2019 Senior Open Championship

The 2019 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 33rd Senior Open Championship, held on 25–28 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham, England. It was the 5th Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 17th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.

2019 Senior Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates25–28 July 2019
LocationLytham, England
53°44′59″N 3°01′04″W / 53.7496°N 3.0178°W / 53.7496; -3.0178
Course(s)Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Organised byThe R&A
Tour(s)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par70
Length6,948 yd (6,353 m)
Field144 players, 79 after cut
Cut145 (+5)
Prize fundUS$2,000,000
Champion
Germany Bernhard Langer
274 (−6)
Location map
Royal Lytham & St. Annes  is located in the United Kingdom
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Location in the United Kingdom
Royal Lytham & St. Annes  is located in England
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Location in England
Royal Lytham & St. Annes  is located in the Borough of Fylde
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Location in the Borough of Fylde
Royal Lytham & St. Annes  is located in Lytham St Annes
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World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by two strokes over Paul Broadhurst. The 2019 event was Langer's fourth Senior Open Championship title and his 11th senior major championship victory.

Venue

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The 2019 event was the fifth Senior Open Championship played at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.

Course layout

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Hole Yards Par    Hole Yards Par
1 198 3 10 385 4
2 455 4 11 540 5
3 477 4 12 196 3
4 416 4 13 357 4
5 188 3 14 443 4
6 474 4 15 464 4
7 589 5 16 343 4
8 417 4 17 432 4
9 164 3 18 410 4
Out 3,378 34 In 3,570 36
Source:[1] Total 6,948 70

Field

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The field of 144 competitors included 136 professionals and 8 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 22 July for players who were not already exempt.[2]

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, 2014, 2017 71 67 70 66 274 −6 1
Paul Broadhurst   England 2016 67 71 67 71 276 −4 2
Miguel Ángel Jiménez   Spain 2018 71 68 74 67 280 E T10
Fred Couples   United States 2012 73 67 75 73 288 +8 T60
Tom Watson   United States 2003, 2005, 2007 74 70 72 73 289 +9 T64

Missed the cut

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Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Russ Cochran   United States 2011 76 76 152 +12
Pete Oakley   United States 2004 79 82 161 +21

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 25 July 2019

Place Player Score To par
T1   Paul Broadhurst 67 −3
  Scott Dunlap
  Scott Parel
  Wes Short Jr.
T5   Woody Austin 68 −2
  Darren Clarke
  Ken Duke
  Tom Gillis
  Colin Montgomerie
  Magnus Persson Atlevi

Second round

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Friday, 26 July 2019

Place Player Score To par
1   Wes Short Jr. 67-67=134 −6
2   Scott Dunlap 67-68=135 −5
3   Darren Clarke 68-68=136 −4
T4   Bart Bryant 69-68=137 −3
  Ken Duke 68-69=137
  Retief Goosen 70-67=137
T7   Woody Austin 68-70=138 −2
  Doug Barron 69-69=138
  Paul Broadhurst 67-71=138
  Roger Chapman 70-68=138
  Bernhard Langer 71-67=138
  Colin Montgomerie 68-70=138
  Scott Parel 67-71=138
  Phillip Price 71-67=138

Amateurs: Elliott (+3), Kelbrick (+5), Foster (+6), McWilliams (+11), Sansome (+14), Crowther (+15), Lacy (+16), Francis (+20)

Third round

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Saturday, 27 July 2019

Place Player Score To par
1   Paul Broadhurst 67-71-67=205 −5
2   Woody Austin 68-70-68=206 −4
T3   Ken Duke 68-69-70=207 −3
  Wes Short Jr. 67-67-73=207
T5   Stephen Dodd 71-68-69=208 −2
  Bernhard Langer 71-67-70=208
  David McKenzie 70-70-68=208
  Phillip Price 71-67-70=208
T9   Darren Clarke 68-68-73=209 −1
  Paul Eales 74-69-66=209
  Tim Petrovic 74-68-67=209

Amateurs: Elliott (+9), Kelbrick (+13)

Final round

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Sunday, 28 July 2019

Place Player Score To par Money ()
1   Bernhard Langer 71-67-70-66=274 −6 281,632
2   Paul Broadhurst 67-71-67-71=276 −4 187,788
T3   Retief Goosen 70-67-74-66=277 −3 95,086
  Tim Petrovic 74-68-67-68=277
T5   Doug Barron 69-69-73-67=278 −2 65,370
  David McKenzie 70-70-68-70=278
T7   Woody Austin 68-70-68-73=279 −1 43,577
  David Frost 72-67-73-67=279
  Wes Short Jr. 67-67-73-72=279
T10   Roger Chapman 70-68-73-69=280 E 28,601
  Darren Clarke 68-68-73-71=280
  Ken Duke 68-69-70-73=280
  Bob Estes 70-71-74-65=280
  Miguel Ángel Jiménez 71-68-74-67=280
  Thomas Levet 74-68-71-67=280

Source:[3][4]

Amateurs: Elliott (+13), Kelbrick (+17)

References

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  1. ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2019 – Venue". European Tour. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex". Golf Channel. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2017 – Leaderboard". European Tour. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
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53°44′59″N 3°01′04″W / 53.7496°N 3.0178°W / 53.7496; -3.0178