2019 Open Championship: Shane Lowry wins at Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce Links)
Shane Lowry won the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce Links), Northern Ireland with 269 (−15), by 6 strokes over Tommy Fleetwood.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2019 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 18 July 2019 to 21 July 2019
- Course
- Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce Links), Northern Ireland
- Edition
- 148th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 71 · 7,344 yards
- Purse
- $10,750,000 · winner's share $1,935,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Shane Lowry · age 32 · Ireland · born Mullingar, Ireland
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- World ranking entering
- No. 33
- Winning score
- 67-67-63-72 = 269 (−15) · won by 6 strokes
- Runner-up
- Tommy Fleetwood (275)
- 54-hole leader
- Shane Lowry (197)
- Deciding hole
- No. 14, round 4
- Final-day weather
- windy and wet: Lowry won "in a raging wind and pouring rain"; the wind was "strong enough to break an umbrella".
- Caddie
- Brian "Bo" Martin
Top 10 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Lowry | 67 | 67 | 63 | 72 | 269 | −15 |
| 2 | Tommy Fleetwood | 68 | 67 | 66 | 74 | 275 | −9 |
| 3 | Tony Finau | 68 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 277 | −7 |
| T4 | Lee Westwood | 68 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 278 | −6 |
| T4 | Brooks Koepka | 68 | 69 | 67 | 74 | 278 | −6 |
| T6 | Robert MacIntyre | 68 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Tyrrell Hatton | 68 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Danny Willett | 74 | 67 | 65 | 73 | 279 | −5 |
| T6 | Rickie Fowler | 70 | 69 | 66 | 74 | 279 | −5 |
| 10 | Patrick Reed | 71 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 280 | −4 |
What happened at the 2019 Open Championship
Lowry shot 63 on Saturday, a course record since the 2016 remodel, to lead by four.
Rory McIlroy opened with 79 at home in Portrush and missed the cut by one despite a Friday 65.
Tommy Fleetwood made double bogey at the 14th while Lowry bogeyed, leaving Lowry five ahead; Fleetwood called it "a bit of a killer blow".
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 2019
- PGA Tour course stats
- R&A 2019
- Sky Sports
- AP via Local 12
- Fox4 (AP)