2005 Open Championship

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Tournament information
2005 Open Championship

Dates	July 14 - 17, 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
Yardage	7,279
Field	156 players, 80 after cut
Cut	146 (+2)
Purse	£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 July 14 to July 17, 2005 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.

1 History of The Open Championship at The Old Course at St Andrews
2 Course
3 Round-by-round summary
4 External links

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, Richard 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

Front Nine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT
Yardage	376	453	397	480	568	412	390	175	352	------
Par	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	36

Back Nine	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN
Yardage	380	174	348	465	618	456	423	455	357	------
Par	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	36

	Front 9	Back 9	Total
Yardage	3,603	3,676	7,279
Par	36	36	72

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	Luke Donald	England	68	-4
	Retief Goosen	South Africa
	Fred Couples	United States
	Eric Ramsay	Scotland
	José María Olazábal	Spain

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	Trevor Immelman	South Africa	68-70=138	-6
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-69=138
	Brad Faxon	United States	72-66=138
	Peter Lonard	Australia	68-70=138
	Robert Allenby	Australia	70-68=138
	Scott Verplank	United States	68-70=138
	José María Olazábal	Spain	68-70=138

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	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	71-66-70=207	-9
T3	Retief Goosen	South Africa	68-73-66=207	-9
T5	Sergio García	Spain	70-69-69=208	-8
T5	Brad Faxon	United States	72-66-70=208	-8
T7	Michael Campbell	New Zealand	69-72-68=209	-7
T7	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-69-71=209	-7

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 fourth 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
T3	José María Olazábal	Spain	68-70-68-74=280	-8	£242,350
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