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Sunday 20 July 2014PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
McIlroy wins the Open
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 July 2014 · Rory McIlroy’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse £5.400 million GBP · 143rd Open Championship
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/13°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/18°C · wind 30 km/h ESE, gusts 64 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/15°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 25 · 14.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/15°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Sergio Garcia ESP · 273Closed with a 66 and got within two with four holes left, but left his first bunker shot in a pot bunker at the 15th and bogeyed Rory McIlroy wins Open (AP via ESPN)
- Rickie Fowler USA · 273Played in the final group six behind; bogey-free 67 with three birdies on the last four holes was not enough Rory McIlroy wins Open (AP via ESPN)
156 started · cut +2, 72 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Rickie Fowler, Sergio García
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 July 2014
Very simple. It's going to be a big letdown for everyone. It was "process" and "spot". That was it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 July 2014
To sit here 25 years of age and win my third Major Championship and be three-quarters of the way to the career Grand Slam, yeah, I never dreamed of being at this point in my career so quickly.
AP via ESPN
20 July 2014
I think that we gave it a good effort. And there was someone a little bit better.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy | 66 · 66 · 68 · 71 | 271 | −17 |
| T2 | Rickie Fowler | 69 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T2 | Sergio Garcia | 68 · 70 · 69 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| 4 | Jim Furyk | 68 · 71 · 71 · 65 | 275 | −13 |
| T5 | Marc Leishman | 69 · 72 · 70 · 65 | 276 | −12 |
| T5 | Adam Scott | 68 · 73 · 69 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| T7 | Edoardo Molinari | 68 · 73 · 68 · 68 | 277 | −11 |
| T7 | Charl Schwartzel | 71 · 67 · 72 · 67 | 277 | −11 |
| T9 | Victor Dubuisson | 74 · 66 · 68 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Shane Lowry | 68 · 75 · 70 · 65 | 278 | −10 |
| T9 | Graeme McDowell | 74 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 278 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1989-05-04, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland; NIR; turned pro 2007; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 7; majors to date: 3; world No. 8 that week (OWGR rankBefore (OWGR player profile)).
What’s in the bag
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