2013 Open Championship

2013 Open Championship

18th hole at Muirfield, hosting the 2013 Open
Tournament information
Dates 18–21 July 2013
Location Gullane, Scotland
Course(s) Muirfield Golf Links
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par 71
Length 7,192 yards (6,576 m)[1]
Field 156 players, 84 after cut
Cut 150 (+8)
Prize fund £5,250,000[2]
€6,096,111
$8,015,700
Winner's share £945,000[2]
€1,097,570
$1,442,826
Champion
United States Phil Mickelson
281 (−3)
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Muirfield
Location in Scotland
Muirfield
Location in East Lothian, Scotland

The 2013 Open Championship was the 142nd Open Championship, held 18–21 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.[3] Phil Mickelson shot a final round 66 (−5) to win his fifth major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Henrik Stenson. Mickelson began the round five strokes back, in a tie for ninth place. Ian Poulter, Adam Scott, and 54-hole leader Lee Westwood tied for third, four back of Mickelson.

Venue

Main article: Muirfield

The 2013 event was the 16th Open Championship played at Muirfield. The most recent was in 2002, when Ernie Els won his third major championship in a playoff over Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkington, and ultimately in a sudden-death playoff over Thomas Levet. Nick Faldo won the previous Open at the venue, in 1992; the first was in 1892.

Course layout

The course was extended 158 yards (144 m) since the 2002 Championship.[4]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4473643772265594611844415543,6134693873791904754481865754703,5797,192
Par444354345364443443543571

Source:[1]

Lengths of the course for Opens since 1950:[5]

  • 2013: 7,192 yards (6,576 m), par 71
  • 2002: 7,034 yards (6,432 m), par 71
  • 1992: 6,970 yards (6,373 m), par 71
  • 1987: 6,963 yards (6,367 m), par 71
  • 1980: 6,926 yards (6,333 m), par 71
  • 1972: 6,892 yards (6,302 m), par 71
  • 1966: 6,887 yards (6,297 m), par 71
  • 1959: 6,806 yards (6,223 m), par 72

Field

Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.[6]

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2013
Mark Calcavecchia (3,4), Stewart Cink (2,3), Darren Clarke (2,3), Ben Curtis (2,3), David Duval, Ernie Els (2,3,4,5,14), Nick Faldo, Todd Hamilton (2), Pádraig Harrington (2,3,12), Paul Lawrie (5,6,17), Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard (3), Sandy Lyle, Mark O'Meara, Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,5,6,14), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5,13,14,17)

2. The Open Champions for 2003–2012

3. The Open Champions finishing in the first 10 and tying for 10th place in The Open Championship 2008–2012
Tom Watson

4. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2012 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes
Thomas Aiken, Nicolas Colsaerts (5,6,17), Luke Donald (5,6,7,14,17), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (6), Dustin Johnson (5,14,17), Zach Johnson (5,14,17), Matt Kuchar (5,13,14,17), Graeme McDowell (5,6,10,17), Alexander Norén (6), Geoff Ogilvy, Thorbjørn Olesen (5,6), Ian Poulter (5,6,17), Adam Scott (5,11,14), Vijay Singh, Brandt Snedeker (5,14,17)

5. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking for Week 21, 2013
Keegan Bradley (12,14,17), Tim Clark, Jason Day, Jamie Donaldson (6), Jason Dufner (14,17), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (6), Rickie Fowler (14), Jim Furyk (14,17), Sergio García (14,17), Robert Garrigus (14), Branden Grace (6,20), Bill Haas, Peter Hanson (6,17), Thongchai Jaidee (6), Martin Kaymer (6,12,17), David Lynn (6), Hunter Mahan (14), Matteo Manassero (6,7), Rory McIlroy (6,10,12,14,17), Phil Mickelson (9,11,14,17), Francesco Molinari (6,17), Ryan Moore (14), Carl Pettersson (14), Scott Piercy (14), D. A. Points, Justin Rose (6,10,14,17), Charl Schwartzel (6,11), Webb Simpson (10,14,17), Henrik Stenson, Kevin Streelman, Michael Thompson, Bo Van Pelt (14), Nick Watney (14), Bubba Watson (11,14,17), Lee Westwood (6,14,17)

6. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2012
Rafael Cabrera-Bello, George Coetzee, Marcus Fraser, Shane Lowry, Richie Ramsay, Marcel Siem, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett

7. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2011–2013

8. First 5 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai on completion of the 2013 Alstom Open de France
Thomas Bjørn, Mikko Ilonen, Brett Rumford, Richard Sterne, Marc Warren

9. The Scottish Open Champion for 2013

10. The U.S. Open Champions for 2009–2013
Lucas Glover

11. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2009–2013
Ángel Cabrera

12. The PGA Champions for 2008–2012
Y. E. Yang

13. The Players Champions for 2011–2013
K. J. Choi

14. The leading 30 qualifiers for the 2012 Tour Championship
 John Huh, John Senden

15. First 5 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list for 2013 on completion of the 2013 The Greenbrier Classic
Harris English, Russell Henley, Billy Horschel, Jimmy Walker, Boo Weekley

16. The John Deere Classic winner for 2013
Jordan Spieth

17. Playing members of the 2012 Ryder Cup teams

18. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2012
Thaworn Wiratchant

19. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Tour of Australasia for 2012
Peter Senior

20. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2012

21. The Japan Open Champion for 2012
Kenichi Kuboya

22. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2012
Hiroyuki Fujita, Toru Taniguchi

23. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2013 Mizuno Open[10]
Makoto Inoue, Brendan Jones, Shingo Katayama, Kim Kyung-tae

24. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2013 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2013 Mizuno Open.
Kim Hyung-sung, Satoshi Kodaira

25. The Senior Open Champion for 2012
Fred Couples

26. The Amateur Champion for 2013
Garrick Porteous (a)

27. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2012
Steven Fox (a)

28. The European Amateur Champion for 2012
Rhys Pugh (a)

29. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2012

International Final Qualifying

Australasia: Mark Brown, Stephen Dartnall, Steven Jeffress[12]
Asia: Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Daisuke Maruyama, Hideki Matsuyama, Wu Ashun[13]
Africa: Eduardo de la Riva, Justin Harding, Darryn Lloyd[14]
America: Scott Brown, Bud Cauley, Brian Davis, Luke Guthrie, Robert Karlsson, Josh Teater, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner[15]
Europe: Grégory Bourdy, Niclas Fasth, Oliver Fisher, Estanislao Goya, Scott Jamieson, Brooks Koepka, Gareth Maybin, Richard McEvoy, Álvaro Quirós[16]

Local Final Qualifying

Dunbar: Grant Forrest (a), Shiv Kapur, John Wade
Gullane No 1: Matthew Fitzpatrick (a), Oscar Florén, Ben Stow (a)
North Berwick: Jimmy Mullen (a), George Murray, Gareth Wright
The Musselburgh: Tyrrell Hatton, Lloyd Saltman, Steven Tiley

Alternates
To make up the full entry of 156, additional players were drawn from the Official World Golf Ranking dated 7 July 2013[17] (provided the player was entered in the Open and did not withdraw from qualifying).[6][18]

  1. Jonas Blixt (ranked 51)
  2. Martin Laird (59)
  3. Fredrik Jacobson (63)
  4. Marc Leishman (66)
  5. Graham DeLaet (67)
  6. Kyle Stanley (68)
  7. Chris Wood (70)
  8. Ken Duke (73)
  9. Stephen Gallacher (75) replaced John Daly[7]
  10. Scott Stallings (76) took spot reserved for Scottish Open champion

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Tiger Woods  United States 2000, 2005, 2006 69 71 72 74 286 +2 T6
Justin Leonard  United States 1997 74 70 74 71 289 +5 T13
Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 2011 72 71 76 72 291 +7 T21
Stewart Cink  United States 2009 72 75 76 69 292 +8 T26
Paul Lawrie  Scotland 1999 81 69 70 72 292 +8 T26
Ernie Els  South Africa 2002, 2012 74 74 70 74 292 +8 T26
Pádraig Harrington  Ireland 2007, 2008 73 75 77 70 295 +11 T54
Mark O'Meara  United States 1998 67 78 77 74 296 +12 T58
Tom Lehman  United States 1996 68 77 75 76 296 +12 T58
Ben Curtis  United States 2003 74 71 80 72 297 +13 T64
Todd Hamilton  United States 2004 69 81 70 79 299 +15 T73
Sandy Lyle  Scotland 1985 76 72 80 79 307 +23 84

Missed the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
Mark Calcavecchia  United States 1989 72 80 152 +10
Tom Watson  United States 1975, 1977,
1980, 1982, 1983 		75 78 153 +11
David Duval  United States 2001 76 79 155 +13
Nick Faldo  England 1987, 1990, 1992 79 78 157 +15
Louis Oosthuizen  South Africa 2010 WD

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Zach Johnson was the first round leader after shooting a 5-under-par 66.[19] Both Johnson and Indian outsider Shiv Kapur reached 6-under during their rounds before dropping shots on the tougher back nine, Kapur doing so during difficult afternoon conditions by birdieing six of his first seven holes. Two Spaniards, 49-year-old Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Rafael Cabrera-Bello, had also reached 5-under before late bogeys, as had veteran Mark O'Meara. Two senior golfers were in the top five: O'Meara (56 years old), the 1998 champion, was tied for second at 67 and Tom Lehman (54), the 1996 champion, was tied for fourth at 68. Defending champion Ernie Els shot 74 (+3), tarnished by a triple-bogey after bunker trouble at the 16th.[20] World number one Tiger Woods, playing in the tough later conditions, opened with a bogey after snap-hooking his tee shot and taking an unplayable lie, but fought his way back to 69 (−2) in the search for his 15th major championship.[21] Out-of-form world number two Rory McIlroy, however, struggled to a 79 (+8) despite an early tee time. Phil Mickelson, four-time major champion and the winner of the previous week's Scottish Open, also had a 69 despite a closing bogey.[22]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Zach Johnson  United States 66−5
T2 Rafael Cabrera-Bello  Spain 67−4
Mark O'Meara  United States
T4 Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain 68−3
Dustin Johnson  United States
Shiv Kapur  India
Tom Lehman  United States
Brandt Snedeker  United States
T9 Ángel Cabrera  Argentina 69−2
Todd Hamilton  United States
Phil Mickelson  United States
Francesco Molinari  Italy
Jordan Spieth  United States
Tiger Woods  United States

Second round

Friday, 19 July 2013

At the end of the second round, nine players were under par, and the cut line was +8. Jiménez was the leader at 139 (−3).[23] Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood, and Woods were all one shot behind at 140.[24]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain 68-71=139 −3
T2 Dustin Johnson  United States 68-72=140 −2
Henrik Stenson  Sweden 70-70=140
Lee Westwood  England 72-68=140
Tiger Woods  United States 69-71=140
T6 Ángel Cabrera  Argentina 69-72=141 −1
Rafael Cabrera-Bello  Spain 67-74=141
Zach Johnson  United States 66-75=141
Martin Laird  Scotland 70-71=141
10 Ryan Moore  United States 72-70=142 E

Third round

Saturday, 20 July 2013

Westwood shot 70 (−1) to take the 54-hole lead at 210 (−3), which included a long eagle at the 5th hole. Hunter Mahan shot 68 (−3) to move into a tie for second at 212 (−1). Woods held sole possession of the lead early in the round, but carded 72 (+1) to fall back to 212 with Mahan.[25] Adam Scott shot 70 (−1) to move to even-par 213.[26]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Lee Westwood  England 72-68-70=210 −3
T2 Hunter Mahan  United States 72-72-68=212 −1
Tiger Woods  United States 69-71-72=212
4 Adam Scott  Australia 71-72-70=213 E
T5 Ángel Cabrera  Argentina 69-72-73=214 +1
Zach Johnson  United States 66-75-73=214
Ryan Moore  United States 72-70-72=214
Henrik Stenson  Sweden 70-70-74=214
T9 Phil Mickelson  United States 69-74-72=215 +2
Francesco Molinari  Italy 69-74-72=215

Final round

Sunday, 21 July 2013

Through the first six holes, 54-hole leader Westwood was even for the day and in control of the tournament. However, he faltered down the stretch. After a bogey by Westwood on the 8th, he relinquished the lead to Scott, who had birdied at 11 to go two-under for the championship. Westwood bogeyed three more holes to finish at +1. "I didn't play badly, but I didn't play great", he remarked.[27]

Mickelson, who started the day five shots back, carded a 34 (−2) on the front nine to get to even-par for the championship. After bogeying the 10th, he got back to even par with a birdie at the 13th, then birdied the 14th while Scott bogeyed the 13th and the two were tied for the lead at −1. After two pars, Mickelson birdied the final two holes to finish at 281 (−3).[28] At that point, about an hour of play remained but Mickelson knew he had all but won the event.[29] Scott followed up his bogey on the 13th with bogeys on each of the next three holes.[27]

Stenson shot 70 (−1) and finished three strokes back of Mickelson in second place at even-par 284. Ian Poulter got hot in the middle of his round and posted a 67 (−4) to tie for third with Scott and Westwood.[30] Woods started the day two strokes off the lead, but shot a 74 (+3) to tie for sixth. Mahan, who also started the day two strokes back, carded a 75 (+4) and tied for ninth.[27][31]

Mickelson attained his fifth major title and first Open Championship. He had previously struggled at the event, recording just two finishes in the top-10 in 19 tries. Mickelson's caddy, Jim "Bones" Mackay, called the final round "the best round of his career."[27] Mickelson agreed, saying "I don't care how I got it, [the Claret Jug trophy] ...it just so happened to be with one of the best rounds of my career ... I've always tried to go out and get it ... And today I did."[27]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1 Phil Mickelson  United States 69-74-72-66=281 −3 945,000
2 Henrik Stenson  Sweden 70-70-74-70=284 E 545,000
T3 Ian Poulter  England 72-71-75-67=285 +1 280,833
Adam Scott  Australia 71-72-70-72=285
Lee Westwood  England 72-68-70-75=285
T6 Zach Johnson  United States 66-75-73-72=286 +2163,333
Hideki Matsuyama  Japan 71-73-72-70=286
Tiger Woods  United States 69-71-72-74=286
T9 Hunter Mahan  United States 72-72-68-75=287 +3 115,000
Francesco Molinari  Italy 69-74-72-72=287

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718
Par444354345 444344354
United States Mickelson +2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1E+1+1+1E−1−1−1−2−3
Sweden Stenson EE−1−1−1−1−1E−1−1−1E+1+1+1+1EE
England Poulter +5+5+6+6+5+5+5+5+3+2+1EEEE+1+1+1
Australia Scott +1+1+1+2+2+2+1E−1−1−2−2−1E+1+2+2+1
England Westwood −3−3−2−2−3−3−2−1−1−1−1−1EEE+1+1+1
United States Woods EEE+1+1+2+2+2+1+2+3+2+2+1+2+2+2+2
United States Mahan −1EE+1+1+2+2+2E+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+2+3

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Course Guide". The Open Championship. 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "More prize money for Muirfield". ESPN. Associated Press. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "2013 Open Championship". The Open Championship. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "British Open: hole-by-hole analysis". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 18 July 2002. p. 3C. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 28, 203. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "2013 Open Championship Entry Form". Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "John Daly cuts season short to have elbow surgery, missing last 2 majors". FOX News. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  8. ↑ D'Amato, Gary (20 February 2013). "No British Open, FedEx Cup playoffs for Stricker". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "Current Field – 2013". The Open Championship. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  10. ↑ Ties were decided in favour of the player with the highest World Ranking at the commencement of the tournament.
  11. ↑ "Williams to make pro debut at Travelers". Golfweek. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  12. ↑ "Brown, Jeffress and Dartnall qualify for The 142nd Open Championship at Muirfield". The Open Championship. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  13. ↑ "Aphibarnrat, Matsuyama, Maruyama and Ashun to make Open debuts". The Open Championship. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  14. ↑ "Harding leads the way to The Open Championship at IFQ-Africa". The Open Championship. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  15. ↑ "Josh Teater leads eight qualifiers to Muirfield at IFQ America". The Open Championship. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "Koepka caps a wonderful weekend by qualifying for The Open". The Open Championship. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  17. ↑ "Official World Golf Ranking – Week 27 – 7 July 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  18. ↑ "Eighteen players take their place in The Open Championship". The Open Championship. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  19. ↑ Harig, Bob (18 July 2013). "Open conditions testing field's mettle". ESPN. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  20. ↑ "The Open 2013, round one: as it happened". Daily Telegraph. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  21. ↑ "Zach Johnson takes slender first-round lead". BBC Sport. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  22. ↑ "The Open 2013: first round, as it happened". The Guardian. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  23. ↑ "The Open 2013: second round – as it happened". The Guardian. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  24. ↑ Harig, Bob (19 July 2013). "Jimenez leads Open by 1 shot". ESPN. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  25. ↑ "The Open 2013: round three – as it happened". The Guardian. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  26. ↑ Harig, Bob (20 July 2013). "Lee Westwood up 2, eyes 1st major". ESPN. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 Harig, Bob (21 July 2013). "Lefty captures Claret Jug, 5th major". ESPN. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  28. ↑ "Phil Mickelson wins fifth major title to win 142nd Open at Muirfield by three strokes". Daily Telegraph. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  29. ↑ "The Open 2013: Phil Mickelson wins at Muirfield – as it happened". Guardian. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  30. ↑ "Mickelson goes route 66 to join legends... as he denies Westwood at a major once again". Daily Mail. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  31. ↑ "Final Leaderboard". The Open Championship. 21 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.

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