2005 Open Championship

Infobox_Individual_Golf_Tournament
tournament_name = 2005 Open Championship


dates = July 14 - 17, 2005
location = flagicon|Scotland St Andrews, Scotland
course = Old Course at St Andrews
tour = PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
par = 72
yardage=7,279
field = 156 players, 80 after cut
cut = 146 (+2)
purse =£4,000,000 $7,490,400
winners_share =£720,000 $1,261,285
Champion = Tiger Woods
Score = 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.

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

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.

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.

External links

* [http://www.opengolf.com/history/past_results.sps?tourn=2005044&pageno=-1 Full Results]
* [http://www.opengolf.com/ The Open Championship official site]
* [http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2005/index.html The 2005 Open Championship site]