2005 Open Championship

2005 Open Championship

Tournament information
Dates	14 - 17 July 2005
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)	Old Course at St Andrews
Tour(s)	PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,279
Field	156 players, 80 after cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	£4,000,000 $7,490,400
Winner's share	£720,000 $1,261,285
Champion
Tiger Woods
274 (-14)

The 2005 Open Championship was the 134th Open Championship, played from 14-17 July at The Old Course at St Andrews. Tiger Woods pulled away from Colin Montgomerie for a five shot victory. The win was his second overall and his second at St. Andrews.

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

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Tiger Woods	United States	2000	66	67	71	70	274	-14	1st
Nick Faldo	England	1987, 1990, 1992	74	69	70	69	282	-6	T11
John Daly	United States	1995	71	69	70	73	283	-5	T15
Tom Lehman	United States	1996	75	69	70	70	284	-4	T23
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1985	74	67	69	75	285	-3	T32
Ernie Els	South Africa	2002	74	67	75	70	286	-2	T34
Tom Watson	United States	1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983	75	70	70	72	287	-1	T41
Paul Lawrie	Scotland	1999	72	71	75	70	288	E	T52
Justin Leonard	United States	1997	73	71	75	69	288	E	T52
Mark Calcavecchia	United States	1990	70	73	73	73	289	+1	T60
Greg Norman	Australia	1986, 1993	72	71	70	76	289	+1	T60

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Mark O'Meara	United States	1998	71	75	146	+2
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1966, 1970, 1978	75	72	147	+3
Ben Curtis	United States	2003	78	70	148	+4
Todd Hamilton	United States	2004	74	74	148	+4
Nick Price	Zimbabwe	1994	76	72	148	+4
Tony Jacklin	England	1969	79	76	155	+11
David Duval	United States	2001	80	77	157	+13

Round-by-round summary

First round (Thursday)

Tiger Woods stormed out to a one shot lead over Mark Hensby after shooting a six under 66. Hensby missed a birdie putt on the 18th that would have given him a share of the first round lead. Defending champion Todd Hamilton shot a two over 74. Jack Nicklaus, the 18-time major champion, carded a three-over 75 as he bids to make the cut in his final Open.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	United States	66	-6
2	Mark Hensby	Australia	67	-5
T3	Fred Couples	United States	68	-4
	Luke Donald	England
	Retief Goosen	South Africa
	Trevor Immelman	South Africa
	Peter Lonard	Australia
	José María Olazábal	Spain
	Eric Ramsay (a)	Scotland
	Chris Riley	United States
	Tino Schuster	Germany
	Scott Verplank	United States

Second round (Friday)

Jack Nicklaus played the final shot of his professional career; a 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th having taken a near ten-minute standing ovation on his walk up to the final green, pausing for photographs on the iconic small footbridge. In doing so, he parred his last ever round but missed the cut with a score of three-over-par.

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

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

Third round (Saturday)

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

Fourth round (Sunday)

Tiger Woods moved to 10-0 when leading going into the final round of a major, winning his second Open Championship title. Woods 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.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings
1	Tiger Woods	United States	66-67-71-70=274	-14	£720,000
2	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	71-66-70-72=279	-9	£430,000
T3	Fred Couples	United States	68-71-73-68=280	-8	£242,350
	José María Olazábal	Spain	68-70-68-74=280
T5	Michael Campbell	New Zealand	69-72-68-72=281	-7	£122,100
	Sergio García	Spain	70-69-69-73=281
	Retief Goosen	South Africa	68-73-66-74=281
	Bernhard Langer	Germany	71-69-70-71=281
	Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	71-74-67-69=281
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-69-71-72=281

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

External links

• Summary and full results
• The Open Championship official site
• The 2005 Open Championship site