2018 Senior Open Championship Explained

The 2018 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 32nd Senior Open Championship, held on 26–29 July at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 16th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.

Miguel Ángel Jiménez won by one stroke over defending champion Bernhard Langer. The 2018 event was Jiménez's first Senior Open Championship title and his second senior major championship victory.

Venue

See main article: Old Course at St Andrews. The 2018 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at St Andrews.

Course layout

Hole	Yards	Par		Hole	Yards	Par
1	375	4		10	386	4
2	452	4	11	174	3
3	398	4	12	348	4
4	465	4	13	465	4
5	570	5	14	578	5
6	414	4	15	455	4
7	371	4	16	418	4
8	188	3	17	451	4
9	352	4	18	356	4
Out	3,585	36	In	3,631	36
Source:[1]		Total			7,216	72

Field

The field of 144 competitors comprised 136 professionals and 8 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 23 July for players who were not already exempt.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
			67	69	73	68	277	−11	2
		2015	71	67	73	68	279	−9	T6
		2012	71	72	73	71	287	−1	T21
		2003, 2005, 2007	69	68	73	77	287	−1	T21
		2016	71	70	73	76	290	+2	T32
		2006, 2009	71	73	74	75	293	+5	T50
		2011	72	72	76	79	299	+11	72

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
		2004	72	79	151	+7
		2002	77	74	151	+7
		2008	74	80	154	+10

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 26 July 2018

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		65	−7
	Thaworn Wiratchant
T2		66	−6
	Paul McGinley
T5		67	−5
	Scott McCarron
	David Toms
T8	Paul Archbold	68	−4
	Clark Dennis
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
	Tom Lehman
	Kenny Perry
	Magnus Persson Atlevi
	Phillip Price
	Jarmo Sandelin
	Vijay Singh
	Jeff Sluman

Second round

Friday 27 July 2018

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		66-69=135	−9
		68-67=135
T3		67-69=136	−8
		68-68=136
		65-71=136
T6		68-69=137	−7
		68-69=137
		69-68=137
T9		71-67=138	−6
		70-68=138
		70-68=138

Amateurs: Elliott (+2), Howison (+5), Maxfield (+6), Dornell (+7), Lacy (+8), Lutz (+8), McCoy (+9), Hughes (+10)

Third round

Saturday, 28 July 2018

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		68-67-72=207	−9
T2		66-69-74=209	−7
		67-69-73=209
		70-68-71=209
		65-71-73=209
T6		68-71-71=210	−6
		70-70-70=210
		67-73-70=210
		69-68-73=210
		65-76-69=210

Final round

Sunday, 29 July 2018

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (€)
1	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	68-67-72-69=276	−12	268,814
2		67-69-73-68=277	−11	179,241
T3		66-69-74-69=278	−10	83,279
		67-73-70-68=278
		65-71-73-69=278
T6		71-67-73-68=279	−9	45,313
		68-71-71-69=279
		70-68-71-70=279
		65-76-69-69=279
10		70-70-70-71=281	−7	32,190

Source:^{[2] [3]}

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Jiménez	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12
Langer	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11
Ames	−7	−6	−7	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10
McCarron	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10
Triplett	−7	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
Dawson	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9
Lehman	−7	−6	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−9
Pernice	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9
Wiratchant	−6	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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Birdie

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External links

• Results on European Tour website
• Results on PGA Tour website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 – Venue . European Tour . 30 July 2018.
2. News: The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex . Golf Channel . 29 July 2018 . 30 July 2018.
3. Web site: Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 – Leaderboard . European Tour . 30 July 2018.
4. Web site: Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2018 – Leaderboard . European Tour . 30 July 2018.