The Open Championship past winners: Previous champions and results explored

The Open Championship is the upcoming tournament in the PGA Tour schedule, the last major of this season. The tournament will take place from July 17 at the Dunluce Course, flaunting a $17 million purse and running for four days.

The last winner of the Open Championship was Xander Schauffele, who defeated Justin Rose and Billy Horschel by two shots. Schauffele fired 69 in the first round of the tournament with three birdies, followed by 72 in the second round with two birdies. The third and fourth rounds saw 69 and 65 with four and six birdies, respectively.

In 2023, the Open Championship was won by Brian Harman with a 13-under score, and in 2022, the same tournament was won by Cameron Smith with a score of 20-under. The 2021 edition of the major event was triumphed by Collin Morikawa with a 15-under, and the 2020 edition was cancelled.

Here's the full list of the Open Championship winners over the last 15 years:

2024: Xander Schauffele: 9 under

2023: Brian Harman: 13 under

2022: Cameron Smith: 20 under

2021: Collin Morikawa: 15 under

2020: COVID-19 cancelled tournament

2019: Shane Lowry: 15 under

2018: Francesco Molinari: 8 under

2017: Jordan Spieth: 12 under

2016: Henrik Stenson: 20 under

2015: Zach Johnson: 15 under

2014: Rory McIlroy: 17 under

2013: Phil Mickelson: 3 under

2012: Ernie Els: 7 under

2011: Darren Clarke: 5 under

2010: Louis Oosthuizen: 16 under

Which golfers will play at the Open Championship?

The Open Championship field is headlined by Xander Schauffele, the defending champion. He won the tournament last year with a total score of 9-under. The field will also have other top-tier players like Ludvig Aberg, Patrick Cantlay, Tommy Fleetwood, Wyndham Clark, and others.

Here's the full field list for the Open Championship:

Ludvig Aberg

Cameron Adam

Mikiya Akutsu

Byeong Hun An

John Axelsen

Daniel Berger

Christiaan Bezuidenhout

Akshay Bhatia

George Bloor

Keegan Bradley

Daniel Brown

Dean Burmester

Sam Burns

Brian Campbell

Laurie Canter

Patrick Cantlay

John Catlin

Bud Cauley

Sebastian Cave

K.J. Choi

Stewart Cink

Wyndham Clark

Darren Clarke

Corey Conners

Martin Couvra

Jason Day

Bryson DeChambeau

Thomas Detry

Nico Echavarria

Si Woo Kim

Harris English

Ethan Fang

OJ Farrell

Darren Fichardt

Tony Finau

Matt Fitzpatrick

Tommy Fleetwood

Rickie Fowler

Ryan Fox

Sergio Garcia

Lucas Glover

Connor Graham

Max Greyserman

Ben Griffin

Julien Guerrier

Harry Hall

Brian Harman

Padraig Harrington

Justin Hastings

Tyrrell Hatton

Russell Henley

Lucas Herbert

Angel Hidalgo Portillo

Daniel Hillier

Tom Hoge

Rasmus Højgaard

Rikuya Hoshino

Viktor Hovland

Mackenzie Hughes

Sungjae Im

Shugo Imahira

Stephan Jaeger

Filip Jakubcik

Dustin Johnson

Zach Johnson

Ryggs Johnston

Frazer Jones

Matthew Jordan

Sadom Kaewkanjana

Takumi Kanaya

Riki Kawamoto

Michael Kim

Tom Kim

Nathan Kimsey

Chris Kirk

Curtis Knipes

Brooks Koepka

Jason Kokrak

Romain Langasque

Thriston Lawrence

Min Woo Lee

Marc Leishman

Justin Leonard

Haotong Li

Oliver Lindell

Shane Lowry

Curtis Luck

Robert MacIntyre

Matteo Manassero

Hideki Matsuyama

Denny McCarthy

Matt McCarty

Rory McIlroy

Tom McKibbin

Maverick McNealy

Phil Mickelson

Guido Migliozzi

Francesco Molinari

Collin Morikawa

Dylan Naidoo

Bryan Newman

Joaquin Niemann

Niklas Norgaard

Shaun Norris

Andrew Novak

Jacob Skov Olesen

Thorbjørn Olesen

Louis Oosthuizen

Carlos Ortiz

John Parry

Matthieu Pavon

Ryan Peake

Taylor Pendrith

Marco Penge

J.T. Poston

Aldrich Potgieter

Jon Rahm

Aaron Rai

Patrick Reed

Kristoffer Reitan

Justin Rose

Antoine Rozner

Adrien Saddier

Jesper Sandborg

Xander Schauffele

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Scott

Cameron Smith

Jordan Smith

Elvis Smylie

Sebastian Soderberg

Young-han Song

J.J. Spaun

Jordan Spieth

Henrik Stenson

Sepp Straka

Justin Suh

Jesper Svensson

Nick Taylor

Richard Teder

Sahith Theegala

Justin Thomas

Davis Thompson

Daniel van Tonder

Jhonattan Vegas

Matt Wallace

Justin Walters

Paul Waring

Lee Westwood

Cameron Young

Daniel Young

Kevin Yu

Sampson Zheng

Chris Gotterup

Nicolai Hojgaard

Matti Schmid

About the author

Suchita Chakraborty is a senior golf writer at Sportskeeda. She did her post-graduation at St. Xavier's University. For a year now, she has developed a riveting inclination toward golf, with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy being her top-tier motivational figures to indulge in the sport. She even lives by the words of the Hall of Famer, "You can always become better", which impels her to excel every day. Her strong suit in golf is covering the LPGA Tour, especially the nooks and crannies of the international event, the Solheim Cup. As a pastime amusement, Suchita also engages herself in reading about golf controversies. Her favorite pick is ‘LIV and Let Die’ by Alan Shipnuck, which covers the PGA-LIV beef.

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Edited by Hitesh Nigam