British Open 2013: Biggest Winners of the Weekend at Muirfield

Phil Mickelson took home the 2013 British Open though he wasn't the only one to get something out of the tournament.

Obviously, there is Mickelson's fourth-round performance that stands out but other players also had solid showings in Muirfield. Let's take a look at the final leaderboard and dive into who were the biggest winners of the tournament.

Final Leaderboard

Adam Scott

For the second-straight year, Scott leaves the British Open just shy of taking home the championship. In 2012, Scott watched his lead slip away in the final round but this year he rose into the top-three finishers.

Scott finished this year's tournament tied for third place with Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter after tallying a score of 285. He was perhaps the most consistent golfer in the field over The Open, shooting between 70-72 over all four rounds.

To his credit, the 2013 Masters champion had five birdies on the final round of play. Unfortunately for Scott, he paired those five birdies with six bogeys.

This is Scott's first top-three finish since winning The Masters back in April. The Open was actually one of his best tournament performances of the year.

Henrik Stenson

Stenson finished The Open in second place which is his fourth top-10 finish since March of this year. The Swedish golfer had not finished among the top five in a tournament since the Players Championship back in May up until coming to Muirfield.

Another one of the more consistent golfers in the tournament, Stenson shot 70 in three of the four rounds. The only time he finished with a score different than 70 was in Round 3 when he shot a 74 with four bogeys and one birdie.

There is no question that Stenson would have preferred to win his first major title, but there is pride to be had in his finish at The Open. Before this tournament, his best finish at a major came in 2008 when he finished fourth at the PGA Championship.

Phil Mickelson

This major championship will go down as one of Lefty's biggest moments of his storied career, plain and simple. Mickelson finally won at The Open after 19 previous tries to capture his fifth career major championship.

"To play what is arguably the best round of my career, to putt the way I putted, to shoot the round of my life, it just feels amazing to win the claret jug," Mickelson said in his postgame press conference (via The Los Angeles Times).

In the final round of this year's edition of The Open, Mickelson finished three-under par with six birdies and just one bogey. Four of his six birdies came on the final six holes.

This epic performance comes just one year removed from not making the cut at the very same tournament. After this victory and his recent top finish at the Scottish Open, there is no golfer on a roll like Mickelson is right now.