Ben Curtis
Summary
- First major 2003 The Open
- Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 1-1-1 · 1.5 points (50.0%)
- Runner-up in majors 1 time
Wins
- 2003 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · 283 (-1) · by 1 stroke from Vijay Singh and Thomas Bjørn
Near misses
- 2007 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · finished T8 · 281 (-3)
- 2008 PGA Championship Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) · runner-up to Padraig Harrington · 279
- 2008 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T7 · 292 (+12)
Ryder Cup
1 Cups, 3 matches: 1 won, 1 lost, 1 halved, 1.5 points. Foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-1-1, singles 1-0-0.
- 2008 Valhalla Golf Club USA · USA won 16.5–11.5 · 1-1-1, 1.5 points · automatic
Rivals
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Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
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Moments
Results by championship
Best day
2003 The Open
Royal St George's Golf Club · 283 (-1) · by 1 stroke from Vijay Singh and Thomas Bjørn
Bjørn led by two with three to play, then needed three attempts to escape the greenside bunker at the 16th and made double bogey.
Curtis, playing his first major, holed an eight-foot par putt at the 18th to post 283, the only under-par total.
Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 2003.
Career line, 2003–2008
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- Major win
- Runner-up
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, USA
Ben Curtis was born on May 26, 1977, in Columbus, USA. Curtis won one major championship: the 2003 Open. Curtis played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (2008), winning 1, losing 1 and halving 1 of 3 matches for 1.5 points.
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The record
Wins in the majors (1)
- 2003 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · 283 (-1) · by 1 stroke from Vijay Singh and Thomas Bjørn
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
- 2007 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · finished T8 · 281 (-3)
- 2008 PGA Championship Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) · runner-up to Padraig Harrington · 279
- 2008 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T7 · 292 (+12)
Ryder Cup
Curtis played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 3 matches, 1 won, 1 lost, 1 halved, 1.5 points (50.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-1-1, singles 1-0-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 2008 Valhalla Golf Club USA · USA won 16.5–11.5 · 1-1-1, 1.5 points · automatic
Partners, with matches played together: Steve Stricker (2).
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.