2018 Senior Open Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 26–29 July 2018 |
Location | St Andrews, Scotland 56°20′35″N 2°48′11″W / 56.343°N 2.803°WCoordinates: 56°20′35″N 2°48′11″W / 56.343°N 2.803°W |
Course(s) | Old Course |
Organized by | The R&A |
Tour(s) | |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,216 yd (6,598 m) |
Field | 144 players, 72 after cut |
Cut | 145 (+1) |
Prize fund | $2,000,000 £1,526,360 |
Champion | |
Miguel Ángel Jiménez | |
276 (−12) | |
Location Map | |
St Andrews Location in Scotland | |
The 2018 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 32nd Senior Open Championship, held from 26–29 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 16th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.
Miguel Ángel Jiménez won by one stroke over defending champion Bernhard Langer. The 2018 event was Jiménez's first Senior Open Championship title and his second senior major championship victory.
Venue[]
The 2018 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at St Andrews.
Course layout[]
Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 375 | 4 | 10 | 386 | 4 | |
2 | 452 | 4 | 11 | 174 | 3 | |
3 | 398 | 4 | 12 | 348 | 4 | |
4 | 465 | 4 | 13 | 465 | 4 | |
5 | 570 | 5 | 14 | 578 | 5 | |
6 | 414 | 4 | 15 | 455 | 4 | |
7 | 371 | 4 | 16 | 418 | 4 | |
8 | 188 | 3 | 17 | 451 | 4 | |
9 | 352 | 4 | 18 | 356 | 4 | |
Out | 3,585 | 36 | In | 3,631 | 36 | |
Source:[1] | Total | 7,216 | 72 |
Field[]
The field consisted of 144 competitors: 136 professionals and 8 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 23 July for players who were not already exempt.
Nationalities in the field[]
North America (64) | South America (5) | Europe (58) | Oceania (8) | Asia (6) | Africa (3) |
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Canada (1) | Argentina (4) | England (22) | Australia (6) | Japan (2) | South Africa (3) |
United States (63) | Paraguay (1) | Spain (7) | New Zealand (1) | Thailand (2) | |
Scotland (5) | Fiji (1) | Taiwan (1) | |||
Wales (4) | Singapore (1) | ||||
Ireland (5) | |||||
Austria (1) | |||||
Denmark (2) | |||||
France (2) | |||||
Germany (2) | |||||
Italy (1) | |||||
Switzerland (1) | |||||
Sweden (5) | |||||
Northern Ireland (1) |
Past champions in the field[]
Made the cut[]
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernhard Langer | Germany | 2010, 2014, 2017 | 67 | 69 | 73 | 68 | 277 | −11 | 2 |
Marco Dawson | United States | 2015 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 68 | 279 | −9 | T6 |
Fred Couples | United States | 2012 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 287 | −1 | T21 |
Tom Watson | United States | 2003, 2005, 2007 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 77 | 287 | −1 | T21 |
Paul Broadhurst | England | 2016 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 76 | 290 | +2 | T32 |
Loren Roberts | United States | 2006, 2009 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 293 | +5 | T50 |
Russ Cochran | United States | 2011 | 72 | 72 | 76 | 79 | 299 | +11 | 72 |
Missed the cut[]
Player | Country | Year won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Oakley | United States | 2004 | 72 | 79 | 151 | +7 |
Noboru Sugai | Japan | 2002 | 77 | 74 | 151 | +7 |
Bruce Vaughan | United States | 2008 | 74 | 80 | 154 | +10 |
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Kirk Triplett | United States | 65 | −7 |
Thaworn Wiratchant | Thailand | |||
T2 | Stephen Ames | Canada | 66 | −6 |
Paul McGinley | Ireland | |||
T5 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | 67 | −5 |
Scott McCarron | United States | |||
David Toms | United States | |||
T8 | Paul Archbold | Australia | 68 | −4 |
Clark Dennis | United States | |||
Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Spain | |||
Tom Lehman | United States | |||
Kenny Perry | United States | |||
Magnus Persson Atlevi | Sweden | |||
Phillip Price | Wales | |||
Jarmo Sandelin | Sweden | |||
Vijay Singh | Fiji | |||
Jeff Sluman | United States |
Second round[]
Friday 27 July 2018
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Stephen Ames | Canada | 66-69=135 | −9 |
Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Spain | 68-67=135 | ||
T3 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | 67-69=136 | −8 |
Jeff Sluman | United States | 68-68=136 | ||
Kirk Triplett | United States | 65-71=136 | ||
T6 | Jarmo Sandelin | Sweden | 68-69=137 | −7 |
Vijay Singh | Fiji | 68-69=137 | ||
Tom Watson | United States | 69-68=137 | ||
T9 | Marco Dawson | United States | 71-67=138 | −6 |
Mauricio Molina | Argentina | 70-68=138 | ||
Tom Pernice Jr. | United States | 70-68=138 |
Amateurs: Elliott (+2), Howison (+5), Maxfield (+6), Dornell (+7), Lacy (+8), Lutz (+8), McCoy (+9), Hughes (+10)
Third round[]
Saturday, 28 July 2018
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Spain | 68-67-72=207 | −9 |
T2 | Stephen Ames | Canada | 66-69-74=209 | −7 |
Bernhard Langer | Germany | 67-69-73=209 | ||
Tom Pernice Jr. | United States | 70-68-71=209 | ||
Kirk Triplett | United States | 65-71-73=209 | ||
T6 | Tom Lehman | United States | 68-71-71=210 | −6 |
Prayad Marksaeng | Thailand | 70-70-70=210 | ||
Scott McCarron | United States | 67-73-70=210 | ||
Tom Watson | United States | 69-68-73=210 | ||
Thaworn Wiratchant | Thailand | 65-76-69=210 |
Final round[]
Sunday, 29 July 2018
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (€) |
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1 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Spain | 68-67-72-69=276 | −12 | 268,814 |
2 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | 67-69-73-68=277 | −11 | 179,241 |
T3 | Stephen Ames | Canada | 66-69-74-69=278 | −10 | 83,279 |
Scott McCarron | United States | 67-73-70-68=278 | |||
Kirk Triplett | United States | 65-71-73-69=278 | |||
T6 | Marco Dawson | United States | 71-67-73-68=279 | −9 | 45,313 |
Tom Lehman | United States | 68-71-71-69=279 | |||
Tom Pernice Jr. | United States | 70-68-71-70=279 | |||
Thaworn Wiratchant | Thailand | 65-76-69-69=279 | |||
10 | Prayad Marksaeng | Thailand | 70-70-70-71=281 | −7 | 32,190 |
Scorecard[]
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie | Bogey |
Source:[4]
Notes and references[]
- ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 – Venue". European Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex". Golf Channel. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 – Leaderboard". European Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 – Leaderboard". European Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
External links[]
- Senior major golf championships
- Golf tournaments in Scotland
- 2018 in golf
- 2018 in Scottish sport
- July 2018 sports events in the United Kingdom