2018 Senior Open Championship


The 2018 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 32nd Senior Open Championship, held from 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

The 2018 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at St Andrews.

Course layout

Field

The field consisted of 144 competitors: 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.

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 26 July 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Kirk Triplett65−7
T1Thaworn Wiratchant65−7
T2Stephen Ames66−6
T2Paul McGinley66−6
T5Bernhard Langer67−5
T5Scott McCarron67−5
T5David Toms67−5
T8Paul Archbold68−4
T8Clark Dennis68−4
T8Miguel Ángel Jiménez68−4
T8Tom Lehman68−4
T8Kenny Perry68−4
T8Magnus Persson Atlevi68−4
T8Phillip Price68−4
T8Jarmo Sandelin68−4
T8Vijay Singh68−4
T8Jeff Sluman68−4

Second round

Friday 27 July 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Stephen Ames66-69=135−9
T1Miguel Ángel Jiménez68-67=135−9
T3Bernhard Langer67-69=136−8
T3Jeff Sluman68-68=136−8
T3Kirk Triplett65-71=136−8
T6Jarmo Sandelin68-69=137−7
T6Vijay Singh68-69=137−7
T6Tom Watson69-68=137−7
T9Marco Dawson71-67=138−6
T9Mauricio Molina70-68=138−6
T9Tom Pernice Jr.70-68=138−6

Amateurs: Elliott, Howison, Maxfield, Dornell, Lacy, Lutz, McCoy, Hughes

Third round

Saturday, 28 July 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Miguel Ángel Jiménez68-67-72=207−9
T2Stephen Ames66-69-74=209−7
T2Bernhard Langer67-69-73=209−7
T2Tom Pernice Jr.70-68-71=209−7
T2Kirk Triplett65-71-73=209−7
T6Tom Lehman68-71-71=210−6
T6Prayad Marksaeng70-70-70=210−6
T6Scott McCarron67-73-70=210−6
T6Tom Watson69-68-73=210−6
T6Thaworn Wiratchant65-76-69=210−6

Final round

Sunday, 29 July 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Miguel Ángel Jiménez68-67-72-69=276−12268,814
2Bernhard Langer67-69-73-68=277−11179,241
T3Stephen Ames66-69-74-69=278−1083,279
T3Scott McCarron67-73-70-68=278−1083,279
T3Kirk Triplett65-71-73-69=278−1083,279
T6Marco Dawson71-67-73-68=279−945,313
T6Tom Lehman68-71-71-69=279−945,313
T6Tom Pernice Jr.70-68-71-70=279−945,313
T6Thaworn Wiratchant65-76-69-69=279−945,313
10Prayad Marksaeng70-70-70-71=281−732,190

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Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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