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 HoleYardsParHoleYardsPar14274 1040042374411355434514121943445541355155212314435465155151733738141646648122317430494564185045 Out3,39335 In3,50836Source: Total 6,90171

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 FinishBernhard Langer 2010, 2014 69 74 65 72 280 −4 1 Fred Couples 2012 75 75 66 68 284 E T3Paul Broadhurst 2016 75 75 67 73 290 +6 T15Tom Watson 2003, 2005, 2007 72 77 67 75 291 +7 T23 Russ Cochran 2011 77 73 69 74 293 +9 T31Marco 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bernhard Langer 69 −2T2 Carl Mason 70 −1 Mauricio MolinaT4 Billy Andrade 71 E Peter Fowler Tom Lehman Peter Lonard Billy Mayfair Colin Montgomerie Tom Pernice Jr. Jean-François Remésy 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Steve Flesch 72-71=143 +1 Bernhard Langer 69-74=143 Tom Lehman 71-72=143 Billy Mayfair 71-72=143 Mauricio Molina 70-73=1436 Clark Dennis 72-72=144 +2T7 Mike Goodes 74-72=146 +4 Peter Lonard 71-75=146 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bernhard Langer 69-74-65=208 −52 Corey Pavin 73-74-65=212 −13 Peter Lonard 71-75-67=213 ET4 Steve Flesch 72-71-71=214 +1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 76-73-65=214 Billy Mayfair 71-72-71=214T7 Magnus Persson Atlevi 77-73-65=215 +2 Scott Dunlap 76-73-66=215 Santiago Luna 77-70-68=215 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)1 Bernhard Langer 69-74-65-72=280 −4 266,9232 Corey Pavin 73-74-65-71=283 −1 177,975T3 Billy Andrade 71-76-69-68=284 E 82,694 Fred Couples 75-75-66-68=284 Peter Lonard 71-75-67-71=284T6 Magnus Persson Atlevi 77-73-65-70=285 +1 48,025 Miguel Ángel Martín 72-76-68-69=285 Phillip Price 74-73-68-70=285T9 Billy Andrade 71-72-71-72=286 +2 33,927 David McKenzie 73-73-71-69=286 Source:

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

Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par444435434 443543445 Langer −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 Pavin E −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 E E E −1 Andrade +3 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 E E E E E −1 −1 −1 E E E Couples +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E Lonard +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E −1 −1 −1 E E E E E E E E Atlevi +2 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 Martín +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E −1 −1 −1 E +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 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 BirdieBogey Source:

Notes and references

External links Results on European Tour website Results on PGA Tour website