151st Open Championship – Final round notes 

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Brian Harman (Photo by Stuart Franklin/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)

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Here’s everything you need to know from the final round of the last men’s Major of 2023 – The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.

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Final Leaderboard

Pos. Player R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1st Brian Harman 67 65 69 70 271 (-13)
T2 Tom Kim 74 68 68 67 277 (-7)
T2 Sepp Straka 71 67 70 69 277 (-7)
T2 Jason Day 72 67 69 69 277 (-7)
T2 Jon Rahm 74 70 63 70 277 (-7)

 

 

 

 

Brian Harman (Winner/-13)

  • Third career PGA TOUR win and first major championship title (340th career start at the age of 36 years, 6 months, 4 days)
  • PGA TOUR wins (3)2014 John Deere Classic, 2017 Wells Fargo Championship, 2023 Open Championship
  • 168th start since the 2017 Wells Fargo Championship
  • 6 years, 2 months, 16 days (2,268 days) since the 2017 Wells Fargo Championship
  • 30th career start in a major (previous-best result: T2, 2017 U.S. Open)
  • Eighth career start at The Open Championship (previous-best result: T6, 2022)
  • Last five wins by six strokes or more on TOUR
Brian Harman 2023 Open Championship 6
Ryan Brehm 2022 Puerto Rico Open 6
Bryson DeChambeau 2020 U.S. Open 6
Dustin Johnson 2020 FedEx St. Jude Championship (at TPC Boston) 11
Joaquin Niemann 2019 Greenbrier Classic 6

 

  • Players to win majors by six strokes or more in the last 25 years 
Brian Harman 2023 Open Championship 6
Bryson DeChambeau 2020 U.S. Open 6
Shane Lowry 2019 Open Championship 6
Martin Kaymer 2014 U.S. Open 8
Rory McIlroy 2012 PGA Championship 8
Rory McIlroy 2011 U.S. Open 8
Louis Oosthuizen 2010 Open Championship 7
Tiger Woods 2000 Open Championship 8
Tiger Woods 2000 U.S. Open 15

 

  • Last five players to earn first major championship title
Brian Harman 2023 Open Championship
Wyndham Clark 2023 U.S. Open
Cameron Smith 2022 Open Championship
Matt Fitzpatrick 2022 U.S. Open
Scottie Scheffler 2022 Masters Tournament

 

  • Last five wins by left-handed players on TOUR
Brian Harman 2023 Open Championship
Garrick Higgo 2021 Palmetto Championship at Congaree
Phil Mickelson 2021 PGA Championship
Phil Mickelson 2019 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
Bubba Watson 2018 Travelers Championship

 

  • Last five wins by left-handed players in majors
Brian Harman 2023 Open Championship
Phil Mickelson 2021 PGA Championship
Bubba Watson 2014 Masters Tournament
Phil Mickelson 2013 Open Championship
Bubba Watson 2012 Masters Tournament

 

  • Moves from No. 26 to No. 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking, the highest position of his career
  • Moves from No. 18 to No. 6 in the FedExCup standings
  • Projected to move to No. 3 in the United States Ryder Cup standings; the top six in the standings through the BMW Championship will automatically qualify
  • 2-for-4 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR (1-for-2 in majors)
  • 1-for-6 with the 36-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR (1-for-2 in majors)
  • Players leading by five strokes or more through 36 holes in majors are now 9-for-9 converting to victory in the last 40 years
  • Players leading by five strokes or more through 54 holes in majors are now 10-for-12 converting to victory in the last 40 years
  • Entered the week with 29 top-10s on the PGA TOUR since the start of the 2017-18 season, which was the most of any player without a win in that span (now Tommy Fleetwood, 27)

Miscellaneous notes

  • The top seven players on the leaderboard represent seven different countries (United States, South Korea, Austria, Australia, Spain, Argentina, Northern Ireland
  • Tom Kim and Sepp Straka (T2) earn their first career top-five finishes in majors
  • Rory McIlroy (T6) now has 20 top-10s in majors since his most recent major title (2014 PGA Championship), the most of any player in that span; McIlroy has seven top-10s in the last eight majors
  • Max Homa finishes T10, his first career top-10 in a major championship (17th major start)
  • World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler finishes T23, snapping a streak of 18 consecutive results of T12 or better

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