The 2013 Open Championship was finally Phil Mickelson's time to win the major championship so few people, including Mickelson, ever thought he could take. He closed with an incredible, final-round, 5-under 66 to win by three shots over Henrik Stenson at Muirfield.
Mickelson won his fifth major title, earning more than $1.44 million, the winner's share of the $8 million purse.
2013 British Open leaderboard and final results and prize money payouts
| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOTAL | MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Mickelson | -3 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 281 | $1,442,826 |
| 2 | Henrik Stenson | E | 70 | 70 | 74 | 70 | 284 | $832,106 |
| T3 | Ian Poulter | 1 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 67 | 285 | $428,776 |
| T3 | Adam Scott | 1 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 285 | $428,776 |
| T3 | Lee Westwood | 1 | 72 | 68 | 70 | 75 | 285 | $428,776 |
| T6 | Hideki Matsuyama | 2 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 286 | $249,377 |
| T6 | Zach Johnson | 2 | 66 | 75 | 73 | 72 | 286 | $249,377 |
| T6 | Tiger Woods | 2 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 286 | $249,377 |
| T9 | Francesco Molinari | 3 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 287 | $175,582 |
| T9 | Hunter Mahan | 3 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 75 | 287 | $175,582 |
| T11 | Brandt Snedeker | 4 | 68 | 79 | 69 | 72 | 288 | $142,756 |
| T11 | Angel Cabrera | 4 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 288 | $142,756 |
| T13 | Justin Leonard | 5 | 74 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 289 | $121,381 |
| T13 | Miguel Angel Jimenez | 5 | 68 | 71 | 77 | 73 | 289 | $121,381 |
| T15 | Eduardo De La Riva | 6 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 69 | 290 | $95,043 |
| T15 | Harris English | 6 | 74 | 71 | 75 | 70 | 290 | $95,043 |
| T15 | Charl Schwartzel | 6 | 75 | 68 | 76 | 71 | 290 | $95,043 |
| T15 | Danny Willett | 6 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 290 | $95,043 |
| T15 | Matt Kuchar | 6 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 290 | $95,043 |
| T15 | Keegan Bradley | 6 | 75 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 290 | $95,043 |
| T21 | Stephen Gallacher | 7 | 76 | 70 | 76 | 69 | 291 | $72,218 |
| T21 | Darren Clarke | 7 | 72 | 71 | 76 | 72 | 291 | $72,218 |
| T21 | Richard Sterne | 7 | 75 | 75 | 68 | 73 | 291 | $72,218 |
| T21 | Rafael Cabrera Bello | 7 | 67 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 291 | $72,218 |
| T21 | Sergio Garcia | 7 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 75 | 291 | $72,218 |
| T26 | Jason Dufner | 8 | 72 | 77 | 76 | 67 | 292 | $56,873 |
| T26 | Stewart Cink | 8 | 72 | 75 | 76 | 69 | 292 | $56,873 |
| T26 | Jonas Blixt | 8 | 72 | 78 | 73 | 69 | 292 | $56,873 |
| T26 | Steven Tiley | 8 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 72 | 292 | $56,873 |
| T26 | Paul Lawrie | 8 | 81 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 292 | $56,873 |
| T26 | Ernie Els | 8 | 74 | 74 | 70 | 74 | 292 | $56,873 |
| T32 | Oliver Fisher | 9 | 70 | 78 | 77 | 68 | 293 | $39,251 |
| T32 | Shane Lowry | 9 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 293 | $39,251 |
| T32 | Fred Couples | 9 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 293 | $39,251 |
| T32 | Y.E. Yang | 9 | 78 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 293 | $39,251 |
| T32 | Thongchai Jaidee | 9 | 79 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 293 | $39,251 |
| T32 | Bubba Watson | 9 | 70 | 73 | 77 | 73 | 293 | $39,251 |
| T32 | Bud Cauley | 9 | 74 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 293 | $39,251 |
| T32 | Martin Kaymer | 9 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 75 | 293 | $39,251 |
| T32 | Jason Day | 9 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 77 | 293 | $39,251 |
| T32 | Dustin Johnson | 9 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 77 | 293 | $39,251 |
| T32 | Jamie Donaldson | 9 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 77 | 293 | $39,251 |
| T32 | Ryan Moore | 9 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 79 | 293 | $39,251 |
| T44 | Bo Van Pelt | 10 | 76 | 73 | 77 | 68 | 294 | $24,641 |
| T44 | Tim Clark | 10 | 72 | 76 | 76 | 70 | 294 | $24,641 |
| T44 | Martin Laird | 10 | 70 | 71 | 81 | 72 | 294 | $24,641 |
| T44 | Freddie Jacobson | 10 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 294 | $24,641 |
| T44 | Geoff Ogilvy | 10 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 294 | $24,641 |
| T44 | Mark Brown | 10 | 77 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 294 | $24,641 |
| T44 | K.J. Choi | 10 | 76 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 294 | $24,641 |
| T44 | Jordan Spieth | 10 | 69 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 294 | $24,641 |
| T44 | Shingo Katayama | 10 | 73 | 77 | 69 | 75 | 294 | $24,641 |
| T44 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 10 | 73 | 76 | 73 | 72 | 294 | $0 |
| T54 | Padraig Harrington | 11 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 70 | 295 | $20,955 |
| T54 | Marcus Fraser | 11 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 72 | 295 | $20,955 |
| T54 | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 11 | 70 | 79 | 73 | 73 | 295 | $20,955 |
| T54 | Carl Pettersson | 11 | 74 | 76 | 70 | 75 | 295 | $20,955 |
| T58 | Mark O'Meara | 12 | 67 | 78 | 77 | 74 | 296 | $20,077 |
| T58 | Richie Ramsay | 12 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 74 | 296 | $20,077 |
| T58 | Boo Weekley | 12 | 74 | 76 | 71 | 75 | 296 | $20,077 |
| T58 | Tom Lehman | 12 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 296 | $20,077 |
| T58 | Graeme McDowell | 12 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 77 | 296 | $20,077 |
| T58 | Johnson Wagner | 12 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 78 | 296 | $20,077 |
| T64 | Ben Curtis | 13 | 74 | 71 | 80 | 72 | 297 | $19,085 |
| T64 | Chris Wood | 13 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 297 | $19,085 |
| T64 | Branden Grace | 13 | 74 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 297 | $19,085 |
| T64 | Webb Simpson | 13 | 73 | 70 | 77 | 77 | 297 | $19,085 |
| T64 | Bernd Wiesberger | 13 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 297 | $19,085 |
| T64 | Gregory Bourdy | 13 | 76 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 297 | $19,085 |
| T64 | Ken Duke | 13 | 70 | 77 | 73 | 77 | 297 | $19,085 |
| T71 | Gareth Wright | 14 | 71 | 78 | 75 | 74 | 298 | $18,398 |
| T71 | George Coetzee | 14 | 76 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 298 | $18,398 |
| T73 | Shiv Kapur | 15 | 68 | 77 | 83 | 71 | 299 | $17,864 |
| T73 | Kyung-tae Kim | 15 | 73 | 76 | 77 | 73 | 299 | $17,864 |
| T73 | Russell Henley | 15 | 78 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 299 | $17,864 |
| T73 | Todd Hamilton | 15 | 69 | 81 | 70 | 79 | 299 | $17,864 |
| T73 | Thomas Bjorn | 15 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 80 | 299 | $17,864 |
| T73 | Jimmy Mullen | 15 | 71 | 78 | 75 | 75 | 299 | $0 |
| T79 | Kevin Streelman | 16 | 74 | 71 | 82 | 73 | 300 | $17,253 |
| T79 | Mikko Ilonen | 16 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 300 | $17,253 |
| T79 | Peter Senior | 16 | 74 | 76 | 73 | 77 | 300 | $17,253 |
| 82 | Josh Teater | 17 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 77 | 301 | $16,947 |
| 83 | Graham DeLaet | 19 | 76 | 72 | 76 | 79 | 303 | $16,795 |
| 84 | Sandy Lyle | 23 | 76 | 72 | 80 | 79 | 307 | $16,642 |
| MC | Oscar Floren | CUT | 74 | 77 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Marc Leishman | CUT | 76 | 75 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Kyle Stanley | CUT | 82 | 69 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Alvaro Quiros | CUT | 77 | 74 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Michael Thompson | CUT | 72 | 79 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Bill Haas | CUT | 77 | 74 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Marcel Siem | CUT | 75 | 76 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | George Murray | CUT | 76 | 75 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Thomas Aiken | CUT | 71 | 80 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Jimmy Walker | CUT | 72 | 79 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Nicolas Colsaerts | CUT | 75 | 76 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Camilo Villegas | CUT | 72 | 79 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Niclas Fasth | CUT | 77 | 75 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Jim Furyk | CUT | 78 | 74 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Luke Donald | CUT | 80 | 72 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Hiroyuki Fujita | CUT | 78 | 74 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Justin Harding | CUT | 78 | 74 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Steve Dartnall | CUT | 80 | 72 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Marc Warren | CUT | 72 | 80 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Justin Rose | CUT | 75 | 77 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Nick Watney | CUT | 75 | 77 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Mark Calcavecchia | CUT | 72 | 80 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Hyung-Sung Kim | CUT | 76 | 76 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Toru Taniguchi | CUT | 78 | 75 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | D.A. Points | CUT | 78 | 75 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Ben Stow | CUT | 76 | 77 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | A-Shun Wu | CUT | 76 | 77 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Robert Garrigus | CUT | 78 | 75 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | John Senden | CUT | 77 | 76 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Garrick Porteous | CUT | 76 | 77 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Tom Watson | CUT | 75 | 78 | MC | MC | 153 | $0 |
| MC | Vijay Singh | CUT | 77 | 77 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Thorbjorn Olesen | CUT | 78 | 76 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Rickie Fowler | CUT | 78 | 76 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Gareth Maybin | CUT | 78 | 76 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Robert Karlsson | CUT | 77 | 77 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Scott Stallings | CUT | 76 | 78 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | David Lynn | CUT | 79 | 75 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Billy Horschel | CUT | 74 | 80 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Rory McIlroy | CUT | 79 | 75 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | John Huh | CUT | 74 | 80 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Kenichi Kuboya | CUT | 76 | 79 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Darryn Lloyd | CUT | 79 | 76 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | David Duval | CUT | 76 | 79 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Richard McEvoy | CUT | 73 | 82 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Steven Jeffress | CUT | 76 | 79 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | John Wade | CUT | 74 | 81 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Thaworn Wiratchant | CUT | 79 | 77 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Lucas Glover | CUT | 80 | 76 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Brett Rumford | CUT | 79 | 77 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Scott Jamieson | CUT | 80 | 76 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Lloyd Saltman | CUT | 79 | 77 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Brooks Koepka | CUT | 76 | 80 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Estanislao Goya | CUT | 75 | 81 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Brendan Jones | CUT | 78 | 78 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Steven Fox | CUT | 78 | 79 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Matteo Manassero | CUT | 76 | 81 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Daisuke Maruyama | CUT | 78 | 79 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | CUT | 72 | 85 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Brian Davis | CUT | 80 | 77 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Nick Faldo | CUT | 79 | 78 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
| MC | Luke Guthrie | CUT | 78 | 80 | MC | MC | 158 | $0 |
| MC | Grant Forrest | CUT | 73 | 86 | MC | MC | 159 | $0 |
| MC | Makoto Inoue | CUT | 83 | 76 | MC | MC | 159 | $0 |
| MC | Scott Brown | CUT | 79 | 81 | MC | MC | 160 | $0 |
| MC | Rhys Pugh | CUT | 84 | 77 | MC | MC | 161 | $0 |
| MC | Satoshi Kodaira | CUT | 80 | 81 | MC | MC | 161 | $0 |
| MC | Tyrrell Hatton | CUT | 82 | 79 | MC | MC | 161 | $0 |
| MC | Scott Piercy | CUT | 74 | 88 | MC | MC | 162 | $0 |
| WD | Peter Hanson | WD | WD | WD | WD | WD | -0 | $0 |
| WD | Louis Oosthuizen | WD | WD | WD | WD | WD | -0 | $0 |
| WD | Alexander Noren | WD | 83 | WD | WD | WD | 83 | $0 |
