The 2021 Open Championship, officially the 149th

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, was a

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tournament played 15–18 July at

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. It was originally scheduled for 16–19 July 2020, but was cancelled due to the

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. It was the 15th Open Championship at Royal St George's, and the first since

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won in

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. The championship was won by

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with a score of 265, 15-under-par, two strokes ahead of

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. Morikawa became the first player to win on his Open Championship debut since Ben Curtis in

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, also at Royal St George's. He also became the first male golfer to win two majors on debut – backing up his 2020 PGA Championship success.

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broke

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's record of playing in the most majors without a win, with 88.

Organisation

The Open Championship was organised by

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, and was included in the

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, and

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calendars under the major championships category. The tournament was a 72-hole (4 rounds)

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competition held over 4 days, with 18 holes played each day. Play was in groups of three for the first two days, and groups of two in the final two days. Groupings for the first two days were decided by the organisers, with each group having one morning, and one afternoon tee time. On the final two days, players teed off in reverse order of aggregate score, with the leaders last. After 36 holes there was a

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, after which the top 70 and ties progressed through to compete in the third and fourth rounds. In the event of a tie for the lowest score after four rounds, a four-hole aggregate

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would be held to determine the winner; this would be followed by sudden-death extra holes if necessary until a winner emerged. The previous record for attendance at Royal St George's was 183,000 but organisers expected the 2020 edition to exceed 200,000. Friday, Saturday and Sunday tickets sold out well in advance, with a few Thursday tickets still to be sold. With COVID-19 restrictions in place, up to 32,000 fans were allowed to attend each day of the tournament.

Cancellation in 2020

In March 2020,

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released a statement regarding the

, stating they were examining a range of scenarios for staging the championships, with the focus on proceeding as planned, but also considering other available contingency options. On 6 April, the R&A announced the Championship was cancelled for 2020; it was the first time since the

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that the event was not held. Only the Open Championships for men (Open and Senior Open) were not played; the Women's Open was played behind closed doors.

Venue

The 2021 Open Championship was the 149th edition of the tournament and was held at

. It is located in Sandwich Bay, a long sweeping inlet of the sea between

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and

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, on the east coast of

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. The coastal area consists of sand flats with their associated salt marshes and coastal sand dunes. These conditions are well suited to

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, with Prince's Golf Club (1932) and

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(1909, 1920), both previous Open venues, found immediately north and south of St George's. In preparation for the Open Championship, Royal St George's tasked golf course architects Mackenzie and Ebert to make alterations to the course. Large bunkers at the 4th and 7th holes, and a large bare sand area to the left of the 5th hole, were restored. Two bunkers to the left of the 17th green were replaced by a swale and bunkering was altered on the 18th hole. Improvements were also made to the practice facilities. Royal St George's is the only venue on the current rota located in

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. The 2021 tournament was the 15th edition held at the venue, having first hosted in

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, when it became the first club outside

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to host the championship. The previous edition held at the venue was in

, won by

. The closest large city is

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, about west-northwest. To accommodate for the tournament, the local station had the platforms extended to accommodate 12-carriage trains. There is a dedicated camping and glamping area, called The Open Camping Village, with a capacity for 2,200 people. The local town had a

in bloom initiative to try to encourage much more tourist activity than in 2011.

Course layout

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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. The criteria were updated in December 2020, with the R&A adding additional criteria and extending others. Further adjustments were announced in May and June 2021, with additional places being available through final qualifying, and several additional exemptions added through nominated

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Talor Gooch Talor Keith Gooch (born November 14, 1991) is an American professional golfer. Early life and amateur career Gooch was born in Midwest City, Oklahoma. He played college golf at Oklahoma State University. He was already drawing notice for his ta ...

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Mike Lorenzo-Vera Michaël Lorenzo-Vera (born 28 January 1985) is a French former professional golfer who played on the European Tour. Career Lorenzo-Vera was born in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in South-West France. After turning professional in 2005, Lorenz ...

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Alex Norén Alexander Norén (born 12 July 1982) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has won ten tournaments on the European Tour, including the 2017 BMW PGA Championship, BMW PGA Championship, the Aberdeen Ass ...

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Garrick Higgo Garrick Higgo (born 12 May 1999) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He has won three times on the European Tour, winning the 2020 Open de Portugal and the Gran Canaria ...

Guido Migliozzi Guido Migliozzi (born 25 January 1997) is an Italian professional golfer. He has four wins on the European Tour. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Professional career Migliozzi turned professional in 2016. In 2017 and 2018 he played ...

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Matt Kuchar Matthew Gregory Kuchar (born June 21, 1978) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and formerly the Nationwide Tour. He has won nine times on the PGA Tour. Kuchar briefly enjoyed success in the early 2000s before suffering a ...

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Chez Reavie William Chesney "Chez" Reavie (born November 12, 1981) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Early career Reavie was born in Wichita, Kansas. He attended Dobson High School in Mesa, Arizona. He played college golf at Ari ...

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Adam Hadwin Adam Jerald Hadwin (born 2 November 1987) is a Canadian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won once on the PGA Tour, twice on the Web.com Tour, and twice on the Canadian Tour. Early life Hadwin was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatche ...

Pan Cheng-tsung Pan Cheng-tsung (, born 12 November 1991), known professionally as C. T. Pan, is a Taiwanese professional golfer who currently competes on the PGA Tour. In 2019, Pan became just the second Taiwanese golfer to win on the PGA Tour. He has repre ...

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Open Qualifying Series

The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) for the 2020 Open Championship was to consist of twelve events from the six major tours, however only four events took place prior to cancellation of the Open in 2020. The 13 players who had qualified from these four events retained their eligibility for 2021. The remaining tournaments were either cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic or proceeded without offering places in the Open. 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 Official World Golf Ranking, OWGR.

Final Qualifying

In 2020, thirteen regional qualifying events were scheduled to be held at Alwoodley, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Burhill, Caldy, Fairhaven, Frilford Heath, Kedleston Park, Minchinhampton, Moor Park, Northamptonshire County, and Rochester & Cobham Park in England, Panmure in Scotland, and County Louth in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Final Qualifying events were then to be played on 1 July 2020 with at least twelve places in the championship available. The events were to be hosted at Fairmont St Andrews in Scotland, and Notts Golf Club, Notts (Hollinwell), Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich, Prince's and St Annes Old Links Golf Club, St Annes Old Links in England. Following the postponement of the championship to 2021, the R&A announced in March 2021 that regional qualifying would be held on 26 and 27 June at Notts (Hollinwell), Prince's, St Annes Old Links and West Lancashire, with final qualifying at the same venues on 29 June. The announcement also confirmed that least eight places would be available through final qualifying. In May, the number of available places was increased to the usual twelve. The Final Qualifying events were played on 29 June at four courses. Three qualifying places were available at each location, with 72 golfers competing at each.

Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, 15 July 2021''

, the 2010 champion and runner-up in the previous two majors, opened with seven straight pars before making six birdies in a span of nine holes. He shot a bogey-free 64 (−6) and took a one-shot lead after the first round.

was one-over on the round before making four straight birdies on the front-nine. After making birdie on both the 15th and 16th, he finished with a round of 65 (−5) to tie

for second place. Five Englishmen were inside the top-10 after 18 holes, including 2019 runner-up

, who birdied the last hole to shoot three-under 67 and join a 10-way tie for ninth place. Defending champion

had a one-over 71, as did

, who won the last time the Open was held at Royal St George's in 2011.

, winner of the 2021 PGA Championship, PGA Championship two months earlier and the 2013 Open Championship, 2013 Open champion, had a 10-over 80, his worst score at this tournament since 1998, and finished the round tied for last place. Lin Yuxin was the leading amateur after a round of 69. :Source:

Second round

''Friday, 16 July 2021'' First-round leader

set a 36-hole Open Championship scoring record after a round of 65 (−5). After consecutive birdies on holes 12 and 13, Oosthuizen eagled the par-five 14th to go six-under on his round and open a three-shot lead. He bogeyed the 16th, his first bogey of the tournament, before finishing with pars on the final two holes to post 11-under. His total of 129 broke by one shot the previous 36-hole scoring record, first set by Nick Faldo in 1992 and

in 2012.

, making his Open debut, had seven birdies and only one bogey in a six-under round of 64. He led by three shots after finishing his round in the morning before being passed by Oosthuizen in the afternoon, ending up two shots back at nine-under.

was tied for the lead after being four-under through 12 holes before a bogey on the 15th dropped him back to eight-under following a round of 67 (−3). Matti Schmid had a second-round 65 to equal the record for the lowest round by an amateur in the Open Championship; a record set by Tom Lewis (golfer), Tom Lewis in 2011, also at Royal St George's. Schmid had an opening-round 74, leaving him on 139 after two rounds, 1-under-par. Lin Yuxin was the other amateur to make the cut, after a second round 72. 77 players made the 36-hole cut at 141 (+1). Notable players to miss the cut included past champions

, and

. :Source:

Third round

''Saturday, 17 July 2021''

held the outright lead for the third consecutive round after a one-under-par 69. Oosthuizen began the round with six pars before making a birdie on the seventh and ninth holes to open a two-shot lead at 13-under-par. At the par-three 11th, he failed to get up-and-down after missing the green with his tee shot for his first bogey of the round. Right of the green on the 13th, he left his chip shot short and made his second bogey in three holes to fall back into a tie for the lead. He made a birdie on the par-three 16th with an approach shot within eight feet, finishing the round at 12-under-par and with a one-shot lead.

, two behind at the start of the round, was two-over-par for his first five holes before coming back with a birdie on the par-five seventh and another from 25 feet on the eighth hole. He made another long birdie putt on the 13th and tapped in for birdie on the par-five 14th after reaching the green in two, making a two-under 68 and ending up at 11-under-par.

made five birdies in his first 10 holes and was part of a three-way tie for the lead with Oosthuizen and Morikawa on the back-nine. He bogeyed the 11th from a greenside bunker, three-putted for par on the 14th, and, on the 17th, failed to get over the false front of the green with his approach shot from the fairway and made another bogey. After missing a birdie putt on the 18th, Spieth's two-foot-putt for par also missed. He played his last eight holes in three-over-par to fall back to third place at nine-under-par, three shots behind the leader.

moved into a tie for fourth place after a third-round 66.

had the best round of the day, a 5-under-par 65. :Source:

Final round

''Sunday, 18 July 2021''

Summary

became the first player since

to win in his Open Championship debut, shooting a bogey-free 66 (−4) to finish two shots ahead of runner-up

. Beginning the round a shot off the lead, Morikawa made six straight pars before getting up-and-down from short of the green on the par-five seventh hole. He made a 25-foot putt for birdie on the eighth and finished his front-nine with a third straight birdie on the ninth to get to 14-under and take a three-shot lead into the back-nine. He made another long birdie putt over a ridge on the par-five 14th, and managed to save par from the fescue to the left of the green on the 15th. With pars on his final three holes, Morikawa finished at 15-under, not recording a bogey over his last 31 holes of the tournament.

, seeking his second Open title, was two-over on his round before making an eagle on the seventh and playing holes 7 to 14 in six-under-par to get within one of Morikawa. But he was unable to get any closer, finishing with four pars and ending up at 13-under-par for the tournament.

, leader through the first three rounds, fell from the lead with a bogey on the fourth hole and suffered another bogey on the seventh after hitting his bunker shot across the green into another bunker. He didn't make a birdie until the par-three 11th, his tee shot hitting off the flagstick before settling within five feet. He shot a one-over-par 71 and finished tied for third at 11-under-par, four behind Morikawa. 2021 U.S. Open (golf), U.S. Open champion

eagled the seventh and made four straight birdies on his back-nine to shoot 66 (−4) and tie Oosthuizen for third place. With the win, Morikawa became the first player to win two major championships within their first eight career starts since Bobby Jones (golfer), Bobby Jones, and the first to win two different majors in his tournament debut.

Final leaderboard

:Source:

Scorecard

''Final round'' ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''

Media

The 2021 Open Championship was televised by Comcast in both the United Kingdom and the United States, domestically in the UK with the Sky Sports brand, and in the United States by the Golf Channel brand, including Golf Channel on NBC, broadcast network coverage on weekends.

Notes

References

External links

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