2018 Senior Open Championship

The 2018 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 32nd Senior Open Championship, held on 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.

2018 Senior Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates26–29 July 2018
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
56°20′35″N 2°48′11″W / 56.343°N 2.803°W / 56.343; -2.803
Course(s)Old Course
Organised byThe R&A
Tour(s)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length7,216 yd (6,598 m)
Field144 players, 72 after cut
Cut145 (+1)
Prize fundUS$2,000,000
Champion
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
276 (−12)
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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

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The 2018 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at St Andrews.

Course layout

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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

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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 field

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Made the cut

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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

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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

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First round

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Thursday, 26 July 2018

Place Player Score To par
T1   Kirk Triplett 65 −7
  Thaworn Wiratchant
T2   Stephen Ames 66 −6
  Paul McGinley
T5   Bernhard Langer 67 −5
  Scott McCarron
  David Toms
T8   Paul Archbold 68 −4
  Clark Dennis
  Miguel Ángel Jiménez
  Tom Lehman
  Kenny Perry
  Magnus Persson Atlevi
  Phillip Price
  Jarmo Sandelin
  Vijay Singh
  Jeff Sluman

Second round

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Friday 27 July 2018

Place Player Score To par
T1   Stephen Ames 66-69=135 −9
  Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68-67=135
T3   Bernhard Langer 67-69=136 −8
  Jeff Sluman 68-68=136
  Kirk Triplett 65-71=136
T6   Jarmo Sandelin 68-69=137 −7
  Vijay Singh 68-69=137
  Tom Watson 69-68=137
T9   Marco Dawson 71-67=138 −6
  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 round

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Saturday, 28 July 2018

Place Player Score To par
1   Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68-67-72=207 −9
T2   Stephen Ames 66-69-74=209 −7
  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 −6
  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 round

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Sunday, 29 July 2018

Place Player Score To par Money ()
1   Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68-67-72-69=276 −12 268,814
2   Bernhard Langer 67-69-73-68=277 −11 179,241
T3   Stephen Ames 66-69-74-69=278 −10 83,279
  Scott McCarron 67-73-70-68=278
  Kirk Triplett 65-71-73-69=278
T6   Marco Dawson 71-67-73-68=279 −9 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 −7 32,190

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Scorecard

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4
  Jiménez −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12
  Langer −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11
  Ames −7 −6 −7 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10
  McCarron −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10
  Triplett −7 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10
  Dawson −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9
  Lehman −7 −6 −6 −6 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9
  Pernice −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9
  Wiratchant −6 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 – Venue". European Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. ^ "The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex". Golf Channel. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 – Leaderboard". European Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 – Leaderboard". European Tour. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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