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2024 British Open Day 4 Facts, Stats and Numbers We Noticed

Xander Schauffele shot the tournament’s low round to grab the Claret Jug.

John Schwarb, Jeff Ritter

Thriston Lawrence wasn't afraid to hit driver throughout the British Open.
Thriston Lawrence wasn't afraid to hit driver throughout the British Open. / Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Sports

The 152nd British Open is in the books, with Xander Schauffele the champion golfer of the year at 9 under par. Here are the numbers that mattered most.

9 – Players under par for 72 holes.

73.15 – Field average for Round 4.

72.43 – Field average for Round 3.

74.36 – Field average for Round 2.

74.44 – Field average for Round 1.

65 – Low round by Xander Schauffele, also the low round of the championship.

T29 – Schauffele’s driving distance rank for the week (296.8-yard average).

$3.1 million – Schauffele's first-place prize money

2 – Bogey-free rounds, by Schauffele and Russell Henley (who finished fifth).

-4 – Schauffele’s total score on the par 3s this week, tops in the field.

-4 – Schauffele’s total score on the par 4s this week, which also led the field.


6.306 – Strokes-gained driving this week by Thriston Lawrence, best in the field.

58.9% – Percentage of tee shots where Lawrence used driver, second-most in the field.

7 – Birdies by Mackenzie Hughes and Thorbjorn Olesen, the most Sunday.

18 - Birdies or better for the week by Justin Thomas, which led the field.

100 – Yardage at the par-3 8th “Postage Stamp.”

3.10 – Sunday scoring average at the 8th.

1982 – The last year Americans swept the four majors, before 2024.

7 – American major streak overall, dating to Brooks Koepka at the 2023 PGA Championship.

258,174 – Attendance for the week at Royal Troon.

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John Schwarb

JOHN SCHWARB

John Schwarb is a senior editor for Sports Illustrated covering golf. Prior to joining SI in March 2022, he worked for ESPN.com, PGATour.com, Tampa Bay Times and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He is the author of The Little 500: The Story of the World's Greatest College Weekend. A member of the Golf Writers Association of America, Schwarb has a bachelor's in journalism from Indiana University.

Jeff Ritter

JEFF RITTER

Jeff Ritter is the managing director of golf content for Sports Illustrated. He has more than 20 years experience in sports media and has covered more than 30 major championships. In 2020 he joined Morning Read to help spark its growth and eventual acquisition by SI in 2022. He helped launch Golf Magazine’s first original, weekly e-magazine and served as its top editor. He also launched Golf's “Films” division, the magazine’s first long-form video storytelling franchise, and his debut documentary received an Edward R. Murrow Award for sports reporting. Ritter has earned first-place awards for his work from the Society of American Travel Writers, the MIN Magazine Awards and the Golf Writers Association of America. He received a bachelor’s from the University of Michigan and a master’s from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. A native Michigander, he remains a die-hard Wolverines fan and will defend Jim Harbaugh until the bitter end.

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