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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