2005 British Open Winner and Scores
The 2005 British Open was 134th time the tournament was played, and Tiger Woods won it for the second 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
Notable Notes: Tiger Woods led by two strokes after the third round, then pulled away in the final round to win by five. It was Woods' second win in an Open, and his 10th overall major championship victory.
This Open was the last one played by Jack Nicklaus, who missed the cut.
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 |
