The 2017 Senior Open Championship was a

senior major golf championship Men's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S.-based PGA Tour Champions, which was established in 1980 (as ...

and the 31st

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 run by The R&A, the same body that organises The Open Championship. Pr ...

, held 27–30 July at

Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Royal Porthcawl Golf Club is a 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 on six occasions, the Wal ...

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. It was the 2nd Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 15th

played as a senior major championship.

World Golf Hall of Fame The World Golf Hall of Fame is located at World Golf Village near St. Augustine, Florida, in the United States, and it is unusual among sports halls of fame in that a single site honors both men and women. It is supported by a consortium of 26 go ...

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 official number one ra ...

won by three strokes over

Corey Pavin Corey Allen Pavin (born November 16, 1959) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and currently on the PGA Tour Champions. He spent over 150 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between 1986 and 1997 ...

. The 2017 event was Langer's third

title and his tenth senior major championship victory. Langer also won the 2014 Senior Open Championship at

Venue

The 2017 event was the second

played at Royal Porthcawl. Royal Porthcawl Golf Club - geograph

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, 24 July for players who were not already exempt.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, 27 July 2017''

posted a two-under-par 69 on day one to lead by one shot.

Second round

''Friday 28 July 2017'' Scoring was difficult during the second round as only one player,

Santiago Luna Santiago Luna Torres (born 29 November 1962) is a Spanish professional golfer. Luna's father was on the staff at Puerta de Hierro Golf Club in Madrid. He turned professional in 1982 and has spent over twenty years on the European Tour, playing ...

, broke par on Friday.

Steve Flesch Stephen J. Flesch (born May 23, 1967) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was a four-time winner on the PGA Tour, and worked briefly as a TV golf analyst for Fox Sports and Golf Channel before joi ...

and

Brad Faxon Bradford John Faxon Jr. (born August 1, 1961) is an American professional golfer. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour. Early years and amateur career Faxon was born in Oceanport, New Jersey and raised in Barrington, Rhode Island. He attended Fu ...

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. 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

also shot a third round 65 to move into 2nd place.

Peter Lonard Peter Lawrence Lonard (born 17 July 1967) is an Australian professional golfer who has played mainly on the U.S.-based PGA Tour. Early life Lonard was born at Epping, Sydney. Professional career Lonard turned professional in 1989 and began h ...

shot a 67 (−4) to move into 3rd place and 5 shots of Langer's lead. Amateurs: ''Lutz'' (+9), ''Haag'' (+18)

Final round

''Sunday, 30 July 2017''

'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. Source: Amateurs: ''Lutz'' (+17), ''Haag'' (+21)

Scorecard

''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' Source:

Notes and references

External links

Results on European Tour website
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