2014 Open Championship: Rory McIlroy wins at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Rory McIlroy won the 2014 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England with 271 (−17), by 2 strokes over Rickie Fowler and Sergio García.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2014 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 17 July 2014 to 20 July 2014
- Course
- Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England
- Edition
- 143rd Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 72 · 7,312 yards
- Purse
- £5,400,000 · winner's share £975,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Rory McIlroy · age 25 · Northern Ireland · born Holywood, Northern Ireland
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- World ranking entering
- No. 8
- How he got in
- exempt (OWGR top 50, 26 May 2014)
- Winning score
- 66-66-68-71 = 271 (−17) · won by 2 strokes
- Runners-up
- Rickie Fowler (273), Sergio García (273)
- 54-hole leader
- Rory McIlroy (200)
- Deciding hole
- No. 15, round 4
Top 11 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 66 | 66 | 68 | 71 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Sergio García | 68 | 70 | 69 | 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Rickie Fowler | 69 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 273 | −15 |
| 4 | Jim Furyk | 68 | 71 | 71 | 65 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Marc Leishman | 69 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Adam Scott | 68 | 73 | 69 | 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Charl Schwartzel | 71 | 67 | 72 | 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Edoardo Molinari | 68 | 73 | 68 | 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Shane Lowry | 68 | 75 | 70 | 65 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Graeme McDowell | 74 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Victor Dubuisson | 74 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 278 | −10 |
What happened at the 2014 Open Championship
McIlroy added a birdie and two eagles over the last five holes of round three to stretch his lead to six.
On Sunday Sergio García cut the gap to two, but he failed to escape a greenside bunker at the 15th and bogeyed.
Sergio García, who had closed within two of McIlroy, left his ball in a greenside bunker at the 15th and bogeyed; Golf Compendium says "his momentum ended" there.
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).
Sources
- GC 2014
- PGA Tour course stats
- R&A 2014
- AP via WTOP