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)
Location Map
St Andrews is located in Scotland
St Andrews
St Andrews
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.

Venue

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

Course layout

HoleYardsPar HoleYardsPar
13754103864
24524111743
33984123484
44654134654
55705145785
64144154554
73714164184
81883174514
93524183564
Out3,58536In3,63136
Source:[1]Total7,21672

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.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Bernhard Langer Germany2010, 2014, 201767697368277−112
Marco Dawson United States201571677368279−9T6
Fred Couples United States201271727371287−1T21
Tom Watson United States2003, 2005, 200769687377287−1T21
Paul Broadhurst England201671707376290+2T32
Loren Roberts United States2006, 200971737475293+5T50
Russ Cochran United States201172727679299+1172

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Pete Oakley United States20047279151+7
Noboru Sugai Japan20027774151+7
Bruce Vaughan United States20087480154+10

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 26 July 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Kirk Triplett65−7
Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant
T2Canada Stephen Ames66−6
Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley
T5Germany Bernhard Langer67−5
United States Scott McCarron
United States David Toms
T8Australia Paul Archbold68−4
United States Clark Dennis
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
United States Tom Lehman
United States Kenny Perry
Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi
Wales Phillip Price
Sweden Jarmo Sandelin
Fiji Vijay Singh
United States Jeff Sluman

Second round

Friday 27 July 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1Canada Stephen Ames66-69=135−9
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez68-67=135
T3Germany Bernhard Langer67-69=136−8
United States Jeff Sluman68-68=136
United States Kirk Triplett65-71=136
T6Sweden Jarmo Sandelin68-69=137−7
Fiji Vijay Singh68-69=137
United States Tom Watson69-68=137
T9United States Marco Dawson71-67=138−6
Argentina Mauricio Molina70-68=138
United States 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

Saturday, 28 July 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez68-67-72=207−9
T2Canada Stephen Ames66-69-74=209−7
Germany Bernhard Langer67-69-73=209
United States Tom Pernice Jr.70-68-71=209
United States Kirk Triplett65-71-73=209
T6United States Tom Lehman68-71-71=210−6
Thailand Prayad Marksaeng70-70-70=210
United States Scott McCarron67-73-70=210
United States Tom Watson69-68-73=210
Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant65-76-69=210

Final round

Sunday, 29 July 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ()
1Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez68-67-72-69=276−12268,814
2Germany Bernhard Langer67-69-73-68=277−11179,241
T3Canada Stephen Ames66-69-74-69=278−1083,279
United States Scott McCarron67-73-70-68=278
United States Kirk Triplett65-71-73-69=278
T6United States Marco Dawson71-67-73-68=279−945,313
United States Tom Lehman68-71-71-69=279
United States Tom Pernice Jr.70-68-71-70=279
Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant65-76-69-69=279
10Thailand Prayad Marksaeng70-70-70-71=281−732,190

Source:[2][3]

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444454434434454444
Spain Jiménez−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−13−13−13−12−12−12−12
Germany Langer−8−8−9−9−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−10−10−11−11−11−11
Canada Ames−7−6−7−6−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−10−10
United States McCarron−6−7−7−7−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10
United States Triplett−7−8−9−9−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−11−10−10−10−10−10−10
United States Dawson−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−9
United States Lehman−7−6−6−6−7−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−9
United States Pernice−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−8−8−9−9−9
Thailand 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

Source:[4]

Notes and references

  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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