2005 Open Championship: Tiger Woods wins at Old Course, St Andrews
Tiger Woods won the 2005 Open Championship at Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland with 274 (−14), by 5 strokes over Colin Montgomerie.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2005 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 14 July 2005 to 17 July 2005
- Course
- Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland
- Edition
- 134th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 72
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 80 (cut at 145)
- Purse
- £4,000,000 · winner's share £720,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Tiger Woods · age 29 · USA · born Cypress, USA
- Champion's title
- 2nd Open title
- World ranking entering
- No. 1
- Winning score
- 66-67-71-70 = 274 (−14) · won by 5 strokes
- Runner-up
- Colin Montgomerie (279)
- 54-hole leader
- Tiger Woods (204)
- Caddie
- Steve Williams
- Low amateur
- Lloyd Saltman (283)
Top 10 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 66 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Colin Montgomerie | 71 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | José María Olazábal | 68 | 70 | 68 | 74 | 280 | −8 |
| T3 | Fred Couples | 68 | 71 | 73 | 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Vijay Singh | 69 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Bernhard Langer | 71 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Sergio García | 70 | 69 | 69 | 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Retief Goosen | 68 | 73 | 66 | 74 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Michael Campbell | 69 | 72 | 68 | 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T5 | Geoff Ogilvy | 71 | 74 | 67 | 69 | 281 | −7 |
What happened at the 2005 Open Championship
Jack Nicklaus, playing his final Open, birdied the 18th on Friday after a long ovation and then missed the cut.
Woods led wire to wire to win by five, completing his second career Grand Slam at 29.
No source reached names a deciding hole; Woods led after every round and won by five.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's The Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: the-open.json (The Open room's data), with GNN's Open Championship addendum tables L (top ten by round), H (deciding hole), W (final-day weather).