| 2006 British Open | |
Royal Liverpool was a very dry place in July of 2006. And the golf course's fairways were brown and crispy - and producing lots of roll. A great player might get the idea that hitting driver off the tee wasn't even necessary.
It wasn't an easy win for Woods - his margin of victory was two strokes over a valiant Chris DiMarco, who was playing shortly after the death of his mother - but it was one in which he always seemed in control.
Woods played in the final pairing on the final day with Sergio Garcia, who started the day one stroke behind Woods and set up hope of a Woods-Garcia battle throughout the day. But it wasn't to be, as Garcia struggled early and wound up seven strokes back of Tiger.
The victory was Woods' third in the British Open.
2006 British Open
Scores and earnings from the 2006 British Open, played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England (a-amateur):
| Tiger Woods | 67-65-71-67--270 | $1,338,480 |
| Chris DiMarco | 70-65-69-68--272 | $799,370 |
| Ernie Els | 68-65-71-71--275 | $511,225 |
| Jim Furyk | 68-71-66-71--276 | $390,390 |
| Sergio Garcia | 68-71-65-73--277 | $296,510 |
| Hideto Tanihara | 72-68-66-71--277 | $296,510 |
| Angel Cabrera | 71-68-66-73--278 | $237,952 |
| Adam Scott | 68-69-70-72--279 | $177,224 |
| Andres Romero | 70-70-68-71--279 | $177,224 |
| Carl Pettersson | 68-72-70-69--279 | $177,224 |
| S.K. Ho | 68-73-69-70--280 | $128,890 |
| Anthony Wall | 67-73-71-69--280 | $128,890 |
| Ben Crane | 68-71-71-70--280 | $128,890 |
| Sean O'Hair | 69-73-72-67--281 | $105,033 |
| Retief Goosen | 70-66-72-73--281 | $105,033 |
| Brett Rumford | 68-71-72-71--282 | $83,655 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 71-69-70-72--282 | $83,655 |
| Mikko Ilonen | 68-69-73-72--282 | $83,655 |
| Robert Rock | 69-69-73-71--282 | $83,655 |
| Robert Allenby | 69-70-69-74--282 | $83,655 |
| Peter Lonard | 71-69-68-74--282 | $83,655 |
| Phil Mickelson | 69-71-73-70--283 | $65,762 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 74-66-72-71--283 | $65,762 |
| Mark Hensby | 68-72-74-69--283 | $65,762 |
| Greg Owen | 67-73-68-75--283 | $65,762 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 69-70-73-72--284 | $54,096 |
| Jerry Kelly | 72-67-69-76--284 | $54,096 |
| Lee Slattery | 69-72-71-72--284 | $54,096 |
| Hunter Mahan | 73-70-68-73--284 | $54,096 |
| Paul Broadhurst | 71-71-73-69--284 | $54,096 |
| Lee Westwood | 69-72-75-69--285 | $45,545 |
| Scott Verplank | 70-73-67-75--285 | $45,545 |
| Simon Khan | 70-72-68-75--285 | $45,545 |
| Thaworn Wiratchant | 71-68-74-72--285 | $45,545 |
| Rod Pampling | 69-71-74-72--286 | $36,482 |
| Marcus Fraser | 68-71-72-75--286 | $36,482 |
| Robert Karlsson | 70-71-71-74--286 | $36,482 |
| John Senden | 70-73-73-70--286 | $36,482 |
| Michael Campbell | 70-71-75-70--286 | $36,482 |
| Luke Donald | 74-68-73-71--286 | $36,482 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 71-68-68-80--287 | $27,619 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 72-71-73-71--287 | $27,619 |
| Stephen Ames | 70-71-72-74--287 | $27,619 |
| Jeff Sluman | 71-72-68-76--287 | $27,619 |
| Miguel Jimenez | 67-70-76-74--287 | $27,619 |
| Brandt Jobe | 69-71-75-72--287 | $27,619 |
| Soren Kjeldsen | 71-71-71-74--287 | $27,619 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez | 70-69-73-76--288 | $21,577 |
| Simon Dyson | 74-69-70-75--288 | $21,577 |
| Simon Wakefield | 72-71-70-75--288 | $21,577 |
| a-Marius Thorp | 71-71-75-71--288 | |
| Henrik Stenson | 72-71-74-71--288 | $21,577 |
| Tom Watson | 72-70-75-71--288 | $21,577 |
| Andrew Marshall | 72-71-68-77--288 | $21,577 |
| John Bickerton | 72-70-70-76--288 | $21,577 |
| David Duval | 70-70-78-71--289 | $19,147 |
| Tim Clark | 72-69-69-79--289 | $19,147 |
| Mike Weir | 68-72-73-76--289 | $19,147 |
| Keiichiro Fukabori | 67-73-70-79--289 | $19,147 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 73-68-76-72--289 | $19,147 |
| Graeme McDowell | 66-73-72-79--290 | $18,497 |
| Andrew Buckle | 72-69-72-77--290 | $18,497 |
| Mark O'Meara | 71-70-77-73--291 | $18,125 |
| Marco Ruiz | 71-70-80-70--291 | $18,125 |
| Chad Campbell | 70-73-74-75--292 | $17,846 |
| Vaughn Taylor | 72-71-77-74--294 | $17,567 |
| Fred Funk | 69-74-75-76--294 | $17,567 |
| Todd Hamilton | 72-71-74-78--295 | $17,288 |
| a-Edoardo Molinari | 73-70-77-75--295 | |
| Bart Bryant | 69-74-77-76--296 | $17,102 |
| Paul Casey | 72-70-79-77--298 | $16,916 |
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