Tournaments / 2012
The Open Championship
2012-07-19 · Royal Lytham St. Anne
- Winner
- Ernie Els
- Winning score
- -7
- Field
- 156
- Field strength
- +0.514 SG
The 2012 The Open Championship was played at Royal Lytham St. Anne, starting 19 July 2012. Ernie Els won at 7 under par (273), 1 stroke ahead of Adam Scott. The winning card was 67, 70, 68 and 68, and the win paid $1,405,890. Adam Scott finished second, and Brandt Snedeker and Tiger Woods tied for third. 156 players started the event. The field averaged +0.514 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 46% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 156. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Ernie Els
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 273
- Adam Scott
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 75
- Total
- 274
- Brandt Snedeker
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 277
- Tiger Woods
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 277
- Graeme McDowell
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 75
- Total
- 278
- Luke Donald
- Pos
- T5
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 278
- Nicolas Colsaerts
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 77
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 279
- Thomas Aiken
- Pos
- T7
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 279
- Alex Noren
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 280
- Dustin Johnson
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 280
- Geoff Ogilvy
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 280
- Ian Poulter
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 280
- Mark Calcavecchia
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 280
- Matt Kuchar
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 280
- Miguel Angel Jiménez
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 280
- Thorbjørn Olesen
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 280
- Vijay Singh
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 280
- Zach Johnson
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 74
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 75
- Total
- 280
- Bill Haas
- Pos
- T19
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 281
- Hunter Mahan
- Pos
- T19
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 281
The venue
This event was played at Royal Lytham St. Anne in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, ENG. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the The Open Championship in 2012?
- Ernie Els won the 2012 The Open Championship at Royal Lytham St. Anne, finishing 7 under par.
Where was the 2012 The Open Championship played?
- The 2012 The Open Championship was played at Royal Lytham St. Anne, starting 19 July 2012.
What was the winning score at the 2012 The Open Championship?
- The winning score was 7 under par (273 strokes), posted by Ernie Els.
How many players were in the The Open Championship field?
- 156 players started the 2012 The Open Championship. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.