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2013 Open Championship

2013 Open Championship
British-open-Muirfield-logo 2013.jpg18th Hole at Muirfield, The Open 2013 .jpg
18th hole at Muirfield, hosting the 2013 Open
Dates 18–21 July 2013
Location Gullane, Scotland
Course(s) Muirfield Golf Links
Tour(s)
Par 71
Length 7,192 yards (6,576 m)
Field 156 players, 84 after cut
Cut 150 (+8)
Prize fund £5,250,000
6,096,111
$8,015,700
Winner's share £945,000
€1,097,570
$1,442,826
United States Phil Mickelson
281 (−3)
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The 2013 Open Championship was the 142nd Open Championship, held 18–21 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.Phil Mickelson shot a final round 66 (−5) to win his fifth major title, three strokes ahead of runner-up Henrik Stenson. Mickelson began the round five strokes back, in a tie for ninth place. Ian Poulter, Adam Scott, and 54-hole leader Lee Westwood tied for third, four back of Mickelson.

The 2013 event was the 16th Open Championship played at Muirfield. The most recent was in 2002, when Ernie Els won his third major championship in a playoff over Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkington, and ultimately in a sudden-death playoff over Thomas Levet. Nick Faldo won the previous Open at the venue, in 1992; the first was in 1892.

The course was extended 158 yards (144 m) since the 2002 Championship.

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Lengths of the course for Opens since 1950:

Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

1. The Open Champions aged 60 or under on 21 July 2013
Mark Calcavecchia (3,4), Stewart Cink (2,3), Darren Clarke (2,3), Ben Curtis (2,3), David Duval, Ernie Els (2,3,4,5,14), Nick Faldo, Todd Hamilton (2), Pádraig Harrington (2,3,12), Paul Lawrie (5,6,17), Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard (3), Sandy Lyle, Mark O'Meara, Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,5,6,14), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5,13,14,17)


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