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2018 Senior Open Championship

Coordinates: 56°20′35″N 2°48′11″W / 56.343°N 2.803°W / 56.343; -2.803
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2018 Senior Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates26–29 July 2018
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
56°20′35″N 2°48′11″W / 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
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
276 (−12)
Location map
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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.

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

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The 2018 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at St Andrews.

Course layout

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Hole Yards Par   Hole Yards Par
1 375 4 10 386 4
2 452 4 11 174 3
3 398 4 12 348 4
4 465 4 13 465 4
5 570 5 14 578 5
6 414 4 15 455 4
7 371 4 16 418 4
8 188 3 17 451 4
9 352 4 18 356 4
Out 3,585 36 In 3,631 36
Source:[1] Total 7,216 72

Field

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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.

Past champions in the field

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Made the cut

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Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Bernhard Langer  Germany 2010, 2014, 2017 67 69 73 68 277 −11 2
Marco Dawson  United States 2015 71 67 73 68 279 −9 T6
Fred Couples  United States 2012 71 72 73 71 287 −1 T21
Tom Watson  United States 2003, 2005, 2007 69 68 73 77 287 −1 T21
Paul Broadhurst  England 2016 71 70 73 76 290 +2 T32
Loren Roberts  United States 2006, 2009 71 73 74 75 293 +5 T50
Russ Cochran  United States 2011 72 72 76 79 299 +11 72

Missed the cut

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Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Pete Oakley  United States 2004 72 79 151 +7
Noboru Sugai  Japan 2002 77 74 151 +7
Bruce Vaughan  United States 2008 74 80 154 +10

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 26 July 2018

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Kirk Triplett 65 −7
Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant
T2 Canada Stephen Ames 66 −6
Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley
T5 Germany Bernhard Langer 67 −5
United States Scott McCarron
United States David Toms
T8 Australia Paul Archbold 68 −4
United States Clark Dennis
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
United States Tom Lehman
United States Kenny Perry
Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi
Wales Phillip Price
Sweden Jarmo Sandelin
Fiji Vijay Singh
United States Jeff Sluman

Second round

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Friday 27 July 2018

Place Player Score To par
T1 Canada Stephen Ames 66-69=135 −9
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68-67=135
T3 Germany Bernhard Langer 67-69=136 −8
United States Jeff Sluman 68-68=136
United States Kirk Triplett 65-71=136
T6 Sweden Jarmo Sandelin 68-69=137 −7
Fiji Vijay Singh 68-69=137
United States Tom Watson 69-68=137
T9 United States Marco Dawson 71-67=138 −6
Argentina Mauricio Molina 70-68=138
United States 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

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Saturday, 28 July 2018

Place Player Score To par
1 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68-67-72=207 −9
T2 Canada Stephen Ames 66-69-74=209 −7
Germany Bernhard Langer 67-69-73=209
United States Tom Pernice Jr. 70-68-71=209
United States Kirk Triplett 65-71-73=209
T6 United States Tom Lehman 68-71-71=210 −6
Thailand Prayad Marksaeng 70-70-70=210
United States Scott McCarron 67-73-70=210
United States Tom Watson 69-68-73=210
Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant 65-76-69=210

Final round

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Sunday, 29 July 2018

Place Player Score To par Money ()
1 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68-67-72-69=276 −12 268,814
2 Germany Bernhard Langer 67-69-73-68=277 −11 179,241
T3 Canada Stephen Ames 66-69-74-69=278 −10 83,279
United States Scott McCarron 67-73-70-68=278
United States Kirk Triplett 65-71-73-69=278
T6 United States Marco Dawson 71-67-73-68=279 −9 45,313
United States Tom Lehman 68-71-71-69=279
United States Tom Pernice Jr. 70-68-71-70=279
Thailand Thaworn Wiratchant 65-76-69-69=279
10 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng 70-70-70-71=281 −7 32,190

Source:[2][3]

Scorecard

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4
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

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Notes and references

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  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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