2017 Open Championship: Jordan Spieth wins at Royal Birkdale Golf Club
Jordan Spieth won the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England with 268 (−12), by 3 strokes over Matt Kuchar.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2017 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 20 July 2017 to 23 July 2017
- Course
- Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England
- Edition
- 146th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 70 · 7,156 yards
- Purse
- $10,250,000 · winner's share $1,845,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Jordan Spieth · age 23 · USA · born Dallas, USA
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- World ranking entering
- No. 3
- Winning score
- 65-69-65-69 = 268 (−12) · won by 3 strokes
- Runner-up
- Matt Kuchar (271)
- 54-hole leader
- Jordan Spieth (199)
- Deciding hole
- No. 15, round 4
- Low amateur
- Alfie Plant (286)
Top 10 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Spieth | 65 | 69 | 65 | 69 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Matt Kuchar | 65 | 71 | 66 | 69 | 271 | −9 |
| 3 | Li Haotong | 69 | 73 | 69 | 63 | 274 | −6 |
| T4 | Rory McIlroy | 71 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 275 | −5 |
| T4 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 67 | 73 | 67 | 68 | 275 | −5 |
| T6 | Matthew Southgate | 72 | 72 | 67 | 65 | 276 | −4 |
| T6 | Marc Leishman | 69 | 76 | 66 | 65 | 276 | −4 |
| T6 | Alex Norén | 68 | 72 | 69 | 67 | 276 | −4 |
| T6 | Branden Grace | 70 | 74 | 62 | 70 | 276 | −4 |
| T6 | Brooks Koepka | 65 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 276 | −4 |
What happened at the 2017 Open Championship
At the 13th Spieth's wild tee shot led to an unplayable lie, and he played from the practice area to save bogey while Kuchar took the lead.
Spieth nearly aced the 14th for birdie, then holed a 48-foot eagle putt at the par-5 15th to regain the lead.
Having saved bogey from an unplayable lie at the 13th, Spieth holed a long eagle putt at the par-5 15th; the PGA Tour says "the decisive blow came at the par-5 15th".
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).