2018 British Open Winner and Scores
The 2018 British Open was 147th time this major was played. And after 147 tries, a golfer from Italy finally won it.
Winner: Francesco Molinari, 276
Where it was played: Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) in Angus, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 19-22, 2018
Leader after first round: Kevin Kisner, 66
Leader after second round: Zach Johnson and Kevin Kisner, 136
Leader after third round: Kevin Kisner, Xander Schauffele and Jordan Spieth, 204
What Happened in the 2018 Open Championship
Francesco Molinari trailed by three stroke entering the final round of the 2018 British Open, then scored a bogey-free 69 to win by two over a quartet of runners-up: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Justin Rose and Kevin Kisner.And in so doing, Molinari became not the just the golfer from Italy to win The Open Championship, but the first to win any of the four professional majors.
Molinari was six strokes off the lead following the second round. But a 65 in Round 3 moved him up to solo fifth place, three strokes off the lead shared by Kisner, Schauffele and defending champ Jordan Spieth.
Molinari, who played the final 37 holes bogey-free, birdied the 14th and 17th holes of the final round, while the third-round co-leaders were going the other direction. Kisner had five bogeys or worse in the final round, Schauffele four and Spieth four. Spieth struggled to a 76 in the final round and fell to ninth. Tiger Woods, playing with Molinari, held the solo lead after his ninth hole. But Woods' chances ended with a double bogey on the 11th followed with a bogey on the 12th. And McIlroy tied the lead after his 14th hole, but couldn't make any more birdies down the stretch.
2018 British Open Final Scores
| Francesco Molinari | 70-72-65-69—276 |
| Justin Rose | 72-73-64-69—278 |
| Rory McIlroy | 69-69-70-70—278 |
| Kevin Kisner | 66-70-68-74—278 |
| Xander Schauffele | 71-66-67-74—278 |
| Eddie Pepperell | 71-70-71-67—279 |
| Tiger Woods | 71-71-66-71—279 |
| Kevin Chappell | 70-69-67-73—279 |
| Tony Finau | 67-71-71-71—280 |
| Matt Kuchar | 70-68-70-72—280 |
| Jordan Spieth | 72-67-65-76—280 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 70-71-70-70—281 |
| Thorbjorn Olesen | 70-70-70-71—281 |
| Ryan Moore | 68-73-69-71—281 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 72-65-71-73—281 |
| Webb Simpson | 70-71-67-73—281 |
| Jason Day | 71-71-72-68—282 |
| Pat Perez | 69-68-74-71—282 |
| Erik van Rooyen | 67-71-71-73—282 |
| Charley Hoffman | 71-70-68-73—282 |
| Adam Scott | 71-70-68-73—282 |
| Zach Johnson | 69-67-72-74—282 |
| Alexander Noren | 70-71-67-74—282 |
| Stewart Cink | 72-70-71-70—283 |
| Phil Mickelson | 73-69-70-71—283 |
| Bernhard Langer | 73-71-68-71—283 |
| Danny Willett | 69-71-70-73—283 |
| Thomas Pieters | 70-73-70-71—284 |
| Julian Suri | 74-69-70-71—284 |
| Rickie Fowler | 70-69-73-72—284 |
| Patrick Reed | 75-70-68-71—284 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 72-70-69-73—284 |
| Chris Wood | 70-74-66-74—284 |
| Austin Cook | 72-70-67-75—284 |
| Henrik Stenson | 70-75-71-69—285 |
| Adam Hadwin | 73-70-71-71—285 |
| Michael Kim | 73-69-69-74—285 |
| Satoshi Kodaira | 72-71-68-74—285 |
| Luke List | 70-70-77-69—286 |
| Cameron Davis | 71-72-73-70—286 |
| Brooks Koepka | 72-69-75-70—286 |
| Ryan Fox | 74-71-71-70—286 |
| Masahiro Kawamura | 77-67-71-71—286 |
| Ross Fisher | 75-70-68-73—286 |
| Li Haotong | 71-72-67-76—286 |
| Kyle Stanley | 72-69-69-76—286 |
| Brendan Steele | 68-76-73-70—287 |
| Tom Lewis | 75-70-68-74—287 |
| Sean Crocker | 71-71-69-76—287 |
| Yusaku Miyazato | 71-74-65-77—287 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 75-70-73-70—288 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 74-71-72-71—288 |
| Kevin Na | 70-73-73-72—288 |
| Paul Casey | 73-71-72-72—288 |
| Shubhankar Sharma | 73-71-71-73—288 |
| Yuta Ikeda | 70-73-71-74—288 |
| Jason Dufner | 75-70-68-75—288 |
| Lucas Herbert | 73-69-69-77—288 |
| Byeong Hun An | 73-71-66-78—288 |
| Marc Leishman | 72-72-69-76—289 |
| Brett Rumford | 74-70-72-74—290 |
| Gavin Kyle Green | 72-73-71-74—290 |
| Marcus Kinhult | 74-69-71-76—290 |
| Brandon Stone | 68-72-73-77—290 |
| Lee Westwood | 72-72-69-77—290 |
| Shaun Norris | 74-68-69-79—290 |
| Si Woo Kim | 71-72-75-73—291 |
| Paul Dunne | 71-73-73-74—291 |
| Gary Woodland | 71-72-72-76—291 |
| Matthew Southgate | 69-72-73-77—291 |
| Rhys Enoch | 74-71-70-76—291 |
| Sung-hoon Kang | 69-72-72-78—291 |
| Zander Lombard | 67-71-71-82—291 |
| Rafael Cabrera Bello | 74-70-76-72—292 |
| Beau Hossler | 73-70-77-73—293 |
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 74-71-74-74—293 |
| Sam Locke | 72-73-70-78—293 |
| Cameron Smith | 73-71-73-77—294 |
| Keegan Bradley | 74-71-73-77—295 |
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