The 2015 Open Championship was almost Jordan Spieth's third major in a row and almost Jason Day's first major. Instead, it turned out to be Zach Johnson's second major win, taking a four-hole playoff over Marc Leishman and 2010 Open winner Louis Oosthuizen.
Johnson won nearly $1.8 million, the winner's share of the $9.2 million purse.
2015 British Open leaderboard and final results and prize money payouts
| POS | PLAYER | TO PAR | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | TOTAL | MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zach Johnson | -15 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 66 | 273 | $1,794,690 |
| T2 | Louis Oosthuizen | -15 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 69 | 273 | $837,262 |
| T2 | Marc Leishman | -15 | 70 | 73 | 64 | 66 | 273 | $837,262 |
| T4 | Jason Day | -14 | 66 | 71 | 67 | 70 | 274 | $460,377 |
| T4 | Jordan Spieth | -14 | 67 | 72 | 66 | 69 | 274 | $460,377 |
| T6 | Danny Willett | -11 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 277 | $305,878 |
| T6 | Justin Rose | -11 | 71 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 277 | $305,878 |
| T6 | Sergio Garcia | -11 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 277 | $305,878 |
| T6 | Jordan Niebrugge | -11 | 67 | 73 | 67 | 70 | 277 | $0 |
| T10 | Brooks Koepka | -10 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 278 | $216,143 |
| T10 | Adam Scott | -10 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 278 | $216,143 |
| T12 | Brendon Todd | -9 | 71 | 73 | 69 | 66 | 279 | $162,107 |
| T12 | Luke Donald | -9 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 68 | 279 | $162,107 |
| T12 | Martin Kaymer | -9 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 279 | $162,107 |
| T12 | Anthony Wall | -9 | 70 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 279 | $162,107 |
| T12 | Ollie Schniederjans | -9 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 67 | 279 | $0 |
| T12 | Ashley Chesters | -9 | 71 | 72 | 67 | 69 | 279 | $0 |
| T18 | Hideki Matsuyama | -8 | 72 | 66 | 71 | 71 | 280 | $129,140 |
| T18 | Robert Streb | -8 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 280 | $129,140 |
| T20 | Branden Grace | -7 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 67 | 281 | $95,938 |
| T20 | Russell Henley | -7 | 74 | 66 | 72 | 69 | 281 | $95,938 |
| T20 | Greg Owen | -7 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 281 | $95,938 |
| T20 | Phil Mickelson | -7 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 281 | $95,938 |
| T20 | James Morrison | -7 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 281 | $95,938 |
| T20 | Marcus Fraser | -7 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 281 | $95,938 |
| T20 | Stewart Cink | -7 | 70 | 71 | 68 | 72 | 281 | $95,938 |
| T20 | Patrick Reed | -7 | 72 | 70 | 67 | 72 | 281 | $95,938 |
| T20 | Retief Goosen | -7 | 66 | 72 | 69 | 74 | 281 | $95,938 |
| T20 | Padraig Harrington | -7 | 72 | 69 | 65 | 75 | 281 | $95,938 |
| T30 | Billy Horschel | -6 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 67 | 282 | $63,075 |
| T30 | Jimmy Walker | -6 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 282 | $63,075 |
| T30 | Andy Sullivan | -6 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 71 | 282 | $63,075 |
| T30 | Anirban Lahiri | -6 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 282 | $63,075 |
| T30 | Matt Jones | -6 | 68 | 73 | 69 | 72 | 282 | $63,075 |
| T30 | Jim Furyk | -6 | 73 | 71 | 66 | 72 | 282 | $63,075 |
| T30 | Ryan Palmer | -6 | 71 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 282 | $63,075 |
| T30 | Steven Bowditch | -6 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 74 | 282 | $63,075 |
| T30 | Rickie Fowler | -6 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 73 | 282 | $63,075 |
| T30 | Paul Dunne | -6 | 69 | 69 | 66 | 78 | 282 | $0 |
| T40 | Scott Arnold | -5 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 283 | $43,480 |
| T40 | Francesco Molinari | -5 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 67 | 283 | $43,480 |
| T40 | Henrik Stenson | -5 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 283 | $43,480 |
| T40 | Rafael Cabrera Bello | -5 | 71 | 73 | 68 | 71 | 283 | $43,480 |
| T40 | John Senden | -5 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 283 | $43,480 |
| T40 | Geoff Ogilvy | -5 | 71 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 283 | $43,480 |
| T40 | Webb Simpson | -5 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 283 | $43,480 |
| T40 | Paul Lawrie | -5 | 66 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 283 | $43,480 |
| T40 | Marc Warren | -5 | 68 | 69 | 72 | 74 | 283 | $43,480 |
| T49 | Ryan Fox | -4 | 72 | 69 | 76 | 67 | 284 | $29,227 |
| T49 | Jamie Donaldson | -4 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 284 | $29,227 |
| T49 | David Howell | -4 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 284 | $29,227 |
| T49 | Graeme McDowell | -4 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 284 | $29,227 |
| T49 | Lee Westwood | -4 | 71 | 73 | 69 | 71 | 284 | $29,227 |
| T49 | David Duval | -4 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 73 | 284 | $29,227 |
| T49 | Hunter Mahan | -4 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 73 | 284 | $29,227 |
| T49 | Dustin Johnson | -4 | 65 | 69 | 75 | 75 | 284 | $29,227 |
| T49 | Eddie Pepperell | -4 | 72 | 70 | 66 | 76 | 284 | $29,227 |
| T58 | Cameron Tringale | -3 | 71 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 285 | $24,824 |
| T58 | Matt Kuchar | -3 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 285 | $24,824 |
| T58 | Gary Woodland | -3 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 285 | $24,824 |
| T58 | David Lipsky | -3 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 285 | $24,824 |
| T58 | Kevin Na | -3 | 67 | 75 | 70 | 73 | 285 | $24,824 |
| T58 | Jason Dufner | -3 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 74 | 285 | $24,824 |
| T58 | Greg Chalmers | -3 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 75 | 285 | $24,824 |
| T65 | Ernie Els | -2 | 71 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 286 | $23,955 |
| T65 | Thongchai Jaidee | -2 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 286 | $23,955 |
| T65 | Romain Langasque | -2 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 286 | $0 |
| T68 | Ross Fisher | -1 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 287 | $23,331 |
| T68 | Bernd Wiesberger | -1 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 287 | $23,331 |
| T68 | Richie Ramsay | -1 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 74 | 287 | $23,331 |
| T68 | Harris English | -1 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 75 | 287 | $23,331 |
| T68 | Graham DeLaet | -1 | 71 | 73 | 68 | 75 | 287 | $23,331 |
| T68 | Charl Schwartzel | -1 | 67 | 72 | 69 | 79 | 287 | $23,331 |
| T74 | Paul Casey | E | 70 | 71 | 75 | 72 | 288 | $22,551 |
| T74 | Brett Rumford | E | 71 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 288 | $22,551 |
| T74 | David Lingmerth | E | 69 | 72 | 70 | 77 | 288 | $22,551 |
| T74 | Ben Martin | E | 74 | 70 | 67 | 77 | 288 | $22,551 |
| T78 | Bernhard Langer | 1 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 289 | $22,082 |
| T78 | Mark O'Meara | 1 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 289 | $22,082 |
| 80 | Thomas Aiken | 2 | 75 | 69 | 72 | 74 | 290 | $21,848 |
| MC | Marcel Siem | CUT | 70 | 75 | MC | MC | 145 | $0 |
| MC | Pablo Larrazabal | CUT | 76 | 69 | MC | MC | 145 | $0 |
| MC | John Daly | CUT | 71 | 74 | MC | MC | 145 | $0 |
| MC | Tommy Fleetwood | CUT | 69 | 76 | MC | MC | 145 | $0 |
| MC | Rikard Karlberg | CUT | 70 | 75 | MC | MC | 145 | $0 |
| MC | Brian Harman | CUT | 73 | 72 | MC | MC | 145 | $0 |
| MC | Alexander Levy | CUT | 70 | 75 | MC | MC | 145 | $0 |
| MC | Shane Lowry | CUT | 73 | 72 | MC | MC | 145 | $0 |
| MC | Carl Pettersson | CUT | 72 | 73 | MC | MC | 145 | $0 |
| MC | Victor Dubuisson | CUT | 74 | 71 | MC | MC | 145 | $0 |
| MC | Kevin Kisner | CUT | 71 | 74 | MC | MC | 145 | $0 |
| MC | Mikko Ilonen | CUT | 75 | 70 | MC | MC | 145 | $0 |
| MC | Jonas Blixt | CUT | 75 | 71 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Stephen Gallacher | CUT | 73 | 73 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Hiroyuki Fujita | CUT | 71 | 75 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Pelle Edberg | CUT | 72 | 74 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Russell Knox | CUT | 72 | 74 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Joost Luiten | CUT | 74 | 72 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Byeong-Hun An | CUT | 74 | 72 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Brandt Snedeker | CUT | 73 | 73 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Darren Clarke | CUT | 73 | 73 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Matteo Manassero | CUT | 73 | 73 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Raphael Jacquelin | CUT | 76 | 70 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Tyrrell Hatton | CUT | 70 | 76 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Paul Kinnear | CUT | 70 | 76 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Scott Hend | CUT | 74 | 72 | MC | MC | 146 | $0 |
| MC | Danny Lee | CUT | 73 | 74 | MC | MC | 147 | $0 |
| MC | George Coetzee | CUT | 74 | 73 | MC | MC | 147 | $0 |
| MC | Ryan Moore | CUT | 74 | 73 | MC | MC | 147 | $0 |
| MC | Keegan Bradley | CUT | 75 | 72 | MC | MC | 147 | $0 |
| MC | Sandy Lyle | CUT | 71 | 76 | MC | MC | 147 | $0 |
| MC | J.B. Holmes | CUT | 73 | 74 | MC | MC | 147 | $0 |
| MC | Shinji Tomimura | CUT | 73 | 74 | MC | MC | 147 | $0 |
| MC | Ian Poulter | CUT | 73 | 74 | MC | MC | 147 | $0 |
| MC | Bubba Watson | CUT | 71 | 76 | MC | MC | 147 | $0 |
| MC | Tadahiro Takayama | CUT | 75 | 72 | MC | MC | 147 | $0 |
| MC | David Hearn | CUT | 74 | 73 | MC | MC | 147 | $0 |
| MC | Jaco Van Zyl | CUT | 79 | 69 | MC | MC | 148 | $0 |
| MC | Soren Kjeldsen | CUT | 75 | 73 | MC | MC | 148 | $0 |
| MC | Miguel Angel Jimenez | CUT | 75 | 73 | MC | MC | 148 | $0 |
| MC | Tom Lehman | CUT | 75 | 73 | MC | MC | 148 | $0 |
| MC | Yuta Ikeda | CUT | 74 | 74 | MC | MC | 148 | $0 |
| MC | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | CUT | 73 | 75 | MC | MC | 148 | $0 |
| MC | Romain Wattel | CUT | 75 | 73 | MC | MC | 148 | $0 |
| MC | Mark Young | CUT | 74 | 74 | MC | MC | 148 | $0 |
| MC | James Hahn | CUT | 75 | 73 | MC | MC | 148 | $0 |
| MC | Morgan Hoffmann | CUT | 73 | 76 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Hiroshi Iwata | CUT | 79 | 70 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Bill Haas | CUT | 75 | 74 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Koumei Oda | CUT | 73 | 76 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Edoardo Molinari | CUT | 74 | 75 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Daniel Berger | CUT | 73 | 76 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Taichi Teshima | CUT | 76 | 73 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Thomas Bjorn | CUT | 70 | 79 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Ben Curtis | CUT | 74 | 75 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Adam Bland | CUT | 75 | 74 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | Daniel Brooks | CUT | 76 | 73 | MC | MC | 149 | $0 |
| MC | WC Liang | CUT | 80 | 70 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Gunn Yang | CUT | 73 | 77 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Justin Leonard | CUT | 78 | 72 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Tom Gillis | CUT | 76 | 74 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Scott Strange | CUT | 77 | 73 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Alister Balcombe | CUT | 74 | 76 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Robert Dinwiddie | CUT | 73 | 77 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Charley Hoffman | CUT | 72 | 78 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Kevin Streelman | CUT | 78 | 72 | MC | MC | 150 | $0 |
| MC | Todd Hamilton | CUT | 74 | 77 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Matt Every | CUT | 73 | 78 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Tiger Woods | CUT | 76 | 75 | MC | MC | 151 | $0 |
| MC | Rod Pampling | CUT | 77 | 75 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Jonathan Moore | CUT | 74 | 78 | MC | MC | 152 | $0 |
| MC | Nick Faldo | CUT | 83 | 71 | MC | MC | 154 | $0 |
| MC | Mark Calcavecchia | CUT | 80 | 75 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Ben Taylor | CUT | 82 | 73 | MC | MC | 155 | $0 |
| MC | Tom Watson | CUT | 76 | 80 | MC | MC | 156 | $0 |
| MC | Gary Boyd | CUT | 77 | 80 | MC | MC | 157 | $0 |
