2017 Senior Open 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.
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Course layout
Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
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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 |
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Bernhard Langer | ![]() |
2010, 2014 | 69 | 74 | 65 | 72 | 280 | −4 | 1 |
Fred Couples | ![]() |
2012 | 75 | 75 | 66 | 68 | 284 | E | T3 |
Paul Broadhurst | ![]() |
2016 | 75 | 75 | 67 | 73 | 290 | +6 | T15 |
Tom Watson | ![]() |
2003, 2005, 2007 | 72 | 77 | 67 | 75 | 291 | +7 | T23 |
Russ Cochran | ![]() |
2011 | 77 | 73 | 69 | 74 | 293 | +9 | T31 |
Marco Dawson | ![]() |
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 |
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1 | ![]() |
69 | −2 |
T2 | ![]() |
70 | −1 |
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T4 | ![]() |
71 | E |
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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 |
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T1 | ![]() |
72-71=143 | +1 |
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69-74=143 | ||
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71-72=143 | ||
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71-72=143 | ||
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70-73=143 | ||
6 | ![]() |
72-72=144 | +2 |
T7 | ![]() |
74-72=146 | +4 |
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71-75=146 | ||
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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 |
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1 | ![]() |
69-74-65=208 | −5 |
2 | ![]() |
73-74-65=212 | −1 |
3 | ![]() |
71-75-67=213 | E |
T4 | ![]() |
72-71-71=214 | +1 |
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76-73-65=214 | ||
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71-72-71=214 | ||
T7 | ![]() |
77-73-65=215 | +2 |
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76-73-66=215 | ||
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77-70-68=215 | ||
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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 (€) |
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1 | ![]() |
69-74-65-72=280 | −4 | 266,923 |
2 | ![]() |
73-74-65-71=283 | −1 | 177,975 |
T3 | ![]() |
71-76-69-68=284 | E | 82,694 |
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75-75-66-68=284 | |||
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71-75-67-71=284 | |||
T6 | ![]() |
77-73-65-70=285 | +1 | 48,025 |
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72-76-68-69=285 | |||
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74-73-68-70=285 | |||
T9 | ![]() |
71-72-71-72=286 | +2 | 33,927 |
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73-73-71-69=286 |
Source:
Amateurs: Lutz (+17), Haag (+21)
Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie | Bogey |
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Notes and references
- ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2017 – Venue". European Tour. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex". Golf Channel. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 2017 – Leaderboard". European Tour. Retrieved 21 May 2018.