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{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name          = 2004 Open Championship
| image         = 
| dates         = 15–18 July 2004 
| location      = [[Troon]], [[South Ayrshire]], Scotland
| course        = [[Royal Troon Golf Club]],<br>Old Course
| tour          = [[European Tour]]<br />[[PGA Tour]]<br />[[Japan Golf Tour]]
| par           = 71<ref name=ocmg11/>
| yardage       = {{convert|7175|yd}}<ref name=ocmg11/>
| field         = 156 players, 73 after cut<ref name=ocmg11/>
| cut           = 145 (+3)<ref name=ocmg11/>
| purse         = [[Pound sterling|£]]4,000,000<br>[[Euro|€]]6,001,690<br>[[United States dollar|$]]7,490,400
| winners_share = £720,000<br>€1,078,430<br>$1,348,272
| champion      = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Todd Hamilton]]
| score         = 274 (−10), playoff
| previous      = [[2003 Open Championship|2003]]
| next          = [[2005 Open Championship|2005]]
}}
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|lat        = 55.532
|long       = -4.651
|caption    = Location in Scotland
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The '''2004 Open Championship''' was a [[men's major golf championship]] and the 133rd [[Open Championship]], held from 15 to 18 July at the Old Course of [[Royal Troon Golf Club]] in [[Troon]], Scotland.

[[Todd Hamilton]] won his only major championship, defeating [[2002 Open Championship|2002]] champion [[Ernie Els]] by a stroke in a four-hole playoff.<ref name=uwcb>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NakkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FHEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5720%2C6253201 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |last=Ferguson |first=Doug |agency=Associated Press |title=Unlikely winner captures British |date=19 July 2004 |page=C-1}}</ref> [[Phil Mickelson]] finished third, followed by [[Lee Westwood]] in fourth.<ref name=hjewmc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T91WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jusDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4364%2C4645232 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=(Los Angeles Times) |last=Bonk |first=Thomas |title= Hamilton's journey ends with major conquest |date=19 July 2004 |page=E1}}</ref> Hamilton was the sixth consecutive American to win at Royal Troon.<ref name=sijl04>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1032523/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119133548/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1032523/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 January 2013 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=A horse for the gorse |last=Bamberger |first=Michael |date=26 July 2004 |access-date=23 July 2013}}</ref><!--The purse was [[Pound sterling|£]]4 million with a winner's share of £720,000. Using conversion rates at the time, the purse was [[Euro|€]]6.001.690 for the [[European Tour]]'s Order of Merit rankings and [[United States dollar|$]]7,490,400 for the [[PGA Tour]]'s money list.-->

==History of The Open Championship at Royal Troon==
Royal Troon first hosted The Open Championship in [[1923 Open Championship|1923]] and the 2004 Open was its eighth. Royal Troon's list of champions includes [[Arthur Havers]] (1923), 4-time Open winner [[Bobby Locke]] [[1950 Open Championship|(1950)]], 7-time major winner [[Arnold Palmer]] [[1962 Open Championship|(1962)]], [[Tom Weiskopf]] [[1973 Open Championship|(1973)]], 5-time Open champion [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] [[1982 Open Championship|(1982)]], [[Mark Calcavecchia]] [[1989 Open Championship|(1989)]], and [[Justin Leonard]] [[1997 Open Championship|(1997)]].

==Course==
{{main|Royal Troon Golf Club}}Old Course<ref>{{cite news |url=http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/071404/spg_16091894.shtml |title=The holes of Royal Troon |newspaper=The Florida Times-Union |date=14 July 2004 |access-date=17 July 2012}}</ref>
{|class=wikitable
!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par!! !!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par
|-
|align=center|1||Seal||align=center|370||align=center|4||rowspan=10| ||align=center|10||Sandhills||align=center|438||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|2||Black Rock||align=center|391||align=center|4||align=center|11||The Railway||align=center|490||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|3||Gyaws||align=center|379||align=center|4||align=center|12||The Fox||align=center|431||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|4||Dunure||align=center|560||align=center|5||align=center|13||Burmah||align=center|472||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|5||Greenan||align=center|210||align=center|3||align=center|14||Alton||align=center|178||align=center|3
|-
|align=center|6||Turnberry||align=center|601||align=center|5||align=center|15||Crosbie||align=center|483||align=center|4
|-
|align=center|7||[[Battle of Tel el-Kebir|Tel-el-Kebir]]||align=center|405||align=center|4||align=center|16||Well||align=center|542||align=center|5
|-
|align=center|8||Postage Stamp||align=center|123||align=center|3||align=center|17||Rabbit||align=center|222||align=center|3
|-
|align=center|9||The Monk||align=center|423||align=center|4||align=center|18||Craigend||align=center|457||align=center|4
|-
| colspan=2 align=center|'''Out'''||align=center|'''3,462'''||align=center|'''36'''|| colspan=2 align=center|'''In'''||align=center|'''3,713'''||align=center|'''35'''
|-
|colspan=5| ||colspan=2 align=center|'''Total'''||align=center|'''7,175'''||align=center|'''71'''
|}
Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):<ref name=ocmg11>{{cite web|url=http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |publisher=The Open Championship |title=Media guide |year=2011 |pages=25, 203 |access-date=2 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |archive-date=18 April 2012 }}</ref>

{{col-begin}}{{col-break}}
* [[1997 Open Championship|1997]]: {{convert|7079|yd}}, par 71
* [[1989 Open Championship|1989]]: {{convert|7097|yd}}, par 72
* [[1982 Open Championship|1982]]: {{convert|7067|yd}}, par 72
{{col-break|gap=2em}}
* [[1973 Open Championship|1973]]: {{convert|7064|yd}}, par 72   
* [[1962 Open Championship|1962]]: {{convert|7045|yd}}, par 72
* [[1950 Open Championship|1950]]: {{convert|6583|yd}}, par 70 
{{col-end}}
Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

==Field==
;1. Top 10 and ties from the [[2003 Open Championship]]
[[Thomas Bjørn]] (3,4), [[Ben Curtis (golfer)|Ben Curtis]] (2,3), [[Brian Davis (golfer)|Brian Davis]] (4), [[Gary Evans (golfer)|Gary Evans]], [[Nick Faldo]] (2), [[Sergio García]] (3), [[Retief Goosen]] (3,4,9,13,17), [[Freddie Jacobson]] (3,4), [[Davis Love III]] (3,12,13,17), [[Hennie Otto]], [[Kenny Perry]] (3,13,17), [[Phillip Price]] (4), [[Vijay Singh]] (3,10,13,17), [[Tiger Woods]] (2,3,9,10,11,13,17)

;2. Past Open Champions aged 65 or under on 18 July 2004
[[Mark Calcavecchia]], [[John Daly (golfer)|John Daly]], [[Ernie Els]] (3,4,13,17), [[Paul Lawrie]], [[Tom Lehman]], [[Justin Leonard]] (3,13,17), [[Sandy Lyle]], [[Greg Norman]], [[Mark O'Meara]], [[Nick Price]] (3,13,17), [[Tom Weiskopf]]
*''[[David Duval]] and [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] (26) withdrew.''
*''[[Ian Baker-Finch]], [[Seve Ballesteros]], [[Tony Jacklin]], [[Johnny Miller]], [[Jack Nicklaus]], [[Bill Rogers (golfer)|Bill Rogers]], and [[Lee Trevino]] did not enter.''

;3. The first 50 players on the OWGR on 27 May 2004
[[Robert Allenby]] (17), [[Stephen Ames]], [[Stuart Appleby]] (13,17), [[Chad Campbell]] (13), [[Paul Casey]] (4), [[K. J. Choi]] (17), [[Stewart Cink]], [[Darren Clarke]] (4), [[Chris DiMarco]] (13,17), [[Brad Faxon]] (13), [[Steve Flesch]], [[Jim Furyk]] (9,13,17), [[Jay Haas]] (13,17), [[Todd Hamilton]] (23), [[Pádraig Harrington]] (4), [[Charles Howell III]] (13,17), [[John Huston (golfer)|John Huston]], [[Trevor Immelman]] (4), [[Miguel Ángel Jiménez]], [[Zach Johnson]], [[Jonathan Kaye]] (13), [[Jerry Kelly]] (17), [[Stephen Leaney]] (4,17), [[Peter Lonard]] (4,17,19), [[Shigeki Maruyama]], [[Shaun Micheel]] (11), [[Phil Mickelson]] (10,17), [[Craig Parry]], [[Ian Poulter]] (4), [[Chris Riley (golfer)|Chris Riley]], [[Adam Scott (golfer)|Adam Scott]] (4,12,17), [[David Toms]] (11,13,17), [[Bob Tway]] (13,21), [[Scott Verplank]] (13), [[Mike Weir]] (10,13,17)
*''[[Fred Couples]], [[Scott Hoch]], and [[Kirk Triplett]] did not play.''

;4. Top 20 in the final [[2003 European Tour|2003]] [[European Tour]] Order of Merit
[[Michael Campbell]], [[Alastair Forsyth]], [[Ignacio Garrido]] (5), [[David Howell (golfer)|David Howell]], [[Raphaël Jacquelin]], [[Lee Westwood]]

;5. The [[Volvo PGA Championship]] winners for 2002–04
[[Scott Drummond]], [[Anders Hansen]]

;6. First 3 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the [[2004 European Tour]] Order of Merit as of 27 May
[[Joakim Haeggman]], [[Barry Lane]], [[Graeme McDowell]]

;7. First 2 European Tour members, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from all official European Tour events from the [[Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe]] up to and including the [[European Open (golf)|European Open]] and including the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
[[Richard Green (golfer)|Richard Green]], [[Jean-François Remésy]]

;8. The leading player, not exempt having applied (7) above, in each of the 2004 [[European Open (golf)|European Open]] and the 2004 [[Scottish Open (golf)|Scottish Open]]
[[Thomas Levet]], [[Peter O'Malley (golfer)|Peter O'Malley]]

;9. The [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] Champions for 2000–04

;10. The [[Masters Tournament|Masters]] Champions for 2000–04

;11. The [[PGA Championship|PGA]] Champions for 1999–2003
[[Rich Beem]]

;12. The [[The Players Championship|Players]] Champions for 2002–04
[[Craig Perks]]

;13. Top 20 in the final [[2003 PGA Tour|2003]] [[PGA Tour]] Official Money List

;14. First 3 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the [[2004 PGA Tour]] Official Money List as of 27 May

;15. First 2 PGA Tour members, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from the [[2004 Players Championship]] and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2004 [[Western Open]]
[[Frank Lickliter]], [[Rory Sabbatini]]

;16. The leading player, not exempt having applied (15) above, in each of the 2004 [[Western Open]] and the 2004 [[John Deere Classic]]
[[Steve Lowery]]
*''[[Mark Hensby]] did not play.''

;17. Playing members of the [[2003 Presidents Cup]] teams
[[Tim Clark (golfer)|Tim Clark]]
*''[[Fred Funk]] did not play.''

;18. Winner of the 2003 [[Asian PGA Tour]] Order of Merit
[[Arjun Atwal]]

;19. Top 2 from the 2003 [[PGA Tour of Australasia]] Order of Merit
*''[[Andre Stolz]] did not play.''

;20. Winner of the [[2003–04 Sunshine Tour|2003–04]] [[Sunshine Tour]] Order of Merit
[[Darren Fichardt]]

;21. The 2003 [[Canadian Open (golf)|Canadian Open]] Champion

;22. The 2003 [[Japan Open Golf Championship|Japan Open]] Champion
[[Keiichiro Fukabori]]

;23. Top 3 from the 2003 [[Japan Golf Tour]] Order of Merit
[[Tetsuji Hiratsuka]]
*''[[Toshimitsu Izawa]] did not play.''

;24. The leading player, not exempt, in the 2004 [[Mizuno Open]]
*''[[Hiroaki Iijima]] did not play.''

;25. First 4, not exempt having applied (24) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2004 [[Japan PGA Championship]] up to and including the 2004 [[Mizuno Open]]
[[Dinesh Chand]], [[Hidemasa Hoshino]], [[Hur Suk-ho]], [[Takashi Kamiyama]]

;26. The 2003 [[Senior Open Championship|Senior British Open]] Champion

;27. The 2004 [[The Amateur Championship|Amateur]] Champion
[[Stuart Wilson (golfer)|Stuart Wilson]] (a)

;28. The 2003 [[U.S. Amateur]] Champion
[[Nick Flanagan]] (a)

;29. The 2003 [[European Amateur]] Champion
[[Brian McElhinney]] (a)

;International Final Qualifying
:'''Africa''' – [[James Kingston]], [[Grant Muller]], [[Louis Oosthuizen]], [[Tjaart van der Walt]]
:'''Australasia''' – [[Andrew Buckle]], [[Matthew Hazelden]], [[Brendan Jones (golfer)|Brendan Jones]], [[Adam Le Vesconte]], [[Paul Sheehan (golfer)|Paul Sheehan]]
:'''Asia''' – [[Scott Barr (golfer)|Scott Barr]], [[Kim Felton]], [[Jyoti Randhawa]], [[Yoshinobu Tsukada]]
:'''America''' – [[Aaron Baddeley]], [[Cameron Beckman]], [[Glen Day]], [[Luke Donald]], [[Bob Estes]], [[Mathew Goggin]], [[Mathias Grönberg]], [[Tim Herron]], [[Skip Kendall]], [[Hunter Mahan]], [[Spike McRoy]], [[Rod Pampling]], [[Carl Pettersson]], [[Bo Van Pelt]]
:*''[[Steve Elkington]] qualified but withdrew prior to the tournament.''
:'''Europe''' – [[Paul Broadhurst]], [[Christian Cévaër]], [[Nicolas Colsaerts]], [[Gary Emerson]], [[Klas Eriksson]], [[Kenneth Ferrie]], [[Mark Foster (golfer)|Mark Foster]], [[Peter Hedblom]], [[Maarten Lafeber]], [[Euan Little]], [[Paul McGinley]], [[Colin Montgomerie]], [[Mårten Olander]], [[Eduardo Romero]], [[Miles Tunnicliff]], [[Simon Wakefield]]
:*''[[Warren Bennett]] qualified but withdrew prior to the tournament.''

;Local Final Qualifying (Saturday 10 July and Sunday 11 July)
:'''Glasgow (Gailes)''' – [[Paul Bradshaw (golfer)|Paul Bradshaw]], [[Simon Dyson]], [[Anthony Millar (golfer)|Anthony Millar]], [[Andrew Willey]]
:'''Irvine''' – [[Jonathan Cheetham]], [[Martin Erlandsson]], [[Andrew Oldcorn]], [[Sven Strüver]]
:'''Turnberry Kintyre''' – [[Lloyd Campbell (golfer)|Lloyd Campbell]] (a), [[Steven Tiley]] (a), [[Paul Wesselingh]], [[Sean Whiffin]]
:'''Western Gailes''' – [[Lewis Atkinson]], [[Daniel Sugrue]], [[Ben Willman]]

;Alternates
*[[Jimmy Green (golfer)|Jimmy Green]] – IFQ America – replaced Steve Elkington
*[[Barry Hume]] – Western Gailes – replaced Mark Hensby
*[[Ian Spencer (golfer)|Ian Spencer]] – Irvine – replaced Toshimitsu Izawa
*[[Neil Evans (golfer)|Neil Evans]] – Turnberry Kintyre – replaced Warren Bennett
*[[Brett Taylor]] – Glasgow (Gailes) – replaced Andre Stolz
*[[David Griffiths (golfer)|David Griffiths]] – Western Gailes – replaced David Duval

==Round summaries==
=== First round  ===
''Thursday, 15 July 2004''

[[Paul Casey]] and [[Thomas Levet]] both carded 66 (−5) and held a two stroke lead over a group of nine players. The group at 3-under included amateur Stuart Wilson and [[Vijay Singh]]. Defending champ [[Ben Curtis (golfer)|Ben Curtis]] carded a 75 (+4). In total there were 39 rounds under par, 25 of those being in the 60s. Home favourite [[Colin Montgomerie]] started with a 2-under 69.
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T1|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Casey]]||rowspan="2" align=center|66||rowspan="2" align=center|−5
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thomas Levet]]
|-
|rowspan="9" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[K. J. Choi]]||rowspan="9" align=center|68||rowspan="9" align=center|−3
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Evans (golfer)|Gary Evans]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kenneth Ferrie]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Alastair Forsyth]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mathew Goggin]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Mårten Olander]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Carl Pettersson]]
|-
| {{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Vijay Singh]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Stuart Wilson (golfer)|Stuart Wilson]] (a)
|}

=== Second round ===
''Friday, 16 July 2004''

[[Skip Kendall]] stormed into the lead with a 66 to reach the halfway stage at 135 (−7). Casey dropped down the leaderboard with a 77, while Levet shot a 70 to drop down into second. [[K. J. Choi]] continued his good start with a 69, keeping him in a tie for third place with [[Barry Lane]]. Todd Hamilton finished the round with a 67 to move up into a tie for fifth place.

{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Skip Kendall]]|| 69-66=135 ||align=center|−7 
|-
|align=center|2|| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thomas Levet]]|| 66-70=136 || align=center|−6
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[K. J. Choi]]|| 68-69=137 ||rowspan="2" align=center|−5
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Barry Lane]] || 69-68=137
|-
|rowspan="5" align=center|T5|| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Michael Campbell]]|| 67-71=138 || rowspan="5" align=center|−4
|-
| {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Ernie Els]] || 69-69=138
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Todd Hamilton]] || 71-67=138
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Colin Montgomerie]] || 69-69=138
|-
| {{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Vijay Singh]] || 68-70=138
|-
|rowspan="5" align=center|T10|| {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Retief Goosen]]|| 69-70=139 || rowspan="5" align=center|−3
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]] || 73-66=139
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kenny Perry]] || 69-70=139
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Verplank]] ||69-70=139
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Mike Weir]] ||71-68=139
|}

Amateurs: ''[[Stuart Wilson (golfer)|Stuart Wilson]] (+1)'', Campbell (+5), [[Steven Tiley|Tiley]] (+5), [[Nick Flanagan|Flanagan]] (+6), McElhinney (+10).

=== Third round ===
''Saturday, 17 July 2004''

Hamilton surged up the leader with a second consecutive 67 to finish the day at 205 (−8). [[Ernie Els]], the [[2002 Open Championship|2002]] champion, moved up to second at 206 with a 68, while one shot behind lay the reigning [[2004 Masters Tournament|Masters]] champion [[Phil Mickelson]], [[Retief Goosen]], and [[Thomas Levet]] at 207 (−6). 
  
{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par
|-
|align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Todd Hamilton]]|| 71-67-67=205 ||align=center|−8
|-
|align=center|2|| {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Ernie Els]]|| 69-69-68=206 ||align=center|−7
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Retief Goosen]]|| 69-70-68=207 ||rowspan="3" align=center|−6
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thomas Levet]]|| 66-70-71=207
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]]|| 73-66-68=207
|-
|align=center|6|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Barry Lane]]|| 69-68-71=208 ||align=center|−5
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T7|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Verplank]]|| 69-70-70=209 ||rowspan="2" align=center|−4
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]]|| 70-71-68=209
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center|T9|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Skip Kendall]]|| 69-66-75=210 ||rowspan="3" align=center|−3
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Colin Montgomerie]]|| 69-69-72=210
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Mike Weir]]|| 71-68-71=210
|}

=== Final round  ===
''Sunday, 18 July 2004''

A see-saw final round led to a two-man playoff between Hamilton and Els. Hamilton, playing in only his eighth major, opened up a two-shot lead after chipping in for birdie from {{convert|30|ft|0}} on the par-3 14th to get to 10 under. Then he holed a {{convert|12|ft|0|adj=on}} birdie on the par-5 16th to keep his cushion. Els had to make birdies to keep up, and he came through with pure putts on the 16th and 17th. Then came the wild 72nd hole, with Hamilton holding a one shot lead.  Hamilton pushed his iron off the tee and into the rough, then chopped it across the fairway next to a guard railing that restricted his swing. Els hit his approach to within the shadow of the flag, leaving a 12-foot birdie attempt. Hamilton chipped to {{convert|20|ft|0}} and missed to take bogey. Els suddenly had a putt to win, but left it short. Mickelson carded a final round 68 to finish a shot back at 275 (−9). A 67 moved [[Lee Westwood]] into sole fourth, matching [[Davis Love III]] for low score of the final round.

{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[Pound sterling|£]])
|-
|rowspan="2" align=center|T1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Todd Hamilton]]|| 71-67-67-69=274 || rowspan="2" align=center|−10 || rowspan=2 align=center|Playoff
|-
| {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Ernie Els]]|| 69-69-68-68=274
|-
|align=center|3|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]]|| 73-66-68-68=275 || align=center|−9 || align=center|275,000
|-
|align=center|4|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Westwood]] || 72-71-68-67=278 || align=center|−6 || align=center|210,000
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T5|| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thomas Levet]]||66-70-71-72=279||rowspan=2 align=center|−5||rowspan=2 align=center|159,500
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Davis Love III]]||72-69-71-67=279
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T7|| {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Retief Goosen]]||69-70-68-73=280||rowspan=2 align=center|−4||rowspan=2 align=center|117,500
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Verplank]]||69-70-70-71=280
|-
|rowspan=2 align=center|T9|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Mike Weir]]||71-68-71-71=281||rowspan=2 align=center|−3||rowspan=2 align=center|89,500
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]]||70-71-68-72=281
|}
[[Amateur]]s: Wilson (+12)<br>
<small>Source:</small><ref name=dbg2004oc>{{cite web |url=http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=2004&tid=8 |work=databasegolf.com |title=2004 Open Championship results |access-date=1 July 2012}}</ref>

====Scorecard====
''Final round''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Hole!!&nbsp; 1 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 2 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 3 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 4 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 5 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 6 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 7 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 8 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 9 &nbsp;!!&nbsp;10&nbsp;!!&nbsp;11&nbsp;!!&nbsp;12&nbsp;!!&nbsp;13&nbsp;!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18
|-
|Par||4||4||4||5||3||5||4||3||4||  4||4||4||4||3||4||5||3||4
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Hamilton ||−8||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7||−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||−9||−9||−9||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||−9||style="background: Pink;"|−10||−10||style="background: Pink;"|−11||−11||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Els ||−7||−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8||−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||−9||style="background: Green;"|−7||−7||−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||−8||−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||style="background: Pink;"|−10||−10
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Mickelson ||−6||−6||−6||style="background: Red;"|−8||−8||−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||−9||−9||−9||−9||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8||−8||−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||−9
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ENG}} Westwood ||−2||−2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1||−1||style="background: PaleGreen;"|E||style="background: Pink;"|−1||style="background: Pink;"|−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||−3||style="background: Pink;"|−4||−4||−4||−4||−4||−4||style="background: Pink;"|−5||−5||style="background: Pink;"|−6
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Levet ||−6||−6||−6||style="background: Red;"|−8||−8||−8||−8||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7||−7||−7||−7||−7||−7||−7||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6||−6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5||−5
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Love ||style="background: PaleGreen;"|E||E||style="background: Pink;"|−1||style="background: Pink;"|−2||−2||−2||−2||style="background: Pink;"|−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||−3||style="background: Red;"|−5
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Goosen ||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5||−5||−5||style="background: Pink;"|−6||−6||−6||−6||−6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5||−5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−4||−4||−4||-4||−4||−4||−4||−4
|}
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''<br>
<small>Source:</small><ref name=bopldr04>{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/2004/29 |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |title=2004 Open Championship leaderboard |access-date=23 July 2013}}</ref>

==== Playoff ====
After 72 holes, Hamilton and Els were tied for the lead at 274 (−10), requiring a four-hole aggregate playoff, played over the 1st, 2nd, 17th, and 18th holes.  (The first use of this format in The Open was fifteen years earlier in [[1989 Open Championship|1989]], also at Royal Troon.) Both players parred the first two holes, both par fours, and Hamilton managed a par 3 on the {{convert|222|yd|adj=on}} 17th. Els overshot the green and bogeyed,<ref name=brop04>{{cite news |url=http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2004/news_071804_hamilton_wins.html |work=PGA of America |agency=Associated Press |title=Hamilton wins Open Championship in playoff over Els |date=18 July 2004 |access-date=21 June 2012 |archive-date=5 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705065000/http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2004/news_071804_hamilton_wins.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> then parred the last, leaving Hamilton a 3-foot (1 m) par putt to win the Open, which he holed.<ref name=uwcb/><ref name=bbcoc84rd4>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/3905065.stm |work=BBC Sport|title=Hamilton grabs shock win |last=Hodgetts |first=Rob |date=18 July 2004 |access-date=21 June 2012}}</ref> Els had all four rounds in the 60s for the second time in an Open without winning; the other time was at Royal St. George's in [[1993 Open Championship|1993]].

{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[Pound sterling|£]])
|-
| align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Todd Hamilton]]''' || align=center|4-4-3-4=15 || align=center|E || align=center|720,000
|-
| align=center|2 || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Ernie Els]] || align=center|4-4-4-4=16 || align=center|+1 || align=center|430,000
|}

===== Scorecard =====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Hole!!&nbsp; 1 &nbsp;!!&nbsp; 2 &nbsp;!!&nbsp;17&nbsp;!!&nbsp;18&nbsp;
|-
|Par||4||4||3||4
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Hamilton ||E||E||E||E
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ZAF}} Els ||E||E||style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1||+1
|}
''Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par''

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.theopen.com/previous-opens/133rd-open-Royal-Troon-2004 Royal Troon 2004 (Official site)]
*[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2004/tournamentid=2004041/leaderboard/index.html 133rd Open Championship - Royal Troon (European Tour)]

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