The
2006 Open Championship was the 135th
Open Championship, played from 20-23 July 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.
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
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...
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