It was the 29th Open Championship played at the course and Zach Johnson won in a four-hole playoff for his second major title.

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.

This was also the last Open Championship played under the then present TV deals with the BBC and ESPN each having their swan song.

First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Southern Africa PGA Sunshine Tour for 2014 19.

First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2014 21.

The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2014 The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) consisted of 10 events from the six major tours.

[13] The Final Qualifying events were played on 30 June at four courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England.

[24] The day marked the final Open appearance of five-time champion Tom Watson at age 65.

Amateurs: Dunne (−6), Niebrugge (−4), Langasque (−3), Schniederjans (−2), Chesters (−1), Kinnear (+2), Yang (+6), Balcombe (+6), Taylor (+11) Sunday, 19 July 2015 Amateur Paul Dunne was in a share of the lead after the third round along with Louis Oosthuizen and Jason Day.

On the famous par-4 17th "Road Hole," an errant approach shot by Spieth resulted in a bogey and he was back at −14.

At the 18th, Spieth's approach shot was short, in the "Valley of Sin" below the green; he almost holed the chip for birdie, but settled for par and 274 (−14).

Day was left with a 15-foot (4.5 m) birdie putt to join the playoff, but could not convert and also ended a stroke back at 274.

The final pairing was Louis Oosthuizen and amateur Paul Dunne, who was at even par 36 out, but was four-over on the next four holes, fell out of contention, and tied for thirtieth place.

[28] Oosthuizen played a solid round and needed a birdie at 18 to get into the playoff with Leishman and Johnson.

The Open Championship's rules dictated there would be a four-hole aggregate score playoff between Johnson, Leishman, and Oosthuizen.

[29][30] The win was Johnson's second major championship victory; he won the Masters eight years earlier in 2007.