2016 Open Championship

2016 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates14–17 July 2016
LocationTroon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
55°31′55″N 4°39′04″W / 55.532°N 4.651°W / 55.532; -4.651
Course(s)Royal Troon Golf Club
Old Course
Organized byThe R&A
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par71
Length7,190 yd (6,575 m)
Field156 players, 81 after cut
Cut146 (+4)
Prize fund£6,500,000[1]
7,544,614
$8,572,200
Winner's share£1,175,000
€1,363,834
$1,549,590
Champion
Sweden Henrik Stenson
264 (−20)
Location map
Royal Troon is located in the United Kingdom
Royal Troon
Royal Troon
Location in the United Kingdom
Royal Troon is located in Scotland
Royal Troon
Royal Troon
Location in Scotland
Royal Troon is located in South Ayrshire
Royal Troon
Royal Troon
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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 Troon, South 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.[2] The duo's final-day battle, ending fourteen and eleven shots clear of third-place J. B. Holmes, was dubbed "High Noon at Troon" and compared in quality to the renowned "Duel in the Sun" of 1977.[3][4]

  1. ^ "The Champion Golfer of the Year will win £1,175,000 at The 145th Open at Royal Troon". The Open Championship. 5 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Henrik Stenson pays tribute to late friend and Phil Mickelson after British Open win". The National. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ^ English, Tom (17 July 2024). "'Gobsmacking brilliance of High Noon at Troon will never fade'". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ Dempster, Martin (17 July 2024). "The Open 2024: Who will win at Troon and what does weather have in store?". The Scotsman.