2014 Senior Open Championship

May 2018 May 2018 2014 Senior Open Championship 24–27 July 2014 Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom 51.492 -3.726 type:event Royal Porthcawl Golf Club The R&A European Senior Tour Champions Tour uk 72 holes stroke play 71 6901 yd on 144 players, 76 after cut 149 (+7) 2,000,000 usd1,250,000 GBP DEU Bernhard Langer 266 (−18) Europe#British Isles#Wales Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Location in Europe##Location on the British Isles##Location in Wales yes 220 2013 2015 The 2014 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 28th Senior Open Championship, held 24–27 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 12th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship. World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer led wire-to-wire and broke the tournament scoring record, finishing at 18-under-par. The 2014 event was Langer's second Senior Open Championship title and his fourth senior major championship victory. Venue Royal Porthcawl Golf Club The 2014 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at Royal Porthcawl. Royal Porthcawl hosted the Senior Open Championship for a second time in 2017. Course layout HoleYardsPar2HoleYardsPar14274 1040042374411355434514121943445541355155212314435465155151733738141646648122317430494564185045 Out3,39335 In3,50836Source:http://www.europeantour.com/staysuretour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014862/venue/index.html 2014 Schedule - Legends Tour Total 6,90171 Field The field of 144 competitors included 135 professionals and 9 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 21 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 FinishBernhard Langer 2010 65 66 68 67 266 −18 1 Russ Cochran 2011 74 73 67 72 286 +2 T10Tom Watson 2003, 2005, 2007 74 66 69 77 286 +2 T10 Fred Couples 2012 71 71 68 78 288 +4 T13Bruce Vaughan 2008 73 69 73 73 288 +4 T13 Missed the cut Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To parMark Wiebe 2013 76 77 153 +11 Noboru Sugai 2002 83 84 167 +25 Past winners of The Open Championship in the field The field included two former winners of The Open Championship. One of them made the cut; 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983 Open champion Tom Watson (tied 10th). 1985 Open champion Sandy Lyle did not make the cut. Round summaries First round Thursday, 24 July 2014 Bernhard Langer posted a six-under-par 65 on day one to lead by two shots. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 DEU Bernhard Langer 65 −62 USA Bob Tway 67 −43 ZAF Chris Williams 68 −34 SCO Andrew Oldcorn 69 −2T5 CAN Rick Gibson 70 −1 ESP Pedro LinhartT7 USA Fred Couples 71 E USA Scott Dunlap AUS Peter Fowler ZAF David Frost USA Jeff Hart SCO Kenny Hutton USA Steve Jones ENG Jamie Spence USA George Zahringer (a) Second round Friday 25 July 2014 Langer extended his lead to seven shots after a second round 66, entering the weekend at 131 (−11). Colin Montgomerie and Chris Williams finished the second round in a tie for 2nd at 138 (−4). Tom Pernice Jr. shot the round of the day, a 64 (−7), which included eight birdies and one bogey. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 DEU Bernhard Langer 65-66=131 −11T2 SCO Colin Montgomerie 72-66=138 −4 ZAF Chris Williams 68-70=1384 ESP Pedro Linhart 70-69=139 −3T5 USA Bob Tway 66-71=140 −2 USA Tom Watson 74-66=140T7 CAN Rick Gibson 70-71=141 −1 ENG Barry Lane 72-69=141T9 USA Fred Couples 71-71=142 E USA Tom Pernice Jr. 78-64=142 USA Bruce Vaughan 73-69=142 Amateurs: Lutz (+2), Zahringer (+7), Reynard (+8), Ambridge (+17), Bell (+17), Kinghorn (+18), Lehew (+25), Gold (+26), Cooper (+32) Third round Saturday, 26 July 2014 Langer shot a third consecutive round in the 60s with a third round 68 (−3), and extended his lead to eight shots over Rick Gibson, who shot a 66 (−5). Colin Montgomerie fell back into a tie for seventh place after shooting a 40 (+4) on the back nine and finishing the day with a 72 (+1). PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 DEU Bernhard Langer 65-66-68=199 −142 CAN Rick Gibson 70-71-66=207 −63 USA Bob Tway 67-73-68=208 −5T4 USA Scott Dunlap 71-73-65=209 −4 USA Tom Watson 74-66-69=209 ZAF Chris Williams 68-70-71=209T7 USA Fred Couples 71-71-68=210 −3 ENG Barry Lane 72-69-69=210 SCO Colin Montgomerie 72-66-72=210 10 USA Jeff Sluman 73-71-67=211 −2 Amateurs: Lutz (+4), Zahringer (+4) Final round Sunday, 27 July 2014 Bernhard Langer shot a final round 67 (−4) to win his fourth senior major championship and his second Senior Open Championship by 13 strokes. Langer finished with a record score of −18, breaking the previous scoring record by one stroke, which had been held by Tom Watson and Carl Mason. Scoring was difficult on Sunday as only 10 players broke par during the final round, and Langer's four-under-par 67 was the lowest score of the day. Montgomerie recovered from a third round 72 (+1) with a final round 69 (−2), finishing in second place. Gibson finished in a tie for third after a final round 75 (+4), which included seven bogies and three birdies. Bob Tway also struggled in the final round, shooting a 76 (+5), which included two double bogies and a triple bogey on the par-4 3rd hole. Dunlap, Watson, Williams, and Couples shot final rounds of 75, 77, 80, and 78, respectively. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)1 DEU Bernhard Langer 65-66-68-67=266 −18 248,5352 SCO Colin Montgomerie 72-66-72-69=279 −5 165,753T3 CAN Rick Gibson 70-71-66-75=282 −2 77,017 ENG Barry Lane 72-69-69-72=282 USA Tom Pernice Jr. 78-64-70-70=282T6 USA Scott Dunlap 71-73-65-75=284 E 48,462 USA Bob Tway 67-73-68-76=284T8 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez 74-69-74-68=285 +1 35,327 USA Kirk Triplett 72-72-71-70=285T10 USA Russ Cochran 74-73-67-72=286 +2 28,601 USA Tom Watson 74-66-69-77=286 Source:https://www.golfchannel.com/tours/champions-tour/2014/senior-open-championship-presented-rolex/ Golf Channel The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 24 July 2014 14 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180515043932/https://www.golfchannel.com/tours/champions-tour/2014/senior-open-championship-presented-rolex/ 15 May 2018 dead http://www.europeantour.com/staysuretour/season=2014/tournamentid=2014862/leaderboard/index.html?showLeaderboard=Y#/results 2014 Schedule - Legends Tour Amateurs: Lutz (+11), Zahringer (+13) Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par444435434 443543445DEU Langer −14 −15 −16 −15 −15 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18SCO Montgomerie −3 −2 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5CAN Gibson −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −6 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −3 −2 −1 −2ENG Lane −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −2USA Pernice Jr. −1 −1 E +1 E −1 −1 −1 E −1 E E E E E E −1 −2 USA Dunlap −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −2 −1 +1 E E E E E E USA Tway −4 −5 −2 −2 −3 −4 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ Source: Notes and references External links Results on European Tour website Results on PGA Tour website 2014 Senior Players Championship Senior Major Championships 2015 Regions Tradition 51.492 3.726 type:event title Category:Senior major golf championships Category:Golf tournaments in Wales Senior Open Championship Senior Open Championship Senior Open Championship Category:Porthcawl Category:Sport in Bridgend County Borough