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class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Tournament information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">17–20 July 2008</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Southport" title="Southport">Southport</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Course(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Birkdale_Golf_Club" title="Royal Birkdale Golf Club">Royal Birkdale Golf Club</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Organized by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_R%26A" title="The R&A">The R&A</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tour(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/European_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="European Tour">European Tour</a><br /><a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour" title="PGA Tour">PGA Tour</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Japan_Golf_Tour" title="Japan Golf Tour">Japan Golf Tour</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Par</th><td class="infobox-data">70<sup id="cite_ref-ocmg11_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ocmg11-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">7,173 yards (6,559 m)<sup id="cite_ref-ocmg11_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ocmg11-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Field</th><td class="infobox-data">156 players, 83 after cut<sup id="cite_ref-ocmg11_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ocmg11-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cut</th><td 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<p>The <b>2008 Open Championship</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Men%27s_major_golf_championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Men's major golf championship">men's major golf championship</a> and the 137th <a href="/wiki/Open_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Open Championship">Open Championship</a>, played from 17 to 20 July at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Birkdale_Golf_Club" title="Royal Birkdale Golf Club">Royal Birkdale Golf Club</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southport" title="Southport">Southport</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Harrington" title="Pádraig Harrington">Pádraig Harrington</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Ian_Poulter" title="Ian Poulter">Ian Poulter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-loinn_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-loinn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harrington was the last golfer to win the same major back-to-back for a decade until <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Koepka" title="Brooks Koepka">Brooks Koepka</a> won consecutive <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Opens</a> in <a href="/wiki/2017_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2017 U.S. Open (golf)">2017</a> and <a href="/wiki/2018_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2018 U.S. Open (golf)">2018</a>. </p><p>Television coverage was provided as usual by the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> in the UK, and by <a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour_on_ABC" title="PGA Tour on ABC">ABC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turner_Network_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Turner Network Television">TNT</a> in the United States. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Field">Field</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Field"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Number_One_male_golfers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of World Number One male golfers">World Number One</a> <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a> was the most notable absentee, as he was recovering from knee surgery following his victory at the <a href="/wiki/2008_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2008 U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a>. </p><p>About two-thirds of the field each year consists of players that are fully exempt from qualifying for the Open. Below is the list of the exemption categories and the players who are exempt. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses. Some categories are not shown as all players in that category had already qualified from an earlier category:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Open_Championship" title="2007 Open Championship">2007 Open Championship</a></b><br /> <a href="/wiki/K._J._Choi" title="K. J. Choi">K. J. Choi</a> (7,15,19), <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Cink" title="Stewart Cink">Stewart Cink</a> (7,19), <a href="/wiki/Ben_Curtis_(golfer)" title="Ben Curtis (golfer)">Ben Curtis</a> (3,4), <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Els" title="Ernie Els">Ernie Els</a> (3,4,5,7,15,19), <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Garc%C3%ADa" title="Sergio García">Sergio García</a> (5,7,14,15), <a href="/wiki/Richard_Green_(golfer)" title="Richard Green (golfer)">Richard Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Harrington" title="Pádraig Harrington">Pádraig Harrington</a> (3,4,5,7), <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Mahan" title="Hunter Mahan">Hunter Mahan</a> (7,15,19), <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Romero" title="Andrés Romero">Andrés Romero</a> (5,7), <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stricker" title="Steve Stricker">Steve Stricker</a> (7,15,19), <a href="/wiki/Mike_Weir" title="Mike Weir">Mike Weir</a> (7,19) </p><p><b>2. Past Open Champions born between 20 July 1942 and 19 July 1948</b><br /> (Eligible but not competing: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Jacklin" title="Tony Jacklin">Tony Jacklin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Miller" title="Johnny Miller">Johnny Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Weiskopf" title="Tom Weiskopf">Tom Weiskopf</a>) </p><p><b>3. Past Open Champions aged 60 or under on 20 July 2008</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Calcavecchia" title="Mark Calcavecchia">Mark Calcavecchia</a> (15), <a href="/wiki/John_Daly_(golfer)" title="John Daly (golfer)">John Daly</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Duval" title="David Duval">David Duval</a> (4), <a href="/wiki/Todd_Hamilton" title="Todd Hamilton">Todd Hamilton</a> (4), <a href="/wiki/Paul_Lawrie" title="Paul Lawrie">Paul Lawrie</a> (4), <a href="/wiki/Tom_Lehman" title="Tom Lehman">Tom Lehman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Leonard" title="Justin Leonard">Justin Leonard</a> (7), <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Lyle" title="Sandy Lyle">Sandy Lyle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Norman" title="Greg Norman">Greg Norman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_O%27Meara" title="Mark O'Meara">Mark O'Meara</a> (4), <a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson_(golfer)" title="Tom Watson (golfer)">Tom Watson</a> (28)<br /> (Eligible but not competing: <a href="/wiki/Ian_Baker-Finch" title="Ian Baker-Finch">Ian Baker-Finch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seve_Ballesteros" title="Seve Ballesteros">Seve Ballesteros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Faldo" title="Nick Faldo">Nick Faldo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Price" title="Nick Price">Nick Price</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Rogers_(golfer)" title="Bill Rogers (golfer)">Bill Rogers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a>) </p><p><b>4. The Open Champions for 1998-2007</b> </p><p><b>5. First 20 in the PGA European Tour Final Order of Merit for 2007</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Cabrera" title="Ángel Cabrera">Ángel Cabrera</a> (7,11,19), <a href="/wiki/Paul_Casey" title="Paul Casey">Paul Casey</a> (7), <a href="/wiki/Nick_Dougherty" title="Nick Dougherty">Nick Dougherty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niclas_Fasth" title="Niclas Fasth">Niclas Fasth</a> (7), <a href="/wiki/Retief_Goosen" title="Retief Goosen">Retief Goosen</a> (7,11,19), <a href="/wiki/Anders_Hansen" title="Anders Hansen">Anders Hansen</a> (6), <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Hansen" title="Søren Hansen">Søren Hansen</a> (7), <a href="/wiki/Peter_Hanson" title="Peter Hanson">Peter Hanson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%A9gory_Havret" title="Grégory Havret">Grégory Havret</a>, <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kjeldsen" title="Søren Kjeldsen">Søren Kjeldsen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colin_Montgomerie" title="Colin Montgomerie">Colin Montgomerie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Justin_Rose" title="Justin Rose">Justin Rose</a> (7,15), <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Stenson" title="Henrik Stenson">Henrik Stenson</a> (7), <a href="/wiki/Richard_Sterne_(golfer)" title="Richard Sterne (golfer)">Richard Sterne</a> (7), <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Storm" title="Graeme Storm">Graeme Storm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Westwood" title="Lee Westwood">Lee Westwood</a> (7) </p><p><b>6. The <a href="/wiki/BMW_PGA_Championship" title="BMW PGA Championship">BMW PGA Championship</a> winners for 2006-2008</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/David_Howell_(golfer)" title="David Howell (golfer)">David Howell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Jim%C3%A9nez" title="Miguel Ángel Jiménez">Miguel Ángel Jiménez</a> (7) </p><p><b>7. The first 50 players on the <a href="/wiki/Official_World_Golf_Rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="Official World Golf Rankings">Official World Golf Rankings</a> for Week 21, 2008</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Allenby" title="Robert Allenby">Robert Allenby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Ames" title="Stephen Ames">Stephen Ames</a> (14), <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Appleby" title="Stuart Appleby">Stuart Appleby</a> (19), <a href="/wiki/Woody_Austin" title="Woody Austin">Woody Austin</a> (15,19), <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Baddeley" title="Aaron Baddeley">Aaron Baddeley</a> (15), <a href="/wiki/Tim_Clark_(golfer)" title="Tim Clark (golfer)">Tim Clark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Furyk" title="Jim Furyk">Jim Furyk</a> (15,19,23), <a href="/wiki/J._B._Holmes" title="J. B. Holmes">J. B. Holmes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Immelman" title="Trevor Immelman">Trevor Immelman</a> (12,19), <a href="/wiki/Zach_Johnson" title="Zach Johnson">Zach Johnson</a> (12,15,19), <a href="/wiki/Robert_Karlsson" title="Robert Karlsson">Robert Karlsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Kaymer" title="Martin Kaymer">Martin Kaymer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kim" title="Anthony Kim">Anthony Kim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Phil Mickelson</a> (12,13,14,15,19), <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Ogilvy" title="Geoff Ogilvy">Geoff Ogilvy</a> (11,15,19), <a href="/wiki/Sean_O%27Hair" title="Sean O'Hair">Sean O'Hair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rod_Pampling" title="Rod Pampling">Rod Pampling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Poulter" title="Ian Poulter">Ian Poulter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Quinney" title="Jeff Quinney">Jeff Quinney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rory_Sabbatini" title="Rory Sabbatini">Rory Sabbatini</a> (15,19), <a href="/wiki/Adam_Scott_(golfer)" title="Adam Scott (golfer)">Adam Scott</a> (15,19), <a href="/wiki/Vijay_Singh" title="Vijay Singh">Vijay Singh</a> (13,15,19), <a href="/wiki/Brandt_Snedeker" title="Brandt Snedeker">Brandt Snedeker</a> (15), <a href="/wiki/Scott_Verplank" title="Scott Verplank">Scott Verplank</a> (15,19), <a href="/wiki/Boo_Weekley" title="Boo Weekley">Boo Weekley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Wilson" title="Oliver Wilson">Oliver Wilson</a><br /> (Eligible but not competing: <a href="/wiki/Shingo_Katayama" title="Shingo Katayama">Shingo Katayama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Donald" title="Luke Donald">Luke Donald</a> withdrew prior to start of tournament with a wrist injury,<sup id="cite_ref-Donald_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donald-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Toru_Taniguchi" title="Toru Taniguchi">Toru Taniguchi</a> withdrew prior to start of tournament with a back injury<sup id="cite_ref-Taniguchi_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taniguchi-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p><p><b>8. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the 2008 <a href="/wiki/PGA_European_Tour" title="PGA European Tour">PGA European Tour</a> <a href="/wiki/PGA_European_Tour#2008_Order_of_Merit" title="PGA European Tour">Order of Merit</a> on completion of the 2008 <a href="/wiki/BMW_PGA_Championship" title="BMW PGA Championship">BMW PGA Championship</a></b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Richard_Finch_(golfer)" title="Richard Finch (golfer)">Richard Finch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graeme_McDowell" title="Graeme McDowell">Graeme McDowell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Damien_McGrane" title="Damien McGrane">Damien McGrane</a> </p><p><b>9. First 2 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from all official PGA European Tour events from OWGR Week 19 up to and including the <a href="/wiki/Open_de_France" title="Open de France">Open de France</a> and including the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a></b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Larraz%C3%A1bal" title="Pablo Larrazábal">Pablo Larrazábal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Strange" title="Scott Strange">Scott Strange</a> </p><p><b>10. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2008 <a href="/wiki/European_Open_(golf)" title="European Open (golf)">European Open</a> and the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Barclays_Scottish_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="Barclays Scottish Open">Barclays Scottish Open</a>.</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/David_Frost_(golfer)" title="David Frost (golfer)">David Frost</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Khan" title="Simon Khan">Simon Khan</a> </p><p><b>11. The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a> Champions for 2004-2008</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Campbell" title="Michael Campbell">Michael Campbell</a> </p><p><b>12. The <a href="/wiki/Masters_Tournament" title="Masters Tournament">U.S. Masters</a> Champions for 2004-2008</b> </p><p><b>13. The <a href="/wiki/PGA_Championship" title="PGA Championship">U.S. PGA Champions</a> for 2003-2007</b><br /> (Eligible but not competing: <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Micheel" title="Shaun Micheel">Shaun Micheel</a>) </p><p><b>14. The <a href="/wiki/The_Players_Championship" title="The Players Championship">U.S. PGA Tour Players</a> Champions for 2006-2008</b> </p><p><b>15. Top 20 on the Official Money List of the <a href="/wiki/2007_PGA_Tour" title="2007 PGA Tour">2007 PGA Tour</a></b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Howell_III" title="Charles Howell III">Charles Howell III</a> (19) </p><p><b>16. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the Official Money List of the 2008 PGA Tour on completion of the <a href="/wiki/Crowne_Plaza_Invitational_at_Colonial" class="mw-redirect" title="Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial">Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial</a></b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Bart_Bryant" title="Bart Bryant">Bart Bryant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryuji_Imada" title="Ryuji Imada">Ryuji Imada</a> </p><p><b>17. First 2 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from <a href="/wiki/The_Players_Championship" title="The Players Championship">The Players Championship</a> and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2008 <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_National" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T National">AT&T National</a></b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Rocco_Mediate" title="Rocco Mediate">Rocco Mediate</a><br /> (Eligible but not competing: <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Perry" title="Kenny Perry">Kenny Perry</a><sup id="cite_ref-Perry1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Perry1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Perry2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Perry2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p><p><b>18. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2008 <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_National" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T National">AT&T National</a> and the 2008 <a href="/wiki/John_Deere_Classic" title="John Deere Classic">John Deere Classic</a></b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Jacobson" title="Freddie Jacobson">Freddie Jacobson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jay_Williamson" title="Jay Williamson">Jay Williamson</a> </p><p><b>19. Playing members of the <a href="/wiki/2007_Presidents_Cup" title="2007 Presidents Cup">2007 Presidents Cup</a> teams</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Lucas_Glover" title="Lucas Glover">Lucas Glover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nick_O%27Hern" title="Nick O'Hern">Nick O'Hern</a> (<a href="/wiki/David_Toms" title="David Toms">David Toms</a> withdrew prior to start of tournament<sup id="cite_ref-Toms_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toms-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p><p><b>20. First place on the 2007 <a href="/wiki/Asian_Tour" title="Asian Tour">Asian Tour</a> Order of Merit</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Liang_Wenchong" title="Liang Wenchong">Liang Wenchong</a> </p><p><b>21. First 2 on the Order of Merit of the <a href="/wiki/PGA_Tour_of_Australasia" title="PGA Tour of Australasia">PGA Tour of Australasia</a> for 2007</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Craig_Parry" title="Craig Parry">Craig Parry</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Smail_(golfer)" title="David Smail (golfer)">David Smail</a> </p><p><b>22. First place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Tour" title="Sunshine Tour">Sunshine Tour</a> for 2007</b> <br /> <a href="/wiki/James_Kingston" title="James Kingston">James Kingston</a> </p><p><b>23. The <a href="/wiki/RBC_Canadian_Open" class="mw-redirect" title="RBC Canadian Open">RBC Canadian Open</a> Champion for 2007</b> </p><p><b>24. The <a href="/wiki/Japan_Open_Golf_Championship" title="Japan Open Golf Championship">Japan Open</a> Champion for 2007</b> </p><p><b>25. First 2 on the Official Money List of the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Golf_Tour" title="Japan Golf Tour">Japan Golf Tour</a> for 2007</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Jones_(golfer)" title="Brendan Jones (golfer)">Brendan Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hideto_Tanihara" title="Hideto Tanihara">Hideto Tanihara</a> </p><p><b>26. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Gateway_to_the_Open_Mizuno_Open_Yomiuri_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic">Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic</a></b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Michio_Matsumura" title="Michio Matsumura">Michio Matsumura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prayad_Marksaeng" title="Prayad Marksaeng">Prayad Marksaeng</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Tsukada" title="Yoshinobu Tsukada">Yoshinobu Tsukada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azuma_Yano" title="Azuma Yano">Azuma Yano</a> </p><p><b>27. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt having applied (26) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official <a href="/wiki/Japan_Golf_Tour" title="Japan Golf Tour">Japan Golf Tour</a> events from the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Japan_PGA_Championship" title="Japan PGA Championship">Japan PGA Championship</a> up to and including the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Gateway_to_the_Open_Mizuno_Open_Yomiuri_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic">Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic</a></b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Iwata" title="Hiroshi Iwata">Hiroshi Iwata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shintaro_Kai" title="Shintaro Kai">Shintaro Kai</a> </p><p><b>28. The <a href="/wiki/Senior_British_Open_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior British Open Championship">Senior British Open</a> Champion for 2007</b> </p><p><b>29. The 2008 <a href="/wiki/The_Amateur_Championship" title="The Amateur Championship">Amateur</a> Champion</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Reinier_Saxton" title="Reinier Saxton">Reinier Saxton</a> (a) </p><p><b>30. The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Amateur" title="U.S. Amateur">U.S. Amateur</a> Champion for 2007</b><br /> (<a href="/wiki/Colt_Knost" title="Colt Knost">Colt Knost</a> turned professional and forfeited his invitation.) </p><p><b>31. The <a href="/wiki/European_Amateur" title="European Amateur">European Individual Amateur</a> Champion for 2007</b><br /> <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_H%C3%A9bert" title="Benjamin Hébert">Benjamin Hébert</a> (a) </p><p><b>International Final Qualifying</b><br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Africa:</b> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Josh_Cunliffe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Josh Cunliffe (page does not exist)">Josh Cunliffe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darren_Fichardt" title="Darren Fichardt">Darren Fichardt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doug_McGuigan" title="Doug McGuigan">Doug McGuigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hennie_Otto" title="Hennie Otto">Hennie Otto</a></dd> <dd><b>Australasia:</b> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Fowler" title="Peter Fowler">Peter Fowler</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brad_Lamb_(golfer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brad Lamb (golfer) (page does not exist)">Brad Lamb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ewan_Porter" title="Ewan Porter">Ewan Porter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Tampion" title="Andrew Tampion">Andrew Tampion</a></dd> <dd><b>Asia:</b> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Blyth" title="Adam Blyth">Adam Blyth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Chia" title="Danny Chia">Danny Chia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lam_Chih_Bing" title="Lam Chih Bing">Lam Chih Bing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angelo_Que" title="Angelo Que">Angelo Que</a></dd> <dd><b>America:</b> <a href="/wiki/Craig_Barlow" title="Craig Barlow">Craig Barlow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rich_Beem" title="Rich Beem">Rich Beem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_%C4%8Cejka" title="Alex Čejka">Alex Čejka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Gillis" title="Tom Gillis">Tom Gillis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Goydos" title="Paul Goydos">Paul Goydos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Kuchar" title="Matt Kuchar">Matt Kuchar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doug_LaBelle_II" title="Doug LaBelle II">Doug LaBelle II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Letzig" title="Michael Letzig">Michael Letzig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Davis_Love_III" title="Davis Love III">Davis Love III</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_McCarron" title="Scott McCarron">Scott McCarron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Overton" title="Jeff Overton">Jeff Overton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Petrovic" title="Tim Petrovic">Tim Petrovic</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Rollins_(golfer)" title="John Rollins (golfer)">John Rollins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Stadler" title="Kevin Stadler">Kevin Stadler</a></dd> <dd><b>Europe:</b> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Aiken" title="Thomas Aiken">Thomas Aiken</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phillip_Archer" title="Phillip Archer">Phillip Archer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Baker_(golfer)" title="Peter Baker (golfer)">Peter Baker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%A9gory_Bourdy" title="Grégory Bourdy">Grégory Bourdy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ariel_Ca%C3%B1ete" title="Ariel Cañete">Ariel Cañete</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Dyson" title="Simon Dyson">Simon Dyson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pelle_Edberg" title="Pelle Edberg">Pelle Edberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johan_Edfors" title="Johan Edfors">Johan Edfors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ross_Fisher" title="Ross Fisher">Ross Fisher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Gonnet" title="Jean-Baptiste Gonnet">Jean-Baptiste Gonnet</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Horsey_(golfer)" title="David Horsey (golfer)">David Horsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9-Filipe_Lima" title="José-Filipe Lima">José-Filipe Lima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Nor%C3%A9n" title="Alex Norén">Alex Norén</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Wakefield" title="Simon Wakefield">Simon Wakefield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Wall" title="Anthony Wall">Anthony Wall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Waring" title="Paul Waring">Paul Waring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Webster_(golfer)" title="Steve Webster (golfer)">Steve Webster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martin_Wiegele" title="Martin Wiegele">Martin Wiegele</a></dd></dl> <p><b>Local Final Qualifying</b> (Monday 7 July and Tuesday 8 July)<br /> </p> <dl><dd><b>Hillside:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rohan_Blizard" title="Rohan Blizard">Rohan Blizard</a> (a), <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Elson" title="Jamie Elson">Jamie Elson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean_van_de_Velde_(golfer)" title="Jean van de Velde (golfer)">Jean van de Velde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Wood_(golfer)" title="Chris Wood (golfer)">Chris Wood</a> (a)</dd> <dd><b>Southport and Ainsdale:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Bevan" title="Jon Bevan">Jon Bevan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Boyd_(golfer)" title="Gary Boyd (golfer)">Gary Boyd</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jamie_Howarth_(golfer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jamie Howarth (golfer) (page does not exist)">Jamie Howarth</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Sherreard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Sherreard (page does not exist)">Tom Sherreard</a> (a)</dd> <dd><b>West Lancashire:</b> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Appleyard_(golfer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Appleyard (golfer) (page does not exist)">Peter Appleyard</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Barry_Hume&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Barry Hume (page does not exist)">Barry Hume</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Lomas" title="Jonathan Lomas">Jonathan Lomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philip_Walton" title="Philip Walton">Philip Walton</a></dd></dl> <p><b>Alternates</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camilo_Villegas" title="Camilo Villegas">Camilo Villegas</a> - took spot not taken by <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Perry" title="Kenny Perry">Kenny Perry</a><sup id="cite_ref-Perry2_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Perry2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Perez" title="Pat Perez">Pat Perez</a> - replaced <a href="/wiki/Luke_Donald" title="Luke Donald">Luke Donald</a><sup id="cite_ref-Donald_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donald-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Kelly" title="Jerry Kelly">Jerry Kelly</a> - replaced <a href="/wiki/David_Toms" title="David Toms">David Toms</a><sup id="cite_ref-Toms_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toms-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heath_Slocum" title="Heath Slocum">Heath Slocum</a> - replaced <a href="/wiki/Toru_Taniguchi" title="Toru Taniguchi">Toru Taniguchi</a><sup id="cite_ref-Taniguchi_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Taniguchi-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venue">Venue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Venue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Royal_Birkdale_Golf_Club" title="Royal Birkdale Golf Club">Royal Birkdale Golf Club</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Course_layout">Course layout</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Course layout"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="background:black; font-size:88%; color:black;" cellpadding="2"> <caption style="background:white; font-weight:bold">The 2008 Open Championship </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:darkkhaki;"> <th style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Teeing_ground" title="Teeing ground">Tee</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Handicap_(golf)#Course_Rating" title="Handicap (golf)">Rating</a>/<a href="/wiki/Slope_rating" title="Slope rating">Slope</a> </th> <th style="width:32px;">1 </th> <th style="width:32px;">2 </th> <th style="width:32px;">3 </th> <th style="width:32px;">4 </th> <th style="width:32px;">5 </th> <th style="width:32px;">6 </th> <th style="width:32px;">7 </th> <th style="width:32px;">8 </th> <th style="width:32px;">9 </th> <th style="width:48px;">Out </th> <th style="width:32px;">10 </th> <th style="width:32px;">11 </th> <th style="width:32px;">12 </th> <th style="width:32px;">13 </th> <th style="width:32px;">14 </th> <th style="width:32px;">15 </th> <th style="width:32px;">16 </th> <th style="width:32px;">17 </th> <th style="width:32px;">18 </th> <th style="width:48px;">In </th> <th style="width:48px;">Total </th></tr> <tr style="background:white; color:black"> <th style="text-align:left;">Yards </th> <th>n/a </th> <th>450</th> <th>421</th> <th>451</th> <th>201</th> <th>346</th> <th>499</th> <th>178</th> <th>457</th> <th>414</th> <th>3417 </th> <th>408</th> <th>436</th> <th>184</th> <th>499</th> <th>201</th> <th>544</th> <th>439</th> <th>572</th> <th>473</th> <th>3756</th> <th>7,173 </th></tr> <tr style="background:khaki;"> <th style="text-align:left;">Par </th> <th> </th> <th>4</th> <th>4</th> <th>4</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>4</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>4</th> <th>34 </th> <th>4</th> <th>4</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>3</th> <th>5</th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>4</th> <th>36</th> <th>70 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Source:</small><br /> Lengths of the course for previous Opens:<sup id="cite_ref-ocmg11_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ocmg11-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Open_Championship" title="1998 Open Championship">1998</a>: 7,018 yards (6,417 m), par 70</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Open_Championship" title="1991 Open Championship">1991</a>: 6,940 yards (6,346 m), par 70</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Open_Championship" title="1983 Open Championship">1983</a>: 6,968 yards (6,372 m), par 71</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Open_Championship" title="1976 Open Championship">1976</a>: 7,001 yards (6,402 m), par 72</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 2em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1971_Open_Championship" title="1971 Open Championship">1971</a>: 7,080 yards (6,474 m), par 73</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Open_Championship" title="1965 Open Championship">1965</a>: 7,037 yards (6,435 m), par 73</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Open_Championship" title="1961 Open Championship">1961</a>: 6,844 yards (6,258 m), par 72<sup id="cite_ref-erg61brord4_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-erg61brord4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Open_Championship" title="1954 Open Championship">1954</a>: 6,867 yards (6,279 m)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Round_summaries">Round summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Round summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_round">First round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: First round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Thursday, 17 July 2008</i> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Rocco_Mediate" title="Rocco Mediate">Rocco Mediate</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_U.S._Open_(golf)" title="2008 U.S. Open (golf)">2008 U.S. Open</a> runner-up, shot a one-under par round of 69 to take the 18-hole lead alongside <a href="/wiki/Graeme_McDowell" title="Graeme McDowell">Graeme McDowell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Allenby" title="Robert Allenby">Robert Allenby</a>. One shot back at even-par was 53-year old two-time champion <a href="/wiki/Greg_Norman" title="Greg Norman">Greg Norman</a> with fellow countryman <a href="/wiki/Adam_Scott_(golfer)" title="Adam Scott (golfer)">Adam Scott</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Place</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Score</th> <th>To par </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" align="center">T1</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Allenby" title="Robert Allenby">Robert Allenby</a></td> <td rowspan="3" align="center">69</td> <td rowspan="3" align="center">−1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland"><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Graeme_McDowell" title="Graeme McDowell">Graeme McDowell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rocco_Mediate" title="Rocco Mediate">Rocco Mediate</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" align="center">T4</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bart_Bryant" title="Bart Bryant">Bart Bryant</a></td> <td rowspan="3" align="center">70</td> <td rowspan="3" align="center">E </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Norman" title="Greg Norman">Greg Norman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Scott_(golfer)" title="Adam Scott (golfer)">Adam Scott</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8" align="center">T7</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Furyk" title="Jim Furyk">Jim Furyk</a></td> <td rowspan="8" align="center">71</td> <td rowspan="8" align="center">+1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Retief_Goosen" title="Retief Goosen">Retief Goosen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Hanson" title="Peter Hanson">Peter Hanson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%A9gory_Havret" title="Grégory Havret">Grégory Havret</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Jacobson" title="Freddie Jacobson">Freddie Jacobson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Simon_Wakefield" title="Simon Wakefield">Simon Wakefield</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Wall" title="Anthony Wall">Anthony Wall</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Weir" title="Mike Weir">Mike Weir</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_round">Second round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Second round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Friday, 18 July 2008</i> </p><p>The cut was at 149 (+9) and 83 advanced, including <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Els" title="Ernie Els">Ernie Els</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Mickelson" title="Phil Mickelson">Phil Mickelson</a>, who played in the terrible morning conditions in the first round. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Place</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Score</th> <th>To par </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/K._J._Choi" title="K. J. Choi">K. J. Choi</a></td> <td align="center">72-67=139</td> <td rowspan="1" align="center">−1 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Norman" title="Greg Norman">Greg Norman</a></td> <td align="center">70-70=140</td> <td rowspan="1" align="center">E </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia"><img alt="Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Camilo_Villegas" title="Camilo Villegas">Camilo Villegas</a></td> <td align="center">76-65=141</td> <td rowspan="1" align="center">+1 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7" align="center">T4</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Allenby" title="Robert Allenby">Robert Allenby</a></td> <td align="center">69-73=142</td> <td rowspan="7" align="center">+2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/David_Duval" title="David Duval">David Duval</a></td> <td align="center">73-69=142 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Furyk" title="Jim Furyk">Jim Furyk</a></td> <td align="center">71-71=142 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Harrington" title="Pádraig Harrington">Pádraig Harrington</a></td> <td align="center">74-68=142 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland"><img alt="Northern Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Northern_Ireland_%281953%E2%80%931972%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Graeme_McDowell" title="Graeme McDowell">Graeme McDowell</a></td> <td align="center">69-73=142 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rocco_Mediate" title="Rocco Mediate">Rocco Mediate</a></td> <td align="center">69-73=142 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Nor%C3%A9n" title="Alex Norén">Alex Norén</a></td> <td align="center">72-70=142 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Amateurs: <i><a href="/wiki/Chris_Wood_(golfer)" title="Chris Wood (golfer)">Wood</a> (+5), Sherreard (+6)</i>, <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_H%C3%A9bert" title="Benjamin Hébert">Hébert</a> (+12), <a href="/wiki/Rohan_Blizard" title="Rohan Blizard">Blizard</a> (+15), <a href="/wiki/Reinier_Saxton" title="Reinier Saxton">Saxton</a> (+17). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_round">Third round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Third round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Saturday, 19 July 2008</i> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Greg_Norman" title="Greg Norman">Greg Norman</a>, age 53, became the oldest to hold at least a share of the 54-hole lead (it lasted just one year, as <a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson_(golfer)" title="Tom Watson (golfer)">Tom Watson</a> led after three rounds in <a href="/wiki/2009_Open_Championship" title="2009 Open Championship">2009</a> at age 59). Due to extremely high winds, there were no under-par rounds, and it was first time since <a href="/wiki/1986_Open_Championship" title="1986 Open Championship">1986</a> when the 54-hole leader was not under par. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Place</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Score</th> <th>To par </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Norman" title="Greg Norman">Greg Norman</a></td> <td align="center">70-70-72=212</td> <td rowspan="1" align="center">+2 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">T2</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/K._J._Choi" title="K. J. Choi">K. J. Choi</a></td> <td align="center">72-67-75=214</td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">+4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Harrington" title="Pádraig Harrington">Pádraig Harrington</a></td> <td align="center">74-68-72=214 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Simon_Wakefield" title="Simon Wakefield">Simon Wakefield</a></td> <td align="center">71-74-70=215</td> <td rowspan="1" align="center">+5 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4" align="center">T5</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Curtis_(golfer)" title="Ben Curtis (golfer)">Ben Curtis</a></td> <td align="center">78-69-70=217</td> <td rowspan="4" align="center">+7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ross_Fisher" title="Ross Fisher">Ross Fisher</a></td> <td align="center">72-74-71=217 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kim" title="Anthony Kim">Anthony Kim</a></td> <td align="center">72-74-71=217 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Nor%C3%A9n" title="Alex Norén">Alex Norén</a></td> <td align="center">72-70-75=217 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" align="center">T9</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Allenby" title="Robert Allenby">Robert Allenby</a></td> <td align="center">69-73-76=218</td> <td rowspan="6" align="center">+8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rocco_Mediate" title="Rocco Mediate">Rocco Mediate</a></td> <td align="center">69-73-76=218 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ian_Poulter" title="Ian Poulter">Ian Poulter</a></td> <td align="center">72-71-75=218 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Stenson" title="Henrik Stenson">Henrik Stenson</a></td> <td align="center">76-72-70=218 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Storm" title="Graeme Storm">Graeme Storm</a></td> <td align="center">76-70-72=218 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Wood_(golfer)" title="Chris Wood (golfer)">Chris Wood</a> (a)</td> <td align="center">75-70-73=218 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_round">Final round</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Final round"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Sunday, 20 July 2008</i> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greg_Norman,_Open_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Greg_Norman%2C_Open_2008.jpg/200px-Greg_Norman%2C_Open_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Greg_Norman%2C_Open_2008.jpg/300px-Greg_Norman%2C_Open_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Greg_Norman%2C_Open_2008.jpg/400px-Greg_Norman%2C_Open_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Greg Norman at the 2008 Open Championship</figcaption></figure> <p>Despite a wrist injury that almost forced him to withdraw prior to the tournament, <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Harrington" title="Pádraig Harrington">Pádraig Harrington</a> successfully defended his Open Championship title.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harrington pulled away from the field with a tremendous back nine and became only the fifth to repeat at the Open in the last fifty years. Runner-up <a href="/wiki/Ian_Poulter" title="Ian Poulter">Ian Poulter</a> matched Harrington's 69 and was four strokes back, while <a href="/wiki/Greg_Norman" title="Greg Norman">Greg Norman</a> faltered with eight bogeys for 77 and tied for third place with <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Stenson" title="Henrik Stenson">Henrik Stenson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Place</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Score</th> <th>To par</th> <th>Money (<a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>) </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Harrington" title="Pádraig Harrington">Pádraig Harrington</a></b></td> <td>74-68-72-69=283</td> <td align="center">+3</td> <td align="center">750,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ian_Poulter" title="Ian Poulter">Ian Poulter</a></td> <td>72-71-75-69=287</td> <td align="center">+7</td> <td align="center">450,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">T3</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Norman" title="Greg Norman">Greg Norman</a></td> <td>70-70-72-77=289</td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">+9</td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">255,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Henrik_Stenson" title="Henrik Stenson">Henrik Stenson</a></td> <td>76-72-70-71=289 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center">T5</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Furyk" title="Jim Furyk">Jim Furyk</a></td> <td>71-71-77-71=290</td> <td rowspan="2" align="center">+10</td> <td align="center">180,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Wood_(golfer)" title="Chris Wood (golfer)">Chris Wood</a> <a href="/wiki/Amateur" title="Amateur">(a)</a></td> <td>75-70-73-72=290</td> <td align="center">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="9" align="center">T7</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Allenby" title="Robert Allenby">Robert Allenby</a></td> <td>69-73-76-74=292</td> <td rowspan="9" align="center">+12</td> <td rowspan="9" align="center">96,450 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Ames" title="Stephen Ames">Stephen Ames</a></td> <td>73-70-78-71=292 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Casey" title="Paul Casey">Paul Casey</a></td> <td>78-71-73-70=292 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Curtis_(golfer)" title="Ben Curtis (golfer)">Ben Curtis</a></td> <td>78-69-70-75=292 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Els" title="Ernie Els">Ernie Els</a></td> <td>80-69-74-69=292 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/David_Howell_(golfer)" title="David Howell (golfer)">David Howell</a></td> <td>76-71-78-67=292 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Karlsson" title="Robert Karlsson">Robert Karlsson</a></td> <td>75-73-75-69=292 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Kim" title="Anthony Kim">Anthony Kim</a></td> <td>72-74-71-75=292 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Stricker" title="Steve Stricker">Steve Stricker</a></td> <td>77-71-71-73=292 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Source:</small><sup id="cite_ref-pgaoasco_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pgaoasco-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> Amateurs: Wood (+10), Sherreard (+14). </p> <ul><li>(a) denotes <a href="/wiki/Amateur_sports#Golf" title="Amateur sports">amateur</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Scorecard">Scorecard</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Scorecard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Final round</i> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Hole</th> <th>1</th> <th>2</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>6</th> <th>7</th> <th>8</th> <th>9</th> <th>10</th> <th>11</th> <th>12</th> <th>13</th> <th>14</th> <th>15</th> <th>16</th> <th>17</th> <th>18 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Par</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Harrington</td> <td>+4</td> <td>+4</td> <td>+4</td> <td>+4</td> <td>+4</td> <td>+4</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+5</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+6</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+7</td> <td>+7</td> <td>+7</td> <td>+7</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+6</td> <td>+6</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+5</td> <td>+5</td> <td style="background: Red;">+3</td> <td>+3 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Poulter</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+8</td> <td>+8</td> <td>+8</td> <td>+8</td> <td>+8</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+7</td> <td>+7</td> <td>+7 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> Norman</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+3</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+4</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+5</td> <td>+5</td> <td>+5</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+6</td> <td>+6</td> <td>+6</td> <td>+6</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+7</td> <td>+7</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+8</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+8</td> <td>+8</td> <td>+8</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden"><img alt="Sweden" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> Stenson</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+10</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+8</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+9 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> Furyk</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+10</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td>+10 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England"><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></span> Wood</td> <td>+8</td> <td>+8</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td>+9</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+8</td> <td>+8</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+7</td> <td>+7</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+8</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+9</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+9</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+10 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281997%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Choi</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+5</td> <td>+5</td> <td>+5</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+6</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+7</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+8</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+9</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td>+10</td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;">+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td>+11</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+10</td> <td style="background: Pink;">+9</td> <td style="background: Olive;">+13 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par</i> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background: Red;" width="10"> </td> <td>Eagle </td> <td style="background: Pink;" width="10"> </td> <td>Birdie </td> <td style="background: PaleGreen;" width="10"> </td> <td>Bogey </td> <td style="background: Green;" width="10"> </td> <td>Double bogey </td> <td style="background: Olive;" width="10"> </td> <td>Triple bogey+ </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>Source:</small><sup id="cite_ref-ldr_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ldr-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Open_Championship&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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title="1889 Open Championship">1889</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Open_Championship" title="1890 Open Championship">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_Open_Championship" title="1891 Open Championship">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Open_Championship" title="1892 Open Championship">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_Open_Championship" title="1893 Open Championship">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Open_Championship" title="1894 Open Championship">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_Open_Championship" title="1895 Open Championship">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Open_Championship" title="1896 Open Championship">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_Open_Championship" title="1897 Open Championship">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Open_Championship" title="1898 Open Championship">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_Open_Championship" title="1899 Open Championship">1899</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1900_Open_Championship" title="1900 Open Championship">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1901_Open_Championship" title="1901 Open Championship">1901</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Open_Championship" title="1902 Open Championship">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_Open_Championship" title="1903 Open Championship">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Open_Championship" title="1904 Open Championship">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_Open_Championship" title="1905 Open Championship">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Open_Championship" title="1906 Open Championship">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Open_Championship" title="1907 Open Championship">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Open_Championship" title="1908 Open Championship">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Open_Championship" title="1909 Open Championship">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Open_Championship" title="1910 Open Championship">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Open_Championship" title="1911 Open Championship">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Open_Championship" title="1912 Open Championship">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Open_Championship" title="1913 Open Championship">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Open_Championship" title="1914 Open Championship">1914</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1915</span></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1916</span></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1917</span></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1918</span></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1919</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Open_Championship" title="1920 Open Championship">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Open_Championship" title="1921 Open Championship">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Open_Championship" title="1922 Open Championship">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Open_Championship" title="1923 Open Championship">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Open_Championship" title="1924 Open Championship">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Open_Championship" title="1925 Open Championship">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Open_Championship" title="1926 Open Championship">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Open_Championship" title="1927 Open Championship">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Open_Championship" title="1928 Open Championship">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Open_Championship" title="1929 Open Championship">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Open_Championship" title="1930 Open Championship">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Open_Championship" title="1931 Open Championship">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Open_Championship" title="1932 Open Championship">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Open_Championship" title="1933 Open Championship">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Open_Championship" title="1934 Open Championship">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Open_Championship" title="1935 Open Championship">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Open_Championship" title="1936 Open Championship">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Open_Championship" title="1937 Open Championship">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Open_Championship" title="1938 Open Championship">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Open_Championship" title="1939 Open Championship">1939</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="color:gray">1940</span></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1941</span></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1942</span></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1943</span></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1944</span></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1945</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Open_Championship" title="1946 Open Championship">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Open_Championship" title="1947 Open Championship">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Open_Championship" title="1948 Open Championship">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Open_Championship" title="1949 Open Championship">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Open_Championship" title="1950 Open Championship">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Open_Championship" title="1951 Open Championship">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Open_Championship" title="1952 Open Championship">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Open_Championship" title="1953 Open Championship">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Open_Championship" title="1954 Open Championship">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Open_Championship" title="1955 Open Championship">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Open_Championship" title="1956 Open Championship">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Open_Championship" title="1957 Open Championship">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Open_Championship" title="1958 Open Championship">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Open_Championship" title="1959 Open Championship">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Open_Championship" title="1960 Open Championship">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Open_Championship" title="1961 Open Championship">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Open_Championship" title="1962 Open Championship">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Open_Championship" title="1963 Open Championship">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Open_Championship" title="1964 Open Championship">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Open_Championship" title="1965 Open Championship">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Open_Championship" title="1966 Open Championship">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Open_Championship" title="1967 Open Championship">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Open_Championship" title="1968 Open Championship">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Open_Championship" title="1969 Open Championship">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Open_Championship" title="1970 Open Championship">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Open_Championship" title="1971 Open Championship">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Open_Championship" title="1972 Open Championship">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Open_Championship" title="1973 Open Championship">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Open_Championship" title="1974 Open Championship">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Open_Championship" title="1975 Open Championship">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Open_Championship" title="1976 Open Championship">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Open_Championship" title="1977 Open Championship">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Open_Championship" title="1978 Open Championship">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Open_Championship" title="1979 Open Championship">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Open_Championship" title="1980 Open Championship">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Open_Championship" title="1981 Open Championship">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Open_Championship" title="1982 Open Championship">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Open_Championship" title="1983 Open Championship">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Open_Championship" title="1984 Open Championship">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Open_Championship" title="1985 Open Championship">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Open_Championship" title="1986 Open Championship">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Open_Championship" title="1987 Open Championship">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Open_Championship" title="1988 Open Championship">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Open_Championship" title="1989 Open Championship">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Open_Championship" title="1990 Open Championship">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Open_Championship" title="1991 Open Championship">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Open_Championship" title="1992 Open Championship">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Open_Championship" title="1993 Open Championship">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Open_Championship" title="1994 Open Championship">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Open_Championship" title="1995 Open Championship">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Open_Championship" title="1996 Open Championship">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Open_Championship" title="1997 Open Championship">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Open_Championship" title="1998 Open Championship">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Open_Championship" title="1999 Open Championship">1999</a></li></ul> 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