2007 British Open Winner and Scores
The 2007 British Open was 136th time the tournament was played. Padraig Harrington won it in a playoff over Sergio Garcia.
Winner: Padraig Harrington, 277
Where it was played: Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 19-22, 2007
Leader after first round: Sergio Garcia, 65
Leader after second round: Sergio Garcia, 136
Leader after third round: Sergio Garcia, 204
What Happened in the 2007 Open Championship
Sergio Garcia led almost until the end. But in the end, it was Padraig Harrington who claimed the 2007 Open victory in a playoff over Garcia.Garcia led by one after the first round, by two after the second round, and three after the third round. He led Harrington by six shots entering the final round. But Garcia shot 73 in Round 4, while Harrington carded a 67. Harrington took the lead with an eagle on the 14th hole, and needed par on the 18th to win. But he hit two balls into the water and made double bogey. That left Garcia needing par on the last to win, but Garcia missed a 10-foot putt for that par.
So the two entered a 4-hole,aggregate-score playoff. Harrington birdied the first extra hole, and Garcia bogeyed it. Garcia had a birdie putt on the fourth hole that probably would have extended the playoff, but he missed, and Harrington won the playoff by a stroke (15 to 16).
It was the first of an eventual three major championship victories for Harrington, including repeating as champ in The Open a year later.
Tiger Woods, trying to win The Open for the third consecutive year, finished 12th.
2007 British Open Final Scores
Padraig Harrington | 69-73-68-67—277 (3-3-4-5-15) |
Sergio Garcia | 65-71-68-73—277 (5-3-4-4-16) |
Andres Romero | 71-70-70-67—278 |
Richard Green | 72-73-70-64—279 |
Ernie Els | 72-70-68-69—279 |
Hunter Mahan | 73-73-69-65—280 |
Stewart Cink | 69-73-68-70—280 |
Ben Curtis | 72-74-70-65—281 |
KJ Choi | 69-69-72-71—281 |
Mike Weir | 71-68-72-70—281 |
Steve Stricker | 71-72-64-74—281 |
Tiger Woods | 69-74-69-70—282 |
Pelle Edberg | 72-73-67-70—282 |
Markus Brier | 68-75-70-69—282 |
Paul Broadhurst | 71-71-68-72—282 |
Jim Furyk | 70-70-71-71—282 |
Justin Rose | 75-70-67-70—282 |
Miguel Angel Jimenez | 69-70-72-71—282 |
Paul McGinley | 67-75-68-73—283 |
Rich Beem | 70-73-69-72—284 |
Zach Johnson | 73-73-68-70—284 |
Pat Perez | 73-70-71-70—284 |
Retief Goosen | 70-71-73-71—285 |
Jonathan Byrd | 73-72-70-70—285 |
Mark Calcavecchia | 74-70-72-69—285 |
Chris DiMarco | 74-70-66-75—285 |
Paul Casey | 72-73-69-72—286 |
Adam Scott | 73-70-72-71—286 |
Vijay Singh | 72-71-68-75—286 |
J.J. Henry | 70-71-71-74—286 |
Lucas Glover | 71-72-70-73—286 |
Ian Poulter | 73-73-70-70—286 |
Rod Pampling | 70-72-72-72—286 |
Angel Cabrera | 68-73-72-74—287 |
Lee Westwood | 71-70-73-74—288 |
Nick Watney | 72-71-70-75—288 |
Boo Weekley | 68-72-75-73—288 |
Shaun Micheel | 70-76-70-72—288 |
Niclas Fasth | 75-69-73-71—288 |
Mark Foster | 76-70-73-69—288 |
Charley Hoffman | 75-69-72-72—288 |
Ryan Moore | 72-72-74-71—289 |
a-Rory McIlroy | 68-76-73-72—289 |
Nick Dougherty | 71-74-69-75—289 |
Ross Bain | 73-71-72-74—290 |
John Senden | 72-74-71-73—290 |
Arron Oberholser | 73-71-72-74—290 |
Carl Pettersson | 70-75-73-72—290 |
Jerry Kelly | 74-70-71-76—291 |
Won Joon Lee | 73-73-70-75—291 |
Tom Lehman | 73-73-74-73—293 |
Kevin Stadler | 75-71-74-73—293 |
Brian Davis | 74-72-71-77—294 |
Thomas Bjorn | 70-75-74-75—294 |
Gregory Bourdy | 70-72-77-75—294 |
David Howell | 72-74-73-75—294 |
Anders Hansen | 72-73-74-76—295 |
Michael Campbell | 68-78-72-77—295 |
Scott Verplank | 72-73-72-78—295 |
Toru Taniguchi | 72-72-76-76—296 |
Mark O'Meara | 74-72-76-74—296 |
Trevor Immelman | 71-74-77-74—296 |
Luke Donald | 70-76-73-78—297 |
Jon Bevan | 73-73-79-72—297 |
Sandy Lyle | 73-73-73-79—298 |
Raphael Jacquelin | 74-69-76-79—298 |
Sean O'Hair | 71-75-74-79—299 |
Alastair Forsyth | 70-71-78-80—299 |
Peter Hanson | 70-74-76-80—300 |
Fredrik Andersson | 72-71-79-78—300 |
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