2018 Senior Open Championship

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use British English|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 2018 Senior Open Championship | image = | dates = 26–29 July 2018 | location = St Andrews, Scotland | course = Old Course | org = The R&A | tour = {{Plainlist| * European Senior Tour * PGA Tour Champions }} | lang = uk | format = 72 holes stroke play | par = 72 | yardage = {{convert|7216|yd|abbr=on}} | field = 144 players, 72 after cut | cut = 145 (+1) | purse = {{currency|2,000,000|USD}} | champion = {{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel Jiménez | score = 276 (−12) | previous = 2017 | next = 2019 | map = UK Scotland | map_relief = yes | map_label = St Andrews | map_caption = Location in Scotland | coordinates = {{coord|56.343|-2.803|type:event|display=inline,title}} }}

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== {{main|Old Course at St Andrews}} The 2018 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at St Andrews.

===Course layout=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Hole!!Yards!!Par!!{{spaces|1}}!!Hole!!Yards!!Par |- |1||375||4||rowspan=10 style="background:#E6E8FA;"| ||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''' |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/staysuretour/season=2018/tournamentid=2018848/venue/index.html|title=Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 – Venue |publisher=European Tour |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref> ||colspan=3|'''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==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !Player || Country || Year(s) won || R1 || R2 || R3 || R4 || Total || To par || Finish |- | align=left|Bernhard Langer || align=left|{{DEU}} || 2010, 2014, 2017 || 67 || 69 || 73 || 68 || 277 || −11 || 2 |- | align=left|Marco Dawson || align=left|{{USA}} || 2015|| 71 || 67 || 73 || 68 || 279 || −9 || T6 |- | align=left|Fred Couples || align=left|{{USA}} || 2012 || 71 || 72 || 73 || 71 || 287 || −1 || T21 |- | align=left|Tom Watson || align=left|{{USA}} || 2003, 2005, 2007 || 69 || 68 || 73 || 77 || 287 || −1 || T21 |- | align=left|Paul Broadhurst || align=left|{{ENG}} || 2016|| 71 || 70 || 73 || 76 || 290 || +2 || T32 |- | align=left|Loren Roberts || align=left|{{USA}} || 2006, 2009 || 71 || 73 || 74 || 75 || 293 || +5 || T50 |- | align=left|Russ Cochran || align=left|{{USA}} || 2011 || 72 || 72 || 76 || 79 || 299 || +11 || 72 |}

====Missed the cut==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Player || Country || Year won || R1 || R2 || Total || To par |- | align=left|Pete Oakley || align=left|{{USA}} || 2004 || 72 || 79 || 151 || +7 |- | align=left|Noboru Sugai || align=left|{{JPN}} || 2002 || 77 || 74 || 151 || +7 |- | align=left|Bruce Vaughan || align=left|{{USA}} || 2008 || 74 || 80 || 154 || +10 |}

==Round summaries== ===First round=== ''Thursday, 26 July 2018''

{| class="wikitable" |- !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|T1 || {{flagicon|USA}} Kirk Triplett || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|65 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|−7 |- | {{flagicon|THA}} Thaworn Wiratchant |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|T2 || {{flagicon|CAN}} Stephen Ames || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|66 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|−6 |- | {{flagicon|IRL}} Paul McGinley |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T5 || {{flagicon|DEU}} Bernhard Langer || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|67 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|−5 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Scott McCarron |- | {{flagicon|USA}} David Toms |- | rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|T8 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Archbold || rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|68 || rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|−4 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Clark Dennis |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel Jiménez |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Lehman |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Kenny Perry |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} Magnus Persson Atlevi |- | {{flagicon|WAL}} Phillip Price |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} Jarmo Sandelin |- | {{flagicon|FJI}} Vijay Singh |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Sluman |}

===Second round=== ''Friday 27 July 2018''

{| class="wikitable" |- !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|T1 || {{flagicon|CAN}} Stephen Ames || 66-69=135 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|−9 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel Jiménez || 68-67=135 |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T3 || {{flagicon|DEU}} Bernhard Langer || 67-69=136 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|−8 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Sluman || 68-68=136 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Kirk Triplett || 65-71=136 |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T6 || {{flagicon|SWE}} Jarmo Sandelin || 68-69=137 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|−7 |- | {{flagicon|FJI}} Vijay Singh || 68-69=137 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Watson || 69-68=137 |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T9 || {{flagicon|USA}} Marco Dawson || 71-67=138 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|−6 |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} Mauricio Molina || 70-68=138 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} 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''

{| class="wikitable" |- !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |align=center|1 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel Jiménez || 68-67-72=207 || align=center|−9 |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|T2 || {{flagicon|CAN}} Stephen Ames || 66-69-74=209 || rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|−7 |- | {{flagicon|DEU}} Bernhard Langer || 67-69-73=209 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Pernice Jr. || 70-68-71=209 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Kirk Triplett || 65-71-73=209 |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|T6 || {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Lehman || 68-71-71=210 || rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|−6 |- | {{flagicon|THA}} Prayad Marksaeng || 70-70-70=210 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Scott McCarron || 67-73-70=210 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Watson || 69-68-73=210 |- | {{flagicon|THA}} Thaworn Wiratchant || 65-76-69=210 |}

===Final round=== ''Sunday, 29 July 2018''

{| class="wikitable" |- !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (€) |- |align=center|1 || {{flagicon|ESP}} '''Miguel Ángel Jiménez''' || 68-67-72-69=276 || align=center|−12 || align=center|268,814 |- |align=center|2 || {{flagicon|DEU}} Bernhard Langer || 67-69-73-68=277 || align=center|−11 || align=center|179,241 |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T3 || {{flagicon|CAN}} Stephen Ames || 66-69-74-69=278 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|−10 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|83,279 |- || {{flagicon|USA}} Scott McCarron || 67-73-70-68=278 |- || {{flagicon|USA}} Kirk Triplett || 65-71-73-69=278 |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|T6 || {{flagicon|USA}} Marco Dawson || 71-67-73-68=279 || rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|−9 || rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|45,313 |- || {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Lehman || 68-71-71-69=279 |- || {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Pernice Jr. || 70-68-71-70=279 |- || {{flagicon|THA}} Thaworn Wiratchant || 65-76-69-69=279 |- |align=center|10 || {{flagicon|THA}} Prayad Marksaeng || 70-70-70-71=281 || align=center|−7 || align=center|32,190 |} Source:<ref name=golfchannelldr>{{cite news |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/tours/pga-tour-champions/2018/senior-open-championship-presented-rolex/ |work=Golf Channel |title=The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex |date=29 July 2018 |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/staysuretour/season=2018/tournamentid=2018848/leaderboard/index.html#/results |title=Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 – Leaderboard |publisher=European Tour |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref>

====Scorecard==== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !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 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} Jiménez ||style="background: Pink;"|−10||−10||−10||−10||style="background: Pink;"|−11||−11||−11||−11||style="background: Pink;"|−12 ||−12||−12||style="background: Pink;"|−13||−13||−13||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12||−12||−12||−12 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|DEU}} Langer ||style="background: Pink;"|−8||−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||style="background: Pink;"|−10||style="background: Pink;"|−11||−11||−11||−11||−11||−11||−11||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10||−10||style="background: Pink;"|−11||−11||−11||−11 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Ames ||−7||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6||style="background: Pink;"|−7||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6||style="background: Pink;"|−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||−8||−8||−8||−8||−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||−9||style="background: Pink;"|−10||−10||−10||−10 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} McCarron ||−6||style="background: Pink;"|−7||−7||−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||−8||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7||−7||−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||−8||−8||−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||−9||style="background: Pink;"|−10||−10 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Triplett ||−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||style="background: Pink;"|−10||style="background: Pink;"|−11||−11||−11||−11||style="background: Pink;"|−12||−12||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−11||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10||−10||−10||−10||−10||−10 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Dawson ||−5||−5||−5||−5||−5||−5||style="background: Pink;"|−6||−6||style="background: Pink;"|−7||−7||−7||−7||−7||−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||−8||−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Lehman ||style="background: Pink;"|−7||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6||−6||−6||style="background: Pink;"|−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||−9||−9||−9||−9||−9||−9||−9||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8||−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Pernice ||−7||−7||−7||−7||−7||−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||−8||−8||−8||−8||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7||−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||−9 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Wiratchant ||−6||−6||style="background: Pink;"|−7||−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||−9||−9||−9||−9||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||−9||−9||−9||−9 |} ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |-   | style="background:Pink; width:10px;"| |Birdie | style="background:PaleGreen; width:10px;"| |Bogey   |} Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/staysuretour/season=2018/tournamentid=2018848/leaderboard/index.html#/holebyhole#/results |title=Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 – Leaderboard |publisher=European Tour |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref>

==Notes and references== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.europeantour.com/staysuretour/season=2018/tournamentid=2018848/leaderboard/index.html#/results Results on European Tour website] *[https://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/senior-open-championship-pres-by-rolex/past-results.html Results on PGA Tour website]

{{s-start}} {{succession box | before = 2018 Senior Players Championship | title = Senior Major Championships | years = | after = 2019 Regions Tradition }} {{s-end}} {{Senior Open Championship}}

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