# 2017 Senior Open Championship

The 2017 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 31st Senior Open Championship, held 27–30 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the 2nd Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 15th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.
World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by three strokes over Corey Pavin. The 2017 event was Langer's third Senior Open Championship title and his tenth senior major championship victory. Langer also won the 2014 Senior Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club.

## Venue

The 2017 event was the second Senior Open Championship played at Royal Porthcawl.

### Course layout

| Hole | Yards | Par | | Hole | Yards | Par |
| 1 | 427 | 4 | | 10 | 400 | 4 |
| 2 | 374 | 4 | | 11 | 355 | 4 |
| 3 | 451 | 4 | | 12 | 194 | 3 |
| 4 | 455 | 4 | | 13 | 551 | 5 |
| 5 | 212 | 3 | | 14 | 435 | 4 |
| 6 | 515 | 5 | | 15 | 173 | 3 |
| 7 | 381 | 4 | | 16 | 466 | 4 |
| 8 | 122 | 3 | | 17 | 430 | 4 |
| 9 | 456 | 4 | | 18 | 504 | 5 |
| Out | 3,393 | 35 | | In | 3,508 | 36 |
| Source: | Source: | Total | Total | Total | 6,901 | 71 |

## 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

| Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
| Bernhard Langer | Germany | 2010, 2014 | 69 | 74 | 65 | 72 | 280 | −4 | 1 |
| Fred Couples | United States | 2012 | 75 | 75 | 66 | 68 | 284 | E | T3 |
| Paul Broadhurst | England | 2016 | 75 | 75 | 67 | 73 | 290 | +6 | T15 |
| Tom Watson | United States | 2003, 2005, 2007 | 72 | 77 | 67 | 75 | 291 | +7 | T23 |
| Russ Cochran | United States | 2011 | 77 | 73 | 69 | 74 | 293 | +9 | T31 |
| Marco Dawson | United States | 2015 | 79 | 76 | 70 | 71 | 296 | +12 | T45 |

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, 27 July 2017
Bernhard Langer posted a two-under-par 69 on day one to lead by one shot.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Bernhard Langer | 69 | −2 |
| T2 | Carl Mason | 70 | −1 |
| T2 | Mauricio Molina | 70 | −1 |
| T4 | Billy Andrade | 71 | E |
| T4 | Peter Fowler | 71 | E |
| T4 | Tom Lehman | 71 | E |
| T4 | Peter Lonard | 71 | E |
| T4 | Billy Mayfair | 71 | E |
| T4 | Colin Montgomerie | 71 | E |
| T4 | Tom Pernice Jr. | 71 | E |
| T4 | Jean-François Remésy | 71 | E |
| T4 | Chris Williams | 71 | E |

### Second round

Friday 28 July 2017
Scoring was difficult during the second round as only one player, Santiago Luna, broke par on Friday. Steve Flesch and Brad Faxon 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.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| T1 | Steve Flesch | 72-71=143 | +1 |
| T1 | Bernhard Langer | 69-74=143 | +1 |
| T1 | Tom Lehman | 71-72=143 | +1 |
| T1 | Billy Mayfair | 71-72=143 | +1 |
| T1 | Mauricio Molina | 70-73=143 | +1 |
| 6 | Clark Dennis | 72-72=144 | +2 |
| T7 | Mike Goodes | 74-72=146 | +4 |
| T7 | Peter Lonard | 71-75=146 | +4 |
| T7 | David McKenzie | 73-73=146 | +4 |
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 Corey Pavin also shot a third round 65 to move into 2nd place. Peter Lonard shot a 67 (−4) to move into 3rd place and 5 shots of Langer's lead.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Bernhard Langer | 69-74-65=208 | −5 |
| 2 | Corey Pavin | 73-74-65=212 | −1 |
| 3 | Peter Lonard | 71-75-67=213 | E |
| T4 | Steve Flesch | 72-71-71=214 | +1 |
| T4 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 76-73-65=214 | +1 |
| T4 | Billy Mayfair | 71-72-71=214 | +1 |
| T7 | Magnus Persson Atlevi | 77-73-65=215 | +2 |
| T7 | Scott Dunlap | 76-73-66=215 | +2 |
| T7 | Santiago Luna | 77-70-68=215 | +2 |
| T7 | Phillip Price | 74-73-68=215 | +2 |
Amateurs: Lutz (+9), Haag (+18)

### Final round

Sunday, 30 July 2017
Bernhard Langer'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.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (€) |
| 1 | Bernhard Langer | 69-74-65-72=280 | −4 | 266,923 |
| 2 | Corey Pavin | 73-74-65-71=283 | −1 | 177,975 |
| T3 | Billy Andrade | 71-76-69-68=284 | E | 82,694 |
| T3 | Fred Couples | 75-75-66-68=284 | E | 82,694 |
| T3 | Peter Lonard | 71-75-67-71=284 | E | 82,694 |
| T6 | Magnus Persson Atlevi | 77-73-65-70=285 | +1 | 48,025 |
| T6 | Miguel Ángel Martín | 72-76-68-69=285 | +1 | 48,025 |
| T6 | Phillip Price | 74-73-68-70=285 | +1 | 48,025 |
| T9 | Billy Andrade | 71-72-71-72=286 | +2 | 33,927 |
| T9 | David McKenzie | 73-73-71-69=286 | +2 | 33,927 |
Source:
Amateurs: Lutz (+17), Haag (+21)

#### Scorecard

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Langer | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 |
| Pavin | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | E | E | E | −1 |
| Andrade | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +1 | E | E | E | E | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | E | E |
| Couples | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E |
| Lonard | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E |
| Atlevi | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 |
| Martín | +3 | +3 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | E | E | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 |
| Price | +3 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Birdie | Bogey |
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