2016 Open Championship - wikipedia 2016 Open Championship 2016 Open Championship Tournament information Dates 14 -- 17 July 2016 Location Ayrshire, Scotland Course ( s ) Royal Troon Golf Club Old Course Organized by The R&A Tour ( s ) European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour Statistics Par 71 Length 7,190 yd ( 6,575 m ) Field 156 players, 81 after cut Cut 146 ( + 4 ) Prize fund £ 6,500,000 € 7,544,614 $ 8,572,200 Winner 's share £ 1,175,000 € 1,363,834 $1,549,590 Champion Henrik Stenson 264 ( − 20 ) `` 2015 2017 '' Troon Location in Scotland Royal Troon Golf Club Location in South Ayrshire, Scotland The 2016 Open Championship was a men 's major golf championship and the 145th Open Championship, played from 14 -- 17 July at Royal Troon Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the ninth Open Championship played at the Old Course of Troon, and the fifth since gaining royal status. Henrik Stenson shot a final round 63 for 264, a record 20 - under par, three strokes ahead of runner - up Phil Mickelson, the 2013 champion. The leader after 54 holes, Stenson became the first Scandinavian man to win a major title. Contents 1 Media 2 Venue 3 Field 3.1 Nationalities in the field 3.2 Past champions in the field 3.2. 1 Made the cut 3.2. 2 Missed the cut 4 Round summaries 4.1 First round 4.2 Second round 4.3 Third round 4.4 Final round 4.4. 1 Scorecard 5 Records 6 References 7 External links Media This was the first Open Championship under new television rights deals in the United Kingdom and United States. In the U.K., Sky Sports replaced the BBC, who held broadcast rights from 1955 to 2015, marking the first time that rights to the Open had been held by a subscription television service. To comply with anti-siphoning laws, rights to broadcast a nightly highlights programme on free - to - air television were sold to the BBC. The contract was to begin in 2017, but the BBC opted out of the 2016 edition. In the U.S., television rights shifted from ESPN to NBC and sister pay - TV network Golf Channel, marking the first time that Golf Channel had coverage of a men 's major championship. It also restored a major to the network for the first time since 2014 ; from 1995 to 2014, NBC televised the U.S. Open and other championships of the USGA, which moved to Fox in 2015. Similarly to the BBC, ESPN chose to opt out of its final year of Open rights, causing NBC 's rights to begin in 2016 instead. Venue Main article : Royal Troon Golf Club Old Course Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par Seal 367 10 Sandhills 451 Black Rock 390 11 The Railway 482 Gyaws 377 12 The Fox 430 Dunure 555 5 13 Burmah 473 5 Greenan 209 14 Alton 178 6 Turnberry 601 5 15 Crosbie 499 7 Tel - el - Kebir 401 16 Well 554 5 8 Postage Stamp 123 17 Rabbit 220 9 The Monk 422 18 Craigend 458 Out 3,445 36 In 3,745 35 Source : Total 7,190 71 Lengths of the course for previous Opens : 2004 : 7,175 yards ( 6,561 m ), par 71 1997 : 7,079 yards ( 6,473 m ), par 71 1989 : 7,097 yards ( 6,489 m ), par 72 1982 : 7,067 yards ( 6,462 m ), par 72 1973 : 7,064 yards ( 6,459 m ), par 72 1962 : 7,045 yards ( 6,442 m ), par 72 1950 : 6,583 yards ( 6,019 m ), par 70 1923 : 6,415 yards ( 5,866 m ) Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par - 5. Field 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 17 July 2016 Mark Calcavecchia, Darren Clarke ( 2 ), Ben Curtis, John Daly, David Duval, Ernie Els ( 2 ), Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington ( 2 ), Zach Johnson ( 2, 3, 4, 12, 14 ), Paul Lawrie, Justin Leonard, Sandy Lyle, Rory McIlroy ( 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12 ), Phil Mickelson ( 2, 4, 14 ), Mark O'Meara, Louis Oosthuizen ( 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 14 ) Stewart Cink ( 2 ) and Tiger Woods ( 2 ) did not play. Eligible but did not enter : Nick Faldo, Ian Baker - Finch, Tom Lehman, Nick Price. 2. The Open Champions for 2006 -- 2015 3. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2015 Open Championship Jason Day ( 4, 10, 11, 12, 14 ), Sergio García ( 4 ), Marc Leishman ( 4, 14 ), Jordan Niebrugge, Justin Rose ( 4, 5, 8, 12 ), Adam Scott ( 4, 9, 14 ), Jordan Spieth ( 4, 8, 9, 12, 14 ), Danny Willett ( 4, 5, 9 ) Brooks Koepka ( 4, 12 ) withdrew with an ankle injury. 4. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking ( OWGR ) for Week 21, 2016 An Byeong - hun ( 5, 6 ), Kiradech Aphibarnrat ( 5 ), Rafael Cabrera - Bello, Paul Casey ( 12 ), Kevin Chappell, Matthew Fitzpatrick ( 5 ), Rickie Fowler ( 11, 12, 14 ), Jim Furyk ( 12 ), Branden Grace ( 5, 14 ), Emiliano Grillo, Bill Haas ( 12, 14 ), Charley Hoffman ( 12 ), J.B. Holmes ( 12, 14 ), Billy Horschel, Thongchai Jaidee ( 5, 14 ), Dustin Johnson ( 8, 12, 14 ), Kim Kyung - tae ( 19 ), Kevin Kisner ( 12 ), Søren Kjeldsen ( 5 ), Russell Knox, Matt Kuchar ( 12, 14 ), Danny Lee ( 12, 14 ), David Lingmerth, Shane Lowry ( 5 ), Hideki Matsuyama ( 12, 14 ), Ryan Moore, Kevin Na ( 12 ), Patrick Reed ( 5, 12, 14 ), Charl Schwartzel ( 5, 14 ), Brandt Snedeker ( 12 ), Henrik Stenson ( 5, 12 ), Andy Sullivan ( 5 ), Justin Thomas, Jimmy Walker ( 12, 14 ), Bubba Watson ( 9, 12, 14 ), Lee Westwood ( OQS - Thailand ), Bernd Wiesberger ( 5 ) Daniel Berger ( 12 ) withdrew with a shoulder injury. 5. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2015 Kristoffer Broberg, Victor Dubuisson, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, David Howell, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Martin Kaymer ( 8, 11 ), Anirban Lahiri ( 14, 15 ), James Morrison, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thomas Pieters, Marc Warren, Chris Wood ( 6 ) Jaco van Zyl withdrew to focus on the Olympics. 6. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2014 -- 2016 7. 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 2016 BMW International Open Andrew Johnston, Rikard Karlberg, Lee Soo - min, Joost Luiten 8. The U.S. Open Champions for 2012 -- 2016 Webb Simpson 9. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2012 -- 2016 10. The PGA Champions for 2011 -- 2015 Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner 11. The Players Champions for 2014 -- 2016 12. Top 30 players from the final 2015 FedEx Cup points list Steven Bowditch ( 14 ), Harris English, Scott Piercy, Robert Streb Bae Sang - moon ( 14 ) was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea. 13. 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 2016 on completion of the 2016 Quicken Loans National Smylie Kaufman, William McGirt 14. Playing members of the 2015 Presidents Cup teams Chris Kirk 15. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2015 16. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2015 Nathan Holman 17. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2015 George Coetzee 18. The Japan Open Champion for 2015 Satoshi Kodaira 19. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2015 Yūsaku Miyazato 20. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2016 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2016 Japan Golf Tour Championship Yuta Ikeda, Yosuke Tsukada 21. The Senior Open Champion for 2015 Marco Dawson 22. The Amateur Champion for 2016 Scott Gregory ( a ) 23. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2015 Bryson DeChambeau forfeited his exemption by turning professional in April 2016. 24. The European Amateur Champion for 2015 Stefano Mazzoli ( a ) 25. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2015 Jon Rahm forfeited his exemption by turning professional in June 2016 but subsequently earned a spot through the Open Qualifying Series. Open Qualifying Series The Open Qualifying Series ( OQS ) consists of 10 events from the six major tours. 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 ranked highest according to that week 's OWGR. Location Tournament Date Spots Top Qualifiers Australia Emirates Australian Open 29 Nov 10 Nick Cullen, Matt Jones, Rod Pampling Thailand Thailand Golf Championship 13 Dec 12 Jamie Donaldson, Phachara Khongwatmai, Clément Sordet, Lee Westwood ( 4 ) Africa Joburg Open 17 Jan 10 Zander Lombard, Haydn Porteous, Anthony Wall Japan Mizuno Open 29 May 12 Kodai Ichihara, Shugo Imahira, Lee Sang - hee, Hideto Tanihara Sweden Nordea Masters 5 Jun 5 Lasse Jensen USA FedEx St. Jude Classic 12 Jun 12 Brian Gay, Russell Henley, Noh Seung - yul, Steve Stricker USA Quicken Loans National 26 Jun 12 Jon Rahm, Vijay Singh, Harold Varner III Billy Hurley III did not play so he could attend his sister 's wedding. France Alstom Open de France 3 Jul 12 Alexander Norén, Callum Shinkwin, Richard Sterne, Brandon Stone USA Barracuda Championship 3 Jul 5 Greg Chalmers Scotland Scottish Open 10 Jul 12 Nicolas Colsaerts, Tyrrell Hatton, Matteo Manassero, Richie Ramsay The Greenbrier Classic was cancelled due to the damage sustained by the course in the 2016 West Virginia flood. The Open Qualifying Series event originally slated for the Greenbrier was shifted to the Barracuda Championship. Final Qualifying The Final Qualifying events were played on 28 June at four courses covering Scotland and the North - West, Central and South - coast regions of England. Three qualifying places were available at each location. None of the twelve qualifiers had played in Regional Qualifying on 20 June : each was exempted by virtue of holding an Official World Golf Ranking. Gailes Links -- Oskar Arvidsson, Scott Fernández, Colin Montgomerie Hillside -- Dave Coupland, Paul Howard, Jack Senior Royal Cinque Ports -- Steven Alker, James Heath, Matthew Southgate Woburn -- Paul Dunne, Ryan Evans, Robert Rock 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. Any places made available after 3 July will use the week 27 rankings. Eleven places were made available on 27 June based on the week 26 rankings. James Hahn ( ranked 58, week 26 ) Gary Woodland ( 65 ) Ryan Palmer ( 68 ) Patton Kizzire ( 70 ) Fabián Gómez ( 71 ) Wang Jeung - hun ( 74 ) Scott Hend ( 75 ) Graeme McDowell ( 76 ) Brendan Steele ( 77 ) Francesco Molinari ( 78 ) Tony Finau ( 79 ) Jim Herman ( 80 ) -- replaced Billy Hurley III Marcus Fraser ( 81 ) -- replaced Tiger Woods Luke Donald ( ranked 83, week 27 ) -- replaced Jaco van Zyl Daniel Summerhays ( 86 ) -- replaced Stewart Cink Charles Howell III ( 87 ) -- did not play due to injury Jamie Lovemark ( 88 ) -- replaced Daniel Berger Ian Poulter ( 90 ) -- did not play due to injury Colt Knost ( 92 ) -- replaced Brooks Koepka Nationalities in the field North America ( 52 ) South America ( 2 ) Europe ( 61 ) Oceania ( 14 ) Asia ( 18 ) Africa ( 9 ) United States ( 52 ) Argentina ( 2 ) England ( 24 ) Australia ( 11 ) India ( 1 ) South Africa ( 9 ) Northern Ireland ( 3 ) Fiji ( 1 ) Japan ( 8 ) Scotland ( 6 ) New Zealand ( 2 ) South Korea ( 6 ) Wales ( 1 ) Thailand ( 3 ) Ireland ( 3 ) Austria ( 1 ) Belgium ( 2 ) Denmark ( 3 ) France ( 2 ) Germany ( 1 ) Italy ( 3 ) Netherlands ( 1 ) Spain ( 5 ) Sweden ( 6 ) Past champions in the field Made the cut Player Country Year ( s ) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish Phil Mickelson United States 2013 63 69 70 65 267 − 17 Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland 2014 69 71 73 67 280 − 4 T5 Zach Johnson United States 2015 67 70 75 71 283 − 1 T12 Darren Clarke Northern Ireland 2011 71 72 73 70 286 + 2 T30 Pádraig Harrington Ireland 2007, 2008 70 72 73 72 287 + 3 T36 Mark O'Meara United States 1998 71 72 78 73 294 + 10 T63 Paul Lawrie Scotland 1999 72 74 74 74 294 + 10 T63 Missed the cut Player Country Year ( s ) won R1 R2 Total To par Ernie Els South Africa 2002, 2012 71 76 147 + 5 Todd Hamilton United States 75 73 148 + 6 Justin Leonard United States 1997 70 78 148 + 6 Mark Calcavecchia United States 1989 73 75 148 + 6 John Daly United States 1995 75 76 151 + 9 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa 71 83 154 + 12 Ben Curtis United States 2003 77 83 160 + 18 Sandy Lyle Scotland 1985 85 78 163 + 21 David Duval United States 2001 82 WD Round summaries First round Thursday, 14 July 2016 Phil Mickelson shot an 8 - under - par 63 to take a three - shot lead over Martin Kaymer and Patrick Reed. His 63 tied him with 27 others for the lowest round in a major championship. Mickelson had a 16 - foot putt at the 18th to become the first player to score 62 at a major championship, but the putt lipped out of the hole. Place Player Country Score To par Phil Mickelson United States 63 − 8 T2 Martin Kaymer Germany 66 − 5 Patrick Reed United States T4 Keegan Bradley United States 67 − 4 Tony Finau United States Billy Horschel United States Zach Johnson United States Søren Kjeldsen Denmark Steve Stricker United States Andy Sullivan England Justin Thomas United States Second round Friday, 15 July 2016 Phil Mickelson maintained his lead at the halfway point at 132 ( − 10 ), a stroke ahead of Henrik Stenson, whose 65 moved him into solo second place. The cut was at 146 ( + 4 ), allowing previous major champions Jordan Spieth, Danny Willett, and Bubba Watson to continue onto the third day. Billy Horschel started in joint fourth place, but had a dismal 85 to miss the cut by six strokes. Place Player Country Score To par Phil Mickelson United States 63 - 69 = 132 − 10 Henrik Stenson Sweden 68 - 65 = 133 − 9 T3 Keegan Bradley United States 67 - 68 = 135 − 7 Søren Kjeldsen Denmark 67 - 68 = 135 5 Zach Johnson United States 67 - 70 = 137 − 5 T6 Tony Finau United States 67 - 71 = 138 − 4 Sergio García Spain 68 - 70 = 138 Bill Haas United States 68 - 70 = 138 Andrew Johnston England 69 - 69 = 138 Charl Schwartzel South Africa 72 - 66 = 138 Amateurs : Gregory ( + 9 ), Mazzoli ( + 12 ) Third round Saturday, 16 July 2016 Henrik Stenson ( 68 ) overtook Phil Mickelson ( 70 ) in the third round, taking a single - shot lead into the final round, with Mickelson five shots clear of the field. Place Player Country Score To par Henrik Stenson Sweden 68 - 65 - 68 = 201 − 12 Phil Mickelson United States 63 - 69 - 70 = 202 − 11 Bill Haas United States 68 - 70 - 69 = 207 − 6 Andrew Johnston England 69 - 69 - 70 = 208 − 5 5 J.B. Holmes United States 70 - 70 - 69 = 209 − 4 T6 Tony Finau United States 67 - 71 - 72 = 210 − 3 Søren Kjeldsen Denmark 67 - 68 - 75 = 210 Steve Stricker United States 67 - 75 - 68 = 210 T9 Keegan Bradley United States 67 - 68 - 76 = 211 − 2 Sergio García Spain 68 - 70 - 73 = 211 Patrick Reed United States 66 - 74 - 71 = 211 Charl Schwartzel South Africa 72 - 66 - 73 = 211 Final round Sunday, 17 July 2016 In what earned instant acclaim as one of the greatest final - round duels in major championship history, Henrik Stenson broke the aggregate scoring record for all majors while establishing a new Open Championship record on his way to his first career major win. In the final pairing with Phil Mickelson, Stenson began the round with a one - shot advantage. Mickelson quickly jumped into the lead with a birdie at the first while Stenson three - putted for bogey. Stenson rebounded with five birdies on the front nine while Mickelson recorded a birdie and an eagle at the par - 5 fourth, giving Stenson back a one - shot lead at the turn. Both birdied the tenth, then Stenson made bogey at the eleventh and they were tied again. Both parred the next two holes, then Stenson recorded three consecutive birdies, including a 51 - foot ( 16 m ) putt from off the green on the 15th to open up a two - shot lead. Mickelson narrowly missed an eagle putt on the 16th while Stenson got up and down from the greenside rough for a birdie to maintain the advantage. With another birdie at the 18th, Stenson tied the major championship scoring record at 63 ( − 8 ). Runner - up Mickelson shot 267 to equal the previous Open record set by Greg Norman in 1993. Eleven strokes behind Mickelson in solo third was J.B. Holmes at 278 ( − 6 ). Place Player Country Score To par Money ( £ ) Henrik Stenson Sweden 68 - 65 - 68 - 63 = 264 − 20 1,175,000 Phil Mickelson United States 63 - 69 - 70 - 65 = 267 − 17 675,000 J.B. Holmes United States 70 - 70 - 69 - 69 = 278 − 6 433,000 Steve Stricker United States 67 - 75 - 68 - 69 = 279 − 5 337,000 T5 Sergio García Spain 68 - 70 - 73 - 69 = 280 − 4 235,667 Tyrrell Hatton England 70 - 71 - 71 - 68 = 280 Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland 69 - 71 - 73 - 67 = 280 8 Andrew Johnston England 69 - 69 - 70 - 73 = 281 − 3 170,000 T9 Bill Haas United States 68 - 70 - 69 - 75 = 282 − 2 135,333 Dustin Johnson United States 71 - 69 - 72 - 70 = 282 Søren Kjeldsen Denmark 67 - 68 - 75 - 72 = 282 Source : Scorecard Hole 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Par 5 5 5 Stenson − 11 − 12 − 13 − 14 − 14 − 15 − 15 − 16 − 16 − 17 − 16 − 16 − 16 − 17 − 18 − 19 − 19 − 20 Mickelson − 12 − 12 − 12 − 14 − 14 − 15 − 15 − 15 − 15 − 16 − 16 − 16 − 16 − 16 − 16 − 17 − 17 − 17 Holmes − 4 − 4 − 4 − 5 − 5 − 6 − 7 − 7 − 7 − 7 − 7 − 7 − 7 − 7 − 5 − 6 − 6 − 6 Stricker − 3 − 3 − 3 − 4 − 4 − 4 − 5 − 5 − 5 − 5 − 5 − 5 − 5 − 6 − 6 − 7 − 5 − 5 García − 2 − 2 − 2 − 3 − 3 − 3 − 4 − 5 − 5 − 4 − 4 − 4 − 3 − 3 − 3 − 4 − 4 − 4 Hatton − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 3 − 3 − 3 − 3 − 2 − 3 − 3 − 3 − 3 − 4 − 4 − 4 McIlroy − 1 − 1 − 1 − 2 − 3 − 3 − 3 − 4 − 4 − 3 − 2 − 3 − 3 − 3 − 4 − 4 − 4 Johnston − 6 − 5 − 6 − 7 − 7 − 7 − 7 − 6 − 6 − 5 − 5 − 4 − 4 − 4 − 3 − 3 − 3 − 3 Haas − 6 − 6 − 6 − 6 − 5 − 4 − 4 − 3 − 3 − 3 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 D. Johnson − 1 − 1 − 2 − 1 − 1 − 1 − 1 − 1 − 1 − 1 − 1 − 1 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 Kjeldsen − 3 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 1 − 1 − 1 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 − 2 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Source : Records Stenson became the second to finish 20 - under - par in a major championship, tying Jason Day 's record from the PGA Championship in 2015. Stenson was the first to finish 20 - under at the Open Championship, beating Tiger Woods ' record of 19 - under in 2000. Stenson 's 264 set a new major championship record, beating David Toms ' 265 in the PGA Championship in 2001. Stenson broke the previous Open Championship record by three shots, formerly 267, set by Greg Norman in 1993. Stenson 's 63 ( in round 4 ) and Mickelson 's ( in round 1 ) tied the major record for a round. It was the 28th and 29th time this score had been achieved, and Stenson was the 27th different player to do so. 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Question: who won the 2016 open championship at royal troon
Answer: Henrik Stenson