Tournaments / 2012

The Open Championship

2012-07-19 · Royal Lytham St. Anne

Winner: Ernie Els
Winning score: -7
Field: 156
Field strength: +0.514 SG

The 2012 The Open Championship was played at Royal Lytham St. Anne, starting 19 July 2012. Ernie Els won at 7 under par (273), 1 stroke ahead of Adam Scott. The winning card was 67, 70, 68 and 68, and the win paid $1,405,890. Adam Scott finished second, and Brandt Snedeker and Tiger Woods tied for third. 156 players started the event. The field averaged +0.514 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 46% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.

Final leaderboard

Top 20 of 156. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.


1	Ernie Els	67	70	68	68	273	-7
2	Adam Scott	64	67	68	75	274	-6
T3	Brandt Snedeker	66	64	73	74	277	-3
T3	Tiger Woods	67	67	70	73	277	-3
T5	Graeme McDowell	67	69	67	75	278	-2
T5	Luke Donald	70	68	71	69	278	-2
T7	Nicolas Colsaerts	65	77	72	65	279	-1
T7	Thomas Aiken	68	68	71	72	279	-1
T9	Alex Noren	71	71	69	69	280	E
T9	Dustin Johnson	73	68	68	71	280	E
T9	Geoff Ogilvy	72	68	73	67	280	E
T9	Ian Poulter	71	69	73	67	280	E
T9	Mark Calcavecchia	71	68	69	72	280	E
T9	Matt Kuchar	69	67	72	72	280	E
T9	Miguel Angel Jiménez	71	69	73	67	280	E
T9	Thorbjørn Olesen	69	66	71	74	280	E
T9	Vijay Singh	70	72	68	70	280	E
T9	Zach Johnson	65	74	66	75	280	E
T19	Bill Haas	71	68	68	74	281	+1
T19	Hunter Mahan	70	71	70	70	281	+1

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The venue

This event was played at Royal Lytham St. Anne in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, ENG. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.

Common questions

Who won the The Open Championship in 2012?

Ernie Els won the 2012 The Open Championship at Royal Lytham St. Anne, finishing 7 under par.

Where was the 2012 The Open Championship played?

The 2012 The Open Championship was played at Royal Lytham St. Anne, starting 19 July 2012.

What was the winning score at the 2012 The Open Championship?

The winning score was 7 under par (273 strokes), posted by Ernie Els.

How many players were in the The Open Championship field?

156 players started the 2012 The Open Championship. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.

Where these numbers come from

Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.