2016 Open Championship
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | 14–17 July 2016 |
| Location | Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Course(s) | Royal Troon Golf Club |
| Organized by | The R&A |
| Tour(s) | |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 7,175 yd (6,561 m) |
| Field | 156 players |
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The 2016 Open Championship will be the 145th Open Championship, held 14–17 July 2016 at Royal Troon Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland. It will be the 9th Open Championship played at Royal Troon.
Media
The 2016 Open Championship will be the first to be televised domestically by Sky Sports, after it had been televised for free on the BBC through 2015. In the United States, it will be the first Open Championship to be televised by NBC (Golf Channel's parent network), after 55 years of being televised in the U.S. by ESPN/ABC; Golf Channel will furnish the first and second rounds of the tournament, marking the first time that Golf Channel will have coverage of a men's major championship.
Venue
The 2016 event will be the ninth Open Championship played at the Royal Troon Golf Club. The most recent was in 2004, with Todd Hamilton winning his first Open Championship title and his only major; it was the sixth occasion in a row that an American won the Open Championship at Royal Troon.
| Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seal | 370 | 4 | 10 | Sandhills | 438 | 4 | |
| 2 | Black Rock | 391 | 4 | 11 | The Railway | 490 | 4 | |
| 3 | Gyaws | 379 | 4 | 12 | The Fox | 431 | 4 | |
| 4 | Dunure | 560 | 5 | 13 | Burmah | 472 | 4 | |
| 5 | Greenan | 210 | 3 | 14 | Alton | 178 | 3 | |
| 6 | Turnberry | 601 | 5 | 15 | Crosbie | 483 | 4 | |
| 7 | Tel-el-Kebir | 405 | 4 | 16 | Well | 542 | 5 | |
| 8 | Postage Stamp | 123 | 3 | 17 | Rabbit | 222 | 3 | |
| 9 | The Monk | 423 | 4 | 18 | Craigend | 457 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,462 | 36 | In | 3,713 | 35 | |||
| Source:[1] | Total | 7,175 | 71 | |||||
Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[2]
Field
Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.[3] Dates when a qualifying category will be completely determined are indicated in italics.
- 1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 17 July 2016
Mark Calcavecchia, Stewart Cink (2), Darren Clarke (2), Ben Curtis, John Daly, David Duval, Ernie Els (2), Todd Hamilton, Pádraig Harrington (2), Zach Johnson (2,3,12,14), Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Sandy Lyle, Rory McIlroy (2,5,6,10,12), Phil Mickelson (2,14), Mark O'Meara, Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,5,12,14), Tiger Woods (2)
- Eligible but not expected to enter: Nick Faldo, Ian Baker-Finch, Nick Price
- 2. The Open Champions for 2006–2015
- 3. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2015 Open Championship
Jason Day (10,12,14), Sergio García, Brooks Koepka (12), Marc Leishman (14), Jordan Niebrugge (a), Justin Rose (5,8,12), Adam Scott (9,14), Jordan Spieth (8,9,12,14), Danny Willett (5,9)
- 4. The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) for Week 21, 2016
22 May
- 5. First 30 in the Race to Dubai for 2015
An Byeong-hun (6), Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Kristoffer Broberg, Victor Dubuisson, Ross Fisher, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Branden Grace (14), David Howell, Thongchai Jaidee (14), Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Martin Kaymer (8,11), Søren Kjeldsen, Anirban Lahiri (14,15), Shane Lowry, James Morrison, Thorbjørn Olesen, Thomas Pieters, Patrick Reed (12,14), Charl Schwartzel (14), Henrik Stenson (12), Andy Sullivan, Jaco van Zyl, Marc Warren, Bernd Wiesberger, Chris Wood
- 6. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2014–2016
29 May
- 7. First 5 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 5th place, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the Race to Dubai on completion of the 2016 BMW International Open
26 June
- 8. The U.S. Open Champions for 2012–2016
Webb Simpson, 19 June
- 9. The Masters Tournament Champions for 2012–2016
Bubba Watson (12,14)
- 10. The PGA Champions for 2011–2015
- 11. The Players Champions for 2014–2016
Rickie Fowler (12,14), 15 May
- 12. Top 30 players from the final 2015 FedEx Cup points list
Daniel Berger, Steven Bowditch (14), Paul Casey, Harris English, Jim Furyk, Bill Haas (14), Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes (14), Dustin Johnson (14), Kevin Kisner, Matt Kuchar (14), Danny Lee (14), Hideki Matsuyama (14), Kevin Na, Scott Piercy, Brandt Snedeker, Robert Streb, Jimmy Walker (14)
- Bae Sang-moon (14) was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea.
- 13. First 5 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 5th place, not exempt in the top 20 of the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list for 2016 on completion of the 2016 Quicken Loans National
26 June
- 14. Playing members of the 2015 Presidents Cup teams
- 15. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2015
- 16. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2015
- 17. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2015
- 18. The Japan Open Champion for 2015
- 19. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2015
Kim Kyung-tae, Yūsaku Miyazato
- 20. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, in a cumulative money list taken from all official 2015 Japan Golf Tour events up to and including the 2016 Japan Golf Tour Championship
5 June
- 21. The Senior Open Champion for 2015
- 22. The Amateur Champion for 2016
18 June
- 23. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2015
- Bryson DeChambeau forfeited his exemption by turning professional in April 2016.
- 24. The European Amateur Champion for 2015
Stefano Mazzoli (a)
- 25. The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2015
Jon Rahm (a)
- Open Qualifying Series
The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) consists of 10 events from the six major tours. Places are available to the leading players (not otherwise exempt) who finish in the top n and ties. In the event of ties, positions go to players ranked highest according to that week's OWGR.
| Location | Tournament | Date | Spots | Top | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Emirates Australian Open | 29 Nov | 3 | 10 | Nick Cullen, Matt Jones, Rod Pampling |
| Thailand | Thailand Golf Championship | 13 Dec | 4 | 12 | Jamie Donaldson, Phachara Khongwatmai, Clément Sordet, Lee Westwood |
| Africa | Joburg Open | 17 Jan | 3 | 10 | Zander Lombard, Haydn Porteous, Anthony Wall |
| Japan | Mizuno Open | 29 May | 4 | 12 | |
| Sweden | Nordea Masters | 5 Jun | 1 | 5 | |
| USA | FedEx St. Jude Classic | 12 Jun | 4 | 12 | |
| USA | Quicken Loans National | 26 Jun | 4 | 12 | |
| France | Alstom Open de France | 3 Jul | 4 | 12 | |
| Scotland | Scottish Open | 10 Jul | 4 | 12 | |
| USA | Greenbrier Classic | 10 Jul | 1 | 5 |
- Final Qualifying
The Final Qualifying events will be played on 28 June at four courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England. Three qualifying places are available at each location.
- Gailes Links –
- Hillside –
- Royal Cinque Ports –
- Woburn –
- Alternates
To make up the full field of 156, additional places are allocated in ranking order from the Official World Golf Ranking at the time that these places are made available by the Championship Committee.
Past champions expected in the field
References
- ↑ "The holes of Royal Troon". The Florida Times-Union. 14 July 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 25, 203. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- ↑ "The Open Championship – Entry Form – 2016". The Open. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Coverage on the European Tour's official site
- Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
- Coverage on the PGA of America's official site
| Preceded by 2016 U.S. Open |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 2016 PGA Championship |
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