2006 Open Championship

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Tournament information
2006 Open Championship

Dates	July 20 - 23, 2006
Location	Merseyside, England
Course(s)	Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Yardage	7,258
Field	156 players, 71 after cut
Cut	143 (-1)
Purse	£4,000,000 €5,797,724 $7,300,000
Winner's share	£720,000 €1,045,966 $1,338,480
Champion
Tiger Woods
270 (-18)

The 2006 Open Championship was the 135th Open Championship, played from July 20 to July 23, 2006 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Tiger Woods held off Chris DiMarco, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk and Sergio García for a two shot victory. The win was his second consecutive Open Championship title and third overall. It was also Woods' first major tournament win since the death of his father, Earl Woods, in May. The purse was £4,000,000, and the winner received £720,000. Using conversion rates at the time of the tournament, the purse was €5,797,724 for the European Tour's Order of Merit rankings and $7,300,000 for the PGA Tour's money list.

1 History of The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool
2 Course
3 Round-by-round summary
4 External links

History of The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool

Royal Liverpool first hosted The Open Championship in 1897 and the 2006 Open was the 11th to be held at Royal Liverpool. This was the first Open at Royal Liverpool since 1967, a thirty nine year absence. Royal Liverpool's list of champions includes Harold Hilton (1897), Sandy Herd (1902), Arnaud Massy (1907), John Henry Taylor (1913), 11 time major winner Walter Hagen (1924), seven time major winner and amateur Bobby Jones, Alf Padgham (1936), Fred Daly (1947), Peter Thomson (1956), and Roberto DeVicenzo (1967).

Course

Front Nine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT
Yardage	454	436	429	372	528	202	453	423	198	------
Par	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	35

Back Nine	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN
Yardage	534	393	448	198	456	161	554	459	560	------
Par	5	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	5	37

	Front 9	Back 9	Total
Yardage	3,495	3,763	7,258
Par	35	37	72

Round-by-round summary

First round (Thursday)

Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland is alone in the lead after an opening round 66. McDowell's 66 broke the course record set by Roberto De Vicenzo in 1967. Defending champ Tiger Woods leads a group of five other golfers at 67. There were the 67 rounds under par including 32 of them in the 60s. This broke the record of 59 sub-par rounds in the first round of the Open Championship at St. Andrews in 1995 (the PGA Tour began keeping records in relation to par in 1956).

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	66	-6
T2	Tiger Woods	United States	67	-5
	Anthony Wall	England
	Greg Owen	England
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain
	Keiichiro Fukabori	Japan
T7	Thirteen players tied		68	-4

Second round (Friday)

Tiger Woods stormed into the lead with a seven under 65 which including an eagle from 209 yards on hole 14, one of the toughest holes at Royal Liverpool. Ernie Els also shot 65 and is one shot behind Woods who is 6-0 when leading after 36 holes. Chris DiMarco, whose mother died of a heart attack July 4, emerged from his slump with a 65 and was three shots behind at 9-under 135.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	United States	67-65=132	-12
2	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-65=133	-11
3	Chris DiMarco	United States	70-65=135	-9
4	Retief Goosen	South Africa	70-66=136	-8

Third round (Saturday)

Moving day ended with Tiger Woods still holding a one shot lead but there are now three golfers right on his heels. Ernie Els playing in the final pairing matched Woods shooting an identical 71. Chris DiMarco and Sergio García are also within one shot. García holed out a 9-iron from 167 yards for eagle on No. 2, and took only 29 shots on the outward nine finishing with a seven under 65.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	United States	67-65-71=203	-13
T2	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-65-71=204	-12
	Chris DiMarco	United States	70-65-69=204
	Sergio García	Spain	68-71-65=204
T5	Jim Furyk	United States	68-71-66=205	-11
T5	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	71-68-66=205	-11

Fourth round (Sunday)

Tiger Woods moved to 11-0 when leading going into the final round of a major, winning his third Open Championship title. Woods fought off three of the best golfers in the world and ended up defeating Chris DiMarco by two shots. After making the clinching putt Woods buried his head in the shoulder of caddie Steve Williams, sobbing uncontrollably, having won his first major since the passing of his father Earl Woods. On the way to victory Woods hit 86 percent of fairways on route to tying the lowest Open Championship score of 270. Woods became the first player since Tom Watson in 1982-83 to win golf's oldest championship in consecutive years. While Ernie Els and Sergio García faded, DiMarco made gritty rally to close with a 68.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings
1	Tiger Woods	United States	67-65-71-67=270	-18	£720,000
2	Chris DiMarco	United States	70-65-69-68=272	-16	£430,000
3	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-65-71-71=275	-13	£275,000
4	Jim Furyk	United States	68-71-66-71=276	-12	£210,000
T5	Sergio García	Spain	68-71-65-73 = 277	-11	£159,500
T5	Hideto Tanihara	Japan	72-68-66-71 = 277	-11	£159,500
7	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	71-68-66-73=278	-10	£128,025
T8	Carl Pettersson	Sweden	68-72-70-69=279	-9	£95,350
	Andrés Romero	Argentina	70-70-68-71=279
	Adam Scott	Australia	68-69-70-72=279