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2005 Open Championship

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Length
  
7,279 yards (6,656 m)

Dates
  
14 Jul 2005 – 17 Jul 2005

Par
  
72

Cut
  
145 (+1)

Course
  
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Field
  
156 players, 80 after cut

Prize fund
  
£4,000,000€5,860,938$7,490,400

Winner's share
  
£720,000€1,047,362$1,261,285

Location
  
Old Course at St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

Tours
  
PGA European Tour, PGA TOUR, Japan Golf Tour

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

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

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 last 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

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

Field

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

  • Eligible but not competing: Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, Johnny Miller, Bill Rogers, Tom Weiskopf
  • 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)

  • Eligible but not competing: Jay Haas (17), Pádraig Harrington (4,17), David Howell (4,17)
  • 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

  • Eligible but not competing: Billy Mayfair
  • 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

  • Eligible but not competing: Shingo Katayama
  • 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 McGuiganAustralasia: David Diaz, Martin Doyle, Nick Flanagan, Peter FowlerAsia: Danny Chia, Mardan Mamat, Richard MoirAmerica: 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 WaldorfEurope: 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

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

    Alternates

  • José María Olazábal – replaced Seve Ballesteros
  • Bob Tway – took spot not taken by Billy Mayfair
  • Bernhard Langer – replaced Shingo Katayama
  • Fredrik Jacobson – replaced Jay Haas
  • Brian Davis – replaced David Howell
  • Henrik Stenson – replaced Pádraig Harrington
  • First round

    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).

    Second round

    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.

    Source:

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

    Third round

    Saturday, 16 July 2005

    Final round

    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.

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

    Scorecard

    Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Source:

    References

    2005 Open Championship Wikipedia


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