2017 Senior Open Championship

2017 Senior Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates27–30 July 2017
LocationPorthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom
51°29′31″N 3°43′34″W / 51.492°N 3.726°W / 51.492; -3.726
Course(s)Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
Organised byThe R&A
Tour(s)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par71
Length6,901 yd (6,310 m)
Field144 players, 76 after cut
Cut155 (+13)
Prize fundUS$1,700,000
£1,500,000
Champion
Germany Bernhard Langer
280 (−4)
Location map
Location in Europe
Location on the British Isles
Location in Wales
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The 2017 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 31st Senior Open Championship, held 27–30 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the 2nd Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 15th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.

World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by three strokes over Corey Pavin. The 2017 event was Langer's third Senior Open Championship title and his tenth senior major championship victory. Langer also won the 2014 Senior Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club.

Venue

Main article: Royal Porthcawl Golf Club

The 2017 event was the second Senior Open Championship played at Royal Porthcawl.

Royal Porthcawl Golf Club

Course layout

Hole Yards Par    Hole Yards Par
1 427 4 10 400 4
2 374 4 11 355 4
3 451 4 12 194 3
4 455 4 13 551 5
5 212 3 14 435 4
6 515 5 15 173 3
7 381 4 16 466 4
8 122 3 17 430 4
9 456 4 18 504 5
Out 3,393 35 In 3,508 36
Source:[1] Total 6,901 71

Field

The field of 144 competitors included 135 professionals and 9 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 24 July for players who were not already exempt.[2]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Bernhard Langer  Germany 2010, 2014 69 74 65 72 280 −4 1
Fred Couples  United States 2012 75 75 66 68 284 E T3
Paul Broadhurst  England 2016 75 75 67 73 290 +6 T15
Tom Watson  United States 2003, 2005, 2007 72 77 67 75 291 +7 T23
Russ Cochran  United States 2011 77 73 69 74 293 +9 T31
Marco Dawson  United States 2015 79 76 70 71 296 +12 T45

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 27 July 2017

Bernhard Langer posted a two-under-par 69 on day one to lead by one shot.

Place Player Score To par
1 Germany Bernhard Langer 69 −2
T2 England Carl Mason 70 −1
Argentina Mauricio Molina
T4 United States Billy Andrade 71 E
Australia Peter Fowler
United States Tom Lehman
Australia Peter Lonard
United States Billy Mayfair
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
United States Tom Pernice Jr.
France Jean-François Remésy
South Africa Chris Williams

Second round

Friday 28 July 2017

Scoring was difficult during the second round as only one player, Santiago Luna, broke par on Friday. Steve Flesch and Brad Faxon shot even-par rounds of 71, while the rest of the field shot over-par. Langer struggled to a 74 (+3) and fell back into a five-way tie for the lead going into the third round.

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Steve Flesch 72-71=143 +1
Germany Bernhard Langer 69-74=143
United States Tom Lehman 71-72=143
United States Billy Mayfair 71-72=143
Argentina Mauricio Molina 70-73=143
6 United States Clark Dennis 72-72=144 +2
T7 United States Mike Goodes 74-72=146 +4
Australia Peter Lonard 71-75=146
Australia David McKenzie 73-73=146

Amateurs: Lutz (+9), Haag (+13), Curtis (+20), Hastie (+21), Hoit (+22), White (+22), Tomlinson (+29), Creed (+31), Bell (+34)

Third round

Saturday, 29 July 2017

Langer rebounded with a bogey-free, six-under-par 65 on Saturday to take a four stroke lead into the final round. 2010 Senior Open runner-up Corey Pavin also shot a third round 65 to move into 2nd place. Peter Lonard shot a 67 (−4) to move into 3rd place and 5 shots of Langer's lead.

Place Player Score To par
1 Germany Bernhard Langer 69-74-65=208 −5
2 United States Corey Pavin 73-74-65=212 −1
3 Australia Peter Lonard 71-75-67=213 E
T4 United States Steve Flesch 72-71-71=214 +1
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 76-73-65=214
United States Billy Mayfair 71-72-71=214
T7 Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi 77-73-65=215 +2
United States Scott Dunlap 76-73-66=215
Spain Santiago Luna 77-70-68=215
Wales Phillip Price 74-73-68=215

Amateurs: Lutz (+9), Haag (+18)

Final round

Sunday, 30 July 2017

Bernhard Langer's lead was extended to five shots after Pavin bogeyed the first hole, however, the lead was cut to three after a birdie by Pavin and a bogey by Langer on the par-4 3rd hole. Pavin cut Langer's lead to two after a birdie on the par-3 5th. After a bogey by Pavin on the par-5 13th hole, Langer's lead was extended to three strokes, which he carried into the 72nd hole. Langer and Pavin both birdied the 72nd hole, as Langer secured the title and his tenth senior major championship.

Place Player Score To par Money (€)
1 Germany Bernhard Langer 69-74-65-72=280 −4 266,923
2 United States Corey Pavin 73-74-65-71=283 −1 177,975
T3 United States Billy Andrade 71-76-69-68=284 E 82,694
United States Fred Couples 75-75-66-68=284
Australia Peter Lonard 71-75-67-71=284
T6 Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi 77-73-65-70=285 +1 48,025
Spain Miguel Ángel Martín 72-76-68-69=285
Wales Phillip Price 74-73-68-70=285
T9 United States Billy Andrade 71-72-71-72=286 +2 33,927
Australia David McKenzie 73-73-71-69=286

Source:[3][4]

Amateurs: Lutz (+17), Haag (+21)

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 5
Germany Langer −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4
United States Pavin E −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 E E E −1
United States Andrade +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 E E E E E −1 −1 −1 E E E
United States Couples +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E
Australia Lonard +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E −1 −1 −1 E E E E E E E E
Sweden Atlevi +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1
Spain Martín +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E −1 −1 −1 E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
Wales Price +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +2 +1 +1 +1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[3]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2017 – Venue". European Tour. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  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. ^ a b "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.
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51°29′31″N 3°43′34″E / 51.492°N 3.726°E / 51.492; 3.726