The 2014 Senior Open Championship was a

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and the 28th

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, held 24–27 July at

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. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 12th

played as a senior major championship.

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led wire-to-wire and broke the tournament scoring record, finishing at 18-under-par. The 2014 event was Langer's second

title and his fourth senior major championship victory.

Venue

The 2014 event was the first

played at Royal Porthcawl. Royal Porthcawl hosted the Senior Open Championship for a second time in

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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

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. One of them made the cut;

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Open champion

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did not make the cut.

Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, 24 July 2014''

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).

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and Chris Williams finished the second round in a tie for 2nd at 138 (−4).

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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

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, who shot a 66 (−5).

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''

shot a final round 67 (−4) to win his fourth senior major championship and his second

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

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. 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.

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finished in a tie for third after a final round 75 (+4), which included seven bogies and three birdies.

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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,

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, Williams, and

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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:

Notes and references

External links

Results on European Tour website
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