2015 Open Championship - wikipedia 2015 Open Championship 2015 Open Championship Tournament information Dates 16 -- 20 July 2015 Location St Andrews, Scotland Course ( s ) Old Course Organized by The R&A Tour ( s ) European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour Statistics Par 72 Length 7,297 yd ( 6,672 m ) Field 156 players, 80 after cut Cut 144 ( E ) Prize fund £ 6,300,000 € 8,717,310 $ 9,831,780 Winner 's share £ 1,150,000 € 1,591,255 $1,794,690 Champion Zach Johnson 273 ( − 15 ) ← 2014 2016 → St Andrews Location in Scotland St Andrews Location in Fife, Scotland The 2015 Open Championship was a men 's major golf championship and the 144th Open Championship, held from 16 -- 20 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. It was the 29th Open Championship played at the course and Zach Johnson won in a four - hole playoff for his second major title. World number one Rory McIlroy withdrew prior to the tournament due to an off - course ankle injury ; he was the first defending champion absent from the Open in over sixty years, since Ben Hogan opted not to participate in 1954. Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth attempted to win a third consecutive major and take over the top ranking. He finished one stroke out of the playoff, in a tie for fourth. Inclement weather -- which included heavy rain and very strong winds -- forced play to be suspended twice, on Friday and Saturday, with the latter having play suspended for nearly most of the day. The third round was held on Sunday and the final round ( and playoff ) on Monday ; the Open had last concluded on a Monday in 1988, 27 years earlier. This was also the last Open Championship played under the then present TV deals with the BBC and ESPN each having their swan song. NBC and Sky Sports would take over coverage the following year at Royal Troon. Contents 1 Venue 2 Field 2.1 Nationalities in the field 2.2 Past champions in the field 2.2. 1 Made the cut 2.2. 2 Missed the cut 3 Round summaries 3.1 First round 3.2 Second round 3.3 Third round 3.4 Final round 3.4. 1 Scorecard 3.5 Playoff 3.5. 1 Scorecard 4 Notes and references 5 External links Venue Main article : Old Course at St Andrews The 2015 event is the 29th Open Championship played at the Old Course at St Andrews. The most recent was in 2010 when Louis Oosthuizen won his only major title and became the first South African to win an Open Championship at St Andrews. Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par Burn 375 10 Bobby Jones 386 Dyke 452 11 High ( In ) 174 Cartgate ( Out ) 398 12 Heathery ( In ) 348 Ginger Beer 480 13 Hole O'Cross ( In ) 465 5 Hole O'Cross ( Out ) 570 5 14 Long 614 5 6 Heathery ( Out ) 414 15 Cartgate ( In ) 455 7 High ( Out ) 371 16 Corner of the Dyke 418 8 Short 174 17 Road 495 9 End 352 18 Tom Morris 356 Out 3,586 36 In 3,711 36 Source : Total 7,297 72 Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship ( since 1950 ) : 2010 : 7,305 yards ( 6,680 m ) 2005 : 7,279 yards ( 6,656 m ) 2000 : 7,115 yards ( 6,506 m ) 1995 : 6,933 yards ( 6,340 m ) 1990 : 6,933 yards ( 6,340 m ) 1984 : 6,933 yards ( 6,340 m ) 1978 : 6,933 yards ( 6,340 m ) 1970 : 6,957 yards ( 6,361 m ) 1964 : 6,926 yards ( 6,333 m ) 1960 : 6,936 yards ( 6,342 m ) 1955 : 6,936 yards ( 6,342 m ) 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 19 July 2015 Mark Calcavecchia ( 3 ), Stewart Cink ( 2, 3 ), Darren Clarke ( 2, 3 ), Ben Curtis, John Daly, David Duval, Ernie Els ( 2, 3 ), Nick Faldo, Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington ( 2 ), Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard ( 3 ), Sandy Lyle, Phil Mickelson ( 2, 3, 5, 15 ), Mark O'Meara, Louis Oosthuizen ( 2, 3, 5, 6 ), Tiger Woods ( 2, 3, 12 ) Eligible but did not enter : Ian Baker - Finch, Greg Norman, Nick Price Rory McIlroy ( 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 ) withdrew with an ankle injury. 2. The Open Champions for 2005 -- 2014 3. The Open Champions finishing in the first 10 and tying for 10th place in The Open Championship 2009 -- 2014 Tom Watson The category was extended from 2010 back to 2009 to enable Watson to make a final Open appearance at St Andrews 4. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2014 Open Championship Victor Dubuisson ( 5, 6, 15 ), Rickie Fowler ( 5, 12, 13, 15 ), Jim Furyk ( 5, 13, 15 ), Sergio García ( 5, 6, 13, 15 ), Marc Leishman, Shane Lowry ( 5, 6 ), Graeme McDowell ( 5, 6, 15 ), Edoardo Molinari, Charl Schwartzel ( 5, 6, 10 ), Adam Scott ( 5, 10, 13 ) 5. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking ( OWGR ) for Week 21, 2015 Keegan Bradley ( 11, 15 ), Paul Casey, Jason Day ( 13 ), Jamie Donaldson ( 6, 15 ), Matt Every, Branden Grace, Bill Haas ( 13 ), J.B. Holmes, Billy Horschel ( 13 ), Thongchai Jaidee ( 6 ), Miguel Ángel Jiménez ( 6 ), Dustin Johnson ( 13 ), Zach Johnson ( 13, 15 ), Martin Kaymer ( 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15 ), Brooks Koepka ( 6 ), Matt Kuchar ( 13, 15 ), Anirban Lahiri ( OQS Thailand ), Joost Luiten ( 6 ), Hunter Mahan ( 13, 15 ), Ben Martin, Hideki Matsuyama ( 13 ), Ryan Moore, Kevin Na ( 13 ), Ryan Palmer ( 13 ), Ian Poulter ( 6, 15 ), Patrick Reed ( 13, 15 ), Justin Rose ( 6, 9, 13, 15 ), Webb Simpson ( 9, 13, 15 ), Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth ( 9, 10, 13, 15 ), Henrik Stenson ( 6, 15 ), Brendon Todd ( 13 ), Jimmy Walker ( 13, 15 ), Bubba Watson ( 10, 13, 15 ), Lee Westwood ( 6, 15 ), Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett ( 6 ), Gary Woodland ( 13 ) Chris Kirk ( 13 ) withdrew with a hand injury. 6. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2014 Thomas Bjørn ( 15 ), Jonas Blixt, George Coetzee, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, Stephen Gallacher ( 15 ), Mikko Ilonen, Pablo Larrazábal, Alexander Lévy, Marcel Siem, Marc Warren, Romain Wattel 7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2013 -- 2015 An Byeong - hun, Matteo Manassero 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 2015 BMW International Open Kiradech Aphibarnrat Alexander Norén withdrew with an injury. 9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2011 -- 2015 10. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2011 -- 2015 11. The PGA Champions for 2010 -- 2014 Jason Dufner 12. The Players Champions for 2013 -- 2015 13. The leading 30 qualifiers for the 2014 Tour Championship Russell Henley, Morgan Hoffmann, Geoff Ogilvy, John Senden, Cameron Tringale 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 2015 on completion of the 2015 Travelers Championship Steven Bowditch, Charley Hoffman, Kevin Kisner, Robert Streb 15. Playing members of the 2014 Ryder Cup teams 16. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2014 David Lipsky 17. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2014 Greg Chalmers ( OQS Australia ) 18. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2014 Thomas Aiken 19. The Japan Open Champion for 2014 Yuta Ikeda 20. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2014 Hiroyuki Fujita, Koumei Oda 21. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2015 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2015 Japan Golf Tour Championship Adam Bland, Liang Wenchong 22. The Senior Open Champion for 2014 Bernhard Langer 23. The Amateur Champion for 2015 Romain Langasque ( a ) 24. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2014 Gunn Yang ( a ) 25. The European Amateur Champion for 2014 Ashley Chesters ( a ) 26. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2014 Ollie Schniederjans ( a ) Open Qualifying Series The Open Qualifying Series ( OQS ) consisted of 10 events from the six major tours. 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 ranked highest according to that week 's OWGR. Location Tournament Date Spots Top Qualifiers Australia Emirates Australian Open 30 Nov 10 Greg Chalmers ( 17 ), Rod Pampling, Brett Rumford Thailand Thailand Golf Championship 14 Dec 12 Marcus Fraser, Scott Hend, Anirban Lahiri ( 5 ), Jonathan Moore Africa Joburg Open 1 Mar 10 David Howell, Andy Sullivan, Anthony Wall Japan Mizuno Open 31 May 12 Scott Strange, Tadahiro Takayama, Taichi Teshima, Shinji Tomimura Ireland The Irish Open 31 May 10 Tyrrell Hatton, Søren Kjeldsen, Eddie Pepperell USA Travelers Championship 28 Jun 12 Graham DeLaet, Luke Donald, Brian Harman, Carl Pettersson France Alstom Open de France 5 Jul 10 Rafael Cabrera - Bello, James Morrison, Jaco van Zyl USA Greenbrier Classic 5 Jul 12 James Hahn, David Hearn, Danny Lee, Greg Owen Scotland Scottish Open 12 Jul 10 Daniel Brooks, Raphaël Jacquelin, Rikard Karlberg USA John Deere Classic 12 Jul 5 Tom Gillis Final Qualifying The Final Qualifying events were played on 30 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. ( RQ ) indicates a player who had played in Regional Qualifying on 22 June : players with an Official World Golf Ranking were exempt from Regional Qualifying, as was Paul Dunne because he had played at Royal Liverpool in 2014. Gailes Links -- Ryan Fox, Paul Kinnear ( a, RQ ), Mark Young ( RQ ) Hillside -- Scott Arnold, Pelle Edberg, Jordan Niebrugge ( a ) Royal Cinque Ports -- Alister Balcombe ( a, RQ ), Gary Boyd, Ben Taylor ( a, RQ ) Woburn -- Robert Dinwiddie, Paul Dunne ( a ), Retief Goosen 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 5 July 2015 use these week 27 rankings. Six places were made available on 29 June based on the week 26 rankings. Francesco Molinari ( ranked 43, week 26 ) Matt Jones ( 67 ) Tim Clark ( 71 ) -- withdrew David Lingmerth ( 72 ) Harris English ( 74 ) Daniel Berger ( 75 ) Russell Knox ( ranked 77, week 27 ) -- replaced Rory McIlroy Kevin Streelman ( 80 ) -- replaced Chris Kirk Hiroshi Iwata ( 81 ) -- replaced Alexander Norén Richie Ramsay ( 82 ) -- replaced Tim Clark Nationalities in the field North America ( 55 ) South America ( 0 ) Europe ( 62 ) Oceania ( 17 ) Asia ( 14 ) Africa ( 8 ) Canada ( 2 ) England ( 24 ) Australia ( 15 ) China ( 1 ) South Africa ( 8 ) United States ( 53 ) Northern Ireland ( 2 ) New Zealand ( 2 ) India ( 1 ) Scotland ( 6 ) Japan ( 8 ) Wales ( 1 ) South Korea ( 2 ) Ireland ( 3 ) Thailand ( 2 ) Austria ( 1 ) Denmark ( 2 ) Finland ( 1 ) France ( 5 ) Germany ( 3 ) Italy ( 3 ) Netherlands ( 1 ) Spain ( 4 ) Sweden ( 6 ) Past champions in the field Made the cut Player Country Year ( s ) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish Louis Oosthuizen South Africa 67 70 67 69 273 − 15 T2 Stewart Cink United States 2009 70 71 68 72 281 − 7 T20 Pádraig Harrington Ireland 2007, 2008 72 69 65 75 281 − 7 T20 Phil Mickelson United States 2013 70 72 70 69 281 − 7 T20 Paul Lawrie Scotland 1999 66 70 74 73 283 − 5 T40 David Duval United States 2001 72 72 67 73 284 − 4 T49 Ernie Els South Africa 2002, 2012 71 73 69 73 286 − 2 T65 Mark O'Meara United States 1998 72 72 71 74 289 + 1 T78 Missed the cut Player Country Year ( s ) won R1 R2 Total To par John Daly United States 1995 71 74 145 + 1 Darren Clarke Northern Ireland 2011 73 73 146 + 2 Sandy Lyle Scotland 1985 71 76 147 + 3 Tom Lehman United States 75 73 148 + 4 Ben Curtis United States 2003 74 75 149 + 5 Justin Leonard United States 1997 78 72 150 + 6 Todd Hamilton United States 74 77 151 + 7 Tiger Woods United States 2000, 2005, 2006 76 75 151 + 7 Nick Faldo England 1987, 1990, 1992 83 71 154 + 10 Mark Calcavecchia United States 1989 80 75 155 + 11 Tom Watson United States 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983 76 80 156 + 12 Round summaries First round Thursday, 16 July 2015 Dustin Johnson posted a seven - under - par 65 on day one to lead by one shot from a group of six golfers. Jordan Spieth was two shots off the lead after carding a 67. Place Player Country Score To par Dustin Johnson United States 65 − 7 T2 Jason Day Australia 66 − 6 Retief Goosen South Africa Zach Johnson United States Paul Lawrie Scotland Robert Streb United States Danny Willett England T8 Kevin Na United States 67 − 5 Jordan Niebrugge ( a ) United States Louis Oosthuizen South Africa Charl Schwartzel South Africa Jordan Spieth United States * The last group completed play at approximately 9 : 36 pm. BST ( UTC + 1 ) Second round Friday and Saturday, 17 -- 18 July 2015 The first group teed - off at 6 : 32 am BST on Friday, but heavy rain caused localised flooding and play was suspended at 6 : 46 am. Restarted at 10 am ; later tee times were delayed over three hours. The tee time for the 52nd and last group was delayed from the original 4 : 13 pm to 7 : 27 pm. The second round was not completed on Friday and 42 players returned early Saturday to finish their rounds. Dustin Johnson was the overnight leader on 10 - under - par after 13 holes, a stroke ahead of Danny Willett. The day marked the final Open appearance of five - time champion Tom Watson at age 65. Play resumed on Saturday at 7 am, with the third round due to start at 11 am. However, play was soon suspended at 7 : 32 am because a strong wind was moving stationary balls on some of the greens. Because it was a non-dangerous situation, players were allowed to complete the hole they were playing. Dustin Johnson had bogeyed the 14th to move back to 9 - under - par, tied for the lead with Willett. After a delay of several hours, it was decided that only the remainder of the second round would be competed on Saturday, with the third round scheduled for Sunday and the fourth round for Monday. Play finally resumed at 6 pm, a 101⁄2 hour delay, and was completed after 9 pm. The 36 - hole cut was at even par 144 and eighty players advanced to the third round. Place Player Country Score To par Dustin Johnson United States 65 - 69 = 134 − 10 Danny Willett England 66 - 69 = 135 − 9 Paul Lawrie Scotland 66 - 70 = 136 − 8 T4 Jason Day Australia 66 - 71 = 137 − 7 Zach Johnson United States 66 - 71 = 137 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa 67 - 70 = 137 Adam Scott Australia 70 - 67 = 137 Robert Streb United States 66 - 71 = 137 Marc Warren Scotland 68 - 69 = 137 T10 Luke Donald England 68 - 70 = 138 − 6 Paul Dunne ( a ) Ireland 69 - 69 = 138 Retief Goosen South Africa 66 - 72 = 138 Hideki Matsuyama Japan 72 - 66 = 138 * The last group completed play Saturday at approximately 9 : 19 pm. Amateurs : Dunne ( − 6 ), Niebrugge ( − 4 ), Langasque ( − 3 ), Schniederjans ( − 2 ), Chesters ( − 1 ), Kinnear ( + 2 ), Yang ( + 6 ), Balcombe ( + 6 ), Taylor ( + 11 ) Third round Sunday, 19 July 2015 Amateur Paul Dunne was in a share of the lead after the third round along with Louis Oosthuizen and Jason Day. No amateur had led the Open after three rounds since 1927. Place Player Country Score To par T1 Jason Day Australia 66 - 71 - 67 = 204 − 12 Paul Dunne ( a ) Ireland 69 - 69 - 66 = 204 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa 67 - 70 - 67 = 204 Jordan Spieth United States 67 - 72 - 66 = 205 − 11 5 Pádraig Harrington Ireland 72 - 69 - 65 = 206 − 10 T6 Sergio García Spain 70 - 69 - 68 = 207 − 9 Retief Goosen South Africa 66 - 72 - 69 = 207 Zach Johnson United States 66 - 71 - 70 = 207 Marc Leishman Australia 70 - 73 - 64 = 207 Jordan Niebrugge ( a ) United States 67 - 73 - 67 = 207 Justin Rose England 71 - 68 - 68 = 207 Adam Scott Australia 70 - 67 - 70 = 207 Robert Streb United States 66 - 71 - 70 = 207 Danny Willett England 66 - 69 - 72 = 207 * The last group completed play Sunday at approximately 7 : 04 pm. Amateurs : Dunne ( − 12 ), Niebrugge ( − 9 ), Chesters ( − 6 ), Schniederjans ( − 4 ), Langasque ( − 4 ) Final round Monday, 20 July 2015 Marc Leishman carded a 66 in the final round to have the lead in the clubhouse at − 15 while the final pairings were beginning their back nine. Zach Johnson then birdied the 18th to also card a 66 and tie the clubhouse lead with Leishman. The second to last group of the round were Jason Day and Jordan Spieth. Day and Spieth both headed to the par - 4 16th at − 14, one shot back of Leishman and Johnson. Spieth hit a difficult putt to birdie to get to - 15, while Day parred. On the famous par - 4 17th `` Road Hole, '' an errant approach shot by Spieth resulted in a bogey and he was back at − 14. Day was unable to convert a difficult birdie putt and remained at − 14 as well. At the 18th, Spieth 's approach shot was short, in the `` Valley of Sin '' below the green ; he almost holed the chip for birdie, but settled for par and 274 ( − 14 ). Day was left with a 15 - foot ( 4.5 m ) birdie putt to join the playoff, but could not convert and also ended a stroke back at 274. The final pairing was Louis Oosthuizen and amateur Paul Dunne, who was at even par 36 out, but was four - over on the next four holes, fell out of contention, and tied for thirtieth place. Oosthuizen played a solid round and needed a birdie at 18 to get into the playoff with Leishman and Johnson. His approach shot left him with a 10 - foot ( 3 m ) birdie putt, which he sunk. The Open Championship 's rules dictated there would be a four - hole aggregate score playoff between Johnson, Leishman, and Oosthuizen. Johnson took the early lead on the first and never looked back, winning by a stroke over Oosthuizen. The win was Johnson 's second major championship victory ; he won the Masters eight years earlier in 2007. Place Player Country Score To par Money ( £ ) T1 Zach Johnson United States 66 - 71 - 70 - 66 = 273 − 15 Playoff Marc Leishman Australia 70 - 73 - 64 - 66 = 273 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa 67 - 70 - 67 - 69 = 273 T4 Jason Day Australia 66 - 71 - 67 - 70 = 274 − 14 295,000 Jordan Spieth United States 67 - 72 - 66 - 69 = 274 T6 Sergio García Spain 70 - 69 - 68 - 70 = 277 − 11 183,250 Jordan Niebrugge ( a ) United States 67 - 73 - 67 - 70 = 277 0 Justin Rose England 71 - 68 - 68 - 70 = 277 183,250 Danny Willett England 66 - 69 - 72 - 70 = 277 T10 Brooks Koepka United States 71 - 70 - 69 - 68 = 278 − 10 125,250 Adam Scott Australia 70 - 67 - 70 - 71 = 278 Source : Amateurs : Niebrugge ( − 11 ), Chesters ( − 9 ), Schniederjans ( − 9 ), Dunne ( − 6 ), Langasque ( − 2 ) Scorecard Hole 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Par 5 5 Johnson − 9 − 10 − 10 − 11 − 12 − 12 − 13 − 13 − 14 − 15 − 15 − 16 − 15 − 15 − 15 − 15 − 14 − 15 Leishman − 10 − 10 − 11 − 12 − 13 − 13 − 13 − 13 − 14 − 15 − 15 − 16 − 16 − 16 − 16 − 15 − 15 − 15 Oosthuizen − 13 − 13 − 13 − 13 − 13 − 14 − 14 − 13 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 15 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 15 Day − 12 − 12 − 12 − 12 − 13 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 Spieth − 12 − 12 − 12 − 12 − 13 − 14 − 14 − 12 − 13 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 15 − 14 − 14 Dunne − 11 − 10 − 11 − 11 − 12 − 12 − 12 − 12 − 12 − 11 − 11 − 10 − 8 − 8 − 8 − 8 − 7 − 6 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Source : Playoff This was the ninth four - hole playoff at the Open Championship, first used in 1989. The last playoff at St Andrews was twenty years earlier in 1995. Johnson and Oosthuizen birdied the first while Leishman bogeyed ; Johnson birdied the second and then the routing switched over to the Road Hole ( # 17 ), which all three bogeyed. All three made par at 18 and Johnson won the Claret Jug by a stroke. Place Player Country Score To par Money ( £ ) Zach Johnson United States 3 - 3 - 5 - 4 = 15 − 1 1,150,000 T2 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa 3 - 4 - 5 - 4 = 16 536,500 Marc Leishman Australia 5 - 4 - 5 - 4 = 18 + 2 Four - hole aggregate playoff on holes 1, 2, 17, and 18 Scorecard Hole 1 2 17 18 Par Johnson − 1 − 2 − 1 − 1 Oosthuizen − 1 − 1 Leishman + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par Source : Notes and references ^ Jump up to : `` The Champion Golfer of the Year will win more than £ 1 million at The Open ''. The Open. Retrieved 24 June 2015. Jump up ^ `` Rory McIlroy pulls out of Open title defence at St Andrews through injury ''. 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Question: the dates of the 2015 british open golf championship
Answer: 16–20 July