2005 British Open Winner and Scores
The 2005 British Open was 134th time the tournament was played. Tiger Woods won it for the second time, and Jack Nicklaus played it for the last time.
Winner: Tiger Woods, 274
Where it was played: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 14-17, 2005
Leader after first round: Tiger Woods, 66
Leader after second round: Tiger Woods, 133
Leader after third round: Tiger Woods, 204
What Happened at the 2005 Open Championship
The R&A moved The Old Course up in the rota a couple years for a very special reason: The 2005 British Open was Jack Nicklaus' last, and he wanted to go out at the Home of Golf.Nicklaus, 65 years old when this tournament was played, wasn't able to make the cut. But he did give the throngs gathered on No. 18 in the second round — a huge crowd that included many of the golfers who had already completed their play for the day — a thrill. Nicklaus went out with a birdie, rolling in an 18-footer to huge roars.
It ended a remarkable career in the Open. Although Nicklaus won the British Open fewer times than any of the other majors — "only" three wins — he was seemingly always in contention in his prime. He finished second a record seven times. In one 15-year stretch (1966 through 1980), Nicklaus never finished lower than sixth in a British Open: three wins, six 2nds, two 3rds, one 4th, one 5th and one 6th.
Like the previous time (2000) the championship was played at St. Andrews, Tiger Woods was the champion in 2005. And like the previous time, he won by a wide margin, this time by five strokes. Woods opened 66-67 in the first two rounds, played solidly on the weekend, and was never really challenged.
It was a wire-to-wire win for Woods, and was his 10th career win in a major championship to this point. It also completed the Career Grand Slam a second time for Woods (meaning he had won all four of the professional majors at least twice each). At age 29, Woods was the first golfer to reach 10 career majors and a second Career Grand Slam before turning 30. Woods and Nicklaus are the only golfers to complete the career slam more than once.
2005 British Open Final Scores
| Tiger Woods | 66-67-71-70—274 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 71-66-70-72—279 |
| Fred Couples | 68-71-73-68—280 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 68-70-68-74—280 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 71-74-67-69—281 |
| Sergio Garcia | 70-69-69-73—281 |
| Retief Goosen | 68-73-66-74—281 |
| Bernhard Langer | 71-69-70-71—281 |
| Michael Campbell | 69-72-68-72—281 |
| Vijay Singh | 69-69-71-72—281 |
| Graeme McDowell | 69-72-74-67—282 |
| Nick Faldo | 74-69-70-69—282 |
| Kenny Perry | 71-71-68-72—282 |
| Ian Poulter | 70-72-71-69—282 |
| Sean O'Hair | 73-67-70-73—283 |
| Nick O'Hern | 73-69-71-70—283 |
| David Frost | 77-65-72-69—283 |
| Mark Hensby | 67-77-69-70—283 |
| Trevor Immelman | 68-70-73-72—283 |
| Darren Clarke | 73-70-67-73—283 |
| John Daly | 71-69-70-73—283 |
| a-Lloyd Saltman | 73-71-68-71—283 |
| Scott Drummond | 74-71-69-70—284 |
| Tim Clark | 71-69-70-74—284 |
| Bart Bryant | 69-70-71-74—284 |
| Tom Lehman | 75-69-70-70—284 |
| Tadahiro Takayama | 72-72-70-70—284 |
| Scott Verplank | 68-70-72-74—284 |
| Brad Faxon | 72-66-70-76—284 |
| Nick Flanagan | 73-71-69-71—284 |
| a-Eric Ramsay | 68-74-74-68—284 |
| Richard Green | 72-68-72-73—285 |
| Sandy Lyle | 74-67-69-75—285 |
| Thomas Levet | 69-71-75-71—286 |
| Henrik Stenson | 74-67-73-72—286 |
| Simon Dyson | 70-71-72-73—286 |
| Ernie Els | 74-67-75-70—286 |
| Adam Scott | 70-71-70-75—286 |
| Peter Hanson | 72-72-71-71—286 |
| Joe Ogilvie | 74-70-73-69—286 |
| Hiroyuki Fujita | 72-68-74-73—287 |
| Tim Herron | 73-72-68-74—287 |
| Simon Khan | 69-70-78-70—287 |
| Maarten Lafeber | 73-70-67-77—287 |
| Soren Hansen | 72-72-66-77—287 |
| KJ Choi | 75-68-71-73—287 |
| Stuart Appleby | 72-68-72-75—287 |
| Bob Tway | 69-71-72-75—287 |
| Tom Watson | 75-70-70-72—287 |
| Steve Webster | 71-72-71-73—287 |
| Paul McGinley | 70-75-73-69—287 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 72-67-73-76—288 |
| Justin Leonard | 73-71-75-69—288 |
| Robert Allenby | 70-68-79-71—288 |
| Luke Donald | 68-73-77-70—288 |
| Paul Lawrie | 72-71-75-70—288 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | 71-70-72-75—288 |
| Thongchai Jaidee | 73-68-75-72—288 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 69-72-76-71—288 |
| Tino Schuster | 68-74-74-73—289 |
| John Bickerton | 75-70-71-73—289 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 70-73-73-73—289 |
| Greg Norman | 72-71-70-76—289 |
| Phil Mickelson | 74-67-72-76—289 |
| a-Edoardo Molinari | 70-70-74-75—289 |
| Peter Lonard | 68-70-77-75—290 |
| Duffy Waldorf | 74-68-81-68—291 |
| David Smail | 73-72-69-77—291 |
| Chris DiMarco | 75-69-71-76—291 |
| Chris Riley | 68-73-75-75—291 |
| Robert Rock | 73-71-75-72—291 |
| Pat Perez | 72-70-72-77—291 |
| Patrik Sjoland | 74-71-76-71—292 |
| Ted Purdy | 72-72-77-72—293 |
| S.K. Ho | 73-71-72-77—293 |
| Scott Gutschewski | 76-69-75-73—293 |
| Steve Flesch | 74-70-72-78—294 |
| Rod Pampling | 74-71-71-80—296 |
| Graeme Storm | 75-70-80-71—296 |
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