at the event, recording just two finishes in the top-10 in 19 tries. Mickelson's caddy, Jim "Bones" Mackay, called the final round "the best round of his career."[27] Mickelson agreed, saying "I don't care how I got it, [the Claret Jug trophy] ...it just so happened to be with one of the best rounds of my career ... I've always tried to go out and get it ... And today I did."[27]

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Medal winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 United States Phil Mickelson 69-74-72-66=281 −3 945,000
2 Sweden Henrik Stenson 70-70-74-70=284 E 545,000
T3 England Ian Poulter 72-71-75-67=285 +1 280,833
Australia Adam Scott 71-72-70-72=285
England Lee Westwood 72-68-70-75=285
T6 United States Zach Johnson 66-75-73-72=286 +2 163,333
Japan Hideki Matsuyama 71-73-72-70=286
United States Tiger Woods (c) 69-71-72-74=286
T9 United States Hunter Mahan 72-72-68-75=287 +3 115,000
Italy Francesco Molinari 69-74-72-72=287

Source:[32]

Scorecard

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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 3 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4
United States Mickelson +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E +1 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −2 −3
Sweden Stenson E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E −1 −1 −1 E +1 +1 +1 +1 E E
England Poulter +5 +5 +6 +6 +5 +5 +5 +5 +3 +2 +1 E E E E +1 +1 +1
Australia Scott +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +1 E −1 −1 −2 −2 −1 E +1 +2 +2 +1
England Westwood −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E +1 +1 +1
United States Johnson +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E E +1 +1 +2 +2 +2
Japan Matsuyama +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2
United States Woods E E E +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +1 +2 +3 +2 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2
United States Mahan −1 E E +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 E +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey

Source:[32]

Notes and references

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  19. ^ Harig, Bob (18 July 2013). "Open conditions testing field's mettle". ESPN. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  20. ^ "The Open 2013, round one: as it happened". The Daily Telegraph. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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  26. ^ Harig, Bob (20 July 2013). "Lee Westwood up 2, eyes 1st major". ESPN. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  27. ^ a b c d e Harig, Bob (21 July 2013). "Lefty captures Claret Jug, 5th major". ESPN. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
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