2017 Senior Open Championship


The 2017 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 31st Senior Open Championship, held from 27–30 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the 2nd Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 15th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.
World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by three strokes over Corey Pavin. The 2017 event was Langer's third Senior Open Championship title and his tenth senior major championship victory. Langer also won the 2014 Senior Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club.

Venue

The 2017 event was the second Senior Open Championship played at Royal Porthcawl.

Course layout

Field

The field consisted of 144 competitors: 135 professionals and 9 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 24 July for players who were not already exempt.

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 27 July 2017
Bernhard Langer posted a two-under-par 69 on day one to lead by one shot.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bernhard Langer69−2
T2Carl Mason70−1
T2Mauricio Molina70−1
T4Billy Andrade71E
T4Peter Fowler71E
T4Tom Lehman71E
T4Peter Lonard71E
T4Billy Mayfair71E
T4Colin Montgomerie71E
T4Tom Pernice, Jr.71E
T4Jean-François Remésy71E
T4Chris Williams71E

Second round

Friday 28 July 2017
Scoring was difficult during the second round as only one player, Santiago Luna, broke par on Friday. Steve Flesch and Brad Faxon shot even-par rounds of 71, while the rest of the field shot over-par. Langer struggled to a 74 and fell back into a five-way tie for the lead going into the third round.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Steve Flesch72-71=143+1
T1Bernhard Langer69-74=143+1
T1Tom Lehman71-72=143+1
T1Billy Mayfair71-72=143+1
T1Mauricio Molina70-73=143+1
6Clark Dennis72-72=144+2
T7Mike Goodes74-72=146+4
T7Peter Lonard71-75=146+4
T7David McKenzie73-63=146+4

Amateurs: Lutz, Haag, Curtis, Hastie, Hoit, White, Tomlinson, Creed, Bell

Third round

Saturday, 29 July 2017
Langer rebounded with a bogey-free, six-under-par 65 on Saturday to take a four stroke lead into the final round. 2010 Senior Open runner-up Corey Pavin also shot a third round 65 to move into 2nd place. Peter Lonard shot a 67 to move into 3rd place and 5 shots of Langer's lead.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bernhard Langer69-74-65=208−5
2Corey Pavin73-74-65=212−1
3Peter Lonard71-75-67=213E
T4Steve Flesch72-71-71=214+1
T4Miguel Ángel Jiménez76-73-65=214+1
T4Billy Mayfair71-72-71=214+1
T7Magnus Persson Atlevi77-73-65=215+2
T7Scott Dunlap76-73-66=215+2
T7Santiago Luna77-70-68=215+2
T7Phillip Price74-73-68=215+2

Amateurs: Lutz, Haag

Final round

Sunday, 30 July 2017
Bernhard Langer's lead was extended to five shots after Pavin bogeyed the first hole, however, the lead was cut to three after a birdie by Pavin and a bogey by Langer on the par-4 3rd hole. Pavin cut Langer's lead to two after a birdie on the par-3 5th. After a bogey by Pavin on the par-5 13th hole, Langer's lead was extended to three strokes, which he carried into the 72nd hole. Langer and Pavin both birdied the 72nd hole, as Langer secured the title and his tenth senior major championship.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Bernhard Langer69-74-65-72=280−4266,923
2Corey Pavin73-74-65-71=283−1177,975
T3Billy Andrade71-76-69-68=284E82,694
T3Fred Couples75-75-66-68=284E82,694
T3Peter Lonard71-75-67-71=284E82,694
T6Magnus Persson Atlevi77-73-65-70=285+148,025
T6Miguel Ángel Martín72-76-68-69=285+148,025
T6Phillip Price74-73-68-70=285+148,025
T9Billy Andrade71-72-71-72=286+233,927
T9David McKenzie73-73-71-69=286+233,927

Source:
Amateurs: Lutz, Haag

Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
BirdieBogey

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