2005 Open Championship

December 2020 August 2013 2005 Open Championship 14–17 July 2005 St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews The R&A European TourPGA TourJapan Golf Tour 72 7279 yd 156 players, 80 after cut 145 (+1)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PodIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_HEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6821%2C1794043 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Results: British Open, Second Round 16 July 2005 D-8 £4,000,000€5,860,938$7,490,400 £720,000€1,047,362$1,261,285 USA Tiger Woods 274 (−14) 2004 2006 UK Scotland 1 St Andrews 56.3433 -2.8028 Location in Scotland 5 240 Scotland Fife St Andrews bottom 56.343 -2.803 Location in Fife, Scotland 5 240 The 2005 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 134th Open Championship, held from 14 to 17 July at the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. Tiger Woods led wire-to-wire for his tenth major title, five shots ahead of runner-up Colin Montgomerie.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1idRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6300%2C4374625 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Los Angeles Times) Bonk Thomas A near-perfect 10 18 July 2005 E1 The win was Woods' second Open Championship, both at St. Andrews, and completed his second career grand slam at age 29.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1112068/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130317191150/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1112068/index.htm dead 17 March 2013 Sports Illustrated Bamberger Michael New King of the Old Course 25 July 2005 23 July 2013 The tenth major and second slam were firsts for a player under the age of 30.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zhMSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MfMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2562%2C5383928 Spokesman-Review (New York Daily News) Gola Hank Wire-to-wire 18 July 2005 C1 At age 65, Jack Nicklaus made his final appearance at a major championship.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PodIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_HEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4836%2C1765663 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Rocky Mountain News) Lincicome Bernie A Bear of a finish 16 July 2005 D-1 History of The Open Championship at The Old Course at St Andrews While winning the Open Championship is a crowning achievement for any golfer, a win at St. Andrews is considered particularly important due to the course's long tradition. Tiger Woods won the Open Championship played at St. Andrews in 2000 with a tournament to par record of 19-under par. Other past winners at St. Andrews include John Daly, Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Nicklaus (twice), Tony Lema, Kel Nagle, Bobby Locke, Peter Thomson, Sam Snead, Dick Burton, Denny Shute, Bobby Jones, Jock Hutchison, James Braid (twice), John Henry Taylor (twice), Hugh Kirkaldy, Jack Burns, Bob Martin (twice), Jamie Anderson and Tom Kidd. Course Old Course at St Andrews HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Burn3764 10Bobby Jones38042Dyke453411High (In)17433Cartgate (Out)397412Heathery (In)34844Ginger Beer480413Hole O'Cross (In)46545Hole O'Cross (Out)568514Long61856Heathery (Out)412415Cartgate (In)45647High (Out)390416Corner of the Dyke42348Short175317Road45549End352418Tom Morris3574Out3,60336In3,67636 Total7,27972 Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 24, 203 30 June 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 7115 yd - 2000 6933 yd - 1995, 1990, 1984, 1978 6957 yd - 1970 6926 yd - 1964 6936 yd - 1960, 1955 Field 1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2004 Open Championship Ernie Els (2,3,4,13), Retief Goosen (3,4,9,13), Todd Hamilton (2,3,13), Thomas Levet (4,17), Davis Love III (3,12,13,17), Phil Mickelson (3,10,13,17), Scott Verplank (3,13), Mike Weir (3,10,13), Lee Westwood (3,4,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,9,10,11,13,17) 2. Past Open Champions aged 65 or under on 17 July 2005 Mark Calcavecchia, Ben Curtis, John Daly (3), David Duval, Nick Faldo, Tony Jacklin, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman (3), Justin Leonard (3), Sandy Lyle, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Nick Price, Tom Watson Eligible but not competing: Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, Johnny Miller, Bill Rogers, Tom Weiskopf 3. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 22, 2005 Stephen Ames (13), Stuart Appleby (13), Thomas Bjørn, Ángel Cabrera (4,5), Chad Campbell (17), K. J. Choi, Stewart Cink (13,17), Tim Clark, Darren Clarke (4,17), Fred Couples, Chris DiMarco (13,17), Luke Donald (4,17), Fred Funk (12,17), Jim Furyk (9,17), Sergio García (4,13,17), Mark Hensby (13), Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4,17), Zach Johnson (13), Jerry Kelly (13), Peter Lonard, Shigeki Maruyama, Graeme McDowell (4), Paul McGinley (17), Colin Montgomerie (17), Nick O'Hern (4), Rod Pampling, Craig Parry, Kenny Perry (17), Ian Poulter (4,17), Rory Sabbatini (13), Adam Scott (12,13), Vijay Singh (11,13,21), David Toms (11,17) Eligible but not competing: Jay Haas (17), Pádraig Harrington (4,17), David Howell (4,17) 4. First 20 in the European Tour Final Order of Merit for 2004 Paul Casey (17), Stephen Gallacher, Richard Green (19), Joakim Haeggman, Trevor Immelman, Jean-François Remésy 5. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2003–05 Scott Drummond, Ignacio Garrido 6. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt, in the top 20 of the European Tour Order of Merit for 2005 on completion of the 2005 BMW PGA Championship Stephen Dodd, Peter Hanson, Steve Webster 7. First 2 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from all official European Tour events from the British Masters up to and including the Open de France and including The U.S. Open Søren Hansen, Jean van de Velde 8. The leading player, not exempt, in the first 10 and ties of each of the 2005 European Open and the 2005 Scottish Open Maarten Lafeber, Graeme Storm 9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2001–05 Michael Campbell 10. The Masters Champions for 2001–05 11. The PGA Champions for 2000–04 Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel 12. The Players Champions for 2003–05 13. First 20 on the Official Money List of the PGA Tour for 2004 Steve Flesch 14. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt, in the top 20 of the Official Money List of the PGA Tour for 2005 on completion of the FedEx St. Jude Classic Joe Ogilvie, Tim Petrovic, Ted Purdy 15. First 2 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from the Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2005 Western Open Bart Bryant Eligible but not competing: Billy Mayfair 16. The leading player, not exempt having applied (15) above, in each of the 2005 Western Open and the 2005 John Deere Classic Sean O'Hair, Pat Perez 17. Playing members of the 2004 Ryder Cup teams Chris Riley 18. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2004 Thongchai Jaidee 19. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2004 Euan Walters 20. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2004/2005 Charl Schwartzel 21. The Canadian Open Champion for 2004 22. The Japan Open Champion for 2004 Toru Taniguchi 23. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2004 Yang Yong-eun Eligible but not competing: Shingo Katayama 24. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2005 Mizuno Open Chris Campbell, David Smail, Thammanoon Sriroj, Tadahiro Takayama 25. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt having applied (24) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2005 Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2005 Mizuno Open Hiroyuki Fujita, Hur Suk-ho 26. The Senior Open Champion for 2004 Pete Oakley 27. The Amateur Champion for 2005 Brian McElhinney (a) 28. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2004 Ryan Moore forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 29. The European Amateur Champion for 2004 Matthew Richardson (a) International Final Qualifying Africa: André Bossert, David Frost, Doug McGuigan Australasia: David Diaz, Martin Doyle, Nick Flanagan, Peter Fowler Asia: Danny Chia, Mardan Mamat, Richard Moir America: Robert Allenby, Jason Allred, Rich Barcelo, Tom Byrum, Alex Čejka, Daniel Chopra, Joe Durant, Scott Gutschewski, Scott Hend, Geoff Ogilvy, Tom Pernice Jr., Wilhelm Schauman, Bo Van Pelt, Duffy Waldorf Europe: Peter Baker, John Bickerton, Andrew Butterfield, Robert Coles, Simon Dyson, Kenneth Ferrie, Alastair Forsyth, Marcus Fraser, Simon Khan, Peter Lawrie, Andrew Oldcorn, Robert Rock, Patrik Sjöland, Ian Woosnam Local Final Qualifying (Saturday 9 July and Sunday 10 July) Ladybank: Edoardo Molinari (a), Robert Steele (a), John Wade Leven Links: Sean McDonagh, Eric Ramsay (a), Tino Schuster Lundin: Lars Brovold, Brad Faxon, Oscar Florén (a) Scotscraig: Andrew Marshall, Lloyd Saltman (a), Murray Urquhart Alternates José María Olazábal – replaced Seve Ballesteros Bob Tway – took spot not taken by Billy Mayfair Bernhard Langer – replaced Shingo Katayama Freddie Jacobson – replaced Jay Haas Brian Davis – replaced David Howell Henrik Stenson – replaced Pádraig Harrington Round summaries First round Thursday, 14 July 2005 Tiger Woods stormed out to a 66 (−6) for a one shot lead over Mark Hensby, who missed a birdie putt on the 18th green. Defending champion Todd Hamilton shot 74 (+2) and Jack Nicklaus, the 18-time major champion, carded 75 (+3). PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tiger Woods66−62 AUS Mark Hensby67−5T3 USA Fred Couples68−4 ENG Luke Donald ZAF Retief Goosen ZAF Trevor Immelman AUS Peter Lonard ESP José María Olazábal SCO Eric Ramsay (a) USA Chris Riley DEU Tino Schuster USA Scott Verplank Second round Friday, 15 July 2005 Nicklaus made a 15 ft 0 on birdie putt on the final stroke of his professional career. On his walk up to the final green, he received a near ten-minute standing ovation, pausing for photographs on the iconic Swilcan Bridge. Nicklaus shot an even-par 72 in his final competitive round, but his 147 (+3) missed the cut by two strokes. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tiger Woods66-67=133−112 SCO Colin Montgomerie71-66=137−7T3 AUS Robert Allenby70-68=138−6 USA Brad Faxon72-66=138 ZAF Trevor Immelman68-70=138 AUS Peter Lonard68-70=138 ESP José María Olazábal68-70=138 FIJ Vijay Singh69-69=138 USA Scott Verplank68-70=138T10 USA Bart Bryant69-70=139−5 USA Fred Couples68-71=139 ESP Sergio García70-69=139 ENG Simon Khan69-70=139 USA Bo Van Pelt72-67=139 Source: Amateurs: Molinari (−4), Ramsay (−2), Richardson (E), Saltman (E), Florén (+7), McElhinney (+9), Steele (+9). Third round Saturday, 16 July 2005 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tiger Woods66-67-71=204−122 ESP José María Olazábal68-70-68=206−10T3 ZAF Retief Goosen68-73-66=207−9 SCO Colin Montgomerie71-66-70=207T5 USA Brad Faxon72-66-70=208−8 ESP Sergio García70-69-69=208T7 NZL Michael Campbell69-72-68=209−7 FJI Vijay Singh69-69-71=209T9 USA Bart Bryant69-70-71=210−6 ZAF Tim Clark71-69-70=210 NIR Darren Clarke73-70-67=210 USA John Daly71-69-70=210 DEN Søren Hansen72-72-66=210 NED Maarten Lafeber73-70-67=210 DEU Bernhard Langer71-69-70=210 SCO Sandy Lyle74-67-69=210 USA Sean O'Hair73-67-70=210 USA Kenny Perry71-71-68=210 USA Scott Verplank68-70-72=210 Final round thumb|The final round scoreboard Sunday, 17 July 2005 Woods moved to 10-0 when leading going into the final round of a major, winning his second Open Championship title. He pulled away from Colin Montgomerie who finished second in a major for the fifth time. Woods shot a 2-under 70, the only round under par among the final 14 players. Fred Couples and Duffy Waldorf shot 68, the low rounds of the day. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 USA Tiger Woods 66-67-71-70=274 −14 720,0002 SCO Colin Montgomerie 71-66-70-72=279 −9 430,000T3 USA Fred Couples 68-71-73-68=280 −8 242,350 ESP José María Olazábal 68-70-68-74=280T5 NZL Michael Campbell 69-72-68-72=281 −7 122,100 ESP Sergio García 70-69-69-73=281 ZAF Retief Goosen 68-73-66-74=281 DEU Bernhard Langer 71-69-70-71=281 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 71-74-67-69=281 FJI Vijay Singh 69-69-71-72=281 Source: Amateurs: Saltman (−5), Ramsay (−4), Molinari (+1), Richardson (+9). Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par444454434 434454444 USA Woods −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 SCO Montgomerie −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 USA Couples −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 ESP Olazábal −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −9 −8 −8 −7 −8 NZL Campbell −7 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 ESP García −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −6 −5 −6 −7 −7 −6 −7 RSA Goosen −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 GER Langer −6 −6 −6 −6 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −7 −7 −6 −7 AUS Ogilvy −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −7 FIJ Singh −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −7 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ Source:https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=223 ESPN British Open Championship 13 August 2015 References External links St Andrews 2005 (Official site) 134th Open Championship - St Andrews (European Tour) 2005 56.343 -2.803 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:St Andrews Category:21st century in Fife Category:Sport in Fife Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship