2005 Open Championship

Summary

The 2005 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 134th Open Championship, held from 14 to 17 July at the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. Tiger Woods led wire-to-wire for his tenth major title, five shots ahead of runner-up Colin Montgomerie.[3] The win was Woods' second Open Championship, both at St. Andrews, and completed his second career grand slam at age 29.[4] The tenth major and second slam were firsts for a player under the age of 30.[5] At age 65, Jack Nicklaus made his final appearance at a major championship.[6]

2005 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates14–17 July 2005
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Organized byThe R&A
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72[1]
Length7,279 yards (6,656 m)[1]
Field156 players, 80 after cut[1]
Cut145 (+1)[1][2]
Prize fund£4,000,000
5,860,938
$7,490,400
Winner's share£720,000
€1,047,362
$1,261,285
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
274 (−14)
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St Andrews is located in Scotland
St Andrews
St Andrews
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Location in Scotland
St Andrews is located in Fife
St Andrews
St Andrews
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Location in Fife, Scotland

History of The Open Championship at The Old Course at St Andrews edit

While winning the Open Championship is a crowning achievement for any golfer, a win at St. Andrews is considered particularly important due to the course's long tradition. Tiger Woods won the Open Championship played at St. Andrews in 2000 with a tournament to par record of 19-under par. Other past winners at St. Andrews include John Daly, Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Nicklaus (twice), Tony Lema, Kel Nagle, Bobby Locke, Peter Thomson, Sam Snead, Dick Burton, Denny Shute, Bobby Jones, Jock Hutchison, James Braid (twice), John Henry Taylor (twice), Hugh Kirkaldy, Jack Burns, Bob Martin (twice), Jamie Anderson and Tom Kidd.

Course edit

Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Burn 376 4 10 Bobby Jones 380 4
2 Dyke 453 4 11 High (In) 174 3
3 Cartgate (Out) 397 4 12 Heathery (In) 348 4
4 Ginger Beer 480 4 13 Hole O'Cross (In) 465 4
5 Hole O'Cross (Out) 568 5 14 Long 618 5
6 Heathery (Out) 412 4 15 Cartgate (In) 456 4
7 High (Out) 390 4 16 Corner of the Dyke 423 4
8 Short 175 3 17 Road 455 4
9 End 352 4 18 Tom Morris 357 4
Out 3,603 36 In 3,676 36
Total 7,279 72

Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):[1]

Field edit

1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2004 Open Championship
Ernie Els (2,3,4,13), Retief Goosen (3,4,9,13), Todd Hamilton (2,3,13), Thomas Levet (4,17), Davis Love III (3,12,13,17), Phil Mickelson (3,10,13,17), Scott Verplank (3,13), Mike Weir (3,10,13), Lee Westwood (3,4,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,9,10,11,13,17)

2. Past Open Champions aged 65 or under on 17 July 2005
Mark Calcavecchia, Ben Curtis, John Daly (3), David Duval, Nick Faldo, Tony Jacklin, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman (3), Justin Leonard (3), Sandy Lyle, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Nick Price, Tom Watson

3. The first 50 players on the OWGR for Week 22, 2005
Stephen Ames (13), Stuart Appleby (13), Thomas Bjørn, Ángel Cabrera (4,5), Chad Campbell (17), K. J. Choi, Stewart Cink (13,17), Tim Clark, Darren Clarke (4,17), Fred Couples, Chris DiMarco (13,17), Luke Donald (4,17), Fred Funk (12,17), Jim Furyk (9,17), Sergio García (4,13,17), Mark Hensby (13), Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4,17), Zach Johnson (13), Jerry Kelly (13), Peter Lonard, Shigeki Maruyama, Graeme McDowell (4), Paul McGinley (17), Colin Montgomerie (17), Nick O'Hern (4), Rod Pampling, Craig Parry, Kenny Perry (17), Ian Poulter (4,17), Rory Sabbatini (13), Adam Scott (12,13), Vijay Singh (11,13,21), David Toms (11,17)

4. First 20 in the European Tour Final Order of Merit for 2004
Paul Casey (17), Stephen Gallacher, Richard Green (19), Joakim Haeggman, Trevor Immelman, Jean-François Remésy

5. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2003–05
Scott Drummond, Ignacio Garrido

6. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt, in the top 20 of the European Tour Order of Merit for 2005 on completion of the 2005 BMW PGA Championship
Stephen Dodd, Peter Hanson, Steve Webster

7. First 2 European Tour members and any European Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from all official European Tour events from the British Masters up to and including the Open de France and including The U.S. Open
Søren Hansen, Jean van de Velde

8. The leading player, not exempt, in the first 10 and ties of each of the 2005 European Open and the 2005 Scottish Open
Maarten Lafeber, Graeme Storm

9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2001–05
Michael Campbell

10. The Masters Champions for 2001–05

11. The PGA Champions for 2000–04
Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel

12. The Players Champions for 2003–05

13. First 20 on the Official Money List of the PGA Tour for 2004
Steve Flesch

14. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt, in the top 20 of the Official Money List of the PGA Tour for 2005 on completion of the FedEx St. Jude Classic
Joe Ogilvie, Tim Petrovic, Ted Purdy

15. First 2 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from the Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2005 Western Open
Bart Bryant

16. The leading player, not exempt having applied (15) above, in each of the 2005 Western Open and the 2005 John Deere Classic
Sean O'Hair, Pat Perez

17. Playing members of the 2004 Ryder Cup teams
Chris Riley

18. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2004
Thongchai Jaidee

19. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2004
Euan Walters

20. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2004/2005
Charl Schwartzel

21. The Canadian Open Champion for 2004

22. The Japan Open Champion for 2004
Toru Taniguchi

23. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2004
Yang Yong-eun

24. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2005 Mizuno Open
Chris Campbell, David Smail, Thammanoon Sriroj, Tadahiro Takayama

25. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt having applied (24) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2005 Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2005 Mizuno Open
Hiroyuki Fujita, Hur Suk-ho

26. The Senior Open Champion for 2004
Pete Oakley

27. The Amateur Champion for 2005
Brian McElhinney (a)

28. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2004

  • Ryan Moore forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

29. The European Amateur Champion for 2004
Matthew Richardson (a)

International Final Qualifying

Africa: André Bossert, David Frost, Doug McGuigan
Australasia: David Diaz, Martin Doyle, Nick Flanagan, Peter Fowler
Asia: Danny Chia, Mardan Mamat, Richard Moir
America: Robert Allenby, Jason Allred, Rich Barcelo, Tom Byrum, Alex Čejka, Daniel Chopra, Joe Durant, Scott Gutschewski, Scott Hend, Geoff Ogilvy, Tom Pernice Jr., Wilhelm Schauman, Bo Van Pelt, Duffy Waldorf
Europe: Peter Baker, John Bickerton, Andrew Butterfield, Robert Coles, Simon Dyson, Kenneth Ferrie, Alastair Forsyth, Marcus Fraser, Simon Khan, Peter Lawrie, Andrew Oldcorn, Robert Rock, Patrik Sjöland, Ian Woosnam

Local Final Qualifying (Saturday 9 July and Sunday 10 July)

Ladybank: Edoardo Molinari (a), Robert Steele (a), John Wade
Leven Links: Sean McDonagh, Eric Ramsay (a), Tino Schuster
Lundin: Lars Brovold, Brad Faxon, Oscar Florén (a)
Scotscraig: Andrew Marshall, Lloyd Saltman (a), Murray Urquhart

Alternates

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, 14 July 2005

Tiger Woods stormed out to a 66 (−6) for a one shot lead over Mark Hensby, who missed a birdie putt on the 18th green. Defending champion Todd Hamilton shot 74 (+2) and Jack Nicklaus, the 18-time major champion, carded 75 (+3).

Place Player Score To par
1   Tiger Woods 66 −6
2   Mark Hensby 67 −5
T3   Fred Couples 68 −4
  Luke Donald
  Retief Goosen
  Trevor Immelman
  Peter Lonard
  José María Olazábal
  Eric Ramsay (a)
  Chris Riley
  Tino Schuster
  Scott Verplank

Second round edit

Friday, 15 July 2005

Nicklaus made a 15-foot (5 m) birdie putt on the final stroke of his professional career. On his walk up to the final green, he received a near ten-minute standing ovation, pausing for photographs on the iconic Swilcan Bridge. Nicklaus shot an even-par 72 in his final competitive round, but his 147 (+3) missed the cut by two strokes.[6]

Place Player Score To par
1   Tiger Woods 66-67=133 −11
2   Colin Montgomerie 71-66=137 −7
T3   Robert Allenby 70-68=138 −6
  Brad Faxon 72-66=138
  Trevor Immelman 68-70=138
  Peter Lonard 68-70=138
  José María Olazábal 68-70=138
  Vijay Singh 69-69=138
  Scott Verplank 68-70=138
T10   Bart Bryant 69-70=139 −5
  Fred Couples 68-71=139
  Sergio García 70-69=139
  Simon Khan 69-70=139
  Bo Van Pelt 72-67=139

Source:[2]

Amateurs: Molinari (−4), Ramsay (−2), Richardson (E), Saltman (E), Florén (+7), McElhinney (+9), Steele (+9).

Third round edit

Saturday, 16 July 2005

Place Player Score To par
1   Tiger Woods 66-67-71=204 −12
2   José María Olazábal 68-70-68=206 −10
T3   Retief Goosen 68-73-66=207 −9
  Colin Montgomerie 71-66-70=207
T5   Brad Faxon 72-66-70=208 −8
  Sergio García 70-69-69=208
T7   Michael Campbell 69-72-68=209 −7
  Vijay Singh 69-69-71=209
T9   Bart Bryant 69-70-71=210 −6
  Tim Clark 71-69-70=210
  Darren Clarke 73-70-67=210
  John Daly 71-69-70=210
  Søren Hansen 72-72-66=210
  Maarten Lafeber 73-70-67=210
  Bernhard Langer 71-69-70=210
  Sandy Lyle 74-67-69=210
  Sean O'Hair 73-67-70=210
  Kenny Perry 71-71-68=210
  Scott Verplank 68-70-72=210

Final round edit

 
The final round scoreboard

Sunday, 17 July 2005

Woods moved to 10-0 when leading going into the final round of a major, winning his second Open Championship title. He pulled away from Colin Montgomerie who finished second in a major for the fifth time. Woods shot a 2-under 70, the only round under par among the final 14 players. Fred Couples and Duffy Waldorf shot 68, the low rounds of the day.[3][5]

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1   Tiger Woods 66-67-71-70=274 −14 720,000
2   Colin Montgomerie 71-66-70-72=279 −9 430,000
T3   Fred Couples 68-71-73-68=280 −8 242,350
  José María Olazábal 68-70-68-74=280
T5   Michael Campbell 69-72-68-72=281 −7 122,100
  Sergio García 70-69-69-73=281
  Retief Goosen 68-73-66-74=281
  Bernhard Langer 71-69-70-71=281
  Geoff Ogilvy 71-74-67-69=281
  Vijay Singh 69-69-71-72=281

Source:[3]
Amateurs: Saltman (−5), Ramsay (−4), Molinari (+1), Richardson (+9).

Scorecard edit

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4
  Woods −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14
  Montgomerie −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9
  Couples −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8
  Olazábal −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −9 −8 −8 −7 −8
  Campbell −7 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7
  García −8 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −6 −5 −6 −7 −7 −6 −7
  Goosen −8 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7
  Langer −6 −6 −6 −6 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −7 −7 −6 −7
  Ogilvy −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −7
  Singh −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −7 −7 −6 −7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 24, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Results: British Open, Second Round". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 16 July 2005. p. D-8.
  3. ^ a b c Bonk, Thomas (18 July 2005). "A near-perfect 10". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (Los Angeles Times). p. E1.
  4. ^ Bamberger, Michael (25 July 2005). "New King of the Old Course". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b Gola, Hank (18 July 2005). "Wire-to-wire". Spokesman-Review. (New York Daily News). p. C1.
  6. ^ a b Lincicome, Bernie (16 July 2005). "A Bear of a finish". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (Rocky Mountain News). p. D-1.
  7. ^ "British Open Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 13 August 2015.

External links edit

  • St Andrews 2005 (Official site)
  • 134th Open Championship - St Andrews (European Tour)

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