2016 British Open Championship leaderboard, results and prize money payouts

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2016 British Open Championship leaderboard, results and prize money payouts

07/17/2016 at 1:32 pm

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Henrik Stenson won the 2016 British Open Championship at Royal Troon to win his first major championship and the first major title for a Swedish man.

Stenson finished the championship at 20-under 264, setting the new 72-hole aggregate scoring record in British Open history and beating Tiger Woods' 2000 performance at St. Andrews for the lowest score against par in a British Open. He beat Phil Mickelson by hree shots, who finishes second in a major championship for the 11th time in his illustrious career.

Behind Mickelson was J.B. Holmes in third place at 6-under 278 and 49-year-old Steve Stricker in fourth place at 5 under par.

Stenson won the $1.52 million winner's share of the $8.4 million prize pool.

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2016 British Open Championship leaderboard, results and prize money payouts

POS	PLAYER	TO PAR	R1	R2	R3	R4	TOTAL	MONEY
1	Henrik Stenson	-20	68	65	68	63	264	$1,549,590
2	Phil Mickelson	-17	63	69	70	65	267	$890,190
3	J.B. Holmes	-6	70	70	69	69	278	$571,040
4	Steve Stricker	-5	67	75	68	69	279	$444,436
T5	Rory McIlroy	-4	69	71	73	67	280	$310,798
T5	Tyrrell Hatton	-4	70	71	71	68	280	$310,798
T5	Sergio Garcia	-4	68	70	73	69	280	$310,798
8	Andrew Johnston	-3	69	69	70	73	281	$224,196
T9	Dustin Johnson	-2	71	69	72	70	282	$178,477
T9	Soren Kjeldsen	-2	67	68	75	72	282	$178,477
T9	Bill Haas	-2	68	70	69	75	282	$178,477
T12	Matthew Southgate	-1	71	71	72	69	283	$122,154
T12	Andy Sullivan	-1	67	76	71	69	283	$122,154
T12	Emiliano Grillo	-1	69	72	72	70	283	$122,154
T12	Gary Woodland	-1	69	73	71	70	283	$122,154
T12	Zach Johnson	-1	67	70	75	71	283	$122,154
T12	Patrick Reed	-1	66	74	71	72	283	$122,154
T18	Miguel Jimenez	E	71	72	70	71	284	$91,492
T18	Charl Schwartzel	E	72	66	73	73	284	$91,492
T18	Keegan Bradley	E	67	68	76	73	284	$91,492
T18	Tony Finau	E	67	71	72	74	284	$91,492
T22	Lee Westwood	1	71	73	73	68	285	$69,113
T22	Jason Dufner	1	71	71	74	69	285	$69,113
T22	Justin Rose	1	68	77	70	70	285	$69,113
T22	David Howell	1	74	70	71	70	285	$69,113
T22	Jason Day	1	73	70	71	71	285	$69,113
T22	Thongchai Jaidee	1	71	74	69	71	285	$69,113
T22	Brandt Snedeker	1	73	73	68	71	285	$69,113
T22	Kevin Na	1	70	69	73	73	285	$69,113
T30	Jordan Spieth	2	71	75	72	68	286	$51,489
T30	Russell Knox	2	72	70	75	69	286	$51,489
T30	Darren Clarke	2	71	72	73	70	286	$51,489
T30	Ryan Palmer	2	72	73	71	70	286	$51,489
T30	Thomas Pieters	2	68	76	70	72	286	$51,489
T30	Haydn Porteous	2	70	76	68	72	286	$51,489
T36	Padraig Harrington	3	70	72	73	72	287	$42,861
T36	Francesco Molinari	3	69	71	73	74	287	$42,861
T36	Martin Kaymer	3	66	73	74	74	287	$42,861
T39	Bubba Watson	4	70	76	72	70	288	$37,091
T39	Matt Jones	4	69	73	75	71	288	$37,091
T39	Rafael Cabrera Bello	4	68	71	75	74	288	$37,091
T39	Webb Simpson	4	70	72	71	75	288	$37,091
T43	Adam Scott	5	69	73	76	71	289	$31,322
T43	Luke Donald	5	73	72	72	72	289	$31,322
T43	Jim Herman	5	70	70	72	77	289	$31,322
T46	Harris English	6	73	73	73	71	290	$25,227
T46	Richard Sterne	6	68	74	76	72	290	$25,227
T46	Rickie Fowler	6	69	72	76	73	290	$25,227
T46	Ryan Moore	6	70	73	74	73	290	$25,227
T46	Alexander Noren	6	70	72	73	75	290	$25,227
T46	Nicolas Colsaerts	6	72	73	70	75	290	$25,227
T46	Matt Kuchar	6	71	68	75	76	290	$25,227
T53	Danny Willett	7	71	75	74	71	291	$22,103
T53	Kevin Chappell	7	71	75	73	72	291	$22,103
T53	Kyung-tae Kim	7	70	71	77	73	291	$22,103
T53	Justin Thomas	7	67	77	74	73	291	$22,103
T53	Marc Leishman	7	74	69	75	73	291	$22,103
58	Ryan Evans	8	71	75	74	72	292	$21,364
T59	Daniel Summerhays	9	71	73	77	72	293	$21,034
T59	Jon Rahm	9	74	71	73	75	293	$21,034
T59	Jim Furyk	9	74	72	72	75	293	$21,034
T59	Byeong-Hun An	9	70	70	76	77	293	$21,034
T63	Mark O'Meara	10	71	72	78	73	294	$20,573
T63	Paul Lawrie	10	72	74	74	74	294	$20,573
T63	Graeme McDowell	10	75	71	72	76	294	$20,573
T66	Zander Lombard	11	69	76	74	76	295	$20,244
T66	Harold Varner, III	11	71	72	75	77	295	$20,244
T68	Marco Dawson	12	72	73	77	74	296	$19,848
T68	Patton Kizzire	12	76	70	75	75	296	$19,848
T68	James Hahn	12	74	72	74	76	296	$19,848
T68	Anirban Lahiri	12	69	72	76	79	296	$19,848
T72	Scott Hend	13	71	73	77	76	297	$19,320
T72	Yuta Ikeda	13	68	74	78	77	297	$19,320
T72	Branden Grace	13	70	74	76	77	297	$19,320
T72	Jamie Donaldson	13	69	73	76	79	297	$19,320
76	Kevin Kisner	14	70	72	80	76	298	$18,991
77	Charley Hoffman	15	71	73	78	77	299	$18,859
78	Colin Montgomerie	17	71	75	79	76	301	$18,726
T79	Kodai Ichihara	18	69	77	78	78	302	$18,529
T79	Soomin Lee	18	68	77	75	82	302	$18,529
81	Greg Chalmers	21	72	71	77	85	305	$18,331

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