2006 Open Championship
| Dates | 20–23 July 2006 |
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| Location | Merseyside, England |
| Course(s) | Royal Liverpool Golf Club |
| Tour(s) |
European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,258 yards (6,637 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 71 after cut |
| Cut | 143 (−1) |
| Prize fund |
£4,000,000 €5,797,724 $7,300,000 |
| Winner's share | £720,000 €1,045,966 $1,338,480 |
 Tiger Woods
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| 270 (−18) | |
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The 2006 Open Championship was the 135th Open Championship, played from 20–23 July at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. Tiger Woods held off Chris DiMarco, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, and Sergio García for a two-shot victory. The win was his second consecutive Open Championship title and third overall. It was also Woods' first major tournament win since the death of his father, Earl Woods, in May.
The purse was £4,000,000, and the winner received £720,000. Using conversion rates at the time of the tournament, the purse was €5,797,724 for the European Tour's Order of Merit rankings and $7,300,000 for the PGA Tour's money list.
Royal Liverpool first hosted The Open Championship in 1897 and the 2006 Open was the 11th to be held at Royal Liverpool. This was the first Open at Royal Liverpool since 1967, a thirty-nine-year absence. Royal Liverpool's list of champions includes Harold Hilton (1897), Sandy Herd (1902), Arnaud Massy (1907), John Henry Taylor (1913), 11 time major winner Walter Hagen (1924), seven time major winner and amateur Bobby Jones, Alf Padgham (1936), Fred Daly (1947), Peter Thomson (1956), and Roberto De Vicenzo (1967).
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