Danny Willett won his first major championship , three strokes ahead of runners-up Lee Westwood and defending Defending champion Jordan Spieth .

Third place finisher Dow Finsterwald received Receiving a two-stroke penalty after the second round for violating a local rule , practice Practice putting on the green following the conclusion of a hole , and lost Earnings_and_losses the title by two strokes .

The 36-hole cut rule was slightly modified Change this year to include Cause_to_be_included all golfers in the top 40 plus ties or within 10 strokes of the lead .

Defending Defending champion Martin Kaymer finished Process_end twelve strokes back at even par , tied Connect for 56th place .

It took Bringing him and others out of contention , but he rebounded Motion on Sunday with a six-under 65 and finished Process_end at even par , six strokes back .

All entries played Competition 36 holes on the first day with all those within 19 strokes of the leader making Action the cut and playing Competition 36 holes on the final day , with the additional provision Imposing_obligation that the final Process_end day 's field had to contain at least 32 professionals .

Hilton reached Arriving the turn in 35 to be level with Vardon but came back Competition in 40 and finished Process_end two strokes behind .

Mungo Park won the Championship Competition , by two strokes from runner-up Tom Morris , Jr .

Scott was the leader Becoming_a_member after 54 holes at 199 ( −11 ) , with Els six strokes Self_motion back , tied Connect for fifth .

Tiger Woods and Brandt Snedeker finished Process_end tied for third , four strokes behind Els , who gained Getting his fourth major title .

After a birdie at the 14th hole , Scott was four strokes ahead with four holes to play Competition .

Entering Self_motion the final Competition round Competition , Graeme McDowell and Snedeker were tied Connect for second at 203 ( −7 ) , four strokes behind Scott .

Justin Rose won his first major title , two strokes ahead of runners-up Jason Day and Phil Mickelson .

Defending champion Sutton finished Process_end seven strokes back , in a tie for fifth place .

Phil Mickelson was in the final pairing and in contention Competition during the final round , but a triple-bogey six on the fourth hole knocked Motion him back and he finished Process_end two strokes behind , in a four-way tie for third .

Defending champion Arnold Palmer made Getting the cut on the number at 149 ( +9 ) , then shot even-par twice and climbed Motion_directional into a tie for 14th place , eight strokes behind Littler .

Liselotte Neumann won her only major title , three strokes ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan .

Tiger Woods , 24 , won his first Open Championship and fourth major title , eight strokes ahead of runners-up Thomas Bjørn and Ernie Els .

Charles Coody won his only major championship , two strokes ahead of runners-up Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus .

It was a bit of redemption for Coody , who bogeyed the final three holes in 1969 to finish two strokes back .