2014 Senior Open Championship

The 2014 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 28th Senior Open Championship, held 24–27 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 12th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.

2014 Senior Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates24–27 July 2014
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
Cut149 (+7)
Prize fundUS$2,000,000
£1,250,000
Champion
Germany Bernhard Langer
266 (−18)
Location map
Location in Europe
Location on the British Isles
Location in Wales
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World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer led wire-to-wire and broke the tournament scoring record, finishing at 18-under-par. The 2014 event was Langer's second Senior Open Championship title and his fourth senior major championship victory.

Venue

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The 2014 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at Royal Porthcawl. Royal Porthcawl hosted the Senior Open Championship for a second time in 2017.

Course layout

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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

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The field of 144 competitors included 135 professionals and 9 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 21 July for players who were not already exempt.

Past champions in the field

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Made the cut

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Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Bernhard Langer   Germany 2010 65 66 68 67 266 −18 1
Russ Cochran   United States 2011 74 73 67 72 286 +2 T10
Tom Watson   United States 2003, 2005, 2007 74 66 69 77 286 +2 T10
Fred Couples   United States 2012 71 71 68 78 288 +4 T13
Bruce Vaughan   United States 2008 73 69 73 73 288 +4 T13

Missed the cut

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Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Mark Wiebe   United States 2013 76 77 153 +11
Noboru Sugai   Japan 2002 83 84 167 +25

Past winners of The Open Championship in the field

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The field included two former winners of The Open Championship. One of them made the cut; 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983 Open champion Tom Watson (tied 10th). 1985 Open champion Sandy Lyle did not make the cut.

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 24 July 2014

Bernhard Langer posted a six-under-par 65 on day one to lead by two shots.

Place Player Score To par
1   Bernhard Langer 65 −6
2   Bob Tway 67 −4
3   Chris Williams 68 −3
4   Andrew Oldcorn 69 −2
T5   Rick Gibson 70 −1
  Pedro Linhart
T7   Fred Couples 71 E
  Scott Dunlap
  Peter Fowler
  David Frost
  Jeff Hart
  Kenny Hutton
  Steve Jones
  Jamie Spence
  George Zahringer (a)

Second round

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Friday 25 July 2014

Langer extended his lead to seven shots after a second round 66, entering the weekend at 131 (−11). Colin Montgomerie and Chris Williams finished the second round in a tie for 2nd at 138 (−4). Tom Pernice Jr. shot the round of the day, a 64 (−7), which included eight birdies and one bogey.

Place Player Score To par
1   Bernhard Langer 65-66=131 −11
T2   Colin Montgomerie 72-66=138 −4
  Chris Williams 68-70=138
4   Pedro Linhart 70-69=139 −3
T5   Bob Tway 66-71=140 −2
  Tom Watson 74-66=140
T7   Rick Gibson 70-71=141 −1
  Barry Lane 72-69=141
T9   Fred Couples 71-71=142 E
  Tom Pernice Jr. 78-64=142
  Bruce Vaughan 73-69=142

Amateurs: Lutz (+2), Zahringer (+7), Reynard (+8), Ambridge (+17), Bell (+17), Kinghorn (+18), Lehew (+25), Gold (+26), Cooper (+32)

Third round

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Saturday, 26 July 2014

Langer shot a third consecutive round in the 60s with a third round 68 (−3), and extended his lead to eight shots over Rick Gibson, who shot a 66 (−5). Colin Montgomerie fell back into a tie for seventh place after shooting a 40 (+4) on the back nine and finishing the day with a 72 (+1).

Place Player Score To par
1   Bernhard Langer 65-66-68=199 −14
2   Rick Gibson 70-71-66=207 −6
3   Bob Tway 67-73-68=208 −5
T4   Scott Dunlap 71-73-65=209 −4
  Tom Watson 74-66-69=209
  Chris Williams 68-70-71=209
T7   Fred Couples 71-71-68=210 −3
  Barry Lane 72-69-69=210
  Colin Montgomerie 72-66-72=210
10   Jeff Sluman 73-71-67=211 −2

Amateurs: Lutz (+4), Zahringer (+4)

Final round

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Sunday, 27 July 2014

Bernhard Langer shot a final round 67 (−4) to win his fourth senior major championship and his second Senior Open Championship by 13 strokes. Langer finished with a record score of −18, breaking the previous scoring record by one stroke, which had been held by Tom Watson and Carl Mason. Scoring was difficult on Sunday as only 10 players broke par during the final round, and Langer's four-under-par 67 was the lowest score of the day. Montgomerie recovered from a third round 72 (+1) with a final round 69 (−2), finishing in second place. Gibson finished in a tie for third after a final round 75 (+4), which included seven bogies and three birdies. Bob Tway also struggled in the final round, shooting a 76 (+5), which included two double bogies and a triple bogey on the par-4 3rd hole. Dunlap, Watson, Williams, and Couples shot final rounds of 75, 77, 80, and 78, respectively.

Place Player Score To par Money ()
1   Bernhard Langer 65-66-68-67=266 −18 248,535
2   Colin Montgomerie 72-66-72-69=279 −5 165,753
T3   Rick Gibson 70-71-66-75=282 −2 77,017
  Barry Lane 72-69-69-72=282
  Tom Pernice Jr. 78-64-70-70=282
T6   Scott Dunlap 71-73-65-75=284 E 48,462
  Bob Tway 67-73-68-76=284
T8   Miguel Ángel Jiménez 74-69-74-68=285 +1 35,327
  Kirk Triplett 72-72-71-70=285
T10   Russ Cochran 74-73-67-72=286 +2 28,601
  Tom Watson 74-66-69-77=286

Source:[2][3]
Amateurs: Lutz (+11), Zahringer (+13)

Scorecard

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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
  Langer −14 −15 −16 −15 −15 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18
  Montgomerie −3 −2 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5
  Gibson −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −6 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −2 −1 −2
  Lane −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2
  Pernice Jr. −1 −1 E +1 E −1 −1 −1 E −1 E E E E E E −1 −2
  Dunlap −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −2 −1 +1 E E E E E E
  Tway −4 −5 −2 −2 −3 −4 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "2014 Schedule - Legends Tour".
  2. ^ a b "The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex". Golf Channel. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. ^ "2014 Schedule - Legends Tour".
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51°29′31″N 3°43′34″E / 51.492°N 3.726°E / 51.492; 3.726