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2019 Senior Open Championship

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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
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Location in England
Royal Lytham & St. Annes  is located in the Borough of Fylde
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Royal Lytham & St. Annes  is located in Lytham St Annes
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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.

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 England Paul Broadhurst 67 −3
United States Scott Dunlap
United States Scott Parel
United States Wes Short Jr.
T5 United States Woody Austin 68 −2
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
United States Ken Duke
United States Tom Gillis
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi

Second round

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Friday, 26 July 2019

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Wes Short Jr. 67-67=134 −6
2 United States Scott Dunlap 67-68=135 −5
3 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 68-68=136 −4
T4 United States Bart Bryant 69-68=137 −3
United States Ken Duke 68-69=137
South Africa Retief Goosen 70-67=137
T7 United States Woody Austin 68-70=138 −2
United States Doug Barron 69-69=138
England Paul Broadhurst 67-71=138
England Roger Chapman 70-68=138
Germany Bernhard Langer 71-67=138
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 68-70=138
United States Scott Parel 67-71=138
Wales 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 England Paul Broadhurst 67-71-67=205 −5
2 United States Woody Austin 68-70-68=206 −4
T3 United States Ken Duke 68-69-70=207 −3
United States Wes Short Jr. 67-67-73=207
T5 Wales Stephen Dodd 71-68-69=208 −2
Germany Bernhard Langer 71-67-70=208
Australia David McKenzie 70-70-68=208
Wales Phillip Price 71-67-70=208
T9 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 68-68-73=209 −1
England Paul Eales 74-69-66=209
United States 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 Germany Bernhard Langer 71-67-70-66=274 −6 281,632
2 England Paul Broadhurst 67-71-67-71=276 −4 187,788
T3 South Africa Retief Goosen 70-67-74-66=277 −3 95,086
United States Tim Petrovic 74-68-67-68=277
T5 United States Doug Barron 69-69-73-67=278 −2 65,370
Australia David McKenzie 70-70-68-70=278
T7 United States Woody Austin 68-70-68-73=279 −1 43,577
South Africa David Frost 72-67-73-67=279
United States Wes Short Jr. 67-67-73-72=279
T10 England Roger Chapman 70-68-73-69=280 E 28,601
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 68-68-73-71=280
United States Ken Duke 68-69-70-73=280
United States Bob Estes 70-71-74-65=280
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 71-68-74-67=280
France 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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