2006 British Open Winner and Scores
The 2006 British Open was 135th time the tournament was played, and the third time Tiger Woods was the champion.
Winner: Tiger Woods, 270
Where it was played: Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England
Tournament dates: July 20-23, 2006
Leader after first round: Graeme McDowell, 66
Leader after second round: Tiger Woods, 132
Leader after third round: Tiger Woods, 203
What Happened in the 2006 Open Championship
Tiger Woods stayed away from his driver, and that decision drove him to his third British Open victory. Woods hit driver only once the entire tournament, a decision he made due to the very dry course conditions. Since the ball was rolling great distances, he hit irons off nearly every tee, keeping control and avoiding trouble.Woods led Chris DiMarco by one stroke after both the second and third rounds, and won by two over DiMarco. Woods and DiMarco had battled in a playoff at the 2005 Masters, but here Woods shot 67 in the final round to win in regulation. His 270 total tied the tournament's then-record for 72 holes.
The 67 Woods carded in Round 4 was tied for lowest final round. And the 65 he had in Round 2 was tied for lowest score of that round.
This was Woods' second consecutive win in The Open Championship and his third overall in this major. It was his 11th career win in a major championship, and his 49th overall victory on the PGA Tour.
2006 British Open Final Scores
| Tiger Woods | 67-65-71-67—270 |
| Chris DiMarco | 70-65-69-68—272 |
| Ernie Els | 68-65-71-71—275 |
| Jim Furyk | 68-71-66-71—276 |
| Sergio Garcia | 68-71-65-73—277 |
| Hideto Tanihara | 72-68-66-71—277 |
| Angel Cabrera | 71-68-66-73—278 |
| Adam Scott | 68-69-70-72—279 |
| Andres Romero | 70-70-68-71—279 |
| Carl Pettersson | 68-72-70-69—279 |
| S.K. Ho | 68-73-69-70—280 |
| Anthony Wall | 67-73-71-69—280 |
| Ben Crane | 68-71-71-70—280 |
| Sean O'Hair | 69-73-72-67—281 |
| Retief Goosen | 70-66-72-73—281 |
| Brett Rumford | 68-71-72-71—282 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 71-69-70-72—282 |
| Mikko Ilonen | 68-69-73-72—282 |
| Robert Rock | 69-69-73-71—282 |
| Robert Allenby | 69-70-69-74—282 |
| Peter Lonard | 71-69-68-74—282 |
| Phil Mickelson | 69-71-73-70—283 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 74-66-72-71—283 |
| Mark Hensby | 68-72-74-69—283 |
| Greg Owen | 67-73-68-75—283 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 69-70-73-72—284 |
| Jerry Kelly | 72-67-69-76—284 |
| Lee Slattery | 69-72-71-72—284 |
| Hunter Mahan | 73-70-68-73—284 |
| Paul Broadhurst | 71-71-73-69—284 |
| Lee Westwood | 69-72-75-69—285 |
| Scott Verplank | 70-73-67-75—285 |
| Simon Khan | 70-72-68-75—285 |
| Thaworn Wiratchant | 71-68-74-72—285 |
| Rod Pampling | 69-71-74-72—286 |
| Marcus Fraser | 68-71-72-75—286 |
| Robert Karlsson | 70-71-71-74—286 |
| John Senden | 70-73-73-70—286 |
| Michael Campbell | 70-71-75-70—286 |
| Luke Donald | 74-68-73-71—286 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 71-68-68-80—287 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 72-71-73-71—287 |
| Stephen Ames | 70-71-72-74—287 |
| Jeff Sluman | 71-72-68-76—287 |
| Miguel Jimenez | 67-70-76-74—287 |
| Brandt Jobe | 69-71-75-72—287 |
| Soren Kjeldsen | 71-71-71-74—287 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez | 70-69-73-76—288 |
| Simon Dyson | 74-69-70-75—288 |
| Simon Wakefield | 72-71-70-75—288 |
| a-Marius Thorp | 71-71-75-71—288 |
| Henrik Stenson | 72-71-74-71—288 |
| Tom Watson | 72-70-75-71—288 |
| Andrew Marshall | 72-71-68-77—288 |
| John Bickerton | 72-70-70-76—288 |
| David Duval | 70-70-78-71—289 |
| Tim Clark | 72-69-69-79—289 |
| Mike Weir | 68-72-73-76—289 |
| Keiichiro Fukabori | 67-73-70-79—289 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 73-68-76-72—289 |
| Graeme McDowell | 66-73-72-79—290 |
| Andrew Buckle | 72-69-72-77—290 |
| Mark O'Meara | 71-70-77-73—291 |
| Marco Ruiz | 71-70-80-70—291 |
| Chad Campbell | 70-73-74-75—292 |
| Vaughn Taylor | 72-71-77-74—294 |
| Fred Funk | 69-74-75-76—294 |
| Todd Hamilton | 72-71-74-78—295 |
| a-Edoardo Molinari | 73-70-77-75—295 |
| Bart Bryant | 69-74-77-76—296 |
| Paul Casey | 72-70-79-77—298 |
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