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 HoleYardsParHoleYardsPar11983 1038542455411540534774121963441641335745188314443464744154644758951634348417417432491643184104 Out3,37834 In3,57036Source: Total 6,94870
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 Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par FinishBernhard Langer 2010, 2014, 2017 71 67 70 66 274 −6 1 Paul Broadhurst 2016 67 71 67 71 276 −4 2Miguel Ángel Jiménez 2018 71 68 74 67 280 E T10Fred Couples 2012 73 67 75 73 288 +8 T60 Tom Watson 2003, 2005, 2007 74 70 72 73 289 +9 T64
Missed the cut Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To parRuss Cochran 2011 76 76 152 +12 Pete Oakley 2004 79 82 161 +21
Round summaries First round Thursday, 25 July 2019
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Paul Broadhurst 67 −3 Scott Dunlap Scott Parel Wes Short Jr.T5 Woody Austin 68 −2 Darren Clarke Ken Duke Tom Gillis Colin Montgomerie Magnus Persson Atlevi
Second round Friday, 26 July 2019
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Wes Short Jr. 67-67=134 −62 Scott Dunlap 67-68=135 −53 Darren Clarke 68-68=136 −4T4 Bart Bryant 69-68=137 −3 Ken Duke 68-69=137 Retief Goosen 70-67=137T7 Woody Austin 68-70=138 −2 Doug Barron 69-69=138 Paul Broadhurst 67-71=138 Roger Chapman 70-68=138 Bernhard Langer 71-67=138 Colin Montgomerie 68-70=138 Scott Parel 67-71=138 Phillip Price 71-67=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 par1 Paul Broadhurst 67-71-67=205 −52 Woody Austin 68-70-68=206 −4T3 Ken Duke 68-69-70=207 −3 Wes Short Jr. 67-67-73=207T5 Stephen Dodd 71-68-69=208 −2 Bernhard Langer 71-67-70=208 David McKenzie 70-70-68=208 Phillip Price 71-67-70=208T9 Darren Clarke 68-68-73=209 −1 Paul Eales 74-69-66=209 Tim Petrovic 74-68-67=209 Amateurs: Elliott (+9), Kelbrick (+13)
Final round Sunday, 28 July 2019
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)1 Bernhard Langer 71-67-70-66=274 −6 281,6322 Paul Broadhurst 67-71-67-71=276 −4 187,788T3 Retief Goosen 70-67-74-66=277 −3 95,086 Tim Petrovic 74-68-67-68=277T5 Doug Barron 69-69-73-67=278 −2 65,370 David McKenzie 70-70-68-70=278T7 Woody Austin 68-70-68-73=279 −1 43,577 David Frost 72-67-73-67=279 Wes Short Jr. 67-67-73-72=279T10 Roger Chapman 70-68-73-69=280 E 28,601 Darren Clarke 68-68-73-71=280 Ken Duke 68-69-70-73=280 Bob Estes 70-71-74-65=280 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 71-68-74-67=280 Thomas Levet 74-68-71-67=280 Source:
Amateurs: Elliott (+13), Kelbrick (+17)
References
External links Results on European Tour website