2019 Senior Open Championship Explained

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
			71	67	70	66	274	−6	1
			67	71	67	71	276	−4	2
			71	68	74	67	280	E	T10
			73	67	75	73	288	+8	T60
			74	70	72	73	289	+9	T64

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
			76	76	152	+12
			79	82	161	+21

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 25 July 2019

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		67	−3
	Scott Dunlap
	Scott Parel
	Wes Short Jr.
T5		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		67-67=134	−6
2		67-68=135	−5
3		68-68=136	−4
T4		69-68=137	−3
		68-69=137
		70-67=137
T7		68-70=138	−2
		69-69=138
		67-71=138
		70-68=138
		71-67=138
		68-70=138
		67-71=138
		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		67-71-67=205	−5
2		68-70-68=206	−4
T3		68-69-70=207	−3
		67-67-73=207
T5		71-68-69=208	−2
		71-67-70=208
		70-70-68=208
		71-67-70=208
T9		68-68-73=209	−1
		74-69-66=209
		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		67-71-67-71=276	−4	187,788
T3		70-67-74-66=277	−3	95,086
		74-68-67-68=277
T5		69-69-73-67=278	−2	65,370
		70-70-68-70=278
T7		68-70-68-73=279	−1	43,577
		72-67-73-67=279
		67-67-73-72=279
T10		70-68-73-69=280	E	28,601
		68-68-73-71=280
		68-69-70-73=280
		70-71-74-65=280
		71-68-74-67=280
		74-68-71-67=280

Source:^{[3] [4]}

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

External links

• Results on European Tour website

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2019 – Venue . European Tour . 31 July 2019.
2. Web site: Archived copy . 16 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170807153138/http://www.senioropenchampionship.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2017-SOC-Entry-Form-Final.pdf . 7 August 2017 . dead . dmy-all .
3. News: The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex . Golf Channel . 27 July 2017 . 15 May 2018.
4. Web site: Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2017 – Leaderboard . European Tour . 21 May 2018.