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°W |
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 Ángel Jiménez | |
276 (−12) | |
Location map | |
Location in Scotland | |
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.
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.
Main article: Old Course at St Andrews |
The 2018 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at St Andrews.
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 |
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.
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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)
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 |
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 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie | Bogey |
Source:[4]