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2024 Senior Open Championship

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2024 Senior Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates25–28 July 2024
LocationCarnoustie, Scotland, United Kingdom
56°29′49″N 2°43′01″W / 56.497°N 2.717°W / 56.497; -2.717
Course(s)Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course)
Organised byThe R&A
Tour(s)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length7,402 yd (6,768 m)
Field154 players
Cut151 (74 players)
Prize fundUS$2,850,000
Winner's shareUS$47,800
Champion
South Korea K. J. Choi
278 (−10)
Location map
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Location in the United Kingdom
Carnoustie is located in Scotland
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Carnoustie is located in Angus
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The 2024 Senior Open Championship, by sponsor reasons named The Senior Open presented by Rolex, was a senior major golf championship for players aged 50 and over. It was the 37th Senior Open Championship. It was held 25–28 July at Carnoustie Golf Links in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. It was the 21st Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.[1][2][3][4][5]

Venue

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The 2024 event was the third Senior Open Championship played at the Carnoustie Golf Links. The previous event was in 2016, with Paul Broadhurst winning his first of two senior major championships.[6][7]

Championship Course

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Championship scorecard:

Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Cup 396 4 10 South America 465 4
2 Gulley 461 4 11 John Philp 382 4
3 Jockey's Burn 350 4 12 Southward Ho 503 5
4 Hillocks 415 4 13 Whins 175 3
5 Brae 412 4 14 Spectacles 513 5
6 Hogan's Alley 580 5 15 Lucky Slap 472 4
7 Plantation 410 4 16 Barry Burn 248 3
8 Short 187 3 17 Island 460 4
9 Railway 474 4 18 Home 499 4
Out 3,685 36 In 3,717 36
Source:[8] Total 7,402 72

Length of the course for previous Senior Open Championships at Carnoustie Championship Course:

  • 2016: 7,345 yards (6,716 m), par 72
  • 2010: 7,297 yards (6,672 m), par 71
The 18th hole at Carnoustie and the Barry Burn.

Field

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The field of 154 competitors included 149 professionals and five amateurs, either exempt via different criteria or advancing from qualifying competitions.[a][9][10][11]

Exemptions

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130 exempt players, 127 professionals and three amateurs, participated.

Former winners of The Senior Open aged 65 or under

Former winners of the Masters Tournament, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Open Championship aged 65 or under

Top 60 players on the career money list (including the Legends Tour, the European Tour and the Challenge Tour)

Top 60 players on the PGA Tour Champions all-time money list

The leading 20 players, not otherwise exempt on the closing date, on the Legends Tour Order of Merit for 2023

The leading 20 players, not otherwise exempt on the closing date, on the Charles Schwab Cup points list for 2023

Players finishing in positions 1–15, and those tying for 15th place, in the 2023 Senior Open Championship

Winners of official tournaments on the Legends Tour or PGA Tour Champions since The 2023 Senior Open

Winners of official tournaments on the European Tour or PGA Tour, when aged 50 years on 24 July 2024

Past members of Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup teams aged 50 on 24 July 2024

Winners of the Senior PGA Championship 2019–2024

The leading two players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 of the Japan PGA Senior Tour money list for 2023

The first four players, and those tying for 4th place, who are not otherwise exempt, in the top 30 of the current Legends Tour Order of Merit

The Senior Amateur champion for 2024

  • Todd White (a)

The European Senior Men’s Amateur champion for 2023

  • Rodrigo Lacerda Soares (a)

Qualifying

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24 places were available to players not qualified under the exemption categories.

One 18-hole stroke play qualifying event took place on 8 July, at Firestone Country Club (Fazio Course), Akron, Ohio, United States, where 137 players competed for five places and three alternate spots.[12] Six places came available, why the first alternate also qualified.

Four 18-hole stroke play qualifying events took place on Monday 22 July at four venues in Scotland; Downfield Golf Club in Dundee (five spots), Panmure Golf Club in Carnoustie (five spots), the Medal Course at Monifieth Golf Links (four spots) and 1562 course at Montrose Golf Links (four spots).[13]

Qualifying competitions and qualifiers

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8 July at Firestone Country Club (Fazio Course), Akron, Ohio, United States

22 July at Downfield Golf Club, Dundee, Panmure Golf Club, Carnoustie, the Medal Course at Monifieth Golf Links and 1562 course at Montrose Golf Links

  • Barry Austin, Notah Begay III, Barry Conser, Hidetomo Sato, Roderick Bastard

22 July at Panmure Golf Club, Carnoustie

22 July at the Medal Course at Monifieth Golf Links

22 July at 1562 course at Montrose Golf Links

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 25 July 2024

Place Player Score To par
1 Canada Stephen Ames 68 −4
T2 England Peter Baker 69 −3
England Paul Broadhurst
South Korea K. J. Choi
Australia Richard Green
6 Australia Scott Hend 70 −2
T7 New Zealand Steven Alker 71 −1
Denmark Thomas Bjørn
Austria Markus Brier
Italy Emanuele Canonica
Spain José Manuel Carriles
Wales Bradley Dredge
South Africa Retief Goosen
United States Jason Gore
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Republic of Ireland Peter Lawrie
Spain Miguel Ángel Martín
United States Fran Quinn

Second round

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Friday, 26 July 2024

74 players, all professionals, made the 36-hole cut at +7. Among notable players making the cut was the 1999 Open winner at Carnoustie Paul Lawrie, while the two players losing the playoff in 1999, Justin Leonard and Jean van de Velde, both missed the cut. The only other participating Open Championship winner at Carnoustie, the 2007 winner Pádraig Harrington, also made the cut.

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea K. J. Choi 69-69=138 −6
2 Canada Stephen Ames 68-72=140 −4
T3 Australia Richard Green 69-72=141 −3
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 71-70=141
5 Spain Miguel Ángel Martín 71-71=142 −2
T6 India Arjun Atwal 75-68=143 −1
England Peter Baker 69-74=143
England Paul Broadhurst 69-74=143
Argentina Ángel Cabrera 73-70=143
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 74-69=143

Third round

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Saturday, 27 July 2024

K. J. Choi kept his solo lead after 54 holes, despite making two double bogeys in a row on holes 15 and 16. He finished the round with a birdie on the 18th hole. The best round of the day and of the best round of the tournament so far belonged to Arjun Atwal, who shot 67 and advanced to third place, two strokes behind the leader.

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea K. J. Choi 69-69-70=208 −8
2 Australia Richard Green 69-72--68=209 −7
3 India Arjun Atwal 75-68-67=210 −6
4 England Paul Broadhurst 69-74-69=212 −4
5 Argentina Ángel Cabrera 73-70-70=213 −3
T6 Canada Stephen Ames 68-72-74=214 −2
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 71-70-73=214
T8 New Zealand Steven Alker 71-73-71=215 −1
Spain Miguel Ángel Martín 71-71-73=215
T10 Argentina Ricardo González 75-70-71=216 E
Germany Bernhard Langer 74-70-72=216
Scotland Paul Lawrie 75-70-71=216

Final round

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Sunday, 28 July 2024

54-year-old K. J. Choi kept the lead he held after both the second and third round and won the tournament, becoming the first South Korean player to win a senior major championship, men or women. After birdies on the 12th and 13th holes and an eagle on the 14th hole, Choi reached a four-shot-lead. He finally finished two shots ahead of runner-up Richard Green, who played the last three holes 2 under par. Defending champion Alex Čejka[14] finished tied 15th, 12 strokes behind the winner.

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 South Korea K. J. Choi 69-69-70-70=278 −10 447,800
2 Australia Richard Green 69-72-68-71=280 −8 298,680
3 England Paul Broadhurst 69-74-69-70=282 −6 168,036
4 Canada Stephen Ames 68-72-74-71=285 −3 134,292
T5 New Zealand Steven Alker 71-73-71-71=286 −2 74,067
India Arjun Atwal 75-68-67-76=286
Denmark Thomas Bjørn 71-73-73-69=286
Argentina Ángel Cabrera 73-70-70-73=286
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 71-70-73-72=286
Germany Bernhard Langer 74-70-72-70=286
Spain Miguel Ángel Martín 71-71-73-71=286

Sources:[15][16][17]

Notes

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  1. ^ (a) – denotes amateur
  2. ^ Daly withdrew shortly before the start of the first round and was not replaced.
  3. ^ a b Due to being aged over 65, Bernhard Langer and Ian Woosnam were not exempt under category 1 or 2, but were still exempt under category 3.

References

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