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
56.343°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
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
276 (−12)
Location map
St Andrews
Location in Scotland

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
Main article: Old Course at St Andrews

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 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.

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
T1 Kirk Triplett65−7
Thaworn Wiratchant
T2 Stephen Ames66−6
Paul McGinley
T5 Bernhard Langer67−5
Scott McCarron
David Toms
T8 Paul Archbold68−4
Clark Dennis
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Tom Lehman
Kenny Perry
Magnus Persson Atlevi
Phillip Price
Jarmo Sandelin
Vijay Singh
Jeff Sluman

Second round

Friday 27 July 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Stephen Ames66-69=135−9
Miguel Ángel Jiménez68-67=135
T3 Bernhard Langer67-69=136−8
Jeff Sluman68-68=136
Kirk Triplett65-71=136
T6 Jarmo Sandelin68-69=137−7
Vijay Singh68-69=137
Tom Watson69-68=137
T9 Marco Dawson71-67=138−6
Mauricio Molina70-68=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

Saturday, 28 July 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez68-67-72=207−9
T2 Stephen Ames66-69-74=209−7
Bernhard Langer67-69-73=209
Tom Pernice Jr.70-68-71=209
Kirk Triplett65-71-73=209
T6 Tom Lehman68-71-71=210−6
Prayad Marksaeng70-70-70=210
Scott McCarron67-73-70=210
Tom Watson69-68-73=210
Thaworn Wiratchant65-76-69=210

Final round

Sunday, 29 July 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)
1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez68-67-72-69=276−12268,814
2 Bernhard Langer67-69-73-68=277−11179,241
T3 Stephen Ames66-69-74-69=278−1083,279
Scott McCarron67-73-70-68=278
Kirk Triplett65-71-73-69=278
T6 Marco Dawson71-67-73-68=279−945,313
Tom Lehman68-71-71-69=279
Tom Pernice Jr.70-68-71-70=279
Thaworn Wiratchant65-76-69-69=279
10 Prayad Marksaeng70-70-70-71=281−732,190

Source:[2][3]

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444454434434454444
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

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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