British Open Championship
July 17-20, 2008
Royal Birkdale GC - Lancashire, England | Par 70 7,173 Yards
Purse: $8,600,000
2007 Champion: Padraig Harrington
Key Dates on the PGA Tour
- Jun 20 - Jun 23: Travelers Championship
- Jun 27 - Jun 30: AT&T National
- Jul 4 - Jul 7: The Greenbrier Classic
Complete
Leaderboard
| POS | CTRY | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOT | EARNINGS | FEDEX PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | +3 | 74 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 283 | $1,498,875 | 4950 | |
| 2 | Ian Poulter | +7 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 69 | 287 | $899,325 | 2970 | |
| T3 | Henrik Stenson | +9 | 76 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 289 | $509,618 | 0 | |
| T3 | Greg Norman | +9 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 289 | $509,618 | 1595 | |
| T5 | Jim Furyk | +10 | 71 | 71 | 77 | 71 | 290 | $359,730 | 1045 | |
| T5 | Chris Wood | +10 | 75 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 290 | $0 | 0 | |
| T7 | David Howell | +12 | 76 | 71 | 78 | 67 | 292 | $193,743 | 0 | |
| T7 | Robert Karlsson | +12 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 69 | 292 | $193,743 | 0 | |
| T7 | Ernie Els | +12 | 80 | 69 | 74 | 69 | 292 | $193,743 | 692 | |
| T7 | Paul Casey | +12 | 78 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 292 | $193,743 | 692 | |
| T7 | Stephen Ames | +12 | 73 | 70 | 78 | 71 | 292 | $193,743 | 692 | |
| T7 | Steve Stricker | +12 | 77 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 292 | $193,743 | 692 | |
| T7 | Robert Allenby | +12 | 69 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 292 | $193,743 | 692 | |
| T7 | Anthony Kim | +12 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 75 | 292 | $193,743 | 692 | |
| T7 | Ben Curtis | +12 | 78 | 69 | 70 | 75 | 292 | $193,743 | 692 | |
| T16 | Adam Scott | +13 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 72 | 293 | $106,254 | 440 | |
| T16 | Justin Leonard | +13 | 77 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 293 | $106,254 | 440 | |
| T16 | K.J. Choi | +13 | 72 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 293 | $106,254 | 440 | |
| T19 | Jean Van De Velde | +14 | 73 | 71 | 80 | 70 | 294 | $75,485 | 0 | |
| T19 | Gregory Havret | +14 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 71 | 294 | $75,485 | 0 | |
| T19 | Paul Waring | +14 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 71 | 294 | $75,485 | 0 | |
| T19 | Phil Mickelson | +14 | 79 | 68 | 76 | 71 | 294 | $75,485 | 259 | |
| T19 | Graeme McDowell | +14 | 69 | 73 | 80 | 72 | 294 | $75,485 | 0 | |
| T19 | Freddie Jacobson | +14 | 71 | 72 | 79 | 72 | 294 | $75,485 | 259 | |
| T19 | Thomas Sherreard | +14 | 77 | 69 | 76 | 72 | 294 | $0 | 0 | |
| T19 | Trevor Immelman | +14 | 74 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 294 | $75,485 | 259 | |
| T19 | Anders Hansen | +14 | 78 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 294 | $75,485 | 0 | |
| T19 | Davis Love III | +14 | 75 | 74 | 70 | 75 | 294 | $75,485 | 259 | |
| T19 | Rocco Mediate | +14 | 69 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 294 | $75,485 | 259 | |
| T19 | Alexander Noren | +14 | 72 | 70 | 75 | 77 | 294 | $75,485 | 0 | |
| T19 | Simon Wakefield | +14 | 71 | 74 | 70 | 79 | 294 | $75,485 | 0 | |
| T32 | Richard Green | +15 | 76 | 72 | 76 | 71 | 295 | $50,034 | 0 | |
| T32 | Nick O'Hern | +15 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 295 | $50,034 | 149 | |
| T32 | Andres Romero | +15 | 77 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 295 | $50,034 | 149 | |
| T32 | Heath Slocum | +15 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 295 | $50,034 | 149 | |
| T32 | Tom Lehman | +15 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 295 | $50,034 | 149 | |
| T32 | Todd Hamilton | +15 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 75 | 295 | $50,034 | 149 | |
| T32 | Retief Goosen | +15 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 76 | 295 | $50,034 | 149 | |
| T39 | Thomas Aiken | +16 | 75 | 71 | 82 | 68 | 296 | $33,267 | 0 | |
| T39 | David Duval | +16 | 73 | 69 | 83 | 71 | 296 | $33,267 | 94 | |
| T39 | Ariel Canete | +16 | 78 | 71 | 76 | 71 | 296 | $33,267 | 0 | |
| T39 | Gregory Bourdy | +16 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 296 | $33,267 | 0 | |
| T39 | Jay Williamson | +16 | 73 | 72 | 77 | 74 | 296 | $33,267 | 94 | |
| T39 | Bart Bryant | +16 | 70 | 78 | 74 | 74 | 296 | $33,267 | 94 | |
| T39 | Woody Austin | +16 | 76 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 296 | $33,267 | 94 | |
| T39 | Mike Weir | +16 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 75 | 296 | $33,267 | 94 | |
| T39 | Camilo Villegas | +16 | 76 | 65 | 79 | 76 | 296 | $33,267 | 94 | |
| T39 | Simon Khan | +16 | 77 | 72 | 71 | 76 | 296 | $33,267 | 0 | |
| T39 | Graeme Storm | +16 | 76 | 70 | 72 | 78 | 296 | $33,267 | 0 | |
| T39 | Ross Fisher | +16 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 79 | 296 | $33,267 | 0 | |
| T51 | Anthony Wall | +17 | 71 | 73 | 81 | 72 | 297 | $23,554 | 0 | |
| T51 | Michael Campbell | +17 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 297 | $23,554 | 0 | |
| T51 | Stuart Appleby | +17 | 72 | 71 | 79 | 75 | 297 | $23,554 | 64 | |
| T51 | Doug LaBelle II | +17 | 78 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 297 | $23,554 | 64 | |
| T51 | Zach Johnson | +17 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 76 | 297 | $23,554 | 64 | |
| T51 | David Frost | +17 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 76 | 297 | $23,554 | 64 | |
| T51 | Sergio Garcia | +17 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 78 | 297 | $23,554 | 64 | |
| T58 | Richard Finch | +18 | 75 | 73 | 78 | 72 | 298 | $21,284 | 0 | |
| T58 | Tom Gillis | +18 | 74 | 72 | 79 | 73 | 298 | $21,284 | 0 | |
| T58 | Kevin Stadler | +18 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 73 | 298 | $21,284 | 60 | |
| T58 | Scott Verplank | +18 | 77 | 67 | 78 | 76 | 298 | $21,284 | 60 | |
| T58 | Colin Montgomerie | +18 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 76 | 298 | $21,284 | 0 | |
| T58 | Peter Hanson | +18 | 71 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 298 | $21,284 | 0 | |
| T64 | Liang Wen-Chong | +19 | 77 | 71 | 77 | 74 | 299 | $20,385 | 0 | |
| T64 | Jonathan Lomas | +19 | 75 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 299 | $20,385 | 0 | |
| T64 | Soren Hansen | +19 | 75 | 69 | 77 | 78 | 299 | $20,385 | 0 | |
| T67 | Lee Westwood | +20 | 75 | 74 | 78 | 73 | 300 | $19,785 | 56 | |
| T67 | David Horsey | +20 | 74 | 70 | 79 | 77 | 300 | $19,785 | 0 | |
| T67 | Jean Baptiste Gonnet | +20 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 80 | 300 | $19,785 | 0 | |
| T70 | Brendan Jones | +21 | 74 | 73 | 83 | 71 | 301 | $18,686 | 0 | |
| T70 | Justin Rose | +21 | 74 | 72 | 82 | 73 | 301 | $18,686 | 53 | |
| T70 | Martin Wiegele | +21 | 75 | 74 | 78 | 74 | 301 | $18,686 | 0 | |
| T70 | John Rollins | +21 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 76 | 301 | $18,686 | 53 | |
| T70 | Craig Parry | +21 | 77 | 70 | 77 | 77 | 301 | $18,686 | 53 | |
| T70 | Jose Filipe Lima | +21 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 77 | 301 | $18,686 | 0 | |
| T70 | Jeff Overton | +21 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 79 | 301 | $18,686 | 53 | |
| T70 | Pablo Larrazabal | +21 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 79 | 301 | $18,686 | 0 | |
| T78 | Lucas Glover | +22 | 78 | 71 | 77 | 76 | 302 | $17,687 | 50 | |
| T78 | Nick Dougherty | +22 | 75 | 71 | 79 | 77 | 302 | $17,687 | 0 | |
| 80 | Martin Kaymer | +23 | 75 | 72 | 79 | 77 | 303 | $17,387 | 0 | |
| 81 | Philip Archer | +24 | 75 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 304 | $17,187 | 0 | |
| 82 | Sean O'Hair | +26 | 75 | 73 | 80 | 78 | 306 | $16,987 | 48 | |
| 83 | Chih-Bing Lam | +31 | 72 | 75 | 83 | 81 | 311 | $16,787 | 0 | |
| - | Paul Lawrie | CUT | 77 | 73 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Stewart Cink | CUT | 75 | 75 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Azuma Yano | CUT | 74 | 76 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | James Kingston | CUT | 77 | 73 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Prayad Marksaeng | CUT | 77 | 73 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Scott McCarron | CUT | 75 | 75 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Alex Cejka | CUT | 76 | 74 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Peter Baker | CUT | 75 | 75 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Yoshinobu Tsukada | CUT | 75 | 75 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Peter Appleyard | CUT | 74 | 76 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Pat Perez | CUT | 82 | 68 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Damien McGrane | CUT | 79 | 71 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Tom Watson | CUT | 74 | 76 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Aaron Baddeley | CUT | 75 | 75 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Richard Sterne | CUT | 78 | 72 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Pelle Edberg | CUT | 76 | 74 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Jon Bevan | CUT | 78 | 72 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Josh Cunliffe | CUT | 79 | 71 | - | - | 150 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Andrew Tampion | CUT | 78 | 73 | - | - | 151 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Mark O'Meara | CUT | 74 | 77 | - | - | 151 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Charles Howell III | CUT | 76 | 75 | - | - | 151 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Ryuji Imada | CUT | 77 | 74 | - | - | 151 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Brandt Snedeker | CUT | 72 | 79 | - | - | 151 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Soren Kjeldsen | CUT | 81 | 70 | - | - | 151 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Mark Calcavecchia | CUT | 76 | 75 | - | - | 151 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Geoff Ogilvy | CUT | 77 | 74 | - | - | 151 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Oliver Wilson | CUT | 77 | 74 | - | - | 151 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Vijay Singh | CUT | 80 | 71 | - | - | 151 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Hideto Tanihara | CUT | 76 | 75 | - | - | 151 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Craig Barlow | CUT | 79 | 72 | - | - | 151 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | David Smail | CUT | 76 | 76 | - | - | 152 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Michael Letzig | CUT | 78 | 74 | - | - | 152 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Niclas Fasth | CUT | 79 | 73 | - | - | 152 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Benjamin Hebert | CUT | 79 | 73 | - | - | 152 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Johan Edfors | CUT | 78 | 74 | - | - | 152 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Simon Dyson | CUT | 82 | 70 | - | - | 152 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Matt Kuchar | CUT | 79 | 73 | - | - | 152 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Hunter Mahan | CUT | 80 | 72 | - | - | 152 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Paul Goydos | CUT | 77 | 75 | - | - | 152 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Barry Hume | CUT | 76 | 76 | - | - | 152 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Tim Clark | CUT | 76 | 77 | - | - | 153 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Boo Weekley | CUT | 80 | 73 | - | - | 153 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Gary Boyd | CUT | 77 | 76 | - | - | 153 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Angel Cabrera | CUT | 77 | 77 | - | - | 154 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Rory Sabbatini | CUT | 79 | 75 | - | - | 154 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Miguel Jimenez | CUT | 72 | 82 | - | - | 154 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Rod Pampling | CUT | 77 | 77 | - | - | 154 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Doug McGuigan | CUT | 79 | 75 | - | - | 154 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Angelo Que | CUT | 76 | 78 | - | - | 154 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Jeff Quinney | CUT | 79 | 75 | - | - | 154 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Ewan Porter | CUT | 76 | 79 | - | - | 155 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Rohan Blizard | CUT | 78 | 77 | - | - | 155 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Hennie Otto | CUT | 79 | 77 | - | - | 156 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Scott Strange | CUT | 84 | 72 | - | - | 156 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | J.B. Holmes | CUT | 79 | 77 | - | - | 156 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Jamie Elson | CUT | 78 | 78 | - | - | 156 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Hiroshi Iwata | CUT | 73 | 84 | - | - | 157 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Reinier Saxton | CUT | 80 | 77 | - | - | 157 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Michio Matsumura | CUT | 82 | 76 | - | - | 158 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Tim Petrovic | CUT | 82 | 76 | - | - | 158 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Adam Blyth | CUT | 81 | 77 | - | - | 158 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Steve Webster | CUT | 79 | 80 | - | - | 159 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Philip Walton | CUT | 77 | 82 | - | - | 159 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Brad Lamb | CUT | 85 | 74 | - | - | 159 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Darren Fichardt | CUT | 82 | 78 | - | - | 160 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Jerry Kelly | CUT | 83 | 77 | - | - | 160 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Shintaro Kai | CUT | 80 | 81 | - | - | 161 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Danny Chia | CUT | 76 | 87 | - | - | 163 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Peter Fowler | CUT | 82 | 82 | - | - | 164 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | John Daly | CUT | 80 | 89 | - | - | 169 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Jamie Howarth | CUT | 85 | 84 | - | - | 169 | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Sandy Lyle | WD | - | - | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | |
| - | Rich Beem | WD | - | - | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | |
