2005 Open Championship


The 2005 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 134th Open Championship, held from 14–17 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. The win was Woods' second Open Championship, both at St. Andrews, and completed his second career grand slam at age 29. The tenth major and second slam were firsts for a player under the age of 30. At age 65, Jack Nicklaus made his final appearance at The Open Championship.

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, Tony Lema, Kel Nagle, Bobby Locke, Peter Thomson, Sam Snead, Dick Burton, Denny Shute, Bobby Jones, Jock Hutchison, James Braid, John Henry Taylor, Hugh Kirkaldy, Jack Burns, Bob Martin, Jamie Anderson and Tom Kidd.

Course

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship :
1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2004 Open Championship

Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Todd Hamilton, Thomas Levet, Davis Love III, Phil Mickelson, Scott Verplank, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Tiger Woods
2. Past Open Champions aged 65 or under on 17 July 2005

Mark Calcavecchia, Ben Curtis, John Daly, David Duval, Nick Faldo, Tony Jacklin, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Sandy Lyle, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Nick Price, Tom Watson
3. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 22, 2005

Stephen Ames, Stuart Appleby, Thomas Bjørn, Ángel Cabrera, Chad Campbell, K. J. Choi, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Darren Clarke, Fred Couples, Chris DiMarco, Luke Donald, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Sergio García, Mark Hensby, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Zach Johnson, Jerry Kelly, Peter Lonard, Shigeki Maruyama, Graeme McDowell, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Nick O'Hern, Rod Pampling, Craig Parry, Kenny Perry, Ian Poulter, Rory Sabbatini, Adam Scott, Vijay Singh, David Toms
4. First 20 in the European Tour Final Order of Merit for 2004

Paul Casey, Stephen Gallacher, Richard Green, 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
16. The leading player, not exempt having applied 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
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 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
28. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2004
29. The European Amateur Champion for 2004

Matthew Richardson
International Final Qualifying
Local Final Qualifying
Alternates

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 July 2005
Tiger Woods stormed out to a 66 for a one shot lead over Mark Hensby, who missed a birdie putt on the 18th green. Defending champion Todd Hamilton shot 74 and Jack Nicklaus, the 18-time major champion, carded 75.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods66−6
2Mark Hensby67−5
T3Fred Couples68−4
T3Luke Donald68−4
T3Retief Goosen68−4
T3Trevor Immelman68−4
T3Peter Lonard68−4
T3José María Olazábal68−4
T3Eric Ramsay 68−4
T3Chris Riley68−4
T3Tino Schuster68−4
T3Scott Verplank68−4

Second round

Friday, 15 July 2005
Nicklaus made a 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 missed the cut by two strokes.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods66-67=133−11
2Colin Montgomerie71-66=137−7
T3Robert Allenby70-68=138−6
T3Brad Faxon72-66=138−6
T3Trevor Immelman68-70=138−6
T3Peter Lonard68-70=138−6
T3José María Olazábal68-70=138−6
T3Vijay Singh69-69=138−6
T3Scott Verplank68-70=138−6
T10Bart Bryant69-70=139−5
T10Fred Couples68-71=139−5
T10Sergio García70-69=139−5
T10Simon Khan69-70=139−5
T10Bo Van Pelt72-67=139−5

Source:
Amateurs: Molinari, Ramsay, Richardson, Saltman , Florén, McElhinney, Steele.

Third round

Saturday, 16 July 2005
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods66-67-71=204−12
2José María Olazábal68-70-68=206−10
T3Retief Goosen68-73-66=207−9
T3Colin Montgomerie71-66-70=207−9
T5Brad Faxon72-66-70=208−8
T5Sergio García70-69-69=208−8
T7Michael Campbell69-72-68=209−7
T7Vijay Singh69-69-71=209−7
T9Bart Bryant69-70-71=210−6
T9Tim Clark71-69-70=210−6
T9Darren Clarke73-70-67=210−6
T9John Daly71-69-70=210−6
T9Søren Hansen72-72-66=210−6
T9Maarten Lafeber73-70-67=210−6
T9Bernhard Langer71-69-70=210−6
T9Sandy Lyle74-67-69=210−6
T9Sean O'Hair73-67-70=210−6
T9Kenny Perry71-71-68=210−6
T9Scott Verplank68-70-72=210−6

Final round

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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Tiger Woods66-67-71-70=274−14720,000
2Colin Montgomerie71-66-70-72=279−9430,000
T3Fred Couples68-71-73-68=280−8242,350
T3José María Olazábal68-70-68-74=280−8242,350
T5Michael Campbell69-72-68-72=281−7122,100
T5Sergio García70-69-69-73=281−7122,100
T5Retief Goosen68-73-66-74=281−7122,100
T5Bernhard Langer71-69-70-71=281−7122,100
T5Geoff Ogilvy71-74-67-69=281−7122,100
T5Vijay Singh69-69-71-72=281−7122,100

Source:

Amateurs: Saltman, Ramsay, Molinari, Richardson.

Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+

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