2022 British Open Winner and Scores
Winner: Cameron Smith, 268
Where it was played: The Old Course at St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 14-17, 2022
Leader after first round: Cameron Young, 64
Leader after second round: Cameron Smith, 131
Leaders after third round: Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, 200
Notable notes: Cameron Smith began the back nine of his final round with five consecutive birdies. And then he ended his final round with another one, claiming a one-stroke victory and the 2022 Open Championship title.
Smith began the final round four strokes behind third-round leader Rory McIlroy. McIlroy didn't play poorly, he just couldn't sink any birdie putts from the 11th hole one, just missing several. In the end, McIlroy carded a 70 to Smith's 64 and finish in third place, two behind.
The runner-up with Smith's playing partner and fellow Cameron, Cameron Young. Young closed with a 65 that included an eagle on the 18th hole to leapfrog McIlroy into second place.
Final Scores
| Cameron Smith | 67-64-73-64—268 |
| Cameron Young | 64-69-71-65—269 |
| Rory McIlroy | 66-68-66-70—270 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | 72-69-66-67—274 |
| Viktor Hovland | 68-66-66-74—274 |
| Brian Harman | 73-68-68-66—275 |
| Dustin Johnson | 68-67-71-69—275 |
| Bryson DeChambeau | 69-74-67-66—276 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 70-67-71-68—276 |
| Jordan Spieth | 71-69-68-68—276 |
| Sadom Kaewkanjana | 71-67-74-65—277 |
| Abraham Ancer | 71-68-73-65—277 |
| Dean Burmester | 71-73-67-66—277 |
| Tyrrell Hatton | 70-66-73-68—277 |
| Anthony Quayle | 74-69-68-67—278 |
| Xander Schauffele | 69-70-72-67—278 |
| Lucas Herbert | 70-68-73-67—278 |
| Francesco Molinari | 73-71-66-68—278 |
| Adam Scott | 72-65-70-71—278 |
| Si Woo Kim | 69-69-67-73—278 |
| Billy Horschel | 73-69-70-67—279 |
| Min Woo Lee | 69-69-73-68—279 |
| Trey Mullinax | 71-73-66-69—279 |
| Kevin Kisner | 74-70-65-70—279 |
| Shane Lowry | 72-68-69-70—279 |
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | 72-66-69-72—279 |
| Scottie Scheffler | 68-68-69-74—279 |
| Tony Finau | 73-71-70-66—280 |
| Corey Conners | 71-71-71-67—280 |
| Harold Varner III | 73-67-72-68—280 |
| Will Zalatoris | 73-67-71-69—280 |
| Dylan Frittelli | 70-71-69-70—280 |
| Thomas Pieters | 75-67-67-71—280 |
| Thomas Detry | 70-69-74-68—281 |
| Robert MacIntyre | 70-74-69-68—281 |
| Lee Westwood | 68-71-73-69—281 |
| Talor Gooch | 68-69-75-69—281 |
| Victor Perez | 71-69-71-70—281 |
| Jon Rahm | 73-67-71-70—281 |
| Sahith Theegala | 69-68-74-70—281 |
| Aaron Wise | 72-67-71-71—281 |
| Sam Burns | 72-69-77-64—282 |
| Jason Kokrak | 72-70-72-68—282 |
| Thriston Lawrence | 69-71-73-69—282 |
| Adrian Meronk | 75-68-70-69—282 |
| Chris Kirk | 75-68-69-70—282 |
| Garrick Higgo | 72-69-76-66—283 |
| Jordan Smith | 73-71-72-67—283 |
| Patrick Reed | 72-68-76-67—283 |
| Yuto Katsuragawa | 71-68-75-69—283 |
| Joohyung Kim | 69-71-72-71—283 |
| Filippo Celli | 74-67-71-71—283 |
| Joaquin Niemann | 69-74-73-68—284 |
| Danny Willett | 69-73-73-69—284 |
| Lars Van Meijel | 74-70-71-69—284 |
| Robert Dinwiddie | 67-77-71-69—284 |
| Jason Scrivener | 72-71-71-70—284 |
| Justin Thomas | 72-70-72-70—284 |
| Paul Casey | 71-72-71-70—284 |
| Brad Kennedy | 68-72-72-72—284 |
| Nicolai Hojgaard | 73-67-71-73—284 |
| Cameron Tringale | 71-71-74-69—285 |
| Sebastian Munoz | 73-71-71-70—285 |
| John Parry | 69-74-70-72—285 |
| David Carey | 72-67-73-73—285 |
| Ian Poulter | 69-72-70-74—285 |
| Russell Henley | 70-72-68-75—285 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 71-72-76-67—286 |
| Sergio Garcia | 75-66-72-73—286 |
| Richard Mansell | 73-71-68-74—286 |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 73-71-68-74—286 |
| David Law | 72-69-77-69—287 |
| Kurt Kitayama | 68-73-73-73—287 |
| Marcus Armitage | 71-72-71-74—288 |
| Justin De Los Santos | 71-73-70-74—288 |
| Wyndham Clark | 71-73-76-69—289 |
| Adri Arnaus | 74-70-73-72—289 |
| Aaron Jarvis | 75-69-72-73—289 |
| Laurie Canter | 72-70-74-74—290 |
| Barclay Brown | 68-70-77-75—290 |
| Sam Bairstow | 72-72-79-69—292 |
| Sungjae Im | 71-73-74-74—292 |
| Jamie Rutherford | 73-70-78-75—296 |
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