Given his stellar season and history at Royal Liverpool, Rory McIlroy enters the 2023 British Open surrounded by quite a bit of interest.
After all, the Northern Irishman won one of his four major championships at the 2014 Open that was held on Merseyside at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake, England, not to mention he’s fresh off a win last weekend at the Genesis Scottish Open.
But McIlroy isn’t the only player in this week’s field with a little history at Royal Liverpool. A total of 44 players who teed it up in 2014 are back in Liverpool nine years later, and of those players, 29 made the cut.
Here’s how players in the 2023 British Open field fared in 2014 at Royal Liverpool.
PHOTOS: 2023 British Open practice rounds
Player
2014 finish
Score
Rory McIlroy
1
-17
Rickie Fowler
T2
-15
Adam Scott
T5
-12
Charl Schwartzel
T7
-11
Graeme McDowell
T9
-10
Shane Lowry
T9
-10
Dustin Johnson
T12
-9
Francesco Molinari
T15
-8
Chris Kirk
T19
-6
Keegan Bradley
T19
-6
Justin Rose
T23
-5
Phil Mickelson
T23
-5
Brian Harman
T26
-4
Byeong-Hun An
T26
-4
Darren Clarke
T26
-4
Branden Grace
T36
-2
Jordan Spieth
T36
-2
Louis Oosthuizen
T36
-2
Brendon Todd
T39
-1
Gary Woodland
T39
-1
Henrik Stenson
T39
-1
Hideki Matsuyama
T39
-1
Marc Warren
T39
-1
Stewart Cink
T47
E
Zach Johnson
T47
E
Jason Day
T58
3
Thorbjorn Olesen
T64
4
Brooks Koepka
T67
5
Hiroshi Iwata
Cut
3
Billy Horschel
Cut
4
Danny Willett
Cut
4
Harris English
Cut
4
John Daly
Cut
4
Patrick Reed
Cut
5
Scott Stallings
Cut
5
Tommy Fleetwood
Cut
6
Ernie Els
Cut
8
Pablo Larrazabal
Cut
8
Padraig Harrington
Cut
8
Tyrrell Hatton
Cut
8
Russell Henley
Cut
11
Matthew Southgate
Cut
12
Joost Luiten
Cut
13
