Tournaments / 2013
The Open Championship
2013-07-18 · Muirfield
- Winner
- Phil Mickelson
- Winning score
- -3
- Field
- 156
- Field strength
- +0.503 SG
The 2013 The Open Championship was played at Muirfield, starting 18 July 2013. Phil Mickelson won at 3 under par (281), 3 strokes ahead of Henrik Stenson. The winning card was 69, 74, 72 and 66, and the win paid $1,442,826. Henrik Stenson finished second, and Adam Scott, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood tied for third. 156 players started the event. The field averaged +0.503 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 47% 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.
- Phil Mickelson
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 74
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 281
- Henrik Stenson
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 74
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 284
- Adam Scott
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 285
- Ian Poulter
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 75
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 285
- Lee Westwood
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 75
- Total
- 285
- Hideki Matsuyama
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 286
- Tiger Woods
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 286
- Zach Johnson
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 75
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 286
- Francesco Molinari
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 74
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 287
- Hunter Mahan
- Pos
- T9
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 75
- Total
- 287
- Brandt Snedeker
- Pos
- T11
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 79
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 288
- Ángel Cabrera
- Pos
- T11
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 73
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 288
- Justin Leonard
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 74
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 289
- Miguel Angel Jiménez
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 77
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 289
- Charl Schwartzel
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 75
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 76
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 290
- Danny Willett
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 75
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 290
- Eduardo De La Riva
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 75
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 290
- Harris English
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 75
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 290
- Keegan Bradley
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 75
- R2
- 74
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 290
- Matt Kuchar
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 74
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 71
- Total
- 290
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 84 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.337
- Top-20 hit rate
- 55%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 20.5
Grade is this event’s percentile (67th) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Tiger Woods | 1st | 6th |
| Matt Kuchar | 2nd | 15th |
| Jason Dufner | 3rd | 26th |
| Webb Simpson | 4th | 64th |
| Phil Mickelson | 5th | 1st |
| Sergio Garcia | 6th | 21st |
| Bo Van Pelt | 7th | 44th |
| Adam Scott | 8th | 3rd |
| Dustin Johnson | 9th | 32nd |
| Zach Johnson | 10th | 6th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Danny Willett | 79th | 15th(−64) |
| Rafa Cabrera Bello | 84th | 21st(−63) |
| Darren Clarke | 82nd | 21st(−61) |
| Webb Simpson | 4th | 64th(+60) |
| Francesco Molinari | 67th | 9th(−58) |
| Graham DeLaet | 27th | 83rd(+56) |
| Stephen Gallacher | 76th | 21st(−55) |
| Shane Lowry | 78th | 32nd(−46) |
| Kevin Streelman | 34th | 79th(+45) |
| Josh Teater | 37th | 82nd(+45) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at Muirfield in Muirfield, SCO. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the The Open Championship in 2013?
- Phil Mickelson won the 2013 The Open Championship at Muirfield, finishing 3 under par.
Where was the 2013 The Open Championship played?
- The 2013 The Open Championship was played at Muirfield, starting 18 July 2013.
What was the winning score at the 2013 The Open Championship?
- The winning score was 3 under par (281 strokes), posted by Phil Mickelson.
How many players were in the The Open Championship field?
- 156 players started the 2013 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.