2017 Senior Open Championship
The 2017 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 31st Senior Open Championship, held from 27–30 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the 2nd Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 15th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 27–30 July 2017 |
Location | Porthcawl, Wales |
Course(s) | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club |
Organized by | The R&A |
Tour(s) | |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,901 yd (6,310 m) |
Field | 144 players, 76 after cut |
Cut | 155 (+13) |
Prize fund | $1,700,000 £1,500,000 |
Champion | |
Bernhard Langer | |
280 (−4) | |
World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by three strokes over Corey Pavin. The 2017 event was Langer's third Senior Open Championship title and his tenth senior major championship victory. Langer also won the 2014 Senior Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club.
Venue
The 2017 event was the second Senior Open Championship played at Royal Porthcawl.
Course layout
Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
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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
The field consisted of 144 competitors: 135 professionals and 9 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 24 July for players who were not already exempt.[2]
Nationalities in the field
North America (54) | South America (4) | Europe (71) | Oceania (8) | Asia (4) | Africa (3) |
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Canada (1) | Argentina (2) | England (30) | Australia (7) | Japan (1) | South Africa (3) |
Mexico (1) | Paraguay (2) | Spain (9) | New Zealand (1) | China (1) | |
United States (52) | Scotland (9) | Thailand (2) | |||
Wales (5) | |||||
Ireland (6) | |||||
Austria (1) | |||||
Denmark (1) | |||||
France (2) | |||||
Germany (1) | |||||
Italy (1) | |||||
Switzerland (1) | |||||
Sweden (4) | |||||
Northern Ireland (1) |
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Bernhard Langer | Germany | 2010, 2014 | 69 | 74 | 65 | 72 | 280 | −4 | 1 |
Fred Couples | United States | 2012 | 75 | 75 | 66 | 68 | 284 | E | T3 |
Paul Broadhurst | England | 2016 | 75 | 75 | 67 | 73 | 290 | +6 | T15 |
Tom Watson | United States | 2003, 2005, 2007 | 72 | 77 | 67 | 75 | 291 | +7 | T23 |
Russ Cochran | United States | 2011 | 77 | 73 | 69 | 74 | 293 | +9 | T31 |
Marco Dawson | United States | 2015 | 79 | 76 | 70 | 71 | 296 | +12 | T45 |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, 27 July 2017
Bernhard Langer posted a two-under-par 69 on day one to lead by one shot.
Second round
Friday 28 July 2017
Scoring was difficult during the second round as only one player, Santiago Luna, broke par on Friday. Steve Flesch and Brad Faxon shot even-par rounds of 71, while the rest of the field shot over-par. Langer struggled to a 74 (+3) and fell back into a five-way tie for the lead going into the third round.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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T1 | Steve Flesch | United States | 72-71=143 | +1 |
Bernhard Langer | Germany | 69-74=143 | ||
Tom Lehman | United States | 71-72=143 | ||
Billy Mayfair | United States | 71-72=143 | ||
Mauricio Molina | Argentina | 70-73=143 | ||
6 | Clark Dennis | United States | 72-72=144 | +2 |
T7 | Mike Goodes | United States | 74-72=146 | +4 |
Peter Lonard | Australia | 71-75=146 | ||
David McKenzie | Australia | 73-63=146 |
Amateurs: Lutz (+9), Haag (+13), Curtis (+20), Hastie (+21), Hoit (+22), White (+22), Tomlinson (+29), Creed (+31), Bell (+34)
Third round
Saturday, 29 July 2017
Langer rebounded with a bogey-free, six-under-par 65 on Saturday to take a four stroke lead into the final round. 2010 Senior Open runner-up Corey Pavin also shot a third round 65 to move into 2nd place. Peter Lonard shot a 67 (−4) to move into 3rd place and 5 shots of Langer's lead.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | 69-74-65=208 | −5 |
2 | Corey Pavin | United States | 73-74-65=212 | −1 |
3 | Peter Lonard | Australia | 71-75-67=213 | E |
T4 | Steve Flesch | United States | 72-71-71=214 | +1 |
Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Spain | 76-73-65=214 | ||
Billy Mayfair | United States | 71-72-71=214 | ||
T7 | Magnus Persson Atlevi | Sweden | 77-73-65=215 | +2 |
Scott Dunlap | United States | 76-73-66=215 | ||
Santiago Luna | Spain | 77-70-68=215 | ||
Phillip Price | Wales | 74-73-68=215 |
Amateurs: Lutz (+9), Haag (+18)
Final round
Sunday, 30 July 2017
Bernhard Langer's lead was extended to five shots after Pavin bogeyed the first hole, however, the lead was cut to three after a birdie by Pavin and a bogey by Langer on the par-4 3rd hole. Pavin cut Langer's lead to two after a birdie on the par-3 5th. After a bogey by Pavin on the par-5 13th hole, Langer's lead was extended to three strokes, which he carried into the 72nd hole. Langer and Pavin both birdied the 72nd hole, as Langer secured the title and his tenth senior major championship.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (€) |
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1 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | 69-74-65-72=280 | −4 | 266,923 |
2 | Corey Pavin | United States | 73-74-65-71=283 | −1 | 177,975 |
T3 | Billy Andrade | United States | 71-76-69-68=284 | E | 82,694 |
Fred Couples | United States | 75-75-66-68=284 | |||
Peter Lonard | Australia | 71-75-67-71=284 | |||
T6 | Magnus Persson Atlevi | Sweden | 77-73-65-70=285 | +1 | 48,025 |
Miguel Ángel Martín | Spain | 72-76-68-69=285 | |||
Phillip Price | Wales | 74-73-68-70=285 | |||
T9 | Billy Andrade | United States | 71-72-71-72=286 | +2 | 33,927 |
David McKenzie | Australia | 73-73-71-69=286 |
Amateurs: Lutz (+17), Haag (+21)
Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie | Bogey |
Source:[3]
Notes and references
- "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2017 – Venue". European Tour. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex". Golf Channel. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2017 – Leaderboard". European Tour. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
External links
Preceded by 2017 Senior Players Championship |
Senior Major Championships | Succeeded by 2018 Regions Tradition |