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| field = 156 players, 80 after cutTITLE=RESULTS: BRITISH OPEN, SECOND ROUND PAGE=D-8, Pound sterling>£4,000,000Euro5,860,938United States dollar>$7,490,400| winners_share = £720,000€1,047,362$1,261,285USA}} Tiger Woods| score = 274 (−14)2004 Open Championship>20042006 Open Championship>2006}}{{Location map|UK Scotland|relief = 1|label = St Andrews|lat = 56.3433|long = -2.8028|caption = Location in Scotland|marksize = 5|float = |background = |width = 240}}{{Location map|Scotland Fife|relief = |label = St Andrews|position = bottom|lat = 56.343|long = -2.803|caption = Location in Fife, Scotland|marksize = 5|float = |background= |width = 240}}The 2005 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 134th Open Championship, held from 14 to 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.NEWS,weblink Eugene Register-Guard, (Oregon), (Los Angeles Times), Bonk, Thomas, A near-perfect 10, 18 July 2005, E1, The win was Woods' second Open Championship, both at St. Andrews, and completed his second career grand slam at age 29.MAGAZINE,weblink Sports Illustrated, Bamberger, Michael, New King of the Old Course, 25 July 2005, 23 July 2013, The tenth major and second slam were firsts for a player under the age of 30.NEWS,weblink Spokesman-Review, (New York Daily News), Gola, Hank, Wire-to-wire, 18 July 2005, C1, At age 65, Jack Nicklaus made his final appearance at a major championship.NEWS,weblink Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, (Rocky Mountain News), Lincicome, Bernie, A Bear of a finish, 16 July 2005, D-1,

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

{|class=wikitable!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par!! !!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par1Burnalign=center4rowspan=1010Bobby Jonesalign=center42Dykealign=center4align=center174align=center|33Cartgate (Out)align=center4align=center348align=center|44Ginger Beeralign=center4align=center465align=center|45Hole O'Cross (Out)align=center5align=center618align=center|56Heathery (Out)align=center4align=center456align=center|47High (Out)align=center4align=center423align=center|48Shortalign=center3align=center455align=center|49Endalign=center4align=center357align=center|4Outalign=center3,603>36 colspan=2 align=centerIn>3,676align=center|36 colspan=2 align=centerTotal>7,279align=center|72Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):WEB,weblink The Open Championship, Media guide, 2011, 24, 203, 30 June 2012, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120418224641weblink">weblink 18 April 2012,

• {{convert|7115|yd}} - 2000
• {{convert|6933|yd}} - 1995, 1990, 1984, 1978
• {{convert|6957|yd}} - 1970
• {{convert|6926|yd}} - 1964
• {{convert|6936|yd}} - 1960, 1955

Field

1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2004 Open ChampionshipErnie 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 2005Mark 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, 2005Stephen 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 2004Paul Casey (17), Stephen Gallacher, Richard Green (19), Joakim Haeggman, Trevor Immelman, Jean-François Remésy5. The BMW PGA Championship winners for 2003–05Scott Drummond, Ignacio Garrido6. 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 ChampionshipStephen Dodd, Peter Hanson, Steve Webster7. 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. OpenSøren Hansen, Jean van de Velde8. The leading player, not exempt, in the first 10 and ties of each of the 2005 European Open and the 2005 Scottish OpenMaarten Lafeber, Graeme Storm9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2001–05Michael Campbell10. The Masters Champions for 2001–0511. The PGA Champions for 2000–04Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel12. The Players Champions for 2003–0513. First 20 on the Official Money List of the PGA Tour for 2004Steve Flesch14. 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 ClassicJoe Ogilvie, Tim Petrovic, Ted Purdy15. 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 OpenBart 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 ClassicSean O'Hair, Pat Perez17. Playing members of the 2004 Ryder Cup teamsChris Riley18. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2004Thongchai Jaidee19. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2004Euan Walters20. First and anyone tying for 1st place on the Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2004/2005Charl Schwartzel21. The Canadian Open Champion for 200422. The Japan Open Champion for 2004Toru Taniguchi23. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt, on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2004Yang Yong-eun

• Eligible but not competing: Shingo Katayama

24. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2005 Mizuno OpenChris Campbell, David Smail, Thammanoon Sriroj, Tadahiro Takayama25. 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 OpenHiroyuki Fujita, Hur Suk-ho26. The Senior Open Champion for 2004Pete Oakley27. The Amateur Champion for 2005Brian McElhinney (a)28. The U.S. Amateur Champion for 2004

• Ryan Moore forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

29. The European Amateur Champion for 2004Matthew Richardson (a)International Final Qualifying Local Final Qualifying (Saturday 9 July and Sunday 10 July) Alternates

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 July 2005Tiger 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).{| class="wikitable"!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par1 {{flagiconTiger Woods>66align=center|−62 {{flagiconMark Hensby>67align=center|−5T3 {{flagiconFred Couples>68rowspan="10" align=center|−4ENG}} Luke DonaldZAF}} Retief GoosenZAF}} Trevor ImmelmanAUS}} Peter LonardESP}} José María OlazábalSCO}} Eric Ramsay (a)USA}} Chris RileyDEU}} Tino SchusterUSA}} Scott Verplank

Second round

Friday, 15 July 2005Nicklaus made a {{convert|15|ft|0|adj=on}} 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.{| class="wikitable"!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par1 {{flagiconTiger Woods>66-67=133align=center|−112 {{flagiconColin Montgomerie>71-66=137align=center|−7T3 {{flagiconRobert Allenby>70-68=138rowspan="7" align=center|−6USA}} Brad Faxon align=center|72-66=138ZAF}} Trevor Immelman align=center|68-70=138AUS}} Peter Lonard align=center|68-70=138ESP}} José María Olazábal align=center|68-70=138FIJ}} Vijay Singh align=center|69-69=138USA}} Scott Verplank align=center|68-70=138T10 {{flagiconBart Bryant>69-70=139rowspan="5" align=center|−5USA}} Fred Couples align=center|68-71=139ESP}} Sergio García align=center|70-69=139ENG}} Simon Khan align=center|69-70=139USA}} Bo Van Pelt align=center|72-67=139Source:Amateurs: Molinari (−4), Ramsay (−2), Richardson (E), Saltman (E), Florén (+7), McElhinney (+9), Steele (+9).

Third round

Saturday, 16 July 2005{| class="wikitable"!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par1 {{flagiconTiger Woods>66-67-71=204align=center|−122 {{flagiconJosé María Olazábal>68-70-68=206align=center|−10T3 {{flagiconRetief Goosen>68-73-66=207rowspan="2" align=center|−9SCO}} Colin Montgomeriealign=center|71-66-70=207T5 {{flagiconBrad Faxon>72-66-70=208rowspan="2" align=center|−8ESP}} Sergio Garcíaalign=center|70-69-69=208T7 {{flagiconMichael Campbell>69-72-68=209rowspan="2" align=center|−7FJI}} Vijay Singhalign=center|69-69-71=209T9 {{flagiconBart Bryant>69-70-71=210rowspan="11" align=center|−6ZAF}} Tim Clark (golfer)>71-69-70=210NIR}} Darren Clarkealign=center|73-70-67=210USA}} John Daly (golfer)>71-69-70=210DEN}} Søren Hansenalign=center|72-72-66=210NED}} Maarten Lafeberalign=center|73-70-67=210DEU}} Bernhard Langeralign=center|71-69-70=210SCO}} Sandy Lylealign=center|74-67-69=210USA}} Sean O'Hairalign=center|73-67-70=210USA}} Kenny Perryalign=center|71-71-68=210USA}} Scott Verplankalign=center|68-70-72=210

Final round

(File:Tiger out of reach - geograph.org.uk - 363460.jpg|thumb|The final round scoreboard)Sunday, 17 July 2005Woods 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. !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money (£)1 {{flagiconTiger Woods>−14 align=center|720,0002 {{flagiconColin Montgomerie>−9 align=center|430,000T3 {{flagiconFred Couples>−8 rowspan="2" align=center|242,350ESP}} José María Olazábal 68-70-68-74=280T5 {{flagiconMichael Campbell >−7 rowspan="6" align=center|122,100ESP}} Sergio García 70-69-69-73=281ZAF}} Retief Goosen 68-73-66-74=281DEU}} Bernhard Langer 71-69-70-71=281AUS}} Geoff Ogilvy 71-74-67-69=281FJI}} Vijay Singh 69-69-71-72=281Source:Amateurs: Saltman (−5), Ramsay (−4), Molinari (+1), Richardson (+9).

Scorecard{| class"wikitable" style"text-align:center"

!Hole!! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18|4 {{flagicon−13 −13 −13 −13 style="background: Pink;"−13 −13 style="background: Pink;"−15 −15 −15 style="background: PaleGreen;"| −14 {{flagicon−10 −10 style="background: Pink;"−12 −12 style="background: PaleGreen;"−10 −10 −10 style="background: PaleGreen;"| −9 {{flagicon−5 −5 −5 −5 style="background: Pink;"−5 −5 −5 style="background: Pink;"−7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 style="background: Pink;"|−8 {{flagicon−11 −11 style="background: PaleGreen;"−11 −11 −11 style="background: PaleGreen;"−9 −9 style="background: PaleGreen;"−7 style="background: Pink;"|−8 {{flagicon−6 −6 −6 style="background: Pink;"−8 −8 style="background: PaleGreen;"| −7 {{flagicon−7 −7 −7 style="background: Pink;"−6 style="background: PaleGreen;"−6 style="background: Pink;"−6 style="background: Pink;"|−7 {{flagicon−8 style="background: PaleGreen;"−6 −6 −6 style="background: PaleGreen;"−6 −6 −6 style="background: PaleGreen;"−6 −6 −6 −6 style="background: Pink;"|−7 {{flagicon−8 −8 −8 −8 style="background: Pink;"−8 −8 −8 −8 style="background: Pink;"−7 −7 style="background: PaleGreen;"−7 {{flagicon−3 −3 style="background: PaleGreen;"−1 style="background: Pink;"−3 −3 −3 style="background: Pink;"−5 −5 style="background: Pink;"−7 {{flagicon−8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 style="background: PaleGreen;"−8 −8 −8 −8 style="background: Pink;"−8 −8 style="background: PaleGreen;"−6 style="background: Pink;"|−7Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par{| class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%"|Eagle|Birdie|Bogey|Double bogey|Triple bogey+Source:NEWS,weblink ESPN, British Open Championship, 13 August 2015,

References

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External links

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

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