2019 Senior Open Championship

2019 Senior Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	25–28 July 2019
Location	Lytham, England; 53°44′59″N 3°01′04″W / 53.7496°N 3.0178°W
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Organised by	The R&A
Tour(s)	European Senior Tour; PGA Tour Champions;
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,948 yd (6,353 m)
Field	144 players, 79 after cut
Cut	145 (+5)
Prize fund	US$2,000,000
Champion
	Bernhard Langer
	274 (−6)
Location map
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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

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

Course layout

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

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

Made the cut

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

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

First round

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

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

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
T3	Wes Short Jr.	67-67-73=207	−3
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

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
T3	Tim Petrovic	74-68-67-68=277	−3	95,086
T5	Doug Barron	69-69-73-67=278	−2	65,370
T5	David McKenzie	70-70-68-70=278	−2	65,370
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

^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2019 – Venue". European Tour. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
^ "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)
^ "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

Results on European Tour website

Preceded by 2019 Senior Players Championship	Senior Major Championships	Succeeded by 2020 Regions Tradition

53°44′59″N 3°01′04″W / 53.7496°N 3.0178°W / 53.7496; -3.0178

[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)

[golfchannelldr-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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