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2015 / St Andrews
Amid great excitement and almost unbearable tension on the Old Course, The 144th Open featured one of the event's best-ever finishes in which American Zach Johnson eventually triumphed in a four-hole play-off against 2010 Champion Golfer Louis Oosthuizen and Australia’s Marc Leishman.
The Open at St Andrews is always a special occasion and the 2015 edition started on the perfect note with Peter Thomson and Arnold Palmer starring in the Champion Golfers’ Challenge prior to The Open proper.
Drama aplenty unfolded as the world’s best players took on the game’s greatest challenge of playing for the Claret Jug and Dustin Johnson powered into the lead with a 65 on the first day.
The second round was notable for dramatic weather, with flooding on Friday closing the Old Course and gales on Saturday stopping play, but also saw the memorable farewells of Sir Nick Faldo – donning the sweater from his 1987 victory – and five-time Champion Tom Watson, for whom thousands lined the final fairway as darkness descended.
Ireland’s Paul Dunne highlighted the strong amateur challenge by sharing the 54-hole lead before Monday’s absorbing finale – only the second Monday finish in the history of The Open.
That saw Zach Johnson and Leishman make superb charges before Oosthuizen also joined a play-off that Jordan Spieth – the Masters and US Open Champion in hot pursuit of a Grand Slam - and Jason Day only just missed.
Johnson birdied the first two extra holes and finished one ahead of Oosthuizen to become the sixth former Masters champion to win at St Andrews – joining Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods.
The 39-year-old from Iowa said afterwards: "I'm grateful. I'm humbled and I'm honoured. This is the birthplace of the game and that jug means so much in sports."
Drama aplenty unfolded as the world’s best players took on the game’s greatest challenge of playing for the Claret Jug and Dustin Johnson powered into the lead with a 65 on the first day.
The second round was notable for dramatic weather, with flooding on Friday closing the Old Course and gales on Saturday stopping play, but also saw the memorable farewells of Sir Nick Faldo – donning the sweater from his 1987 victory – and five-time Champion Tom Watson, for whom thousands lined the final fairway as darkness descended.
Ireland’s Paul Dunne highlighted the strong amateur challenge by sharing the 54-hole lead before Monday’s absorbing finale – only the second Monday finish in the history of The Open.
That saw Zach Johnson and Leishman make superb charges before Oosthuizen also joined a play-off that Jordan Spieth – the Masters and US Open Champion in hot pursuit of a Grand Slam - and Jason Day only just missed.
Johnson birdied the first two extra holes and finished one ahead of Oosthuizen to become the sixth former Masters champion to win at St Andrews – joining Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods.
The 39-year-old from Iowa said afterwards: "I'm grateful. I'm humbled and I'm honoured. This is the birthplace of the game and that jug means so much in sports."
Name
Finish
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
Par
Jordan NIEBRUGGE
T6
67
73
67
70
277
-11
Oliver SCHNIEDERJANS
T12
70
72
70
67
279
-9
Luke DONALD
T12
68
70
73
68
279
-9
Anthony WALL
T12
70
71
68
70
279
-9
Robert STREB
T18
66
71
70
73
280
-8
Greg OWEN
T20
68
73
71
69
281
-7
James MORRISON
T20
71
71
70
69
281
-7
Marcus FRASER
T20
74
69
68
70
281
-7
Retief GOOSEN
T20
66
72
69
74
281
-7
Andy SULLIVAN
T30
72
71
68
71
282
-6
Anirban LAHIRI
T30
69
70
71
72
282
-6
Matt JONES
T30
68
73
69
72
282
-6
Ryan PALMER
T30
71
71
67
73
282
-6
Steven BOWDITCH
T30
70
69
69
74
282
-6
Paul DUNNE
T30
69
69
66
78
282
-6
Scott ARNOLD
T40
71
73
73
66
283
-5
John SENDEN
T40
72
72
68
71
283
-5
Geoff OGILVY
T40
71
68
72
72
283
-5
David HOWELL
T49
68
73
73
70
284
-4
Hunter MAHAN
T49
72
72
67
73
284
-4
David LIPSKY
T58
73
69
70
73
285
-3
Jason DUFNER
T58
73
71
67
74
285
-3
Greg CHALMERS
T58
70
71
69
75
285
-3
Thongchai JAIDEE
T65
72
71
70
73
286
-2
Ross FISHER
T68
71
73
72
71
287
-1
Graham DELAET
T68
71
73
68
75
287
-1
Brett RUMFORD
T74
71
71
71
75
288
-
Ben MARTIN
T74
74
70
67
77
288
-
Thomas AIKEN
80
75
69
72
74
290
2
Rikard KARLBERG
M/C
70
75
-
-
-
M/C
Alex LEVY
M/C
70
75
-
-
-
M/C
Carl PETTERSSON
M/C
72
73
-
-
-
M/C
Victor DUBUISSON
M/C
74
71
-
-
-
M/C
Mikko ILONEN
M/C
75
70
-
-
-
M/C
Jonas BLIXT
M/C
75
71
-
-
-
M/C
Hiroyuki FUJITA
M/C
71
75
-
-
-
M/C
Stephen GALLACHER
M/C
73
73
-
-
-
M/C
Pelle EDBERG
M/C
72
74
-
-
-
M/C
Russell KNOX
M/C
72
74
-
-
-
M/C
Raphael JACQUELIN
M/C
76
70
-
-
-
M/C
Paul KINNEAR
M/C
70
76
-
-
-
M/C
Scott HEND
M/C
74
72
-
-
-
M/C
Danny LEE
M/C
73
74
-
-
-
M/C
George COETZEE
M/C
74
73
-
-
-
M/C
Ryan MOORE
M/C
74
73
-
-
-
M/C
JB HOLMES
M/C
73
74
-
-
-
M/C
Shinji TOMIMURA
M/C
73
74
-
-
-
M/C
Tadahiro TAKAYAMA
M/C
75
72
-
-
-
M/C
David HEARN
M/C
74
73
-
-
-
M/C
Jaco VAN ZYL
M/C
79
69
-
-
-
M/C
Soren KJELDSEN
M/C
75
73
-
-
-
M/C
Yuta IKEDA
M/C
74
74
-
-
-
M/C
Kiradech APHIBARNRAT
M/C
73
75
-
-
-
M/C
Romain WATTEL
M/C
75
73
-
-
-
M/C
Mark YOUNG
M/C
74
74
-
-
-
M/C
James HAHN
M/C
75
73
-
-
-
M/C
Morgan HOFFMANN
M/C
73
76
-
-
-
M/C
Bill HAAS
M/C
75
74
-
-
-
M/C
Koumei ODA
M/C
73
76
-
-
-
M/C
Edoardo MOLINARI
M/C
74
75
-
-
-
M/C
Taichi TESHIMA
M/C
76
73
-
-
-
M/C
Daniel BROOKS
M/C
76
73
-
-
-
M/C
Adam BLAND
M/C
75
74
-
-
-
M/C
Liang WEN-CHONG
M/C
80
70
-
-
-
M/C
Gunn YANG
M/C
73
77
-
-
-
M/C
Tom GILLIS
M/C
76
74
-
-
-
M/C
Scott STRANGE
M/C
77
73
-
-
-
M/C
Alister BALCOMBE
M/C
74
76
-
-
-
M/C
Charley HOFFMAN
M/C
72
78
-
-
-
M/C
Kevin STREELMAN
M/C
78
72
-
-
-
M/C
Matt EVERY
M/C
73
78
-
-
-
M/C
Rod PAMPLING
M/C
77
75
-
-
-
M/C
Jonathan MOORE
M/C
74
78
-
-
-
M/C
Ben TAYLOR
M/C
82
73
-
-
-
M/C
Gary BOYD
M/C
77
80
-
-
-
M/C