MEN’S MAJOR · 2008

2008 Open Championship

Status: Final
Dates: Jul 17 – Jul 20, 2008
Course: Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Par / Yards: 70 / 7,173
Field: 156 · 83 made cut
Cut: 149 (+9)

Top finishers only 15 of 15 published rows linked to verified identities

LEADERBOARD

Final leaderboard (published rows)

Top finishers only. Small figures: strokes better (+) or worse (−) than that round’s field average.
Pos	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Pádraig HarringtonIreland	74	68	72	69	283	+3
2	Ian PoulterUnited Kingdom	72	71	75	69	287	+7
T3	Greg NormanAustralia	70	70	72	77	289	+9
T3	Henrik StensonSweden	76	72	70	71	289	+9
T5	Jim FurykUnited States	71	71	77	71	290	+10
T5	Chris WoodUnited Kingdom	75	70	73	72	290	+10
T7	Paul CaseyUnited Kingdom	78	71	73	70	292	+12
T7	Stephen AmesCanada	73	70	78	71	292	+12
T7	Ben CurtisUnited States	78	69	70	75	292	+12
T7	Robert AllenbyAustralia	69	73	76	74	292	+12
T7	Robert KarlssonSweden	75	73	75	69	292	+12
T7	Anthony KimUnited States	72	74	71	75	292	+12
T7	David HowellUnited Kingdom	76	71	78	67	292	+12
T7	Ernie ElsSouth Africa	80	69	74	69	292	+12
T7	Steve StrickerUnited States	77	71	71	73	292	+12

CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY

Previous editions

Year	Champion	To par
2026	Ryan Fox	−10
2025	Scottie Scheffler	−17
2024	Xander Schauffele	−9
2023	Brian Harman	−13
2022	Cameron Smith	−20
2021	Collin Morikawa	−15
2020	—	—
2019	Shane Lowry	−15
2018	Francesco Molinari	−8
2017	Jordan Spieth	−12
2016	Henrik Stenson	−20
2015	Zach Johnson	−15
2014	Rory McIlroy	−17
2013	Phil Mickelson	−3
2012	Ernie Els	−7

Results, fields and course setups adapted from Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA 4.0; the redistributed results dataset is available under the same licence). Identities, championship editions and venues from Wikidata (CC0). Photographs from Wikimedia Commons with per-image credit. Sources & methodology