2008 Open Championship

2008 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates17–20 July 2008
LocationSouthport, England
Course(s)Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Organized byThe R&A
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70[1]
Length7,173 yards (6,559 m)[1]
Field156 players, 83 after cut[1]
Cut149 (+9)[1]
Prize fund£4,200,000[2]
5,335,867
$8,161,174
Winner's share£750,000
€938,565
$1,498,875
Champion
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
283 (+3)
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Southport is located in England
Southport
Southport
 Royal Birkdale  Golf Club is located in Merseyside
 Royal Birkdale  Golf Club
 Royal Birkdale
 Golf Club
Location in Southport, Merseyside,
north of Liverpool, England

The 2008 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 137th Open Championship, played from 17 to 20 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Pádraig Harrington successfully defended his Open Championship title, his second; he shot four under par over the final nine holes and was four strokes ahead of runner-up Ian Poulter.[3] Harrington was the last golfer to win the same major back-to-back for a decade until Brooks Koepka won consecutive U.S. Opens in 2017 and 2018.

Television coverage was provided as usual by the BBC in the UK, and by ABC and TNT in the United States.

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  2. ^ "British Open coverage on MSNBC". Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Luck of the Irish not necessary". Union-Democrat. (Sonora, California). Associated Press. 21 July 2008. p. B1.