2015 Open Championship

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.[17][18] Jordan Spieth was two shots off the lead after carding a 67.[19][20]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	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)

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.[21][22][23]

Dustin Johnson was the overnight leader on 10-under-par after 13 holes, a stroke ahead of Danny Willett.[24] The day marked the final Open appearance of five-time champion Tom Watson at age 65.[25]

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 10½ 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
1	Dustin Johnson	United States	65-69=134	−10
2	Danny Willett	England	66-69=135	−9
3	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)

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.[26] No amateur had led the Open after three rounds since 1927.[27]

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
4	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)

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.[28] 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.[29][30] The win was Johnson's second major championship victory; he won the Masters eight years earlier in 2007.[31]

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:[28]
Amateurs: Niebrugge (−11), Chesters (−9), Schniederjans (−9), Dunne (−6), Langasque (−2)

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
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
García	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11
Niebrugge	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−12	−12	−11	−11
Rose	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11
Willett	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11
Harrington	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−9	−10	−8	−7
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

Source:[28]

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 (£)
1	Zach Johnson	United States	3-3-5-4=15	−1	1,150,000
T2	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	3-4-5-4=16	E	536,500
	Marc Leishman	Australia	5-4-5-4=18	+2

• Four-hole aggregate playoff on holes 1, 2, 17, and 18

Hole	1	2	17	18
Par	4	4	4	4
Johnson	−1	−2	−1	−1
Oosthuizen	−1	−1	E	E
Leishman	+1	+1	+2	+2

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par
Source:[28]