The 2019 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 33rd Senior Open Championship, held on 25–28 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham, England. It was the 5th Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 17th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.

World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by two strokes over Paul Broadhurst. The 2019 event was Langer's fourth Senior Open Championship title and his 11th senior major championship victory.

Venue

The 2019 event was the fifth Senior Open Championship played at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.

Course layout

HoleYardsParHoleYardsPar
11983103854
24554115405
34774121963
44164133574
51883144434
64744154644
75895163434
84174174324
91643184104
Out3,37834In3,57036
Source:Total6,94870

Field

The field of 144 competitors included 136 professionals and 8 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 22 July for players who were not already exempt.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Bernhard LangerGermany2010, 2014, 201771677066274−61
Paul BroadhurstEngland201667716771276−42
Miguel Ángel JiménezSpain201871687467280ET10
Fred CouplesUnited States201273677573288+8T60
Tom WatsonUnited States2003, 2005, 200774707273289+9T64

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2TotalTo par
Russ CochranUnited States20117676152+12
Pete OakleyUnited States20047982161+21

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 25 July 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1England Paul Broadhurst67−3
United States Scott Dunlap
United States Scott Parel
United States Wes Short Jr.
T5United States Woody Austin68−2
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
United States Ken Duke
United States Tom Gillis
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi

Second round

Friday, 26 July 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Wes Short Jr.67-67=134−6
2United States Scott Dunlap67-68=135−5
3Northern Ireland Darren Clarke68-68=136−4
T4United States Bart Bryant69-68=137−3
United States Ken Duke68-69=137
South Africa Retief Goosen70-67=137
T7United States Woody Austin68-70=138−2
United States Doug Barron69-69=138
England Paul Broadhurst67-71=138
England Roger Chapman70-68=138
Germany Bernhard Langer71-67=138
Scotland Colin Montgomerie68-70=138
United States Scott Parel67-71=138
Wales Phillip Price71-67=138

Amateurs: Elliott (+3), Kelbrick (+5), Foster (+6), McWilliams (+11), Sansome (+14), Crowther (+15), Lacy (+16), Francis (+20)

Third round

Saturday, 27 July 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1England Paul Broadhurst67-71-67=205−5
2United States Woody Austin68-70-68=206−4
T3United States Ken Duke68-69-70=207−3
United States Wes Short Jr.67-67-73=207
T5Wales Stephen Dodd71-68-69=208−2
Germany Bernhard Langer71-67-70=208
Australia David McKenzie70-70-68=208
Wales Phillip Price71-67-70=208
T9Northern Ireland Darren Clarke68-68-73=209−1
England Paul Eales74-69-66=209
United States Tim Petrovic74-68-67=209

Amateurs: Elliott (+9), Kelbrick (+13)

Final round

Sunday, 28 July 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)
1Germany Bernhard Langer71-67-70-66=274−6281,632
2England Paul Broadhurst67-71-67-71=276−4187,788
T3South Africa Retief Goosen70-67-74-66=277−395,086
United States Tim Petrovic74-68-67-68=277
T5United States Doug Barron69-69-73-67=278−265,370
Australia David McKenzie70-70-68-70=278
T7United States Woody Austin68-70-68-73=279−143,577
South Africa David Frost72-67-73-67=279
United States Wes Short Jr.67-67-73-72=279
T10England Roger Chapman70-68-73-69=280E28,601
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke68-68-73-71=280
United States Ken Duke68-69-70-73=280
United States Bob Estes70-71-74-65=280
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez71-68-74-67=280
France Thomas Levet74-68-71-67=280

Source:

Amateurs: Elliott (+13), Kelbrick (+17)

External links

Preceded by2019 Senior Players ChampionshipSenior Major ChampionshipsSucceeded by2020 Regions Tradition

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