2017 Senior Open Championship

The 2017 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 31st Senior Open Championship, held 27–30 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the 2nd Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 15th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.

2017 Senior Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates27–30 July 2017
LocationPorthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom
51.492°N 3.726°W / 51.492; -3.726
Course(s)Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
Organised byThe R&A
Tour(s)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par71
Length6,901 yd (6,310 m)
Field144 players, 76 after cut
Cut155 (+13)
Prize fundUS$1,700,000
£1,500,000
Champion
Bernhard Langer
280 (−4)
Location map
Location in Europe
Location on the British Isles
Location in Wales

World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by three strokes over Corey Pavin. The 2017 event was Langer's third Senior Open Championship title and his tenth senior major championship victory. Langer also won the 2014 Senior Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club.

Venue
Main article: Royal Porthcawl Golf Club

The 2017 event was the second Senior Open Championship played at Royal Porthcawl.

Course layout
HoleYardsPar  HoleYardsPar
14274104004
23744113554
34514121943
44554135515
52123144354
65155151733
73814164664
81223174304
94564185045
Out3,39335In3,50836
Source:[1]Total6,90171

Field

The field of 144 competitors included 135 professionals and 9 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 24 July for players who were not already exempt.[2]

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Bernhard Langer Germany2010, 201469746572280−41
Fred Couples United States201275756668284ET3
Paul Broadhurst England201675756773290+6T15
Tom Watson United States2003, 2005, 200772776775291+7T23
Russ Cochran United States201177736974293+9T31
Marco Dawson United States201579767071296+12T45

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 27 July 2017

Bernhard Langer posted a two-under-par 69 on day one to lead by one shot.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Bernhard Langer69−2
T2 Carl Mason70−1
Mauricio Molina
T4 Billy Andrade71E
Peter Fowler
Tom Lehman
Peter Lonard
Billy Mayfair
Colin Montgomerie
Tom Pernice Jr.
Jean-François Remésy
Chris Williams

Second round

Friday 28 July 2017

Scoring was difficult during the second round as only one player, Santiago Luna, broke par on Friday. Steve Flesch and Brad Faxon shot even-par rounds of 71, while the rest of the field shot over-par. Langer struggled to a 74 (+3) and fell back into a five-way tie for the lead going into the third round.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Steve Flesch72-71=143+1
Bernhard Langer69-74=143
Tom Lehman71-72=143
Billy Mayfair71-72=143
Mauricio Molina70-73=143
6 Clark Dennis72-72=144+2
T7 Mike Goodes74-72=146+4
Peter Lonard71-75=146
David McKenzie73-73=146

Amateurs: Lutz (+9), Haag (+13), Curtis (+20), Hastie (+21), Hoit (+22), White (+22), Tomlinson (+29), Creed (+31), Bell (+34)

Third round

Saturday, 29 July 2017

Langer rebounded with a bogey-free, six-under-par 65 on Saturday to take a four stroke lead into the final round. 2010 Senior Open runner-up Corey Pavin also shot a third round 65 to move into 2nd place. Peter Lonard shot a 67 (−4) to move into 3rd place and 5 shots of Langer's lead.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Bernhard Langer69-74-65=208−5
2 Corey Pavin73-74-65=212−1
3 Peter Lonard71-75-67=213E
T4 Steve Flesch72-71-71=214+1
Miguel Ángel Jiménez76-73-65=214
Billy Mayfair71-72-71=214
T7 Magnus Persson Atlevi77-73-65=215+2
Scott Dunlap76-73-66=215
Santiago Luna77-70-68=215
Phillip Price74-73-68=215

Amateurs: Lutz (+9), Haag (+18)

Final round

Sunday, 30 July 2017

Bernhard Langer's lead was extended to five shots after Pavin bogeyed the first hole, however, the lead was cut to three after a birdie by Pavin and a bogey by Langer on the par-4 3rd hole. Pavin cut Langer's lead to two after a birdie on the par-3 5th. After a bogey by Pavin on the par-5 13th hole, Langer's lead was extended to three strokes, which he carried into the 72nd hole. Langer and Pavin both birdied the 72nd hole, as Langer secured the title and his tenth senior major championship.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)
1 Bernhard Langer69-74-65-72=280−4266,923
2 Corey Pavin73-74-65-71=283−1177,975
T3 Billy Andrade71-76-69-68=284E82,694
Fred Couples75-75-66-68=284
Peter Lonard71-75-67-71=284
T6 Magnus Persson Atlevi77-73-65-70=285+148,025
Miguel Ángel Martín72-76-68-69=285
Phillip Price74-73-68-70=285
T9 Billy Andrade71-72-71-72=286+233,927
David McKenzie73-73-71-69=286

Source:[3][4]

Amateurs: Lutz (+17), Haag (+21)

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444435434443543445
Langer−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4 −4−4−4−3−3−3−4
PavinE−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−1−1EEE−1
Andrade+3+3+3+3+3+2+1EEEEE−1−1−1EEE
Couples+2+3+3+3+3+2+2+2+3+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+1E
Lonard+1+1+1+1+1EE−1−1−1EEEEEEEE
Atlevi+2+2+2+3+3+2+1+1+2+2+3+3+2+2+1+1+1+1
Martín+3+3+2+1+1+1+1EE−1−1−1E+1+1+1+1+1
Price+3+3+3+2+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+2+1+1+1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[3]

Notes and references
  1. "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2017 – Venue". European Tour. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex". Golf Channel. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  4. "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2017 – Leaderboard". European Tour. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

51.492°N 3.726°E / 51.492; 3.726

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