2014 Senior Open Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 24–27 July 2014 |
Location | Porthcawl, Wales |
Course(s) | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club |
Organized by | The R&A |
Tour(s) | |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,901 yd (6,310 m) |
Field | 144 players, 76 after cut |
Cut | 149 (+7) |
Prize fund | $2,000,000 £1,250,000 |
Champion | |
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266 (−18) | |
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The 2014 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 28th Senior Open Championship, held from 24–27 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 12th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.
World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer led wire-to-wire and broke the tournament scoring record, finishing at 18-under-par. The 2014 event was Langer's second Senior Open Championship title and his fourth senior major championship victory.
Venue[]
The 2014 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at Royal Porthcawl. Royal Porthcawl hosted the Senior Open Championship for a second time in 2017.
Course layout[]
Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
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1 | 427 | 4 | 10 | 400 | 4 | |
2 | 374 | 4 | 11 | 355 | 4 | |
3 | 451 | 4 | 12 | 194 | 3 | |
4 | 455 | 4 | 13 | 551 | 5 | |
5 | 212 | 3 | 14 | 435 | 4 | |
6 | 515 | 5 | 15 | 173 | 3 | |
7 | 381 | 4 | 16 | 466 | 4 | |
8 | 122 | 3 | 17 | 430 | 4 | |
9 | 456 | 4 | 18 | 504 | 5 | |
Out | 3,393 | 35 | In | 3,508 | 36 | |
Source:[1] | Total | 6,901 | 71 |
Field[]
The field consisted of 144 competitors: 135 professionals and 9 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 21 July for players who were not already exempt.
Nationalities in the field[]
North America (46) | South America (5) | Europe (76) | Oceania (6) | Asia (8) | Africa (3) |
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Past champions in the field[]
Made the cut[]
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Bernhard Langer | ![]() |
2010 | 65 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 266 | −18 | 1 |
Russ Cochran | ![]() |
2011 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 72 | 286 | +2 | T10 |
Tom Watson | ![]() |
2003, 2005, 2007 | 74 | 66 | 69 | 77 | 286 | +2 | T10 |
Fred Couples | ![]() |
2012 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 78 | 288 | +4 | T13 |
Bruce Vaughan | ![]() |
2008 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 288 | +4 | T13 |
Missed the cut[]
Player | Country | Year won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
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Mark Wiebe | ![]() |
2013 | 76 | 77 | 153 | +11 |
Noboru Sugai | ![]() |
2002 | 83 | 84 | 167 | +25 |
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, 24 July 2014
Bernhard Langer posted a six-under-par 65 on day one to lead by two shots.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Bernhard Langer | ![]() |
65 | −6 |
2 | Bob Tway | ![]() |
67 | −4 |
3 | Chris Williams | ![]() |
68 | −3 |
4 | Andrew Oldcorn | ![]() |
69 | −2 |
T5 | Rick Gibson | ![]() |
70 | −1 |
Pedro Linhart | ![]() | |||
T7 | Fred Couples | ![]() |
71 | E |
Scott Dunlap | ![]() | |||
Peter Fowler | ![]() | |||
David Frost | ![]() | |||
Jeff Hart | ![]() | |||
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Steve Jones | ![]() | |||
Jamie Spence | ![]() | |||
George Zahringer (a) | ![]() |
Second round[]
Friday 25 July 2014
Langer extended his lead to seven shots after a second round 66, entering the weekend at 131 (−11). Colin Montgomerie and Chris Williams finished the second round in a tie for 2nd at 138 (−4). Tom Pernice Jr. shot the round of the day, a 64 (−7), which included eight birdies and one bogey.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Bernhard Langer | ![]() |
65-66=131 | −11 |
T2 | Colin Montgomerie | ![]() |
72-66=138 | −4 |
Chris Williams | ![]() |
68-70=138 | ||
4 | Pedro Linhart | ![]() |
70-69=139 | −3 |
T5 | Bob Tway | ![]() |
66-71=140 | −2 |
Tom Watson | ![]() |
74-66=140 | ||
T7 | Rick Gibson | ![]() |
70-71=141 | −1 |
Barry Lane | ![]() |
72-69=141 | ||
T9 | Fred Couples | ![]() |
71-71=142 | E |
Tom Pernice Jr. | ![]() |
78-64=142 | ||
Bruce Vaughan | ![]() |
73-69=142 |
Amateurs: Lutz (+2), Zahringer (+7), Reynard (+8), Ambridge (+17), Bell (+17), Kinghorn (+18), Lehew (+25), Gold (+26), Cooper (+32)
Third round[]
Saturday, 26 July 2014
Langer shot a third consecutive round in the 60s with a third round 68 (−3), and extended his lead to eight shots over Rick Gibson, who shot a 66 (−5). Colin Montgomerie fell back into a tie for seventh place after shooting a 40 (+4) on the back nine and finishing the day with a 72 (+1).
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Bernhard Langer | ![]() |
65-66-68=199 | −14 |
2 | Rick Gibson | ![]() |
70-71-66=207 | −6 |
3 | Bob Tway | ![]() |
67-73-68=208 | −5 |
T4 | Scott Dunlap | ![]() |
71-73-65=209 | −4 |
Tom Watson | ![]() |
74-66-69=209 | ||
Chris Williams | ![]() |
68-70-71=209 | ||
T7 | Fred Couples | ![]() |
71-71-68=210 | −3 |
Barry Lane | ![]() |
72-69-69=210 | ||
Colin Montgomerie | ![]() |
72-66-72=210 | ||
10 | Jeff Sluman | ![]() |
73-71-67=211 | −2 |
Amateurs: Lutz (+4), Zahringer (+4)
Final round[]
Sunday, 27 July 2014
Bernhard Langer shot a final round 67 (−4) to win his fourth senior major championship and his second Senior Open Championship by 13 strokes. Langer finished with a record score of −18, breaking the previous scoring record by one stroke, which had been held by Tom Watson and Carl Mason. Scoring was difficult on Sunday as only 10 players broke par during the final round, and Langer's four-under-par 67 was the lowest score of the day. Colin Montgomerie recovered from a third round 72 (+1) with a final round 69 (−2), finishing in second place. Rick Gibson finished in a tie for third after a final round 75 (+4), which included seven bogies and three birdies. Bob Tway also struggled in the final round, shooting a 76 (+5), which included two double bogies and a triple bogey on the par-4 3rd hole. Dunlap, Watson, Williams, and Couples shot final rounds of 75, 77, 80, and 78, respectively.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (€) |
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1 | Bernhard Langer | ![]() |
65-66-68-67=266 | −18 | 248,535 |
2 | Colin Montgomerie | ![]() |
72-66-72-69=279 | −5 | 165,753 |
T3 | Rick Gibson | ![]() |
70-71-66-75=282 | −2 | 77,017 |
Barry Lane | ![]() |
72-69-69-72=282 | |||
Tom Pernice Jr. | ![]() |
78-64-70-70=282 | |||
T6 | Scott Dunlap | ![]() |
71-73-65-75=284 | E | 48,462 |
Bob Tway | ![]() |
67-73-68-76=284 | |||
T8 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | ![]() |
74-69-74-68=285 | +1 | 35,327 |
Kirk Triplett | ![]() |
72-72-71-70=285 | |||
T10 | Russ Cochran | ![]() |
74-73-67-72=286 | +2 | 28,601 |
Tom Watson | ![]() |
74-66-69-77=286 |
Source:[2][3]
Amateurs: Lutz (+11), Zahringer (+13)
Scorecard[]
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey | Triple bogey+ |
Source:[2]
Notes and references[]
- ^ "2014 Schedule - Legends Tour".
- ^ a b "The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex". Golf Channel. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "2014 Schedule - Legends Tour".
External links[]
- Senior major golf championships
- Golf tournaments in Wales
- 2014 in golf
- 2014 in Welsh sport
- July 2014 sports events in the United Kingdom