2019 Senior Open Championship

The 2019 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 33st Senior Open Championship, held from 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
Course(s)Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Organized byThe R&A
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par70
Length6,948 yd (6,353 m)
Field144 players, 79 after cut
Cut145 (+5)
Prize fund$2,000,000
£1,649,000
Champion
Bernhard Langer
274 (−6)
Royal Lytham & St. Annes 
Location in England

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 Porthcawl.

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

Field

The field consisted of 144 competitors: 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]

Past champions in the field

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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Paul Broadhurst England67−3
Scott Dunlap United States
Scott Parel United States
Wes Short Jr. United States
T5Woody Austin United States68−2
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland
Ken Duke United States
Tom Gillis United States
Colin Montgomerie Scotland
Magnus Persson Atlevi Sweden

Second round

Friday, 26 July 2019

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Wes Short Jr. United States67-67=134−6
2Scott Dunlap United States67-68=135−5
3Darren Clarke Northern Ireland68-68=136−4
T4Bart Bryant United States69-68=137−3
Ken Duke United States68-69=137
Retief Goosen South Africa70-67=137
T7Woody Austin United States68-70=138−2
Doug Barron United States69-69=138
Paul Broadhurst England67-71=138
Roger Chapman England70-68=138
Bernhard Langer Germany71-67=138
Colin Montgomerie Scotland68-70=138
Scott Parel United States67-71=138
Phillip Price Wales71-67=138

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

Third round

Saturday, 27 July 2019

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Paul Broadhurst England67-71-67=205−5
2Woody Austin United States68-70-68=206−4
T3Ken Duke United States68-69-70=207−3
Wes Short Jr. United States67-67-73=207
T5Stephen Dodd Wales71-68-69=208−2
Bernhard Langer Germany71-67-70=208
David McKenzie Australia70-70-68=208
Phillip Price Wales71-67-70=208
T9Darren Clarke Northern Ireland68-68-73=209−1
Paul Eales England74-69-66=209
Tim Petrovic United States74-68-67=209

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

Final round

Sunday, 28 July 2019

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (€)
1Bernhard Langer Germany71-67-70-66=274−6281,632
2Paul Broadhurst England67-71-67-71=276−4187,788
T3Retief Goosen South Africa70-67-74-66=277−395,086
Tim Petrovic United States74-68-67-68=277
T5Doug Barron United States69-69-73-67=278−265,370
David McKenzie Australia70-70-68-70=278
T7Woody Austin United States68-70-68-73=279−143,577
David Frost South Africa72-67-73-67=279
Wes Short Jr. United States67-67-73-72=279
T10Roger Chapman England70-68-73-69=280E28,601
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland68-68-73-71=280
Ken Duke United States68-69-70-73=280
Bob Estes United States70-71-74-65=280
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain71-68-74-67=280
Thomas Levet France74-68-71-67=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.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.
Preceded by
2019 Senior Players Championship		 Senior Major Championships Succeeded by
2020 Regions Tradition

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