The 2014 Senior Open Championship was a
senior major golf championship and the 28th
Senior Open Championship
The Senior Open Championship, or simply The Senior Open (and originally known as the Senior British Open), is a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and over. It is jointly owned and run by The R&A, the same body that organises The O ...
, held 24–27 July at
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club is a golf club (institution), golf club in Wales in the United Kingdom, located north of Porthcawl and bordering the Bristol Channel.
The club has hosted many prestigious tournaments including The Amateur Championship ...
in
Porthcawl
Porthcawl () is a town and community in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales. It is located on the south coast, west of Cardiff and south-east of Swansea.
Historically part of Glamorgan and situated on a low limestone headland on the South ...
,
Wales
Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...
. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 12th
Senior Open Championship
The Senior Open Championship, or simply The Senior Open (and originally known as the Senior British Open), is a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and over. It is jointly owned and run by The R&A, the same body that organises The O ...
played as a senior major championship.
World Golf Hall of Fame
The World Golf Hall of Fame was, until recently, located at World Golf Village between Jacksonville, Florida and St. Augustine, Florida, in the United States. It is unusual amongst sports halls of fame in that a single site honored both men ...
member
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer (; born 27 August 1957) is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, he became the sport's first number one ranked playe ...
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
The Senior Open Championship, or simply The Senior Open (and originally known as the Senior British Open), is a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and over. It is jointly owned and run by The R&A, the same body that organises The O ...
title and his fourth senior major championship victory.
Venue
The 2014 event was the first
Senior Open Championship
The Senior Open Championship, or simply The Senior Open (and originally known as the Senior British Open), is a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and over. It is jointly owned and run by The R&A, the same body that organises The O ...
played at Royal Porthcawl. Royal Porthcawl hosted the Senior Open Championship for a second time in
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
.
Course layout
Field
The field of 144 competitors included 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.
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Missed the cut
Past winners of The Open Championship in the field
The field included two former winners of
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later th ...
. One of them made the cut;
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
,
1977
Events January
* January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
,
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
,
1982
Events
January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...
and
1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...
Open champion
Tom Watson (tied 10th).
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...
Open champion
Sandy Lyle
Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle (born 9 February 1958) is a Scottish professional golfer. He has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s. ...
did not make the cut.
Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, 24 July 2014''
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer (; born 27 August 1957) is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, he became the sport's first number one ranked playe ...
posted a six-under-par 65 on day one to lead by two shots.
Second round
''Friday 25 July 2014''
Langer extended his lead to seven shots after a second round 66, entering the weekend at 131 (−11).
Colin Montgomerie
Colin Stuart Montgomerie (born 23 June 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer. He has won a record eight European Tour PGA European Tour#Order of Merit winners, Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutive ones from 1993 to 1 ...
and
Chris Williams finished the second round in a tie for 2nd at 138 (−4).
Tom Pernice Jr. shot the round of the day, a 64 (−7), which included eight birdies and one bogey.
Amateurs: ''Lutz'' (+2), ''Zahringer'' (+7), ''Reynard'' (+8), ''Ambridge'' (+17), ''Bell'' (+17), ''Kinghorn'' (+18), ''Lehew'' (+25), ''Gold'' (+26), ''Cooper'' (+32)
Third round
''Saturday, 26 July 2014''
Langer shot a third consecutive round in the 60s with a third round 68 (−3), and extended his lead to eight shots over
Rick Gibson
Rick Gibson (born 1951) is a Canadian sculptor and artist best known for his performance works.
Early life and education
Gibson was born in Montreal and studied psychology at the University of Victoria, where between 1973 and 1974 he drew weekl ...
, who shot a 66 (−5).
Colin Montgomerie
Colin Stuart Montgomerie (born 23 June 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer. He has won a record eight European Tour PGA European Tour#Order of Merit winners, Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutive ones from 1993 to 1 ...
fell back into a tie for seventh place after shooting a 40 (+4) on the back nine and finishing the day with a 72 (+1).
Amateurs: ''Lutz'' (+4), ''Zahringer'' (+4)
Final round
''Sunday, 27 July 2014''
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer (; born 27 August 1957) is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, he became the sport's first number one ranked playe ...
shot a final round 67 (−4) to win his fourth senior major championship and his second
Senior Open Championship
The Senior Open Championship, or simply The Senior Open (and originally known as the Senior British Open), is a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and over. It is jointly owned and run by The R&A, the same body that organises The O ...
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
Stuart Carl Mason (born 25 June 1953) is an English professional golfer.
Mason was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He won several amateur tournaments before turning professional and becoming something of a journeyman on the European Tour. After twe ...
. 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.
Montgomerie recovered from a third round 72 (+1) with a final round 69 (−2), finishing in second place.
Gibson finished in a tie for third after a final round 75 (+4), which included seven bogies and three birdies.
Bob Tway
Robert Raymond Tway IV (born May 4, 1959) is an American professional golfer. He has won numerous tournaments including eight PGA Tour victories. He spent 25 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking in 1986–87.
Early life
Tway wa ...
also struggled in the final round, shooting a 76 (+5), which included two double bogies and a triple bogey on the par-4 3rd hole.
Dunlap,
Watson,
Williams, and
Couples
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shot final rounds of 75, 77, 80, and 78, respectively.
Source:
Amateurs: ''Lutz'' (+11), ''Zahringer'' (+13)
Scorecard
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
Source:[
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Notes and references
External links
Results on European Tour website
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Senior major golf championships
Golf tournaments in Wales
Senior Open Championship
The Senior Open Championship, or simply The Senior Open (and originally known as the Senior British Open), is a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and over. It is jointly owned and run by The R&A, the same body that organises The O ...
Senior Open Championship
The Senior Open Championship, or simply The Senior Open (and originally known as the Senior British Open), is a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and over. It is jointly owned and run by The R&A, the same body that organises The O ...
Senior Open Championship
The Senior Open Championship, or simply The Senior Open (and originally known as the Senior British Open), is a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and over. It is jointly owned and run by The R&A, the same body that organises The O ...