2024 Open Championship: Xander Schauffele wins at Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course)
Xander Schauffele won the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Scotland with 275 (−9), by 2 strokes over Billy Horschel and Justin Rose.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2024 in The Open room, or every year on The Open winners list.
- Dates
- 18 July 2024 to 21 July 2024
- Course
- Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Scotland
- Edition
- 152nd Open Championship
- Format
- 72 holes of stroke play
- Par
- 71 · 7,385 yards
- Purse
- $17,000,000 · winner's share $3,100,000
- Trophy
- Claret Jug (replica to winner)
- Champion
- Xander Schauffele · age 30 · USA · born San Diego (La Jolla), USA
- Champion's title
- 1st Open title
- World ranking entering
- No. 3
- How he got in
- exempt (PGA champions, 5-year)
- Winning score
- 69-72-69-65 = 275 (−9) · won by 2 strokes
- Runners-up
- Billy Horschel (277), Justin Rose (277)
- 54-hole leader
- Billy Horschel (209) · Xander Schauffele was 1 stroke back
- Deciding hole
- No. 16, round 4
- Final-day weather
- improved (type not stated): "Weather conditions had improved on Sunday after players were forced to battle the elements" on moving day.
- Caddie
- Austin Kaiser
- Low amateur
- Calum Scott (292)
Top 12 as recorded
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xander Schauffele | 69 | 72 | 69 | 65 | 275 | −9 |
| T2 | Justin Rose | 69 | 68 | 73 | 67 | 277 | −7 |
| T2 | Billy Horschel | 72 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 277 | −7 |
| 4 | Thriston Lawrence | 71 | 74 | 65 | 68 | 278 | −6 |
| 5 | Russell Henley | 69 | 75 | 66 | 69 | 279 | −5 |
| 6 | Shane Lowry | 66 | 69 | 77 | 68 | 280 | −4 |
| T7 | Jon Rahm | 73 | 70 | 72 | 68 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | Sungjae Im | 76 | 72 | 66 | 69 | 283 | −1 |
| T7 | Scottie Scheffler | 70 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 283 | −1 |
| T10 | Matthew Jordan | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 284 | E |
| T10 | Adam Scott | 70 | 77 | 66 | 71 | 284 | E |
| T10 | Daniel Brown | 65 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 284 | E |
What happened at the 2024 Open Championship
Schauffele closed with a bogey-free 65, with birdies at the 11th, 13th, 14th and 16th (four birdies in six back-nine holes), then two closing pars.
Kim Si-woo made a hole-in-one at the 238-yard 17th on Saturday, the longest in Open history.
Schauffele's birdie at the 16th, his fourth of the back nine, moved him into "a commanding position", per the R&A.
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) and D (confirmed dates).
Sources
- R&A 2024
- PGA Tour course stats
- Golf Business News (R&A announcement)
- R&A dates page