<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "2015 2017" </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2016 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 145th Open Championship, played from 14--17 July at Royal Troon Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland . It was the ninth Open Championship played at the Old Course of Troon, and the fifth since gaining royal status . </P> <P> Henrik Stenson shot a final round 63 for 264, a record 20 - under par, three strokes ahead of runner - up Phil Mickelson, the 2013 champion . The leader after 54 holes, Stenson became the first Scandinavian man to win a major title . </P> <P> This was the first Open Championship under new television rights deals in the United Kingdom and United States . In the U.K., Sky Sports replaced the BBC, who held broadcast rights from 1955 to 2015, marking the first time that rights to the Open had been held by a subscription television service . To comply with anti-siphoning laws, rights to broadcast a nightly highlights programme on free - to - air television were sold to the BBC . The contract was to begin in 2017, but the BBC opted out of the 2016 edition . </P>

Who won the 2016 open championship at royal troon