2017 Senior Open Championship

The 2017 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 31st Senior Open Championship, held 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

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, 24 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, 2014	69	74	65	72	280	−4	1
Fred Couples	United States	2012	75	75	66	68	284	E	T3
Paul Broadhurst	England	2016	75	75	67	73	290	+6	T15
Tom Watson	United States	2003, 2005, 2007	72	77	67	75	291	+7	T23
Russ Cochran	United States	2011	77	73	69	74	293	+9	T31
Marco Dawson	United States	2015	79	76	70	71	296	+12	T45

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 27 July 2017

Bernhard Langer posted a two-under-par 69 on day one to lead by one shot.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Germany Bernhard Langer	69	−2
T2	England Carl Mason	70	−1
Argentina Mauricio Molina
T4	United States Billy Andrade	71	E
Australia Peter Fowler
United States Tom Lehman
Australia Peter Lonard
United States Billy Mayfair
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
United States Tom Pernice Jr.
France Jean-François Remésy
South Africa Chris Williams

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 (+3) and fell back into a five-way tie for the lead going into the third round.

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	United States Steve Flesch	72-71=143	+1
Germany Bernhard Langer	69-74=143
United States Tom Lehman	71-72=143
United States Billy Mayfair	71-72=143
Argentina Mauricio Molina	70-73=143
6	United States Clark Dennis	72-72=144	+2
T7	United States Mike Goodes	74-72=146	+4
Australia Peter Lonard	71-75=146
Australia David McKenzie	73-73=146

Amateurs: Lutz (+9), Haag (+13), Curtis (+20), Hastie (+21), Hoit (+22), White (+22), Tomlinson (+29), Creed (+31), Bell (+34)

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 (−4) to move into 3rd place and 5 shots of Langer's lead.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Germany Bernhard Langer	69-74-65=208	−5
2	United States Corey Pavin	73-74-65=212	−1
3	Australia Peter Lonard	71-75-67=213	E
T4	United States Steve Flesch	72-71-71=214	+1
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez	76-73-65=214
United States Billy Mayfair	71-72-71=214
T7	Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi	77-73-65=215	+2
United States Scott Dunlap	76-73-66=215
Spain Santiago Luna	77-70-68=215
Wales Phillip Price	74-73-68=215

Amateurs: Lutz (+9), Haag (+18)

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.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (€)
1	Germany Bernhard Langer	69-74-65-72=280	−4	266,923
2	United States Corey Pavin	73-74-65-71=283	−1	177,975
T3	United States Billy Andrade	71-76-69-68=284	E	82,694
United States Fred Couples	75-75-66-68=284
Australia Peter Lonard	71-75-67-71=284
T6	Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi	77-73-65-70=285	+1	48,025
Spain Miguel Ángel Martín	72-76-68-69=285
Wales Phillip Price	74-73-68-70=285
T9	United States Billy Andrade	71-72-71-72=286	+2	33,927
Australia David McKenzie	73-73-71-69=286

Source:

Amateurs: Lutz (+17), Haag (+21)

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
Germany Langer	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4
United States Pavin	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	E	E	−1
United States Andrade	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E
United States Couples	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E
Australia Lonard	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Sweden Atlevi	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+3	+3	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
Spain Martín	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
Wales Price	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+2	+1	+1	+1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Source:

Notes and references

External links

Preceded by2017 Senior Players Championship

Senior Major Championships

Succeeded by2018 Regions Tradition

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