# 2018 Senior Open Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_Senior_Open_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2018_Senior_Open_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Senior_Open_Championship > Source revision: 1321563213 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/St_Andrews), Scotland | course = [Old Course](/source/Old_Course_at_St._Andrews) | org = [The R&A](/source/The_R%26A) | tour = {{Plainlist| * [European Senior Tour](/source/2018_European_Senior_Tour) * [PGA Tour Champions](/source/2018_PGA_Tour_Champions_season) }} | 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](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Jim%C3%A9nez) | score = 276 (−12) | previous = [2017](/source/2017_Senior_Open_Championship) | next = [2019](/source/2019_Senior_Open_Championship) | 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](/source/senior_major_golf_championship) and the 32nd [Senior Open Championship](/source/Senior_Open_Championship), held on 26–29 July at the [Old Course at St Andrews](/source/Old_Course_at_St_Andrews) in [St Andrews](/source/St_Andrews), Scotland. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 16th [Senior Open Championship](/source/Senior_Open_Championship) played as a senior major championship. [Miguel Ángel Jiménez](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Jim%C3%A9nez) won by one stroke over defending champion [Bernhard Langer](/source/Bernhard_Langer). The 2018 event was Jiménez's first [Senior Open Championship](/source/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](/source/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:{{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}} ||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](/source/Bernhard_Langer) || align=left|{{DEU}} || [2010](/source/2010_Senior_Open_Championship), [2014](/source/2014_Senior_Open_Championship), [2017](/source/2017_Senior_Open_Championship) || 67 || 69 || 73 || 68 || 277 || −11 || 2 |- | align=left|[Marco Dawson](/source/Marco_Dawson) || align=left|{{USA}} || [2015](/source/2015_Senior_Open_Championship)|| 71 || 67 || 73 || 68 || 279 || −9 || T6 |- | align=left|[Fred Couples](/source/Fred_Couples) || align=left|{{USA}} || 2012 || 71 || 72 || 73 || 71 || 287 || −1 || T21 |- | align=left|[Tom Watson](/source/Tom_Watson_(golfer)) || align=left|{{USA}} || [2003](/source/2003_Senior_British_Open), 2005, 2007 || 69 || 68 || 73 || 77 || 287 || −1 || T21 |- | align=left|[Paul Broadhurst](/source/Paul_Broadhurst) || align=left|{{ENG}} || [2016](/source/2016_Senior_Open_Championship)|| 71 || 70 || 73 || 76 || 290 || +2 || T32 |- | align=left|[Loren Roberts](/source/Loren_Roberts) || align=left|{{USA}} || 2006, 2009 || 71 || 73 || 74 || 75 || 293 || +5 || T50 |- | align=left|[Russ Cochran](/source/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](/source/Pete_Oakley) || align=left|{{USA}} || 2004 || 72 || 79 || 151 || +7 |- | align=left|[Noboru Sugai](/source/Noboru_Sugai) || align=left|{{JPN}} || 2002 || 77 || 74 || 151 || +7 |- | align=left|[Bruce Vaughan](/source/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](/source/Kirk_Triplett) || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|65 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|−7 |- | {{flagicon|THA}} [Thaworn Wiratchant](/source/Thaworn_Wiratchant) |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|T2 || {{flagicon|CAN}} [Stephen Ames](/source/Stephen_Ames) || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|66 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|−6 |- | {{flagicon|IRL}} [Paul McGinley](/source/Paul_McGinley) |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T5 || {{flagicon|DEU}} [Bernhard Langer](/source/Bernhard_Langer) || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|67 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|−5 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [Scott McCarron](/source/Scott_McCarron) |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [David Toms](/source/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](/source/Clark_Dennis) |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [Miguel Ángel Jiménez](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Jim%C3%A9nez) |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [Tom Lehman](/source/Tom_Lehman) |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [Kenny Perry](/source/Kenny_Perry) |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [Magnus Persson Atlevi](/source/Magnus_Persson_Atlevi) |- | {{flagicon|WAL}} [Phillip Price](/source/Phillip_Price) |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [Jarmo Sandelin](/source/Jarmo_Sandelin) |- | {{flagicon|FJI}} [Vijay Singh](/source/Vijay_Singh) |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [Jeff Sluman](/source/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](/source/Stephen_Ames) || 66-69=135 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|−9 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [Miguel Ángel Jiménez](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Jim%C3%A9nez) || 68-67=135 |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T3 || {{flagicon|DEU}} [Bernhard Langer](/source/Bernhard_Langer) || 67-69=136 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|−8 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [Jeff Sluman](/source/Jeff_Sluman) || 68-68=136 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [Kirk Triplett](/source/Kirk_Triplett) || 65-71=136 |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T6 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [Jarmo Sandelin](/source/Jarmo_Sandelin) || 68-69=137 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|−7 |- | {{flagicon|FJI}} [Vijay Singh](/source/Vijay_Singh) || 68-69=137 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [Tom Watson](/source/Tom_Watson_(golfer)) || 69-68=137 |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T9 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Marco Dawson](/source/Marco_Dawson) || 71-67=138 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|−6 |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} [Mauricio Molina](/source/Mauricio_Molina_(golfer)) || 70-68=138 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [Tom Pernice Jr.](/source/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](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Jim%C3%A9nez) || 68-67-72=207 || align=center|−9 |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|T2 || {{flagicon|CAN}} [Stephen Ames](/source/Stephen_Ames) || 66-69-74=209 || rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|−7 |- | {{flagicon|DEU}} [Bernhard Langer](/source/Bernhard_Langer) || 67-69-73=209 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [Tom Pernice Jr.](/source/Tom_Pernice_Jr.) || 70-68-71=209 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [Kirk Triplett](/source/Kirk_Triplett) || 65-71-73=209 |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|T6 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Tom Lehman](/source/Tom_Lehman) || 68-71-71=210 || rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|−6 |- | {{flagicon|THA}} [Prayad Marksaeng](/source/Prayad_Marksaeng) || 70-70-70=210 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [Scott McCarron](/source/Scott_McCarron) || 67-73-70=210 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [Tom Watson](/source/Tom_Watson_(golfer)) || 69-68-73=210 |- | {{flagicon|THA}} [Thaworn Wiratchant](/source/Thaworn_Wiratchant) || 65-76-69=210 |} ===Final round=== ''Sunday, 29 July 2018'' {| class="wikitable" |- !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([€](/source/Euro)) |- |align=center|1 || {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[Miguel Ángel Jiménez](/source/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Jim%C3%A9nez)''' || 68-67-72-69=276 || align=center|−12 || align=center|268,814 |- |align=center|2 || {{flagicon|DEU}} [Bernhard Langer](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Scott_McCarron) || 67-73-70-68=278 |- || {{flagicon|USA}} [Kirk Triplett](/source/Kirk_Triplett) || 65-71-73-69=278 |- | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|T6 || {{flagicon|USA}} [Marco Dawson](/source/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](/source/Tom_Lehman) || 68-71-71-69=279 |- || {{flagicon|USA}} [Tom Pernice Jr.](/source/Tom_Pernice_Jr.) || 70-68-71-70=279 |- || {{flagicon|THA}} [Thaworn Wiratchant](/source/Thaworn_Wiratchant) || 65-76-69-69=279 |- |align=center|10 || {{flagicon|THA}} [Prayad Marksaeng](/source/Prayad_Marksaeng) || 70-70-70-71=281 || align=center|−7 || align=center|32,190 |} Source:{{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}}{{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}} ====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:{{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}} ==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](/source/2018_Senior_Players_Championship) | title = [Senior Major Championships](/source/Senior_major_golf_championships) | years = | after = [2019 Regions Tradition](/source/2019_Regions_Tradition) }} {{s-end}} {{Senior Open Championship}} Category:Senior major golf championships Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Senior Open Championship Senior Open Championship Senior Open Championship Category:St Andrews Category:21st century in Fife Category:Sport in Fife --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2018 Senior Open Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Senior_Open_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Senior_Open_Championship?action=history)). 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