U.S. Senior Open
Tournament information | |
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Location | Omaha, Nebraska |
Established | 1980, 42 years ago |
Course(s) | Omaha Country Club |
Par | 70 |
Length | 6,771 yards (6,191 m) |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions European Senior Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$4,000,000 |
Month played | July |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 261 Steve Stricker (2019) |
To par | −20 Fred Funk (2009) |
Current champion | |
Jim Furyk | |
Location Map | |
Omaha CC Location in the United States |
The U.S. Senior Open is one of the five major championships in senior golf, introduced 42 years ago in 1980.[1] It is administered by the United States Golf Association (USGA) and is recognized as a major championship by both the PGA Tour Champions and the European Senior Tour. The lower age limit was 55 in 1980, but it was lowered to 50 for the second edition in 1981,[2] which is the standard limit for men's senior professional golf tournaments. By definition, the event is open to amateurs, but has been dominated by professionals; through 2019, all editions have been won by pros. Like other USGA championships, it has been played on many courses throughout the United States.
Allen Doyle became the oldest U.S. Senior Open Champion in 2006, winning two weeks before his 58th birthday.[3]
The total purse was the highest of any senior tour event until the Posco E&C Songdo Championship in South Korea, a Champions Tour event in 2010 and 2011 with a $3 million purse, but had a lower winner's share ($450,000). The U.S. Senior Open is again the highest purse on the PGA Tour Champions; in 2016 it was $3.75 million, and champion Gene Sauers earned $675,000. The purse in 2017 is anticipated to be $4 million, yielding a winner's share of $720,000.
Like other senior majors, players must walk the course unless they receive a medical exemption to use a cart. Winners gain entry into the following year's U.S. Open.
The playoff format was modified for 2018, reduced from three to two aggregate holes, followed by sudden death.[4] The three-hole aggregate playoff was used in 2002 and 2014; the final 18-hole playoff at the U.S. Senior Open was in 1991, won by Jack Nicklaus.[5]
Eligibility[]
The following players are exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Senior Open, provided they are 50 years old as of the opening day of the tournament. Amateur categories require that the player is still an amateur on the opening day of the tournament, except for the one-time exemption for former champions of the U.S. Amateur or The Amateur Championship.[6]
- Any past winner of the U.S. Senior Open
- Winners of any of the major championships in the last 10 years
- Winners of any of the U.S. Amateur in the last 10 years and runner-up in previous year
- Winners of the Senior PGA Championship in the last 10 years
- Winner of the Senior Open Championship in the last five years
- Top 15 finishers from the previous year's U.S. Senior Open
- Any amateur completing 72 holes in last U.S. Open
- Low amateur in last U.S. Senior Open
- Winner and runner-up of the U.S. Senior Amateur in the previous year
- Members of the Walker Cup and Eisenhower Trophy teams for the last two competitions
- Members of both Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup teams for the last five competitions
- Top 30 from the previous year's PGA Tour Champions money list, top 20 from current list
- Top 50 leaders from the PGA Tour Champions career money list
- Winners of PGA Tour Champions events in the previous three years
- Top six from previous year's European Senior Tour money list
- Top two from previous year's money list
- Winners of PGA Tour events in the previous five years
- Winners of the U.S. Open in first ten years of age eligibility
- One-time exemption for any winner of a major championship, U.S. Amateur, or British Amateur.
- Winners of amateur championships who have since turned professional are able to use this exemption.
Special exemptions are given occasionally, and like other USGA events, many qualify through the local and sectional ranks.
Winners[]
Year | Champion | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Purse ($) | Winner's share ($) |
Venue | Location |
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2021 | Jim Furyk | 273 | −7 | 3 strokes | Retief Goosen Mike Weir |
4,000,000 | 720,000 | Omaha | Omaha, Nebraska |
2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7][8] | ||||||||
2019 | Steve Stricker | 261 | −19 | 6 strokes | Jerry Kelly David Toms |
4,000,000 | 720,000 | Warren Golf Course U of Notre Dame |
South Bend, Indiana |
2018 | David Toms | 277 | −3 | 1 stroke | Miguel Ángel Jiménez Jerry Kelly Tim Petrovic |
4,000,000 | 720,000 | Broadmoor | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
2017 | Kenny Perry (2) | 264 | −16 | 2 strokes | Kirk Triplett | 4,000,000 | 720,000 | Peabody, Massachusetts | |
2016 | Gene Sauers | 277 | −3 | 1 stroke | Miguel Ángel Jiménez Billy Mayfair |
3,750,000 | 675,000 | Scioto | Upper Arlington, Ohio |
2015 | Jeff Maggert | 270 | −10 | 2 strokes | Colin Montgomerie | 3,750,000 | 675,000 | Del Paso | Sacramento, California |
2014 | Colin Montgomerie | 279 | −5 | Playoff | Gene Sauers | 3,500,000 | 630,000 | Oak Tree National | Edmond, Oklahoma |
2013 | Kenny Perry | 267 | −13 | 5 strokes | Fred Funk | 2,750,000 | 500,000 | Omaha | Omaha, Nebraska |
2012 | Roger Chapman | 270 | −10 | 2 strokes | Fred Funk Bernhard Langer Tom Lehman Corey Pavin |
2,750,000 | 500,000 | Indainwood | Lake Orion, Michigan |
2011 | Olin Browne | 269 | −15 | 3 strokes | Mark O'Meara | 2,750,000 | 500,000 | Inverness Club | Toledo, Ohio |
2010 | Bernhard Langer | 272 | −8 | 3 strokes | Fred Couples | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Sahalee | Sammamish, Washington |
2009 | Fred Funk | 268 | −20 | 6 strokes | Joey Sindelar | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Crooked Stick | Carmel, Indiana |
2008 | Eduardo Romero | 274 | −6 | 4 strokes | Fred Funk | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Broadmoor | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
2007 | Brad Bryant | 282 | −6 | 3 strokes | Ben Crenshaw | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Whistling Straits Straits Course |
Haven, Wisconsin |
2006 | Allen Doyle (2) | 272 | −8 | 2 strokes | Tom Watson | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Prairie Dunes | Hutchinson, Kansas |
2005 | Allen Doyle | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | Loren Roberts D. A. Weibring |
2,600,000 | 470,000 | NCR South Course |
Kettering, Ohio |
2004 | Peter Jacobsen | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke | Hale Irwin | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Bellerive | St. Louis, Missouri |
2003 | Bruce Lietzke | 277 | −7 | 2 strokes | Tom Watson | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Inverness Club | Toledo, Ohio |
2002 | Don Pooley | 274 | −10 | Playoff | Tom Watson | 2,500,000 | 450,000 | Caves Valley | Owings Mills, Maryland |
2001 | Bruce Fleisher | 280 | E | 1 stroke | Isao Aoki Gil Morgan |
2,400,000 | 430,000 | Peabody, Massachusetts | |
2000 | Hale Irwin (2) | 267 | −17 | 3 strokes | Bruce Fleisher | 2,250,000 | 400,000 | Saucon Valley Old Course |
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
1999 | Dave Eichelberger | 281 | −7 | 3 strokes | Ed Dougherty | 1,750,000 | 315,000 | Des Moines | West Des Moines, Iowa |
1998 | Hale Irwin | 285 | +1 | 1 stroke | Vicente Fernández | 1,500,000 | 267,500 | Riviera | Pacific Palisades, California |
1997 | Graham Marsh | 280 | E | 1 stroke | John Bland | 1,300,000 | 232,500 | Olympia Fields | Olympia Fields, Illinois |
1996 | Dave Stockton | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes | Hale Irwin | 1,200,000 | 212,500 | Canterbury | Beachwood, Ohio |
1995 | Tom Weiskopf | 275 | −13 | 4 strokes | Jack Nicklaus | 1,000,000 | 175,000 | Congressional Blue Course |
Bethesda, Maryland |
1994 | Simon Hobday | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | Jim Albus Graham Marsh |
800,000 | 145,000 | Pinehurst Resort No. 2 Course |
Pinehurst, North Carolina |
1993 | Jack Nicklaus (2) | 278 | −6 | 1 stroke | Tom Weiskopf | 700,000 | 135,330 | Cherry Hills | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado |
1992 | Larry Laoretti | 275 | −9 | 4 strokes | Jim Colbert | 700,000 | 130,000 | Saucon Valley Old Course |
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
1991 | Jack Nicklaus | 282 | +2 | Playoff | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 600,000 | 110,000 | Oakland Hills South Course |
Birmingham, Michigan |
1990 | Lee Trevino | 275 | −13 | 2 strokes | Jack Nicklaus | 500,000 | 90,000 | Ridgewood | Paramus, New Jersey |
1989 | Orville Moody | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | Frank Beard | 450,000 | 80,000 | Laurel Valley | Ligonier, Pennsylvania |
1988 | Gary Player (2) | 288 | E | Playoff | Bob Charles | 400,000 | 65,000 | Medinah Course No. 3 |
Medinah, Illinois |
1987 | Gary Player | 270 | −14 | 6 strokes | Doug Sanders | 300,000 | 47,000 | Brooklawn | Fairfield, Connecticut |
1986 | Dale Douglass | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Gary Player | 275,000 | 42,500 | Scioto | Columbus, Ohio |
1985 | Miller Barber (3) | 285 | −3 | 4 strokes | Roberto De Vicenzo | 225,000 | 40,199 | Edgewood Tahoe | Stateline, Nevada |
1984 | Miller Barber (2) | 286 | −2 | 2 strokes | Arnold Palmer | 200,000 | 36,448 | Oak Hill East Course |
Pittsford, New York |
1983 | Billy Casper | 288 | +4 | Playoff | Rod Funseth | 175,000 | 30,566 | Hazeltine National | Chaska, Minnesota |
1982 | Miller Barber | 282 | −2 | 4 strokes | Gene Littler Dan Sikes |
150,000 | 28,648 | Portland | Portland, Oregon |
1981 | Arnold Palmer | 289 | +9 | Playoff | Billy Casper Bob Stone |
149,000 | 26,000 | Oakland Hills South Course |
Birmingham, Michigan |
1980 | Roberto De Vicenzo | 285 | +1 | 4 strokes | William C. Campbell (a) | 100,000 | 20,000 | Winged Foot East Course |
Mamaroneck, New York |
Multiple winners[]
Six men have multiple victories in the U.S. Senior Open:
3 wins
- Miller Barber (1982, 1984, 1985)
2 wins
- Gary Player (1987, 1988)
- Jack Nicklaus (1991, 1993)
- Hale Irwin (1998, 2000)
- Allen Doyle (2005, 2006)
- Kenny Perry (2013, 2017)
Successful defenders of the title were Barber (1985), Player (1988), and Doyle (2006).
Winners of both U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open[]
The following men have won both the U.S. Open and the U.S. Senior Open, the majors run by the USGA:
Player | U.S. Open | U.S. Senior Open |
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Arnold Palmer | 1960 | 1981 |
Billy Casper | 1959, 1966 | 1983 |
Gary Player | 1965 | 1987, 1988 |
Orville Moody | 1969 | 1989 |
Lee Trevino | 1968, 1971 | 1990 |
Jack Nicklaus | 1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 | 1991, 1993 |
Hale Irwin | 1974, 1979, 1990 | 1998, 2000 |
Jim Furyk | 2003 | 2021 |
Palmer (1954) and Nicklaus (1959, 1961) also won the U.S. Amateur, previously considered a major.
Final round ratings[]
2019: 761,000 on Fox[9]
Future sites[]
Year | Venue | Location | Dates |
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2022 | Saucon Valley Country Club | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | June 23–26 |
2023 | SentryWorld | Stevens Point, Wisconsin | June 29 – July 2 |
2024 | Newport Country Club | Newport, Rhode Island | June 27–30[10] |
2025 | Broadmoor Golf Club | Colorado Springs, Colorado | TBD[10] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "De Vicenzo cops Senior Open". Wilmington Morning Star. North Carolina. Associated Press. June 30, 1980. p. 7B.
- ^ "Seniors tee it up in the US Senior Open". Nashua Telegraph. New Hampshire. Associated Press. July 8, 1981. p. 24.
- ^ Senko, David (July 9, 2006). "Doyle becomes oldest winner of U.S. Senior Open". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on July 16, 2006.
- ^ "U.S. Open abandons 18 holes for 2-hole playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. February 26, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ "Nicklaus' 65 beats Rodriguez". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 30, 1991. p. 23.
- ^ "2014 U.S. Senior Open Entry Form" (PDF). USGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- ^ Barrett, Scott (April 6, 2020). "U.S. Senior Open at Newport County Club canceled". The Newport Daily News. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ Altstadter, Jeff (April 6, 2020). "2020 U.S. Senior Open, U.S. Senior Women's Open Canceled". USGA.
- ^ "U.S. Senior Open ratings". ShowBuzzDaily. Mitch Metcalf. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ a b DePasquale, Brian (April 20, 2021). "Newport Country Club Awarded 2024 U.S. Senior Open". USGA.
External links[]
- U.S. Senior Open at USGA site (most of the information is in the archive section)
- Coverage on the PGA Tour Champions's official site
Coordinates: 41°27′43″N 71°20′49″W / 41.462°N 71.347°W
- PGA Tour Champions events
- United States Golf Association championships
- Recurring sporting events established in 1980
- 1980 establishments in New York (state)