2018 Senior Open Championship

2018 Senior Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates 26–29 July 2018
Location St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s) Old Course
Organized by The R&A
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,216 yd (6,598 m)
Field 144 players, 72 after cut
Cut 145 (+1)
Prize fund $2,000,000
£1,526,360
Champion
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
276 (−12)
St Andrews 
Location in Scotland

The 2018 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 32nd Senior Open Championship, held from 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.

Nationalities in the field

North America (64)South America (5)Europe (58)Oceania (8)Asia (6)Africa (3)
 Canada (1) Argentina (4) England (22) Australia (6) Japan (2) South Africa (3)
 United States (63) Paraguay (1) Spain (7) New Zealand (1) Thailand (2)
 Scotland (5) Fiji (1) Taiwan (1)
 Wales (4) Singapore (1)
 Ireland (5)
 Austria (1)
 Denmark (2)
 France (2)
 Germany (2)
 Italy (1)
  Switzerland (1)
 Sweden (5)
 Northern Ireland (1)

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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Kirk Triplett United States65−7
Thaworn Wiratchant Thailand
T2Stephen Ames Canada66−6
Paul McGinley Ireland
T5Bernhard Langer Germany67−5
Scott McCarron United States
David Toms United States
T8Paul Archbold Australia68−4
Clark Dennis United States
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain
Tom Lehman United States
Kenny Perry United States
Magnus Persson Atlevi Sweden
Phillip Price Wales
Jarmo Sandelin Sweden
Vijay Singh Fiji
Jeff Sluman United States

Second round

Friday 27 July 2018

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Stephen Ames Canada66-69=135−9
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain68-67=135
T3Bernhard Langer Germany67-69=136−8
Jeff Sluman United States68-68=136
Kirk Triplett United States65-71=136
T6Jarmo Sandelin Sweden68-69=137−7
Vijay Singh Fiji68-69=137
Tom Watson United States69-68=137
T9Marco Dawson United States71-67=138−6
Mauricio Molina Argentina70-68=138
Tom Pernice Jr. United States70-68=138

Amateurs: Elliott (+2), Howison (+5), Maxfield (+6), Dornell (+7), Lacy (+8), Lutz (+8), McCoy (+9), Hughes (+10)

Third round

Saturday, 28 July 2018

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain68-67-72=207−9
T2Stephen Ames Canada66-69-74=209−7
Bernhard Langer Germany67-69-73=209
Tom Pernice Jr. United States70-68-71=209
Kirk Triplett United States65-71-73=209
T6Tom Lehman United States68-71-71=210−6
Prayad Marksaeng Thailand70-70-70=210
Scott McCarron United States67-73-70=210
Tom Watson United States69-68-73=210
Thaworn Wiratchant Thailand65-76-69=210

Final round

Sunday, 29 July 2018

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (€)
1Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain68-67-72-69=276−12268,814
2Bernhard Langer Germany67-69-73-68=277−11179,241
T3Stephen Ames Canada66-69-74-69=278−1083,279
Scott McCarron United States67-73-70-68=278
Kirk Triplett United States65-71-73-69=278
T6Marco Dawson United States71-67-73-68=279−945,313
Tom Lehman United States68-71-71-69=279
Tom Pernice Jr. United States70-68-71-70=279
Thaworn Wiratchant Thailand65-76-69-69=279
10Prayad Marksaeng Thailand70-70-70-71=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.
Preceded by
2018 Senior Players Championship		 Senior Major Championships Succeeded by
2019 Regions Tradition

Coordinates: 51°29′31″N 3°43′34″E / 51.492°N 3.726°E / 51.492; 3.726

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