{"id":12137,"date":"2023-07-31T18:22:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/senior-open-championship-alex-cejka-beats-padraig-harrington-in-play-off\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T18:22:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:22:50","slug":"senior-open-championship-alex-cejka-beats-padraig-harrington-in-play-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/senior-open-championship-alex-cejka-beats-padraig-harrington-in-play-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Open Championship: Alex Cejka beats Padraig Harrington in play-off"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Alex Cejka’s three victories in senior golf have all come in majors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n
+5<\/strong> A Cejka (Ger), P Harrington (Ire) – <\/span>Cejka won at second play-off hole<\/em>; <\/span>+7 <\/strong>V Singh (Fij); <\/span>+8<\/strong> M Jonzon (Swe); <\/span>+9<\/strong> P Price (Wal) P Archer (Eng)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Selected others: <\/span>+10<\/strong> B Langer (Ger); <\/span>+11<\/strong> S Alker (NZ); <\/span>+13<\/strong> P Lawrie (Sco), B Dredge (Wal); <\/span>+14<\/strong> MA Jimenez (Spa); <\/span>+15<\/strong> D Clarke (NI); <\/span>+22 <\/strong>C Montgomerie (Sco)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Alex Cejka beat Padraig Harrington at the second play-off hole to win the Senior Open Championship on another day of brutally difficult conditions at Royal Porthcawl.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Germany’s Cejka birdied the par five 18th to claim his third senior major after Harrington could only manage par.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Harrington had missed an eagle putt to win on the 72nd hole, before the first play-off hole was halved in four. <\/span><\/p>\n

“I can’t believe I’m standing with the trophy here,” Cejka said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Seeing all those great names on the trophy, coming in here with all the pictures and everything, all the guys who won it before me, now holding it myself, it’s surreal.”<\/span><\/p>\n

For the second successive day, no player in the field carded an under-par round. <\/span><\/p>\n

Until this week, the last Senior Open round in which no player had gone under par was at Royal Aberdeen in 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cejka’s round of 76 and Harrington’s 75 meant they finished together at five over par amid near relentless rain and gusting winds on the south Wales coast.<\/span><\/p>\n