2011 Open Championship: Darren Clarke wins at Royal St George's Golf Club
Darren Clarke won the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England with 275 (−5), by 3 strokes over Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2011 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 14 July 2011 to 17 July 2011
- Course
- Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England
- Edition
- 140th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 70
- Purse
- £5,000,000 · winner's share £900,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Darren Clarke · age 42 · Northern Ireland · born Dungannon, Northern Ireland
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- World ranking entering
- No. 111
- Winning score
- 68-68-69-70 = 275 (−5) · won by 3 strokes
- Runners-up
- Dustin Johnson (278), Phil Mickelson (278)
- 54-hole leader
- Darren Clarke (205)
- Deciding hole
- No. 7, round 4
- Final-day weather
- windy and wet: "More inclement weather arrived on Sunday, leading to a scoring average of 73.61 for the final day"
- Low amateur
- Tom Lewis (289)
Top 11 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Clarke | 68 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 275 | −5 |
| T2 | Phil Mickelson | 70 | 69 | 71 | 68 | 278 | −2 |
| T2 | Dustin Johnson | 70 | 68 | 68 | 72 | 278 | −2 |
| 4 | Thomas Bjørn | 65 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 279 | −1 |
| T5 | Chad Campbell | 69 | 68 | 74 | 69 | 280 | E |
| T5 | Anthony Kim | 72 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 280 | E |
| T5 | Rickie Fowler | 70 | 70 | 68 | 72 | 280 | E |
| 8 | Raphaël Jacquelin | 74 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 281 | +1 |
| T9 | Sergio García | 70 | 70 | 74 | 68 | 282 | +2 |
| T9 | Simon Dyson | 68 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 282 | +2 |
| T9 | Davis Love III | 70 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 282 | +2 |
What happened at the 2011 Open Championship
Two strokes back with five to play, Dustin Johnson hit his second shot out of bounds at the par-5 14th and made double bogey.
Mickelson went out in 30 on Sunday to tie Clarke for the lead, then faded on the back nine.
After Mickelson briefly caught him, Clarke's eagle at the 7th "followed by nine rock-solid pars clinched victory", per the R&A.
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).