2021 Open Championship: Collin Morikawa wins at Royal St George's Golf Club
Collin Morikawa won the 2021 Open Championship at Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England with 265 (−15), by 2 strokes over Jordan Spieth.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2021 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 15 July 2021 to 18 July 2021
- Course
- Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England
- Edition
- 149th Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 70 · 7,189 yards
- Purse
- $11,500,000 · winner's share $2,070,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Collin Morikawa · age 24 · USA · born Los Angeles, USA
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- World ranking entering
- No. 4
- Winning score
- 67-64-68-66 = 265 (−15) · won by 2 strokes
- Runner-up
- Jordan Spieth (267)
- 54-hole leader
- Louis Oosthuizen (198) · Collin Morikawa was 1 stroke back
- Deciding hole
- No. 14, round 4
- Caddie
- J.J. Jakovac
- Low amateur
- Matthias Schmid (282)
Top 11 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collin Morikawa | 67 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 265 | −15 |
| 2 | Jordan Spieth | 65 | 67 | 69 | 66 | 267 | −13 |
| T3 | Jon Rahm | 71 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 269 | −11 |
| T3 | Louis Oosthuizen | 64 | 65 | 69 | 71 | 269 | −11 |
| 5 | Dylan Frittelli | 66 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 271 | −9 |
| T6 | Brooks Koepka | 69 | 66 | 72 | 65 | 272 | −8 |
| T6 | Mackenzie Hughes | 66 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 272 | −8 |
| T8 | Dustin Johnson | 68 | 65 | 73 | 67 | 273 | −7 |
| T8 | Robert MacIntyre | 72 | 69 | 65 | 67 | 273 | −7 |
| T8 | Daniel Berger | 70 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 273 | −7 |
| T8 | Scottie Scheffler | 67 | 66 | 69 | 71 | 273 | −7 |
What happened at the 2021 Open Championship
Morikawa went out in 32 on Sunday to take control and closed with 66 for a 265 total.
Louis Oosthuizen set the Open 36-hole record of 129 but shot 71 on Sunday and tied for third.
Per the R&A, "a crucial gain on the 14th gave the 23-year-old a two-shot cushion that he would not relinquish".
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).