2019 Senior Open Championship

The 2019 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 33rd Senior Open Championship, held on 25–28 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham, England. It was the 5th Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 17th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.

2019 Senior Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates25–28 July 2019
LocationLytham, England
53.7496°N 3.0178°W / 53.7496; -3.0178
Course(s)Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Organised byThe R&A
Tour(s)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par70
Length6,948 yd (6,353 m)
Field144 players, 79 after cut
Cut145 (+5)
Prize fundUS$2,000,000
Champion
Bernhard Langer
274 (−6)
Location map
Royal Lytham & St. Annes 
Location in the United Kingdom
Royal Lytham & St. Annes 
Location in England
Royal Lytham & St. Annes 
Location in the Borough of Fylde
Royal Lytham & St. Annes 
Location in Lytham St Annes

World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by two strokes over Paul Broadhurst. The 2019 event was Langer's fourth Senior Open Championship title and his 11th senior major championship victory.

Venue
Main article: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

The 2019 event was the fifth Senior Open Championship played at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.

Course layout
HoleYardsPar  HoleYardsPar
11983103854
24554115405
34774121963
44164133574
51883144434
64744154644
75895163434
84174174324
91643184104
Out3,37834In3,57036
Source:[1]Total6,94870

Field

The field of 144 competitors included 136 professionals and 8 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 22 July for players who were not already exempt.[2]

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Bernhard Langer Germany2010, 2014, 201771677066274−61
Paul Broadhurst England201667716771276−42
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain201871687467280ET10
Fred Couples United States201273677573288+8T60
Tom Watson United States2003, 2005, 200774707273289+9T64

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Russ Cochran United States20117676152+12
Pete Oakley United States20047982161+21

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 25 July 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Paul Broadhurst67−3
Scott Dunlap
Scott Parel
Wes Short Jr.
T5 Woody Austin68−2
Darren Clarke
Ken Duke
Tom Gillis
Colin Montgomerie
Magnus Persson Atlevi

Second round

Friday, 26 July 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Wes Short Jr.67-67=134−6
2 Scott Dunlap67-68=135−5
3 Darren Clarke68-68=136−4
T4 Bart Bryant69-68=137−3
Ken Duke68-69=137
Retief Goosen70-67=137
T7 Woody Austin68-70=138−2
Doug Barron69-69=138
Paul Broadhurst67-71=138
Roger Chapman70-68=138
Bernhard Langer71-67=138
Colin Montgomerie68-70=138
Scott Parel67-71=138
Phillip Price71-67=138

Amateurs: Elliott (+3), Kelbrick (+5), Foster (+6), McWilliams (+11), Sansome (+14), Crowther (+15), Lacy (+16), Francis (+20)

Third round

Saturday, 27 July 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Paul Broadhurst67-71-67=205−5
2 Woody Austin68-70-68=206−4
T3 Ken Duke68-69-70=207−3
Wes Short Jr.67-67-73=207
T5 Stephen Dodd71-68-69=208−2
Bernhard Langer71-67-70=208
David McKenzie70-70-68=208
Phillip Price71-67-70=208
T9 Darren Clarke68-68-73=209−1
Paul Eales74-69-66=209
Tim Petrovic74-68-67=209

Amateurs: Elliott (+9), Kelbrick (+13)

Final round

Sunday, 28 July 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)
1 Bernhard Langer71-67-70-66=274−6281,632
2 Paul Broadhurst67-71-67-71=276−4187,788
T3 Retief Goosen70-67-74-66=277−395,086
Tim Petrovic74-68-67-68=277
T5 Doug Barron69-69-73-67=278−265,370
David McKenzie70-70-68-70=278
T7 Woody Austin68-70-68-73=279−143,577
David Frost72-67-73-67=279
Wes Short Jr.67-67-73-72=279
T10 Roger Chapman70-68-73-69=280E28,601
Darren Clarke68-68-73-71=280
Ken Duke68-69-70-73=280
Bob Estes70-71-74-65=280
Miguel Ángel Jiménez71-68-74-67=280
Thomas Levet74-68-71-67=280

Source:[3][4]

Amateurs: Elliott (+13), Kelbrick (+17)

References
  1. "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2019 – Venue". European Tour. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  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.

53.7496°N 3.0178°W / 53.7496; -3.0178

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