| 2005 British Open | |
The R&A moved The Old Course up in the rota a couple years for a very special reason: The 2005 British Open was Jack Nicklaus' last, and he wanted to go out at the Home of Golf.
Like the last time (2000) the championship was played at St. Andrews, Tiger Woods was the champion in 2005. And like the last time, he won by a wide margin, this time by five strokes. Woods opened 66-67 in the first two rounds, played solidly on the weekend, and was never really challenged.
2005 British Open Scores
Scores and earnings from the 2005 British Open, played at The Old Course at St. Andrews in St. Andrews, Scotland (a-amateur):
| Tiger Woods | 66-67-71-70--274 | $1,261,584 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 71-66-70-72--279 | $753,446 |
| Fred Couples | 68-71-73-68--280 | $424,908 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 68-70-68-74--280 | $424,908 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 71-74-67-69--281 | $214,060 |
| Sergio Garcia | 70-69-69-73--281 | $214,060 |
| Retief Goosen | 68-73-66-74--281 | $214,060 |
| Bernhard Langer | 71-69-70-71--281 | $214,060 |
| Michael Campbell | 69-72-68-72--281 | $214,060 |
| Vijay Singh | 69-69-71-72--281 | $214,060 |
| Graeme McDowell | 69-72-74-67--282 | $116,959 |
| Nick Faldo | 74-69-70-69--282 | $116,959 |
| Kenny Perry | 71-71-68-72--282 | $116,959 |
| Ian Poulter | 70-72-71-69--282 | $116,959 |
| Sean O'Hair | 73-67-70-73--283 | $81,101 |
| Nick O'Hern | 73-69-71-70--283 | $81,101 |
| David Frost | 77-65-72-69--283 | $81,101 |
| Mark Hensby | 67-77-69-70--283 | $81,101 |
| Trevor Immelman | 68-70-73-72--283 | $81,101 |
| Darren Clarke | 73-70-67-73--283 | $81,101 |
| John Daly | 71-69-70-73--283 | $81,101 |
| a-Lloyd Saltman | 73-71-68-71--283 | |
| Scott Drummond | 74-71-69-70--284 | $56,946 |
| Tim Clark | 71-69-70-74--284 | $56,946 |
| Bart Bryant | 69-70-71-74--284 | $56,946 |
| Tom Lehman | 75-69-70-70--284 | $56,946 |
| Tadahiro Takayama | 72-72-70-70--284 | $56,946 |
| Scott Verplank | 68-70-72-74--284 | $56,946 |
| Brad Faxon | 72-66-70-76--284 | $56,946 |
| Nick Flanagan | 73-71-69-71--284 | $56,946 |
| a-Eric Ramsay | 68-74-74-68--284 | |
| Richard Green | 72-68-72-73--285 | $46,433 |
| Sandy Lyle | 74-67-69-75--285 | $46,433 |
| Thomas Levet | 69-71-75-71--286 | $38,548 |
| Henrik Stenson | 74-67-73-72--286 | $38,548 |
| Simon Dyson | 70-71-72-73--286 | $38,548 |
| Ernie Els | 74-67-75-70--286 | $38,548 |
| Adam Scott | 70-71-70-75--286 | $38,548 |
| Peter Hanson | 72-72-71-71--286 | $38,548 |
| Joe Ogilvie | 74-70-73-69--286 | $38,548 |
| Hiroyuki Fujita | 72-68-74-73--287 | $26,243 |
| Tim Herron | 73-72-68-74--287 | $26,243 |
| Simon Khan | 69-70-78-70--287 | $26,243 |
| Maarten Lafeber | 73-70-67-77--287 | $26,243 |
| Soren Hansen | 72-72-66-77--287 | $26,243 |
| KJ Choi | 75-68-71-73--287 | $26,243 |
| Stuart Appleby | 72-68-72-75--287 | $26,243 |
| Bob Tway | 69-71-72-75--287 | $26,243 |
| Tom Watson | 75-70-70-72--287 | $26,243 |
| Steve Webster | 71-72-71-73--287 | $26,243 |
| Paul McGinley | 70-75-73-69--287 | $26,243 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 72-67-73-76--288 | $19,153 |
| Justin Leonard | 73-71-75-69--288 | $19,153 |
| Robert Allenby | 70-68-79-71--288 | $19,153 |
| Luke Donald | 68-73-77-70--288 | $19,153 |
| Paul Lawrie | 72-71-75-70--288 | $19,153 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | 71-70-72-75--288 | $19,153 |
| Thongchai Jaidee | 73-68-75-72--288 | $19,153 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 69-72-76-71--288 | $19,153 |
| Tino Schuster | 68-74-74-73--289 | $17,522 |
| John Bickerton | 75-70-71-73--289 | $17,522 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 70-73-73-73--289 | $17,522 |
| Greg Norman | 72-71-70-76--289 | $17,522 |
| Phil Mickelson | 74-67-72-76--289 | $17,522 |
| a-Edoardo Molinari | 70-70-74-75--289 | |
| Peter Lonard | 68-70-77-75--290 | $16,996 |
| Duffy Waldorf | 74-68-81-68--291 | $16,383 |
| David Smail | 73-72-69-77--291 | $16,383 |
| Chris DiMarco | 75-69-71-76--291 | $16,383 |
| Chris Riley | 68-73-75-75--291 | $16,383 |
| Robert Rock | 73-71-75-72--291 | $16,383 |
| Pat Perez | 72-70-72-77--291 | $16,383 |
| Patrik Sjoland | 74-71-76-71--292 | $15,769 |
| Ted Purdy | 72-72-77-72--293 | $15,419 |
| S.K. Ho | 73-71-72-77--293 | $15,419 |
| Scott Gutschewski | 76-69-75-73--293 | $15,419 |
| Steve Flesch | 74-70-72-78--294 | $15,068 |
| Rod Pampling | 74-71-71-80--296 | $14,806 |
| Graeme Storm | 75-70-80-71--296 | $14,806 |
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