2014 Senior Open Championship

2014 Senior Open Championship

Tournament information
Dates	24–27 July 2014
Location	Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom
Course	Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
Organised by	The R&A
Tours	European Senior Tour Champions Tour
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,901 yd (6,310 m)
Field	144 players, 76 after cut
Cut	149 (+7)
Prize fund	US$2,000,000 £1,250,000
Champion
Bernhard Langer
266 (−18)
Location map

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

Main article: 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

Hole	Yards	Par		Hole	Yards	Par
1	427	4		10	400	4
2	374	4		11	355	4
3	451	4		12	194	3
4	455	4		13	551	5
5	212	3		14	435	4
6	515	5		15	173	3
7	381	4		16	466	4
8	122	3		17	430	4
9	456	4		18	504	5
Out	3,393	35		In	3,508	36
Source:		Total			6,901	71

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	Finish
Bernhard Langer	Germany	2010	65	66	68	67	266	−18	1
Russ Cochran	United States	2011	74	73	67	72	286	+2	T10
Tom Watson	United States	2003, 2005, 2007	74	66	69	77	286	+2	T10
Fred Couples	United States	2012	71	71	68	78	288	+4	T13
Bruce Vaughan	United States	2008	73	69	73	73	288	+4	T13

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Mark Wiebe	United States	2013	76	77	153	+11
Noboru Sugai	Japan	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.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bernhard Langer	65	−6
2	Bob Tway	67	−4
3	Chris Williams	68	−3
4	Andrew Oldcorn	69	−2
T5	Rick Gibson	70	−1
	Pedro Linhart
T7	Fred Couples	71	E
	Scott Dunlap
	Peter Fowler
	David Frost
	Jeff Hart
	Kenny Hutton
	Steve Jones
	Jamie Spence
	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.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bernhard Langer	65-66=131	−11
T2	Colin Montgomerie	72-66=138	−4
	Chris Williams	68-70=138
4	Pedro Linhart	70-69=139	−3
T5	Bob Tway	66-71=140	−2
	Tom Watson	74-66=140
T7	Rick Gibson	70-71=141	−1
	Barry Lane	72-69=141
T9	Fred Couples	71-71=142	E
	Tom Pernice Jr.	78-64=142
	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).

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bernhard Langer	65-66-68=199	−14
2	Rick Gibson	70-71-66=207	−6
3	Bob Tway	67-73-68=208	−5
T4	Scott Dunlap	71-73-65=209	−4
	Tom Watson	74-66-69=209
	Chris Williams	68-70-71=209
T7	Fred Couples	71-71-68=210	−3
	Barry Lane	72-69-69=210
	Colin Montgomerie	72-66-72=210
10	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.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (€)
1	Bernhard Langer	65-66-68-67=266	−18	248,535
2	Colin Montgomerie	72-66-72-69=279	−5	165,753
T3	Rick Gibson	70-71-66-75=282	−2	77,017
	Barry Lane	72-69-69-72=282
	Tom Pernice Jr.	78-64-70-70=282
T6	Scott Dunlap	71-73-65-75=284	E	48,462
	Bob Tway	67-73-68-76=284
T8	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	74-69-74-68=285	+1	35,327
	Kirk Triplett	72-72-71-70=285
T10	Russ Cochran	74-73-67-72=286	+2	28,601
	Tom Watson	74-66-69-77=286

Source:
Amateurs: Lutz (+11), Zahringer (+13)

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	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	5
Langer	−14	−15	−16	−15	−15	−16	−17	−17	−17	−17	−16	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−18
Montgomerie	−3	−2	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5
Gibson	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−6	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−3	−3	−2	−1	−2
Lane	−3	−3	−2	−2	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−2
Pernice Jr.	−1	−1	E	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	E	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−2
Dunlap	−3	−3	−3	−2	−3	−4	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E
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

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:

External links

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