2008 British Open: Harrington's 2nd In a Row
The 2008 British Open was 137th time the tournament was played, and Padraig Harrington's second consecutive Open win.
Winner: Padraig Harrington, 283
Where it was played: Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England
Tournament dates: July 17-20
Leader after first round: Rocco Mediate, Robert Allenby and Graeme McDowell, 69
Leader after second round: K.J. Choi, 139
Leader after third round: Greg Norman, 2012
Notable Notes: Years after he stopped playing the tour full-time, Greg Norman made an improbable run at a third Open Championship title. Instead, Padraig Harrington won his second in a row.
Norman held a 2-stroke lead after the third round, but stumbled to a 77 in the final round, dropping into a third-place tie. Harrington, however, shot 69, pulling away over the back nine to a 4-stroke victory.
Final Scores
Padraig Harrington | 74-68-72-69—283 |
Ian Poulter | 72-71-75-69—287 |
Greg Norman | 70-70-72-77—289 |
Henrik Stenson | 76-72-70-71—289 |
a-Chris Wood | 75-70-73-72—290 |
Jim Furyk | 71-71-77-71—290 |
David Howell | 76-71-78-67—292 |
Robert Karlsson | 75-73-75-69—292 |
Anthony Kim | 72-74-71-75—292 |
Steve Stricker | 77-71-71-73—292 |
Robert Allenby | 69-73-76-74—292 |
Stephen Ames | 73-70-78-71—292 |
Paul Casey | 78-71-73-70—292 |
Ben Curtis | 78-69-70-75—292 |
Ernie Els | 80-69-74-69—292 |
KJ Choi | 72-67-75-79—293 |
Justin Leonard | 77-70-73-73—293 |
Adam Scott | 70-74-77-72—293 |
Paul Waring | 73-74-76-71—294 |
Alexander Noren | 72-70-75-77—294 |
a-Thomas Sherreard | 77-69-76-72—294 |
Paul Waring | 73-74-76-71—294 |
Graeme McDowell | 69-73-80-72—294 |
Rocco Mediate | 69-73-76-76—294 |
Phil Mickelson | 79-68-76-71—294 |
Jean Van De Velde | 73-71-80-70—294 |
Simon Wakefield | 71-74-70-79—294 |
Anders Hansen | 78-68-74-74—294 |
Trevor Immelman | 74-74-73-73—294 |
Fredrik Jacobson | 71-72-79-72—294 |
Gregory Havret | 71-75-77-71—294 |
Davis Love III | 75-74-70-75—294 |
Tom Lehman | 74-73-73-75—295 |
Nick O'Hern | 74-75-74-72—295 |
Andres Romero | 77-72-74-72—295 |
Retief Goosen | 71-75-73-76—295 |
Richard Green | 76-72-76-71—295 |
Todd Hamilton | 74-74-72-75—295 |
Heath Slocum | 73-76-74-72—295 |
Graeme Storm | 76-70-72-78—296 |
Mike Weir | 71-76-74-75—296 |
Camilo Villegas | 76-65-79-76—296 |
Jay Williamson | 73-72-77-74—296 |
Ariel Canete | 78-71-76-71—296 |
David Duval | 73-69-83-71—296 |
Ross Fisher | 72-74-71-79—296 |
Gregory Bourdy | 74-74-75-73—296 |
Bart Bryant | 70-78-74-74—296 |
Woody Austin | 76-72-74-74—296 |
Thomas Aiken | 75-71-82-68—296 |
Simon Khan | 77-72-71-76—296 |
Zach Johnson | 73-72-76-76—297 |
Doug LaBelle | 78-70-74-75—297 |
Sergio Garcia | 72-73-74-78—297 |
David Frost | 75-73-73-76—297 |
Stuart Appleby | 72-71-79-75—297 |
Michael Campbell | 75-74-74-74—297 |
Anthony Wall | 71-73-81-72—297 |
Scott Verplank | 77-67-78-76—298 |
Colin Montgomerie | 73-75-74-76—298 |
Kevin Stadler | 72-75-78-73—298 |
Richard Finch | 75-73-78-72—298 |
Tom Gillis | 74-72-79-73—298 |
Peter Hanson | 71-72-78-77—298 |
Soren Hansen | 75-69-77-78—299 |
Jonathan Lomas | 75-73-76-75—299 |
Liang Wen-Chong | 77-71-77-74—299 |
Lee Westwood | 75-74-78-73—300 |
Jean Baptiste Gonnet | 75-72-73-80—300 |
David Horsey | 74-70-79-77—300 |
Pablo Larrazabal | 75-74-73-79—301 |
Jose Lima | 73-76-75-77—301 |
Martin Wiegele | 75-74-78-74—301 |
Brendan Jones | 74-73-83-71—301 |
John Rollins | 73-75-77-76—301 |
Justin Rose | 74-72-82-73—301 |
Jeff Overton | 72-75-75-79—301 |
Craig Parry | 77-70-77-77—301 |
Lucas Glover | 78-71-77-76—302 |
Nick Dougherty | 75-71-79-77—302 |
Martin Kaymer | 75-72-79-77—303 |
Philip Archer | 75-74-78-77—304 |
Sean O'Hair | 75-73-80-78—306 |
Chih-Bing Lam | 72-75-83-81—311 |