2005 Open Championship

The 2005 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 134th Open Championship, held from 14–17 July at the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. Tiger Woods led wire-to-wire for his tenth major title, five shots ahead of runner-up Colin Montgomerie.[3] The win was Woods' second Open Championship, both at St. Andrews, and completed his second career grand slam at age 29.[4] The tenth major and second slam were firsts for a player under the age of 30.[5] At age 65, Jack Nicklaus made his final appearance at The Open Championship.[6]

2005 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates14–17 July 2005
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length7,279 yards (6,656 m)[1]
Field156 players, 80 after cut[1]
Cut145 (+1)[1][2]
Prize fund£4,000,000
5,860,938
$7,490,400
Winner's share£720,000
€1,047,362
$1,261,285
Champion
Tiger Woods
274 (−14)
St Andrews
Location in Scotland
St Andrews
Location in Fife, Scotland

History of The Open Championship at The Old Course at St Andrews

While winning the Open Championship is a crowning achievement for any golfer, a win at St. Andrews is considered particularly important due to the course's long tradition. Tiger Woods won the Open Championship played at St. Andrews in 2000 with a tournament to par record of 19-under par. Other past winners at St. Andrews include John Daly, Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Nicklaus (twice), Tony Lema, Kel Nagle, Bobby Locke, Peter Thomson, Sam Snead, Dick Burton, Denny Shute, Bobby Jones, Jock Hutchison, James Braid (twice), John Henry Taylor (twice), Hugh Kirkaldy, Jack Burns, Bob Martin (twice), Jamie Anderson and Tom Kidd.

Course

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Burn376410Bobby Jones3804
2Dyke453411High (In)1743
3Cartgate (Out)397412Heathery (In)3484
4Ginger Beer480413Hole O'Cross (In)4654
5Hole O'Cross (Out)568514Long6185
6Heathery (Out)412415Cartgate (In)4564
7High (Out)390416Corner of the Dyke4234
8Short175317Road4554
9End352418Tom Morris3574
Out3,60336In3,67636
Total7,27972

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

Field

1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2004 Open Championship
Ernie Els (2,3,4,13), Retief Goosen (3,4,9,13), Todd Hamilton (2,3,13), Thomas Levet (4,17), Davis Love III (3,12,13,17), Phil Mickelson (3,10,13,17), Scott Verplank (3,13), Mike Weir (3,10,13), Lee Westwood (3,4,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,9,10,11,13,17)

2. Past Open Champions aged 65 or under on 17 July 2005
Mark Calcavecchia, Ben Curtis, John Daly (3), David Duval, Nick Faldo, Tony Jacklin, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman (3), Justin Leonard (3), Sandy Lyle, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Nick Price, Tom Watson

3. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 22, 2005
Stephen Ames (13), Stuart Appleby (13), Thomas Bjørn, Ángel Cabrera (4,5), Chad Campbell (17), K. J. Choi, Stewart Cink (13,17), Tim Clark, Darren Clarke (4,17), Fred Couples, Chris DiMarco (13,17), Luke Donald (4,17), Fred Funk (12,17), Jim Furyk (9,17), Sergio García (4,13,17), Mark Hensby (13), Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4,17), Zach Johnson (13), Jerry Kelly (13), Peter Lonard, Shigeki Maruyama, Graeme McDowell (4), Paul McGinley (17), Colin Montgomerie (17), Nick O'Hern (4), Rod Pampling, Craig Parry, Kenny Perry (17), Ian Poulter (4,17), Rory Sabbatini (13), Adam Scott (12,13), Vijay Singh (11,13,21), David Toms (11,17)

4. First 20 in the European Tour Final Order of Merit for 2004
Paul Casey (17), Stephen Gallacher, Richard Green (19), Joakim Haeggman, Trevor Immelman, Jean-François Remésy

5. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2003–05
Scott Drummond, Ignacio Garrido

6. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt, in the top 20 of the European Tour Order of Merit for 2005 on completion of the 2005 BMW PGA Championship
Stephen Dodd, Peter Hanson, Steve Webster

7. First 2 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from all official European Tour events from the British Masters up to and including the Open de France and including The U.S. Open
Søren Hansen, Jean van de Velde

8. The leading player, not exempt, in the first 10 and ties of each of the 2005 European Open and the 2005 Scottish Open
Maarten Lafeber, Graeme Storm

9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2001–05
Michael Campbell

10. The Masters Champions for 2001–05

11. The PGA Champions for 2000–04
Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel

12. The Players Champions for 2003–05

13. First 20 on the Official Money List of the PGA Tour for 2004
Steve Flesch

14. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt, in the top 20 of the Official Money List of the PGA Tour for 2005 on completion of the FedEx St. Jude Classic
Joe Ogilvie, Tim Petrovic, Ted Purdy

15. First 2 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from the Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2005 Western Open
Bart Bryant

16. The leading player, not exempt having applied (15) above, in each of the 2005 Western Open and the 2005 John Deere Classic
Sean O'Hair, Pat Perez

17. Playing members of the 2004 Ryder Cup teams
Chris Riley

18. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2004
Thongchai Jaidee

19. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2004
Euan Walters

20. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2004/2005
Charl Schwartzel

21. The Canadian Open Champion for 2004

22. The Japan Open Champion for 2004
Toru Taniguchi

23. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2004
Yang Yong-eun

24. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2005 Mizuno Open
Chris Campbell, David Smail, Thammanoon Sriroj, Tadahiro Takayama

25. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt having applied (24) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2005 Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2005 Mizuno Open
Hiroyuki Fujita, Hur Suk-ho

26. The Senior Open Champion for 2004
Pete Oakley

27. The Amateur Champion for 2005
Brian McElhinney (a)

28. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2004

  • Ryan Moore forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

29. The European Amateur Champion for 2004
Matthew Richardson (a)

International Final Qualifying

Africa: André Bossert, David Frost, Doug McGuigan
Australasia: David Diaz, Martin Doyle, Nick Flanagan, Peter Fowler
Asia: Danny Chia, Mardan Mamat, Richard Moir
America: Robert Allenby, Jason Allred, Rich Barcelo, Tom Byrum, Alex Čejka, Daniel Chopra, Joe Durant, Scott Gutschewski, Scott Hend, Geoff Ogilvy, Tom Pernice Jr., Wilhelm Schauman, Bo Van Pelt, Duffy Waldorf
Europe: Peter Baker, John Bickerton, Andrew Butterfield, Robert Coles, Simon Dyson, Kenneth Ferrie, Alastair Forsyth, Marcus Fraser, Simon Khan, Peter Lawrie, Andrew Oldcorn, Robert Rock, Patrik Sjöland, Ian Woosnam

Local Final Qualifying (Saturday 9 July and Sunday 10 July)

Ladybank: Edoardo Molinari (a), Robert Steele (a), John Wade
Leven Links: Sean McDonagh, Eric Ramsay (a), Tino Schuster
Lundin: Lars Brovold, Brad Faxon, Oscar Florén (a)
Scotscraig: Andrew Marshall, Lloyd Saltman (a), Murray Urquhart

Alternates

Nationalities in the field

North America (49)South America (1)Europe (63)Oceania (24)Asia (11)Africa (8)
 Canada (2) Argentina (1) England (21) Australia (21) Japan (4) South Africa (7)
 United States (47) Northern Ireland (2) Fiji (1) Malaysia (1) Zimbabwe (1)
 Scotland (11) New Zealand (2) Singapore (1)
 Wales (2) South Korea (3)
 Ireland (3) Thailand (2)
 Denmark (2)
 France (3)
 Germany (3)
 Italy (1)
 Netherlands (1)
 Norway (1)
 Spain (4)
 Sweden (8)
  Switzerland (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Tiger Woods United States200066677170274−141
Nick Faldo England1987, 1990, 199274697069282−6T11
John Daly United States199571697073283−5T15
Tom Lehman United States199675697070284−4T23
Sandy Lyle Scotland198574676975285−3T32
Ernie Els South Africa200274677570286−2T34
Tom Watson United States1975, 1977,
1980, 1982, 1983
75707072287−1T41
Paul Lawrie Scotland199972717570288ET52
Justin Leonard United States199773717569288ET52
Mark Calcavecchia United States198970737373289+1T60
Greg Norman Australia1986, 199372717076289+1T60

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Mark O'Meara United States19987175146+2
Jack Nicklaus United States1966, 1970, 19787572147+3
Ben Curtis United States20037870148+4
Todd Hamilton United States20047474148+4
Nick Price Zimbabwe19947672148+4
Tony Jacklin England19697976155+11
David Duval United States20018077157+13

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 July 2005

Tiger Woods stormed out to a 66 (−6) for a one shot lead over Mark Hensby, who missed a birdie putt on the 18th green. Defending champion Todd Hamilton shot 74 (+2) and Jack Nicklaus, the 18-time major champion, carded 75 (+3).

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods United States66−6
2Mark Hensby Australia67−5
T3Fred Couples United States68−4
Luke Donald England
Retief Goosen South Africa
Trevor Immelman South Africa
Peter Lonard Australia
José María Olazábal Spain
Eric Ramsay (a) Scotland
Chris Riley United States
Tino Schuster Germany
Scott Verplank United States

Second round

Friday, 15 July 2005

Nicklaus made a 15-foot (5 m) birdie putt on the final stroke of his professional career. On his walk up to the final green, he received a near ten-minute standing ovation, pausing for photographs on the iconic Swilcan Bridge. Nicklaus shot an even-par 72 in his final competitive round, but his 147 (+3) missed the cut by two strokes.[6]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods United States66-67=133−11
2Colin Montgomerie Scotland71-66=137−7
T3Robert Allenby Australia70-68=138−6
Brad Faxon United States72-66=138
Trevor Immelman South Africa68-70=138
Peter Lonard Australia68-70=138
José María Olazábal Spain68-70=138
Vijay Singh Fiji69-69=138
Scott Verplank United States68-70=138
T10Bart Bryant United States69-70=139−5
Fred Couples United States68-71=139
Sergio García Spain70-69=139
Simon Khan England69-70=139
Bo Van Pelt United States72-67=139

Source:[2]

Amateurs: Molinari (−4), Ramsay (−2), Richardson (E), Saltman (E), Florén (+7), McElhinney (+9), Steele (+9).

Third round

Saturday, 16 July 2005

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods United States66-67-71=204−12
2José María Olazábal Spain68-70-68=206−10
T3Retief Goosen South Africa68-73-66=207−9
Colin Montgomerie Scotland71-66-70=207
T5Brad Faxon United States72-66-70=208−8
Sergio García Spain70-69-69=208
T7Michael Campbell New Zealand69-72-68=209−7
Vijay Singh Fiji69-69-71=209
T9Bart Bryant United States69-70-71=210−6
Tim Clark South Africa71-69-70=210
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland73-70-67=210
John Daly United States71-69-70=210
Søren Hansen Denmark72-72-66=210
Maarten Lafeber Netherlands73-70-67=210
Bernhard Langer Germany71-69-70=210
Sandy Lyle Scotland74-67-69=210
Sean O'Hair United States73-67-70=210
Kenny Perry United States71-71-68=210
Scott Verplank United States68-70-72=210

Final round

The final round scoreboard

Sunday, 17 July 2005

Woods moved to 10-0 when leading going into the final round of a major, winning his second Open Championship title. He pulled away from Colin Montgomerie who finished second in a major for the fifth time. Woods shot a 2-under 70, the only round under par among the final 14 players. Fred Couples and Duffy Waldorf shot 68, the low rounds of the day.[3][5]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
1Tiger Woods United States66-67-71-70=274−14720,000
2Colin Montgomerie Scotland71-66-70-72=279−9430,000
T3Fred Couples United States68-71-73-68=280−8242,350
José María Olazábal Spain68-70-68-74=280
T5Michael Campbell New Zealand69-72-68-72=281−7122,100
Sergio García Spain70-69-69-73=281
Retief Goosen South Africa68-73-66-74=281
Bernhard Langer Germany71-69-70-71=281
Geoff Ogilvy Australia71-74-67-69=281
Vijay Singh Fiji69-69-71-72=281

Source:[3]
Amateurs: Saltman (−5), Ramsay (−4), Molinari (+1), Richardson (+9).

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444454434434454444
Woods−12−12−12−12−13−13−13−13−14−13−13−14−14−15−15−15−14−14
Montgomerie−9−9−10−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−11−11−10−10−10−9−9−9
Couples−5−5−5−5−6−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−8
Olazábal−10−10−10−11−11−10−10−10−11−11−11−10−9−9−8−8−7−8
Campbell−7−6−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−7−7−7−7
García−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−6−5−6−7−7−6−7
Goosen−8−7−7−7−6−6−6−5−6−6−6−5−5−6−6−6−6−7
Langer−6−6−6−6−8−8−8−8−9−8−8−8−8−9−7−7−6−7
Ogilvy−4−3−3−2−2−1−2−2−3−3−3−4−4−4−5−5−6−7
Singh−8−8−8−8−8−8−7−8−8−8−8−9−8−8−7−7−6−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[7]

References

  1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 24, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. "Results: British Open, Second Round". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 16 July 2005. p. D-8.
  3. Bonk, Thomas (18 July 2005). "A near-perfect 10". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. E1.
  4. Bamberger, Michael (25 July 2005). "New King of the Old Course". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  5. Gola, Hank (18 July 2005). "Wire-to-wire". Spokesman-Review. (New York Daily News). p. C1.
  6. Lincicome, Bernie (16 July 2005). "A Bear of a finish". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (Rocky Mountain News). p. D-1.
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Preceded by
2005 U.S. Open
Major Championships Succeeded by
2005 PGA Championship

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