2016 Open Championship: Henrik Stenson wins at Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course)
Henrik Stenson won the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Scotland with 264 (−20), by 3 strokes over Phil Mickelson.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2016 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 14 July 2016 to 17 July 2016
- Course
- Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Scotland
- Edition
- 145th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 71 · 7,190 yards
- Purse
- £6,500,000 · winner's share £1,175,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Henrik Stenson · age 40 · Sweden · born Gothenburg, Sweden
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- World ranking entering
- No. 6
- Winning score
- 68-65-68-63 = 264 (−20) · won by 3 strokes
- Runner-up
- Phil Mickelson (267)
- 54-hole leader
- Henrik Stenson (201)
- Deciding hole
- No. 15, round 4
Top 11 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henrik Stenson | 68 | 65 | 68 | 63 | 264 | −20 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | 63 | 69 | 70 | 65 | 267 | −17 |
| 3 | J. B. Holmes | 70 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 278 | −6 |
| 4 | Steve Stricker | 67 | 75 | 68 | 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T5 | Rory McIlroy | 69 | 71 | 73 | 67 | 280 | −4 |
| T5 | Tyrrell Hatton | 70 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 280 | −4 |
| T5 | Sergio García | 68 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 280 | −4 |
| 8 | Andrew Johnston | 69 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 281 | −3 |
| T9 | Dustin Johnson | 71 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 282 | −2 |
| T9 | Søren Kjeldsen | 67 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 282 | −2 |
| T9 | Bill Haas | 68 | 70 | 69 | 75 | 282 | −2 |
What happened at the 2016 Open Championship
Stenson birdied the 14th, 15th, 16th and 18th in a closing 63 for a major-record 264.
Mickelson opened with 63 and shot 65 on Sunday, eagling the 4th, yet still finished three behind.
Stenson holed a birdie putt of more than 51 feet at the 15th, the putt the R&A says "would come to define his lifting of the Claret Jug".
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 2016
- PGA Tour course stats
- R&A 2016
- R&A feature