page_title: 2012 Open Championship
section_title: Course layout
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 Open Championship / Venue / Course layout
caption_attribution_description: English: LYTHAM ST ANNES, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 27: 7th hole green before 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open held at Royal Lytham &amp; St Annes on July 27, 2009 in Lytham St Annes, England. (Photo by Wojciech Migda)
context_page_description: The 2012 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 141st Open Championship, held from 19−22 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England. Ernie Els won his second Claret Jug, one stroke ahead of runner-up Adam Scott. Tiger Woods and Brandt Snedeker finished tied for third, four strokes behind Els, who gained his fourth major title.
  Scott was the leader after 54 holes at 199, with Els six strokes back, tied for fifth. After a birdie at the 14th hole, Scott was four strokes ahead with four holes to play. Els, two groups ahead of Scott on the course, birdied the 18th hole for a score of 68 and the clubhouse lead at 273. When Scott agonizingly bogeyed each of the final four holes, he dropped to second and Els won the Championship by a single stroke.
  Entering the final round, Graeme McDowell and Snedeker were tied for second at 203, four strokes behind Scott. McDowell shot a 75 and Snedeker a 74 to knock them out of contention; Woods had a triple bogey at the sixth hole and carded a 73 to tie for third with Snedeker.
context_section_description: ^ Hole #6 was a par 5 in previous Opens.
  Lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):
  2012: 7,086 yards (6,479 m), par 70
  2001: 6,905 yards (6,314 m), par 71
  1996: 6,892 yards (6,302 m), par 71
  1988: 6,857 yards (6,270 m), par 71
  1979: 6,822 yards (6,238 m), par 71
   
  1974: 6,822 yards (6,238 m), par 71
  1969: 6,848 yards (6,262 m), par 71
  1963: 6,836 yards (6,251 m), par 70
  1958: 6,635 yards (6,067 m), par 71
  1952: 6,657 yards (6,087 m), par 72
caption: 7th hole green in 2009
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