2005 Open Championship

The 2005 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 134th Open Championship, held from 14–17 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 The Open Championship.[6]

2005 Open Championship

Tournament information
Dates	14–17 July 2005
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)	Old Course at St Andrews
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72[1]
Length	7,279 yards (6,656 m)[1]
Field	156 players, 80 after cut[1]
Cut	145 (+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
Tiger Woods
274 (−14)

St Andrews

Location in Scotland

St Andrews

Location in Fife, Scotland

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 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

Main article: Old Course at St Andrews

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]

• 7,115 yards (6,506 m) - 2000
• 6,933 yards (6,340 m) - 1995, 1990, 1984, 1978
• 6,957 yards (6,361 m) - 1970
• 6,926 yards (6,333 m) - 1964
• 6,936 yards (6,342 m) - 1960, 1955

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 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

• 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

Nationalities in the field

North America (49)	South America (1)	Europe (63)	Oceania (24)	Asia (11)	Africa (8)
Canada (2)	Argentina (1)	England (21)	Australia (21)	Japan (4)	South Africa (7)
United States (47)		Northern Ireland (2)	Fiji (1)	Malaysia (1)	Zimbabwe (1)
		Scotland (11)	New Zealand (2)	Singapore (1)
		Wales (2)		South Korea (3)
		Ireland (3)		Thailand (2)
		Denmark (2)
		France (3)
		Germany (3)
		Italy (1)
		Netherlands (1)
		Norway (1)
		Spain (4)
		Sweden (8)
		Switzerland (1)

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	1
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	1989	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 summaries

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).

Place	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, 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	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

Source:[2]

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

Third round

Saturday, 16 July 2005

Place	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

Final round

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	Country	Score	To par	Money (£)
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

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

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	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

1. "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 24, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
2. "Results: British Open, Second Round". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 16 July 2005. p. D-8.
3. 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. Gola, Hank (18 July 2005). "Wire-to-wire". Spokesman-Review. (New York Daily News). p. C1.
6. 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

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

Preceded by 2005 U.S. Open	Major Championships	Succeeded by 2005 PGA Championship