2008 Open Championship
| Dates | 17–20 July 2008 |
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| Location | Southport, England |
| Course(s) | Royal Birkdale Golf Club |
| Tour(s) |
European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,173 yards (6,559 m) |
| Field | 156 players, 83 after cut |
| Cut | 149 (+9) |
| Prize fund |
£4,200,000 €5,335,867 $8,161,174 |
| Winner's share | £750,000 €938,565 $1,498,875 |
 Pádraig Harrington
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| 283 (+3) | |
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The 2008 Open Championship was the 137th Open Championship, played 17–20 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club, England. Pádraig Harrington of Ireland successfully defended his Open Championship title for his second Open title. Harrington shot four under par on the back nine in the final round to finish four strokes ahead of Ian Poulter of England.
Television coverage was provided as usual by the BBC in the UK, and by ABC and TNT in the United States.
World Number One Tiger Woods was the most notable absentee, as he was recovering from knee surgery.
About two thirds of the field each year consists of players that are fully exempt from qualifying for the Open. Below is the list of the exemption categories and the players who are exempt. Each player is classified according to the first category by which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses. Some categories are not shown as all players in that category had already quaified from an earlier category:
1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2007 Open Championship
K. J. Choi (7,15,19), Stewart Cink (7,19), Ben Curtis (3,4), Ernie Els (3,4,5,7,15,19), Sergio García (5,7,14,15), Richard Green, Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5,7), Hunter Mahan (7,15,19), Andrés Romero (5,7), Steve Stricker (7,15,19), Mike Weir (7,19)
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