2007 Open Championship: Pádraig Harrington wins at Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course)
Pádraig Harrington won the 2007 Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course), Scotland with 277 (−7), beating Sergio García in a playoff.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2007 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 19 July 2007 to 22 July 2007
- Course
- Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course), Scotland
- Edition
- 136th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 71
- Field
- 156
- Made the cut
- 70 (cut at 146)
- Purse
- £4,200,000 · winner's share £750,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Pádraig Harrington · age 35 · Ireland · born Dublin, Ireland
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- World ranking entering
- No. 10
- Winning score
- 69-73-68-67 = 277 (−7)
- Runner-up
- Sergio García (277)
- 54-hole leader
- Sergio García (204) · Pádraig Harrington was 6 strokes back
- Playoff
- 4-hole aggregate; beat Sergio García; Harrington 15; García 16
- Caddie
- Ronan Flood
- Low amateur
- Rory McIlroy (289)
Top 11 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pádraig Harrington | 69 | 73 | 68 | 67 | 277 | −7 |
| 2 | Sergio García | 65 | 71 | 68 | 73 | 277 | −7 |
| 3 | Andrés Romero | 71 | 70 | 70 | 67 | 278 | −6 |
| T4 | Richard Green | 72 | 73 | 70 | 64 | 279 | −5 |
| T4 | Ernie Els | 72 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Stewart Cink | 69 | 73 | 68 | 70 | 280 | −4 |
| T6 | Hunter Mahan | 73 | 73 | 69 | 65 | 280 | −4 |
| T8 | Steve Stricker | 71 | 72 | 64 | 74 | 281 | −3 |
| T8 | K. J. Choi | 69 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 281 | −3 |
| T8 | Ben Curtis | 72 | 74 | 70 | 65 | 281 | −3 |
| T8 | Mike Weir | 71 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 281 | −3 |
What happened at the 2007 Open Championship
Harrington twice found the Barry Burn at the 72nd hole and made double bogey, then García's 10-foot par putt to win lipped out.
Harrington eagled the 14th in his closing 67, and in the playoff he birdied the 1st while García bogeyed it.
No source reached says where it was decided: Harrington double-bogeyed the 72nd hole, García lipped out a 10-foot par putt to win at the 18th, and in the playoff Harrington birdied the first hole while García bogeyed it.
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).