2007 British Open Winner and Scores
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
Notable Notes: Sergio Garcia led almost until the end. But in the end, it was Padraig Harrington who claimed the win 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. Which left Garcia needing par on the last to win, but Garcia missed a 10-foot putt for par.
So the two entered a 4-hole aggregate playoff. Garcia had a birdie putt on the fourth hole that probably would have extended the playoff, but missed, and Harrington won by a shot.
Final Scores
| p-Padraig Harrington | 69-73-68-67—277 |
| Sergio Garcia | 65-71-68-73—277 |
| 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 |