152nd Open Champion – Final Leaderboard
Pos. |
Player |
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
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) |
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Xander Schauffele (Winner/-9)
- Ninth PGA TOUR victory and second major championship title (2024 PGA Championship) in his 180th TOUR start at 30 years, 8 months, 26 days
- PGA TOUR wins (9): 2017 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, 2017 TOUR Championship, 2018 WGC-HSBC Champions, 2019 The Sentry, 2022 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, 2022 Travelers Championship, 2022 Genesis Scottish Open, 2024 PGA Championship, 2024 Open Championship
- First player to win multiple major championships in the same year since Brooks Koepka (2018 U.S. Open, 2018 PGA Championship)
- First player to win the PGA Championship and The Open Championship in the same year since Rory McIlroy (2014)
- Third player since 2014 to win The Open Championship after entering the week inside the top five in the Official World Golf Ranking (Xander Schauffele/2024/No. 3, Collin Morikawa/2021/No. 4, Jordan Spieth/2017/No. 3).
- First player to win The Open Championship after not holding at least a share of the lead after any of the first three rounds since Collin Morikawa (2021)
- First time all four majors in a year were won by players from the United States since 1982 (Craig Stadler/Masters Tournament, Tom Watson/U.S. Open, The Open Championship, Raymond Floyd/PGA Championship); the last non-American to win a major championship is Jon Rahm (2023 Masters Tournament)
- Only player with top-10 finishes in all four majors in 2024 (T8/Masters Tournament, Won/PGA Championship, T7/U.S. Open, Won/The Open Championship)
- Moves from No. 3 to No. 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking
- Remains No. 2 in the FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List; trails Scottie Scheffler by 1,935 points
- Seventh career start at The Open Championship (previous-best result: T2/2018)
- Owns 12 top-10 finishes in 18 starts this season, second-most behind Scottie Scheffler (14)
Additional Player Notes
- Justin Rose (T2/-7) posts his fourth career runner-up finish in a major championship and first since the 2018 Open Championship
- 54-hole leader Billy Horschel (T2/-7) earns his career-best finish in his 43rd start at a major championship (previous: T4/2013 U.S. Open)
- Thriston Lawrence (4th/-6) earns enough non-member FedExCup points to become eligible for Special Temporary Membership on the PGA TOUR. If he accepts, Lawrence would be eligible for unlimited sponsor exemptions for the remainder of the 2024 season as he attempts to earn his PGA TOUR card for 2025 via non-member FedExCup points (as many or more points as No. 125 in the 2024 FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List through the FedExCup Fall).