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Senior Open Championship

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox golf tournament The Senior Open Championship, or simply The Senior Open (and originally known as the Senior British Open), is a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and over. It is jointly owned and run by The R&A, the same body that organises The Open Championship, and the PGA European Tour.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Prize money won in the event is official money on both PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and Champions Tour) and the European Senior Tour. The purse, which is fixed in United States dollars, had increased to $2.75 million for 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=sbo11res>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

HistoryEdit

The tournament was first held in 1987 and became part of the European Seniors Tour schedule in 1992. It is younger than the PGA Seniors Championship, which started in 1957, as well as the U.S. Senior Open and the Senior PGA Championship. In late 2002 it was designated as the fifth major championship on the Champions Tour schedule.<ref>Senior British Open now a Major</ref> Winners before 2003 were not retroactively designated as Champions Tour major winners until late 2018.<ref>Senior British Open elevated to Senior Major</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Winners gain entry into the following season's Open Championship. The event is usually held the week following The Open Championship, although in 1991 it was held the week before the Open and in 1998 it was held in August, three weeks after the Open.

The 2018 Senior Open was held at St Andrews for the first time, a decision which was heavily influenced by five-time Open champion Tom Watson.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2020, the championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=cancel20/>

FieldEdit

The standard field size is 144 players and an 18-hole qualifying round is held at the championship course on the Monday before the tournament, with a minimum of 24 places available. If fewer than 120 exempt players enter, the field is filled to 144 with more high finishers from qualifying. If more than 120 exempt players enter, the top 24 finishers earn entry even if it causes the field to expand beyond 144.<ref name=Entry>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

WinnersEdit

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue
The Senior Open Championship
2024 Template:Flagicon K. J. Choi 278 −10 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Richard Green Carnoustie
2023 Template:Flagicon Alex Čejka 289 +5 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Pádraig Harrington Royal Porthcawl
2022 Template:Flagicon Darren Clarke 270 −10 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Pádraig Harrington Gleneagles
2021 Template:Flagicon Stephen Dodd 267 −13 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Miguel Ángel Jiménez Sunningdale
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref name=cancel20>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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2019 Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer (4) 274 −6 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Paul Broadhurst Royal Lytham & St. Annes
2018 Template:Flagicon Miguel Ángel Jiménez 276 −12 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer St Andrews
2017 Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer (3) 280 −4 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Corey Pavin Royal Porthcawl
2016 Template:Flagicon Paul Broadhurst 277 −11 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Scott McCarron Carnoustie
2015 Template:Flagicon Marco Dawson 264 −16 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer Sunningdale
2014 Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer (2) 266 −18 13 strokes Template:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie Royal Porthcawl
2013 Template:Flagicon Mark Wiebe 271 −9 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer Royal Birkdale
2012 Template:Flagicon Fred Couples 271 −9 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Gary Hallberg Turnberry
2011 Template:Flagicon Russ Cochran 276 −12 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Mark Calcavecchia Walton Heath
2010 Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer 279 −5 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Corey Pavin Carnoustie
2009 Template:Flagicon Loren Roberts (2) 268 −12 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Fred Funk
Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty		 Sunningdale
2008 Template:Flagicon Bruce Vaughan 278 −6 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon John Cook Royal Troon
2007 Template:Flagicon Tom Watson (3) 284 E 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Stewart Ginn
Template:Flagicon Mark O'Meara		 Muirfield
The Senior British Open Championship
2006 Template:Flagicon Loren Roberts 274 −6 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Eduardo Romero Turnberry
2005 Template:Flagicon Tom Watson (2) 280 −4 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Des Smyth Royal Aberdeen
2004 Template:Flagicon Pete Oakley 284 −4 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Tom Kite
Template:Flagicon Eduardo Romero		 Royal Portrush
Senior British Open
2003 Template:Flagicon Tom Watson 263 −17 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Carl Mason Turnberry
2002 Template:Flagicon Noboru Sugai 281 −3 2 strokes Template:Flagicon John Irwin Royal County Down
2001 Template:Flagicon Ian Stanley 278 −6 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Bob Charles
2000 Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Jnr (2) 275 −9 2 strokes Template:Flagicon John Bland
1999 Template:Flagicon Christy O'Connor Jnr 282 −6 3 strokes Template:Flagicon John Bland Royal Portrush
1998 Template:Flagicon Brian Huggett 283 −5 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Eddie Polland
1997 Template:Flagicon Gary Player (3) 278 −10 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon John Bland
1996 Template:Flagicon Brian Barnes (2) 277 −11 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Bob Charles
Template:Flagicon David Oakley
1995 Template:Flagicon Brian Barnes 281 −7 PlayoffTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy
1994 Template:Flagicon Tom Wargo 280 −8 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Bob Charles
Template:Flagicon Doug Dalziel		 Royal Lytham & St. Annes
1993 Template:Flagicon Bob Charles (2) 291 +7 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Tommy Horton
Template:Flagicon Gary Player
1992 Template:Flagicon John Fourie 282 −2 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Bob Charles
Template:Flagicon Neil Coles
Seniors' British Open
1991 Template:Flagicon Bobby Verwey 285 +1 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Bob Charles
Template:Flagicon Tommy Horton		 Royal Lytham & St. Annes
Volvo Seniors' British Open
1990 Template:Flagicon Gary Player (2) 280 E 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Deane Beman
Template:Flagicon Brian Waites		 Turnberry
1989 Template:Flagicon Bob Charles 269 −11 7 strokes Template:Flagicon Billy Casper
1988 Template:Flagicon Gary Player 272 −8 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Billy Casper
Seniors' British Open
1987 Template:Flagicon Neil Coles 279 −1 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Bob Charles Turnberry

Multiple winnersEdit

Seven players have multiple victories in the Senior Open Championship:

Winners of both The Open and The Senior OpenEdit

Four players have won both The Open Championship and The Senior Open Championship, (two of the professional majors run by the R&A).

Player The Open Championship The Senior Open Championship
Template:Flagicon Gary Player 1959, 1968, 1974 1988, 1990, 1997
Template:Flagicon Bob Charles 1963 1989, 1993
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983 2003, 2005, 2007
Template:Flagicon Darren Clarke 2011 2022

Host coursesEdit

The Senior Open Championship has been played at the following courses, listed in order of number of times hosted (as of 2024):

Future venuesEdit

Year Course Town County Country Dates
2025 Sunningdale Golf Club Old Course Sunningdale Berkshire England 24–27 July

NotesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

Template:Senior British Open Championship champions Template:Senior Golf Majors Template:European Seniors Tour Template:Champions Tour Template:Golf

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