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.

B. Holmes, was dubbed "High Noon at Troon" and compared in quality to the renowned "Duel in the Sun" of 1977.

To comply with anti-siphoning laws, rights to broadcast a nightly highlights programme on free-to-air television were sold to the BBC.

It also restored a major to the network for the first time since 2014; from 1995 to 2014, NBC televised the U.S. Open and other championships of the USGA, which moved to Fox Sports in 2015.

The Mark H. McCormack Medal winner for 2015 The Open Qualifying Series (OQS) consisted of 10 events from the six major tours.

The Greenbrier Classic was cancelled due to the damage sustained by the course in the 2016 West Virginia flood.

[18] The Open Qualifying Series event originally slated for the Greenbrier was shifted to the Barracuda Championship.

[19] The Final Qualifying events were played on 28 June at four courses covering Scotland and the North-West, Central and South-coast regions of England.

[27] Friday, 15 July 2016 Phil Mickelson maintained his lead at the halfway point at 132 (−10), a stroke ahead of Henrik Stenson, whose 65 moved him into solo second place.

[28] The cut was at 146 (+4), allowing previous major champions Jordan Spieth, Danny Willett, and Bubba Watson to continue onto the third day.

Billy Horschel started in joint fourth place, but had a dismal 85 to miss the cut by six strokes.

[34] Both parred the next two holes, then Stenson recorded three consecutive birdies, including a 51-foot (16 m) putt from off the green on the 15th to open up a two-shot lead.

Mickelson narrowly missed an eagle putt on the 16th while Stenson got up and down from the greenside rough for a birdie to maintain the advantage.

[35] Runner-up Mickelson shot 267 to equal the previous Open record set by Greg Norman in 1993.