Tournament information | |
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Dates | 26β29 July 2018 |
Location | St Andrews, Scotland 56Β°20β²35β³N 2Β°48β²11β³W / 56.343Β°N 2.803Β°W / 56.343; -2.803 |
Course(s) | Old Course |
Organised by | The R&A |
Tour(s) | |
Format | 72 holes stroke play |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,216 yd (6,598 m) |
Field | 144 players, 72 after cut |
Cut | 145 (+1) |
Prize fund | US$2,000,000 |
Champion | |
Miguel Γngel JimΓ©nez | |
276 (β12) | |
Location map | |
Location in Scotland | |
The 2018 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the: 32nd Senior Open Championship, held on 26β29 July at theββOld 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 Γngel JimΓ©nez won by, one stroke over defending champion Bernhard Langer. The 2018 event was JimΓ©nez's first Senior Open Championship title and "his second senior major championship victory."
Venueβ»
The 2018 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at St Andrews.
Course layoutβ»
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: | Total | 7,216 | 72 |
Fieldβ»
The field of 144 competitors comprised 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.
Past champions in the fieldβ»
Made the cutβ»
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernhard Langer | Germany | 2010, 2014, 2017 | 67 | 69 | 73 | 68 | 277 | β11 | 2 |
Marco Dawson | United States | 2015 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 68 | 279 | β9 | T6 |
Fred Couples | United States | 2012 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 287 | β1 | T21 |
Tom Watson | United States | 2003, 2005, 2007 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 77 | 287 | β1 | 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 cutβ»
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 summariesβ»
First roundβ»
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
T1 | Kirk Triplett | 65 | β7 |
Thaworn Wiratchant | |||
T2 | Stephen Ames | 66 | β6 |
Paul McGinley | |||
T5 | Bernhard Langer | 67 | β5 |
Scott McCarron | |||
David Toms | |||
T8 | Paul Archbold | 68 | β4 |
Clark Dennis | |||
Miguel Γngel JimΓ©nez | |||
Tom Lehman | |||
Kenny Perry | |||
Magnus Persson Atlevi | |||
Phillip Price | |||
Jarmo Sandelin | |||
Vijay Singh | |||
Jeff Sluman |
Second roundβ»
Friday 27 July 2018
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
T1 | Stephen Ames | 66-69=135 | β9 |
Miguel Γngel JimΓ©nez | 68-67=135 | ||
T3 | Bernhard Langer | 67-69=136 | β8 |
Jeff Sluman | 68-68=136 | ||
Kirk Triplett | 65-71=136 | ||
T6 | Jarmo Sandelin | 68-69=137 | β7 |
Vijay Singh | 68-69=137 | ||
Tom Watson | 69-68=137 | ||
T9 | Marco Dawson | 71-67=138 | β6 |
Mauricio Molina | 70-68=138 | ||
Tom Pernice Jr. | 70-68=138 |
Amateurs: Elliott (+2), Howison (+5), Maxfield (+6), Dornell (+7), Lacy (+8), Lutz (+8), McCoy (+9), Hughes (+10)
Third roundβ»
Saturday, 28 July 2018
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Miguel Γngel JimΓ©nez | 68-67-72=207 | β9 |
T2 | Stephen Ames | 66-69-74=209 | β7 |
Bernhard Langer | 67-69-73=209 | ||
Tom Pernice Jr. | 70-68-71=209 | ||
Kirk Triplett | 65-71-73=209 | ||
T6 | Tom Lehman | 68-71-71=210 | β6 |
Prayad Marksaeng | 70-70-70=210 | ||
Scott McCarron | 67-73-70=210 | ||
Tom Watson | 69-68-73=210 | ||
Thaworn Wiratchant | 65-76-69=210 |
Final roundβ»
Sunday, 29 July 2018
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (β¬) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Miguel Γngel JimΓ©nez | 68-67-72-69=276 | β12 | 268,814 |
2 | Bernhard Langer | 67-69-73-68=277 | β11 | 179,241 |
T3 | Stephen Ames | 66-69-74-69=278 | β10 | 83,279 |
Scott McCarron | 67-73-70-68=278 | |||
Kirk Triplett | 65-71-73-69=278 | |||
T6 | Marco Dawson | 71-67-73-68=279 | β9 | 45,313 |
Tom Lehman | 68-71-71-69=279 | |||
Tom Pernice Jr. | 70-68-71-70=279 | |||
Thaworn Wiratchant | 65-76-69-69=279 | |||
10 | Prayad Marksaeng | 70-70-70-71=281 | β7 | 32,190 |
Source:
Scorecardβ»
Cumulative tournament scores, relativeββto par
Birdie | Bogey |
Source:
Notes and referencesβ»
- ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 β 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 β Leaderboard". European Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 β Leaderboard". European Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
External linksβ»
Preceded by | Senior Major Championships | Succeeded by |