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 |
