2014 Senior Open Championship


The 2014 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 28th Senior Open Championship, held from 24–27 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the 1st Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 12th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.
World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer led wire-to-wire and broke the tournament scoring record, finishing at 18-under-par. The 2014 event was Langer's second Senior Open Championship title and his fourth senior major championship victory.

Venue

The 2014 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at Royal Porthcawl. Royal Porthcawl hosted the Senior Open Championship for a second time in 2017.

Course layout

Field

The field consisted of 144 competitors: 135 professionals and 9 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 21 July for players who were not already exempt.

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 24 July 2014
Bernhard Langer posted a six-under-par 65 on day one to lead by two shots.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bernhard Langer65−6
2Bob Tway67−4
3Chris Williams68−3
4Andrew Oldcorn69−2
T5Rick Gibson70−1
T5Pedro Linhart70−1
T7Fred Couples71E
T7Scott Dunlap71E
T7Peter Fowler71E
T7David Frost71E
T7Jeff Hart71E
T7Kenny Hutton71E
T7Steve Jones71E
T7Jamie Spence71E
T7George Zahringer 71E

Second round

Friday 25 July 2014
Langer extended his lead to seven shots after a second round 66, entering the weekend at 131. Colin Montgomerie and Chris Williams finished the second round in a tie for 2nd at 138. Tom Pernice Jr. shot the round of the day, a 64, which included eight birdies and one bogey.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bernhard Langer65-66=131−11
T2Colin Montgomerie72-66=138−4
T2Chris Williams68-70=138−4
4Pedro Linhart70-69=139−3
T5Bob Tway66-71=140−2
T5Tom Watson74-66=140−2
T7Rick Gibson70-71=141−1
T7Barry Lane72-69=141−1
T9Fred Couples71-71=142E
T9Tom Pernice Jr.78-64=142E
T9Bruce Vaughan73-69=142E

Amateurs: Lutz, Zahringer, Reynard, Ambridge, Bell, Kinghorn, Lehew, Gold, Cooper

Third round

Saturday, 26 July 2014
Langer shot a third consecutive round in the 60s with a third round 68, and extended his lead to eight shots over Rick Gibson, who shot a 66. Colin Montgomerie fell back into a tie for seventh place after shooting a 40 on the back nine and finishing the day with a 72.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bernhard Langer65-66-68=199−14
2Rick Gibson70-71-66=207−6
3Bob Tway67-73-68=208−5
T4Scott Dunlap71-73-65=209−4
T4Tom Watson74-66-69=209−4
T4Chris Williams68-70-71=209−4
T7Fred Couples71-71-68=210−3
T7Barry Lane72-69-69=210−3
T7Colin Montgomerie72-66-72=210−3
10Jeff Sluman73-71-67=211−2

Amateurs: Lutz, Zahringer

Final round

Sunday, 27 July 2014
Bernhard Langer shot a final round 67 to win his fourth senior major championship and his second Senior Open Championship by 13 strokes. Langer finished with a record score of −18, breaking the previous scoring record by one stroke, which had been held by Tom Watson and Carl Mason. Scoring was difficult on Sunday as only 10 players broke par during the final round, and Langer's four-under-par 67 was the lowest score of the day. Colin Montgomerie recovered from a third round 72 with a final round 69, finishing in second place. Rick Gibson finished in a tie for third after a final round 75, which included seven bogies and three birdies. Bob Tway also struggled in the final round, shooting a 76, which included two double bogies and a triple bogey on the par-4 3rd hole. Dunlap, Watson, Williams, and Couples shot final rounds of 75, 77, 80, and 78, respectively.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Bernhard Langer65-66-68-67=266−18248,535
2Colin Montgomerie72-66-72-69=279−5165,753
T3Rick Gibson70-71-66-75=282−277,017
T3Barry Lane72-69-69-72=282−277,017
T3Tom Pernice Jr.78-64-70-70=282−277,017
T6Scott Dunlap71-73-65-75=284E48,462
T6Bob Tway67-73-68-76=284E48,462
T8Miguel Ángel Jiménez74-69-74-68=285+135,327
T8Kirk Triplett72-72-71-70=285+135,327
T10Russ Cochran74-73-67-72=286+228,601
T10Tom Watson74-66-69-77=286+228,601

Source:
Amateurs: Lutz, Zahringer

Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+

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