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The Open Golf Championship Results

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The Open 2000, Top Twenty (St. Andrews)

Total Scores Prize Money 1. Tiger Woods USA -19 67-66-67-69 = 269 £759,150.00 2. Thomas Bjorn SWE -11 69-69-68-71 = 277 £371,983.00 Ernie Els RSA -11 66-72-70-69 = 277 £371,983.00 4. David Toms USA -10 69-67-71-71 = 278 £197,379.00 Tom Lehman USA -10 68-70-70-70 = 278 £197,379.00 6. Fred Couples USA -9 70-68-72-69 = 279 £151,830.00 7. Loren Roberts USA -8 69-68-70-73 = 280 £100,587.37 Darren Clarke NIR -8 70-69-68-73 = 280 £100,587.37 Pierre Fulke SWE -8 69-72-70-69 = 280 £100,587.37 Paul Azinger USA -8 69-72-72-67 = 280 £100,587.37 11. Stuart Appleby AUS -7 73-70-68-70 = 281 £59,344.00 David Duval USA -7 70-70-66-75 = 281 £59,344.00 Bernhard Langer GER -7 74-70-66-71 = 281 £59,344.00 Davis Love III USA -7 74-66-74-67 = 281 £59,344.00 Bob May USA -7 72-72-66-71 = 281 £59,344.00 Mark McNulty ZIM -7 69-72-70-70 = 281 £59,344.00 Phil Mickelson USA -7 72-66-71-72 = 281 £59,344.00 Dennis Paulson USA -7 68-71-69-73 = 281 £59,344.00 Vijay Singh FIJ -7 70-70-73-68 = 281 £59,344.00 20. Notah Begay III USA -6 69-73-69-71 = 282 £40,777.00 Bob Estes USA -6 72-69-70-71 = 282 £40,777.00 Steve Flesch USA -6 67-70-71-74 = 282 £40,777.00 Padraig Harrington IRE -6 68-72-70-72 = 282 £40,777.00 Paul McGinley IRE -6 69-72-71-70 = 282 £40,777.00 Steve Pate USA -6 73-70-71-68 = 282 £40,777.00
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The Open 2001, Top Twenty (Royal Lytham & St Annes)

Total Scores Prize Money 1. David Duval USA -10 69-73-65-67 = 274 £600,000.00 2. Niclas Fasth SWE -7 69-69-72-67 = 277 £360,000.00 3. Ernie Els RSA -6 71-71-67-69 = 278 £141,666.00 Darren Clarke NIR -6 70-69-69-70 = 278 £141,666.00 Miguel-Angel Jiminez ESP -6 69-72-67-70 = 278 £141,666.00 Billy Mayfair USA -6 69-72-67-70 = 278 £141,666.00 Ian Woosnam WAL -6 72-68-67-71 = 278 £141,666.00 Bernhard Langer GER -6 71-69-67-71 = 278 £141,666.00 4. Mikko Ilonen FIN -5 68-75-70-66 = 279 £63,750.00 Kevin Sutherland USA -5 75-69-68-67 = 279 £63,750.00 Sergio Garcia ESP -5 70-72-67-70 = 279 £63,750.00 Jesper Parnevik SWE -5 69-68-71-71 = 279 £63,750.00 13. Alex Cejka GER -4 69-69-69-73 = 280 £65,752.98 Colin Montgomerie SCO -4 65-70-73-72 = 280 £65,752.98 Raphael Jacquelin FRA -4 71-68-69-72 = 280 £65,752.98 Billy Andrade USA -4 69-70-70-71 = 280 £65,752.98 Des Smyth USA -4 74-65-70-71 = 280 £65,752.98 Retief Goosen RSA -4 74-68-67-71 = 280 £65,752.98 Loren Roberts USA -4 70-70-70-70 = 280 £65,752.98 Vijay Singh FIJ -4 70-70-71-69 = 280 £65,752.98
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The Open 2002, Top Twenty  (Muirfield)

Total Scores Prize Money 1. Ernie Els RSA -6 70-66-72-70 = 278 £700,000.00 2. Thomas Levet FRA -6 73-70-70-65 = 278 £285,000.00 Stuart Appleby AUS -6 72-66-74-66 = 278 £285,000.00 Steve Elkington AUS -6 71-73-68-66 = 278 £285,000.00 5. Gary Evans ENG -5 72-68-74-65 = 279 £140,000.00 Padraig Harrington IRL -5 69-67-76-67 = 279 £140,000.00 Shigeki Maruyama JPN -5 68-68-75-68 = 279 £140,000.00 8. Peter O'Malley AUS -4 72-68-75-65 = 280 £81,000.00 Scott Hoch USA -4 74-69-71-66 = 280 £81,000.00 Retief Goosen RSA -4 71-68-74-67 = 280 £81,000.00 Sergio Garcia ESP -4 71-69-71-69 = 280 £81,000.00 Thomas Björn DEN -4 68-70-73-69 = 280 £81,000.00 Soren Hansen DEN -4 68-69-73-70 = 280 £81,000.00 14. Davis Love III USA -3 71-72-71-67 = 281 £53,250.00 Nick Price ZIM -3 68-70-75-68 = 281 £53,250.00 Peter Lonard AUS -3 72-72-68-69 = 281 £53,250.00 Justin Leonard USA -3 71-72-68-70 = 281 £53,250.00 18. Bob Estes USA -2 71-70-73-68 = 282 £41,000.00 Greg Norman AUS -2 71-72-71-68 = 282 £41,000.00 Duffy Waldorf USA -2 67-69-77-69 = 282 £41,000.00 Scott McCarron USA -2 71-68-72-71 = 282 £41,000.00
4 Hole Play-Off (1st, 16th, 17th & 18th holes)

Ernie Els Par
Thomas Levet Par
Stuart Appleby +1
Steve Elkington +1
Sudden Death Play Off (18th hole)

Ernie Els Par
Thomas Levet +1
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The Open 2003, Top Twenty (Sandwich, Kent)

Total Scores Prize Money 1. Ben Curtis USA -1 72-72-70-69 = 283 £700,000.00
2. Thomas Bjorn DEN Even 73-70-69-72 = 284 £345,000.00
Vijay Singh FIJ Even 75-70-69-70 = 284 £345,000.00
4. Davis Love 111 USA +1 69-72-72-72 = 285 £185,000.00
Tiger Woods USA +1 73-72-69-71 = 285 £185,000.00
6. Fredrik Jacobson SWE +2 70-76-70-70 = 286 £134,500.00
Brian Davis ENG +2 77-73-68-68 = 286 £134,500.00
8. Kenny Perry USA +3 74-70-70-73 = 287 £97,750.00
Nick Faldo ENG +3 76-74-67-70 = 287 £97,500.00
10. Sergio Garcia ESP +4 73-71-70-74 = 288 £68,000.00
Phillip Price WAL +4 74-72-69-73 = 288 £68,000.00
Gary Evans ENG +4 71-75-70-72 = 288 £68,000.00
Hennie Otto RSA +4 68-76-76-69 = 288 £68,000.00
Retief Goosen RSA +4 73-75-71-69 = 288 £68,000.00
15. Pierre Fulke SWE +5 77-72-67-73 = 289 £49,333.33
Chad Campbell USA +5 74-71-72-72 = 289 £49,333.33
Stuart Appleby AUS +5 75-71-71-72 = 289 £49,333.33
18. Mathias Gronberg SWE +6 71-74-73-72 = 290 £42,000.00
Ernie Els RSA +6 78-68-72-72 = 290 £42,000.00
Tom Watson USA +6 71-77-73-69 = 290 £42,000.00
Greg Norman AUS +6 69-79-74-68 = 291 £42,000.00

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The Open 2004, Top Twenty (Royal Troon)

Total Scores Prize Money 1. Todd Hamilton USA -10 71-67-67-69 = 274 £720,000.00 2. Ernie Els RSA -10 69-69-68-68 = 274 £430,000.00 3. Phil Mickelson USA -9 73-66-68-68 = 275 £275,000.00 4. Lee Westwood ENG -6 72-71-68-67 = 278 £210,000.00 5. Thomas Levet FRA -5 66-70-71-72 = 279 £159,500.00 Davis Love III USA -5 72-69-71-67 = 279 £159,500.00 7. Scott Verplank USA -4 69-70-70-71 = 280 £117,500.00 Retief Goosen RSA -4 69-70-68-73 = 280 £117,500.00 9. Tiger Woods USA -3 70-71-68-72 = 281 £89,500.00 Mike Weir CAN -3 71-68-71-71 = 281 £89,500.00 11. Skip Kendall USA -2 69-66-75-72 = 282 £69,333.33 Mark Calcavecchia USA -2 72-73-69-78 = 282 £69,333.33 Darren Clarke NIR -2 69-72-73-68 = 282 £69,333.33 14. Barry Lane ENG -1 69-68-71-75 = 283 £56,500.00 Stewart Cink USA -1 72-71-71-69 = 283 £56,500.00 16. Justin Leonard USA Even 72-71-71-71 = 284 £47,000.00 K J Choi KOR Even 68-69-74-73 = 284 £47,000.00 Joakim Haeggman SWE Even 69-73-72-70 = 284 £47,000.00 Kenny Perry USA Even 69-70-73-72 = 284 £47,000.00 20. Vijay Singh FIJ +1 68-70-76-71 = 285 £38,100.00 Bob Estes USA +1 73-72-69-71 = 285 £38,100.00 Gary Evans ENG +1 68-73-73-71 = 285 £38,100.00 Michael Campbell NZL +1 67-71-74-73 = 285 £38,100.00 Paul Casey ENG +1 66-77-70-72 = 285 £38,100.00 (Todd Hamilton beat Ernie Els in a 4 hole play-off 4-4-3-4 to 4-4-4-4.)

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The Open 2005, Top Twenty (St Andrews)

Total Scores Prize-Money 1. Tiger Woods USA -15 66-67-71-70 = 274 E1,047,362.00 2. Colin Montgomerie SCO -9 71-66-70-72 = 279 E625,508.10 3. Fred Couples USA -8 68-71-73-68 = 280 E352,757.50 Jose Maria Olazabal ESP -8 68-70-68-74 = 280 E352,757.50 5. Michael Campbell NZL -7 69-72-68-72 = 281 E177,712.20 Sergio Garcia ESP -7 70-69-69-73 = 281 E177,712.20 Retief Goosen RSA -7 68-73-66-74 = 281 E177,712.20 Bernhard Langer GER -7 71-69-70-71 = 281 E177,712.20 Geoff Ogilvy AUS -7 71-74-67-69 = 281 E177,712.20 Vijay Singh FIJ -7 69-69-71-72 = 281 E177,712.20 11. Nick Faldo ENG -6 74-69-70-69 = 282 E97,099.22 Graeme McDowell NIR -6 69-72-74-67 = 282 E97,099.22 Kenny Perry USA -6 71-71-68-72 = 282 E97,099.22 Ian Poulter ENG -6 70-72-71-69 = 282 E97,099.22 15. Darren Clarke NIR -5 73-70-67-73 = 283 E67,330.44 John Daly USA -5 71-69-70-73 = 283 E67,330.44 David Frost RSA -5 77-65-72-69 = 283 E67,330.44 Mark Hensby AUS -5 67-77-69-70 = 283 E67,330.44 Trevor Immelman RSA -5 68-70-73-72 = 283 E67,330.44 Sean O'Hair USA -5 73-67-70-73 = 283 E67,330.44 Nick O'Hern AUS -5 73-69-71-70 = 283 E67,330.44 Lloyd Saltman (a) SCO -5 73-71-68-71 = 283 E0.00

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The Open 2006, Top Twenty (Hoylake)

Total Scores Prize-Money 1. Tiger Woods USA -18 67-65-71-67 = 270 E1,045,965.60 2. Chris DiMarco USA -16 70-65-69-68 = 272 E624,673.90 3. Ernie Els RSA -13 68-65-71-71 = 275 E399,500.75  4. Jim Furyk USA -12 68-71-66-71 = 276 E305,073.30  5. Sergio Garcia ESP -11 68-71-65-73 = 277 E231,710.44  Hideto Tanihara JPN -11 72-68-66-71 = 277 E231,710.44  7. Angel Cabrera ARG -10 71-68-66-73 = 278 E185,949.44  8. Carl Pettersson SWE -9 68-72-70-69 = 279 E138,493.59  Andres Romero ARG -9 70-70-68-71 = 279 E138,493.59  Adam Scott AUS -9 68-69-70-72 = 279 E138,493.59  11. Ben Crane USA -8 68-71-71-70 = 280 E100,722.61  S.K. Ho KOR -8 68-73-69-70 = 280 E100,722.61  Anthony Wall ENG -8 67-73-71-69 = 280 E100,722.61  14. Retief Goosen RSA -7 70-66-72-73 = 281 E82,079.25  Sean O'Hair USA -7 69-73-72-67 = 281 E82,079.25  16. Robert Allenby AUS -6 69-70-69-74 = 282 E65,372.85  Mikko Ilonen FIN -6 68-69-73-72 = 282 E65,372.85  Peter Lonard AUS -6 71-69-68-74 = 282 E65,372.85  Geoff Ogilvy AUS -6 71-69-70-72 = 282 E65,372.85  Robert Rock ENG -6 69-69-73-71 = 282 E65,372.85  Brett Rumford AUS -6 68-71-72-71 = 282 E65,372.85

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The Open 2007, Top Twenty (Carnoustie)

Total Scores Prize-Money 1. Padraig Harrington IRL -7 69-73-68-67 = 277 E1,106,617.50 2. Sergio Garcia ESP -7 65-71-68-73 = 277 E663,970.50 3. Andres Romero ARG -6 71-70-70-67 = 278 E427,892.10 4. Ernie Els RSA -5 72-70-68-69 = 279 E295,098.00 Richard Green AUS -5 72-73-70-64 = 279 E295,098.00 6. Stewart Cink USA -4 69-73-68-70 = 280 E214,683.80 Hunter Mahan USA -4 73-73 69-65 = 280 E214,683.80 8. K.J.Choi KOR -3 69-69-72-71 = 281 E139,802.68 Ben Curtis USA -3 72-74-70-65 = 281 E139,802.68 Steve Stricker USA -3 71-72-64-74 = 281 E139,802.68 Mike Weir CAN -3 71-68-72-70 = 281 E139,802.68 12. Markus Brier AUT -2 68-75-70-69 = 282 E86,421.56 Paul Broadhurst ENG -2 71-71-68-72 = 282 E86,421.56 Pelle Edberg SWE -2 72-73-67-70 = 282 E86,421.56 Jim Furyk USA -2 70-70-71-71 = 282 E86,421.56 Miguel Angel Jimenez ESP -2 69-70-72-71 = 282 E86,421.56 Justin Rose ENG -2 75-70-67-70 = 282 E86,421.56 Tiger Woods USA -2 69-74-69-70 = 282 E86,421.56 19. Paul McGinley IRL -1 67-75-68-73 = 283 E67,872.54 20. Rich Beem USA Par 70-73-69-72 = 284 E61,970.58 Zach Johnson USA Par 73-73-68-70 = 284 E61,970.58 Pat Perez USA Par 73-70-71-70 = 284 E61,970.58 4 Hole Play-Off (1st, 16th, 17th & 18th holes) Padraig Harrington Par (3-3-4-5) Sergio Garcia +1 (5-3-4-4)

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The Open 2008, Top Twenty (Royal Birkdale)

Total Scores Prize Money 1. Padraig Harrington IRL +3 74-68-72-69 = 283 E938,565.00 2. Ian Poulter ENG +7 72-71-75-69 = 287 E563,139.00 3. Greg Norman AUS +9 70-70-72-77 = 289 E319,112.10 Henryk Stenson SWE +9 76-72-70-71 = 289 E319,112.10 5. Jim Furyk USA +10 71-71-77-71 = 290 E225,255.60 Chris Wood (Am) ENG +10 75-70-73-72 = 290 7. Robert Allenby AUS +12 69-73-76-74 = 292 E121,318.22 Stephen Ames CAN +12 73-70-78-71 = 292 E121,318.22 Paul Casey ENG +12 78-71-73-70 = 292 E121,318.22 Ben Curtis USA +12 78-69-70-75 = 292 E121,318.22 Ernie Els RSA +12 80-69-74-69 = 292 E121,318.22 David Howell ENG +12 76-71-78-67 = 292 E121,318.22 Robert Karlsson SWE +12 75-73-75-69 = 292 E121,318.22 Anthony Kim USA +12 72-74-71-75 = 292 E121,318.22 Steve Stricker USA +12 77-71-71-73 = 292 E121,318.22 16. K.J. Choi KOR +13 72-67-75-79 = 293 E66,533.83 Justin Leonard USA +13 77-70-73-73 = 293 E66,533.83 Adam Scott AUS +13 70-74-77-72 = 293 E66,533.83 19. Anders Hansen DEN +14 78-68-74-74 = 294 E47,267.18 Gregory Havret FRA +14 71-75-77-71= 294 E47,267.18 Trevor Immelman RSA +14 74-74-73-73 = 294 E47,267.18 Fredrik Jacobson SWE +14 71-72-79-72 = 294 E47,267.18 Davis Love III USA +14 75-74-70-75 = 294 E47,267.18 Graeme McDowell NIR +14 69-73-80-72 = 294 E47,267.18 Rocco Mediate USA +14 69-73-76-76 = 294 E47,267.18 Phil Mickelson USA +14 79-68-76-71 = 294 E47,267.18 Alexander Noren SWE +14 72-70-75-77 = 294 E47,267.18 Thomas Sherreard (Am) ENG +14 77-69-76-72 = 294 Jean Van de Velde FRA +14 73-71-80-70 = 294 E47,267.18 Simon Wakefield ENG +14 71-74-70-79 = 294 E47,267.18 Paul Waring ENG +14 73-74-76-71 = 294 E47,267.18

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The Open 2009, Top Twenty (Turnberry)

Total Scores Prize-Money 1. Stewart Cink USA -2 66-72-71-69 = 278 E866,557.54 2. Tom Watson USA -2 65-70-71-72 = 278 E519,934.52 3. Lee Westwood ENG -1 68-70-70-71 = 279 E294,629.56 Chris Wood ENG -1 70-70-72-67 = 279 E294,629.56 5. Luke Donald ENG Par 71-72-70-67 = 280 E181,399.38 Mathew Goggin AUS Par 66-72-69-73 = 280 E181,399.38 Retief Goosen RSA Par 67-70-71-72 = 280 E181,399.38 8. Thomas Aiken RSA +1 71-72-69-69 = 281 E104,449.07 Ernie Els RSA +1 69-72-72-68 = 281 E104,449.07 Soren Hansen DEN +1 68-72-74-67 = 281 E104,449.07 Richard S. Johnson SWE +1 70-72-69-70 = 281 E104,449.07 Justin Leonard USA +1 70-70-73-68 = 281 E104,449.07 13. Ross Fisher ENG +2 69-68-70-75 = 282 E58,810.37 Thongchai Jaidee THA +2 69-72-69-72 = 282 E58,810.37 Miguel Angel Jimenez ESP +2 64-73-76-69 = 282 E58,810.37 Matteo Manassero (Am) ITA +2 71-70-72-69 = 282 Francesco Molinari ITA +2 71-70-71-70 = 282 E58,810.37 Jeff Overton USA +2 70-69-76-67 = 282 E58,810.37 Andres Romero ARG +2 68-74-73-67 = 282 E58,810.37 Justin Rose ENG +2 69-72-71-70 = 282 E58,810.37 Henrik Stenson SWE +2 71-70-71-70 = 282 E58,810.37 Camilo Villegas COL +2 66-73-73-70 = 282 E58,810.37 Boo Weekley USA +2 67-72-72-71 = 282 E58,810.37 4 Hole Play-Off (5th, 6th, 17th & 18th holes) Stewart Cink -2 (4-3-4-3) Tom Watson +4 (5-3-7-5)

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