<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 273 (− 15) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 2014 2016 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2015 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 144th Open Championship, held from 16--20 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in Fife, Scotland . It was the 29th Open Championship played at the course and Zach Johnson won in a four - hole playoff for his second major title . </P> <P> World number one Rory McIlroy withdrew prior to the tournament due to an off - course ankle injury; he was the first defending champion absent from the Open in over sixty years, since Ben Hogan opted not to participate in 1954 . Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth attempted to win a third consecutive major and take over the top ranking . He finished one stroke out of the playoff, in a tie for fourth . </P>

The dates of the 2015 british open golf championship