The 2019 Open Championship was the 148th

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, played at

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. It was the second Open Championship at Portrush, which last hosted in

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, won by

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. Royal Portrush saw major alterations in preparation for the tournament, including replacing two of the holes.

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won his first

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title by six strokes over

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33rd coming into the tournament, Lowry's previous biggest wins were the 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and the 2019

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. Lowry became the second player from the

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to win a major after

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. Lowry shot 67 in both the first and second rounds to share the lead with

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after 36 holes. He shot a course record (since the 2016 renovation) 63 in the third round to have a four-stroke lead over

going into the final day. After shooting a 72 in challenging conditions on the last day, Lowry was able to convert a four-shot 54-hole lead into major victory, after failing to do the same at the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont. Fleetwood finished solo second for the second time in a major, having previously achieved the feat at the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills. Major champions

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, and

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competed in a major in their native Northern Ireland for the first time. Clarke was given the honour of the opening tee shot and described the event as a watershed moment for Northern Ireland, as hosting was seen as unrealistic during the years when violence ravaged the province. McIlroy was the pre-tournament favourite but shot an 8-over-par 79 in the first round, which included a quadruple bogey eight on the first hole, a double bogey five on the 16th, and a triple bogey seven on the 18th. Despite shooting a 6-under-par 65 in the second round for a two-over-par total, he missed the cut by a single stroke. Clarke also missed the cut, and McDowell finished tied-57th. Defending champion

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made the cut on the number and finished tied for 11th with a 3-under-par 281.

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finished tied 4th to become the fifth player, after

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, and

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, to finish top-five in all four majors in a single season. The 36-hole cut was 143 (+1) and better; 73 advanced to the weekend, but no amateurs, so the Silver Medal was not awarded this year.

Media

The 2019 Open Championship was televised by the

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Group in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland (both on

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), and the United States (

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on its cable service on Thursday and Friday, while on

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its broadcast service on weekends). It was the fourth year of both channels airing the tournament, but the first since

acquired Sky in late 2018, vertically integrating the two. At the

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, Comcast integrated the two channels' coverage for the first time since the acquisition, and is expected to feature coverage from both networks' commentators.

Venue

Changes to the course for the Open

Specialists Mackenzie & Ebert oversaw changes to the course in preparation for the 2019 Open. The work began in 2015 and it was the first major changes to the Harry Colt designed links since the 1930s. Changes included: * Removing the 17th and 18th holes. Holes 7 to 16 became holes 9 to 18. * Two new holes (the current 7th and 8th), which were created with land taken from the Valley course. * Reshaping some of the greens. * Nine holes had new tees, there were several new bunkers, and the course was lengthened by 201 yards.

Card of the course

Dunluce Links – Championship tees If required a three-hole aggregate playoff, followed by sudden death, would have used the 1st, 13th, and 18th holes. Length of the course for the previous Open: *

: , par 72

Field

The Open Championship field was made up of 156 players, who gained entry through various exemption criteria and qualifying tournaments. The criteria included past Open champions, recent major winners, top ranked players in the world rankings and from the leading world tours, and winners and high finishers from various designated tournaments, including the Open Qualifying Series; the winners of designated amateur events, including

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and

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, also gained exemption provided they remain an amateur. Anyone not qualifying via exemption, and had a handicap of 0.4 or lower, could gain entry through regional and final qualifying events.

Criteria and exemptions

Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses. 1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2019 *

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13. Top 5 players, not already exempt, within the top 20 of the

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points list through the

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did not play.'' 14. Winner of the 2018 Open de Argentina * Isidro Benítez 15. Playing members of the 2018 Ryder Cup teams 16. Winner of the

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Order of Merit 17. Winner of the

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Order of Merit * Jake McLeod (OQS Australia) 18. Winner of the

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Order of Merit *

Zander Lombard Zander Lombard (born 18 January 1995) is a South African professional golfer. Amateur career As an amateur, Lombard won several events in Africa and represented South Africa in the Eisenhower Trophy in 2012 and 2014. In 2014, he was runner-up a ...

19. Winner of the 2018 Japan Open *

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20. Winner of the 2019

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21. Top 2 on the

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Official Money List *

Shugo Imahira Shugo Imahira (born 2 October 1992) is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played full-time on the Japan Golf Tour since 2015 and has won four times on the tour, between 2017 and 2019. He was the leading money winner on the tour in 2018 and 20 ...

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22. Top player, not already exempt, on the 2019 Japan Golf Tour Official Money List through the

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* Mikumu Horikawa 23. Winner of the 2018

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24. Winner of the 2019

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(a) 25. Winner of the 2018

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Viktor Hovland Viktor Hovland (born 18 September 1997) is a Norwegian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He won the 2018 U.S. Amateur and then became the first Norwegian to win on the PGA Tour (at the 2020 Puerto Rico Open) and on the European Tou ...

forfeited his exemption by turning professional in June 2019.'' 26. Winners of the 2019

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(a) 27. Recipient of the 2018

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*'' Braden Thornberry forfeited his exemption by turning professional in December 2018.'' 28. Winner of the 2018

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Open Qualifying Series

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. Places were available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who finished in the top ''n'' and ties. In the event of ties, positions went to players ranked highest according to that week's

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Final Qualifying

The Final Qualifying events were played on 2 July at four courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England. Three qualifying places were available at each location, with 72 golfers competing at each. Sam Locke and

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were successful at Final Qualifying for the second consecutive year. Brandon Wu was exempt from regional qualifying because he was ranked in the top ten in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, while Tom Thurloway was exempted by winning the 2018 English Amateur closed championship. Other qualifiers were exempted from regional qualifying by virtue of a top 1000 Official World Golf Ranking at the date of entry.

Alternates

To make up the full field of 156, additional places were allocated in ranking order from the

at the time that these places were made available by the Championship Committee. The first 14 alternates were added using the week 25 rankings on 26 June; two of those declined spots and were replaced by the next two alternates. :From the Week 25 (week ending 23 June) Official World Golf Ranking: *

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(ranked 53) *

(54) *

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(57) *''Scott Piercy Scott Piercy (born November 6, 1978) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Early life Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, Piercy played college golf at San Diego State and turned professional after graduation in 2001. C ...
(59)'' *

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(60) * Luke List (67) *

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(70) *'' ~~Ryan Moore~~ (75)'' * Tom Lewis (76) *

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(78) *

Joost Luiten Willibrordus Adrianus Maria "Joost" Luiten (born 7 January 1986) is a Dutch professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. Early life and amateur career Luiten was born in Bleiswijk and started playing golf at 6 years old at Golf Centrum R ...

(79) *

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(80) *

Joel Dahmen Joel Isaac Dahmen (born November 11, 1987) is an American professional golfer. Amateur career Born and raised in Clarkston, Washington, Dahmen was a two-time Washington Interscholastic Activities Association 3A state golf champion at Clarksto ...

(81) *

Corey Conners Corey Conners (born January 6, 1992) is a Canadian professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour. Conners has played on PGA Tour Canada, PGA Tour Latinoamérica, and the Web.com Tour. Amateur career Conners was raised in Listowel, Onta ...

(82) *

Andrea Pavan Andrea Pavan (born 27 April 1989) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He has won twice on the tour, the 2018 D+D Real Czech Masters and the 2019 BMW International Open. Amateur career Pavan won the Italian Amateur S ...

(83) *

Mikko Korhonen Mikko Korhonen (born 23 July 1980) is a Finnish professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour. He won the 2018 Shot Clock Masters and the 2019 Volvo China Open. Professional career Korhonen turned professional at the late age of 24 ...

(85) :From the Week 27 (week ending 7 July) Official World Golf Ranking: *

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(79) *

Kevin Streelman Kevin Streelman (born November 4, 1978) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Early years and amateur career Born in Winfield, Illinois, Streelman, who caddied at famed three-time U.S. Open venue Chicago Golf Club while g ...

(85) *

Rory Sabbatini Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini (born 2 April 1976) is a South African-Slovak professional golfer. Sabbatini won six times on the PGA Tour between 2000 and 2011 and was runner-up in the 2007 Masters. He spent 21 weeks in the world top-10 in late-2 ...

(86) *

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(88)

Weather

* Thursday: Mostly cloudy with intermittent showers. High of . Winds WSW with gusts of . * Friday: Mostly cloudy with occasional rain showers. High of . Winds NNE . * Saturday: Cloudy with periods of sunshine. High of . Winds WNW with gusts of . * Sunday: Due to expected inclement weather, final round tee times ran from 7:32 a.m. to 1:47 p.m. Rainy with periods of heavy rain. High of . Winds SSW with gusts of .

Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, 18 July 2019''

, winner of four of the last ten majors, shot a three-under 68 and was two strokes off the lead, tied for third with twelve others.

hit his highest first round score in the Open, a seven-over 78.

opened with 66 for a one-shot lead over early leader

. It was the second time he'd led in a major championship, the other time being the second round of the

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shot an 8-over-par 79 which included a quadruple bogey eight on the first hole, a double bogey five on the 16th and a triple bogey seven on the 18th. Two weeks after his win at the

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finished two shots off the first-round lead. :

Second round

''Friday, 19 July 2019'' After round two,

and

shared the lead on eight under.

sat at tied-8th, the 12th consecutive major he'd been in the top 20. Four players,

(T5),

(T18),

(T48) and

(MC), posted a second round 6-under-par 65, the current course record (since renovation). 73 professionals and no amateurs made the cut line of 143 (+1). McIlroy missed the cut by one stroke, for the first time since

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and

both missed the cut, the first time this had happened in 83 majors. Local resident

, and defending champion,

, made the cut on number. Amateurs: Kanaya (+2),

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(+2), Schmid (+5), Wu (+7), Knipes (+9), Thurloway (+14) :

Third round

''Saturday, 20 July 2019''

shot an 8-under-par 63 to break the course record since it was remodeled in 2016. His 197 set a new 54-hole scoring record at the Open, beating the 198 set by

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at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. He became the 12th player since 2000 to be leading in a major by four or more strokes, with only three of them failing to go on and win, including Lowry himself at the 2016 U.S. Open.

sat tied-6th in his 82nd major start, which is the second highest number of major starts without a victory, with only

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(87) having more. The light afternoon winds favoured the later starters, and led to lower scores than in the first two days. :

Final round

''Sunday, 21 July 2019''

Summary

Sunday’s tee times were moved forward due to the adverse weather forecast. The first tee time for the final round at Royal Portrush was at 7:32am BST, with the two leaders beginning their final round at 1:47pm.

shot a 1-over-par 72, with only

scoring lower (71) out of the players in the top 10 after round 3. It meant Lowry won with a six shot margin ahead

, the highest winning margin in a major since

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in the 2014 U.S. Open. Lowry had a clear lead throughout the round, and was generally praised for his composure in testing weather conditions, with some remarking about the similarity to his 2009 Irish Open win when he still had amateur status.

Final leaderboard

''Note: Top 10 and ties qualify for the

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; top 4 and ties qualify for the

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'' :

Scorecard

:''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' :

Aftermath

Reaction from Lowry

Lowry was interviewed by host broadcaster, Sky Sports, where he discussed his victory: :''"It's like an out-of-body experience! I was so calm coming down the last, I cannot believe it. The weather was awful but I had a look around, and everyone was struggling. It became a two-horse race with Tommy, and I just tried to focus on staying ahead."'' :''"I suppose I talked to my caddie Bo a lot today, I said 'I cannot stop thinking about winning, holding the claret jug'. He just said, 'stay focused', and what a job he did today. I cannot wait to wake up tomorrow and feel what it feels like it is phenomenal."''

Media and sporting reaction

Lowry's victory was widely covered in Ireland, and was featured on the front page of newspapers in both the Republic and Northern Ireland. As Lowry advanced towards victory, the crowds gathered at

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for the

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quarter-final double header received updates on the big screens in the stadium.

Statistics

Course

Source:

Player

The leading player in each category were: Source:

Driver conformity issues

Before the start of the championship,

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made random inspections of players' clubs and found four drivers out of 30 tested did not comply with the characteristic time (CT) test requirements, including that of

. It was also reported that 15 drivers had failed similar testing in May 2019 at the

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event on the

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Notes

References

External links

Royal Portrush 2019 (Official site)Coverage on the PGA of America's official site
{{Golf on NBC The Open Championship Golf tournaments in Northern Ireland