2018 Senior Open Championship

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

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

Course layout HoleYardsParHoleYardsPar13754 1038642452411174333984123484446541346545570514578564144154554737141641848188317451493524183564 Out3,58536 In3,63136Source: Total 7,21672

Field 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 Made the cut Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par FinishBernhard Langer 2010, 2014, 2017 67 69 73 68 277 −11 2 Marco Dawson 2015 71 67 73 68 279 −9 T6Fred Couples 2012 71 72 73 71 287 −1 T21Tom Watson 2003, 2005, 2007 69 68 73 77 287 −1 T21 Paul Broadhurst 2016 71 70 73 76 290 +2 T32Loren Roberts 2006, 2009 71 73 74 75 293 +5 T50Russ Cochran 2011 72 72 76 79 299 +11 72

Missed the cut Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To parPete Oakley 2004 72 79 151 +7 Noboru Sugai 2002 77 74 151 +7 Bruce Vaughan 2008 74 80 154 +10

Round summaries First round Thursday, 26 July 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Kirk Triplett 65 −7 Thaworn WiratchantT2 Stephen Ames 66 −6 Paul McGinleyT5 Bernhard Langer 67 −5 Scott McCarron David TomsT8 Paul Archbold 68 −4 Clark Dennis Miguel Ángel Jiménez Tom Lehman Kenny Perry Magnus Persson Atlevi Phillip Price Jarmo Sandelin Vijay Singh Jeff Sluman

Second round Friday 27 July 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Stephen Ames 66-69=135 −9 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68-67=135T3 Bernhard Langer 67-69=136 −8 Jeff Sluman 68-68=136 Kirk Triplett 65-71=136T6 Jarmo Sandelin 68-69=137 −7 Vijay Singh 68-69=137 Tom Watson 69-68=137T9 Marco Dawson 71-67=138 −6 Mauricio Molina 70-68=138 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 Saturday, 28 July 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68-67-72=207 −9T2 Stephen Ames 66-69-74=209 −7 Bernhard Langer 67-69-73=209 Tom Pernice Jr. 70-68-71=209 Kirk Triplett 65-71-73=209T6 Tom Lehman 68-71-71=210 −6 Prayad Marksaeng 70-70-70=210 Scott McCarron 67-73-70=210 Tom Watson 69-68-73=210 Thaworn Wiratchant 65-76-69=210

Final round Sunday, 29 July 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68-67-72-69=276 −12 268,8142 Bernhard Langer 67-69-73-68=277 −11 179,241T3 Stephen Ames 66-69-74-69=278 −10 83,279 Scott McCarron 67-73-70-68=278 Kirk Triplett 65-71-73-69=278T6 Marco Dawson 71-67-73-68=279 −9 45,313 Tom Lehman 68-71-71-69=279 Tom Pernice Jr. 70-68-71-70=279 Thaworn Wiratchant 65-76-69-69=27910 Prayad Marksaeng 70-70-70-71=281 −7 32,190 Source:

Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par444454434 434454444 Jiménez −10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−12 −12−12−13−13−13−12−12−12−12 Langer −8−8−9−9−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−10−10−11−11−11−11 Ames −7−6−7−6−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−10−10 McCarron −6−7−7−7−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10 Triplett −7−8−9−9−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−11−10−10−10−10−10−10 Dawson −5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−9 Lehman −7−6−6−6−7−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−9 Pernice −7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−8−8−9−9−9 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 BirdieBogey Source:

Notes and references

External links Results on European Tour website Results on PGA Tour website