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.

2018 Senior Open Championship

Tournament information
Dates	26–29 July 2018
Location	St Andrews, Scotland 56.343°N 2.803°W / 56.343; -2.803
Course(s)	Old Course
Organised by	The R&A
Tour(s)	European Senior Tour PGA Tour Champions
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,216 yd (6,598 m)
Field	144 players, 72 after cut
Cut	145 (+1)
Prize fund	US$2,000,000
Champion
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
276 (−12)
Location map
St Andrews Location in Scotland
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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

Main article: Old Course at St Andrews

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

Course layout

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

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	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

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

First round

Thursday, 26 July 2018

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Kirk Triplett	65	−7
	Thaworn Wiratchant
T2	Stephen Ames	66	−6
	Paul McGinley
T5	Bernhard Langer	67	−5
	Scott McCarron
	David Toms
T8	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

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Stephen Ames	66-69=135	−9
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	68-67=135
T3	Bernhard Langer	67-69=136	−8
	Jeff Sluman	68-68=136
	Kirk Triplett	65-71=136
T6	Jarmo Sandelin	68-69=137	−7
	Vijay Singh	68-69=137
	Tom Watson	69-68=137
T9	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

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	68-67-72=207	−9
T2	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=209
T6	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

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (€)
1	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	68-67-72-69=276	−12	268,814
2	Bernhard Langer	67-69-73-68=277	−11	179,241
T3	Stephen Ames	66-69-74-69=278	−10	83,279
	Scott McCarron	67-73-70-68=278
	Kirk Triplett	65-71-73-69=278
T6	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=279
10	Prayad Marksaeng	70-70-70-71=281	−7	32,190

Source:^[2][3]

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	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
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

Birdie

Bogey

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