One of the five major championships in senior golf
Golf tournament
TheU.S. Senior Open is one of the fivemajor championships in senior golf, introduced 46 years ago in1980 .[ 1] United States Golf Association (USGA) and is recognized as a major championship by both thePGA Tour Champions and theEuropean Senior Tour . The lower age limit was 55 in 1980, but it was lowered to 50 for the second edition in1981 ,[ 2] professionals ; through 2022, all editions have been won by pros. Like other USGA championships, it has been played on many courses throughout the United States.
Bernhard Langer became the oldest U.S. Senior Open Champion in2023 , winning at the age of 65 years 10 months.[ 3]
The total purse was the highest of any senior tour event until thePosco E&C Songdo Championship inSouth Korea , a Champions Tour event in2010 and2011 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 thePGA Tour Champions ; in 2016 it was $3.75 million, and championGene 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'sU.S. Open .
The playoff format was modified for 2018, reduced from three to two aggregate holes, followed bysudden death .[ 4] Jack Nicklaus .[ 5]
The following players are exempt from qualifying for theU.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 themajor championships in the last 10 years Winners of any of theU.S. Amateur in the last 10 years and runner-up in previous year Winners of theSenior PGA Championship in the last 10 years Winner of theSenior 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 theU.S. Senior Amateur in the previous year Members of theWalker Cup andEisenhower Trophy teams for the last two competitions Members of bothRyder Cup andPresidents Cup teams for the last five competitions Top 30 from the previous year'sPGA 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'sEuropean Senior Tour money list Top two from previous year'sJapan Seniors Tour money list Winners ofPGA 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, orBritish 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.
Year Winner Score To par Margin of Runner(s)-up Purse Winner's Venue Location 2025 Pádraig Harrington (2)269 −11 1 stroke Stewart Cink 4,000,000 800,000 Broadmoor (East Course)Colorado Springs, Colorado 2024 Richard Bland 267 −13 Playoff Hiroyuki Fujita 4,000,000 720,000 Newport Newport, Rhode Island 2023 Bernhard Langer (2)277 −7 2 strokes Steve Stricker 4,000,000 720,000 SentryWorld Stevens Point, Wisconsin 2022 Pádraig Harrington 274 −10 1 stroke Steve Stricker 4,000,000 720,000 Saucon Valley Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2021 Jim Furyk 273 −7 3 strokes Retief Goosen Mike Weir 4,000,000 720,000 Omaha Omaha, Nebraska 2020 Canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic [ 7] [ 8] 2019 Steve Stricker 261 −19 6 strokes Jerry Kelly David Toms 4,000,000 720,000 Warren Golf CourseU 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 (East Course)Colorado Springs, Colorado 2017 Kenny Perry (2)264 −16 2 strokes Kirk Triplett 4,000,000 720,000 Salem 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 Indianwood 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 (East Course)Colorado Springs, Colorado 2007 Brad Bryant 282 −6 3 strokes Ben Crenshaw 2,600,000 470,000 Whistling Straits 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 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 Salem Peabody, Massachusetts 2000 Hale Irwin (2)267 −17 3 strokes Bruce Fleisher 2,250,000 400,000 Saucon Valley 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 Bethesda, Maryland 1994 Simon Hobday 274 −10 1 stroke Jim Albus Graham Marsh 800,000 145,000 Pinehurst Resort 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 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1991 Jack Nicklaus 282 +2 Playoff Chi-Chi Rodríguez 600,000 110,000 Oakland Hills Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, 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 Medinah, Illinois 1987 Gary Player 270 −14 6 strokes Doug Sanders 300,000 47,000 Brooklawn Fairfield, Connecticut 1986 Dale Douglass 279 −5 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 +6 2 strokes Arnold Palmer 200,000 36,448 Oak Hill 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 Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan 1980 Roberto De Vicenzo 285 +1 4 strokes William C. Campbell (a)100,000 20,000 Winged Foot Mamaroneck, New York
Seven men have multiple victories in the U.S. Senior Open:
3 wins
2 wins
Successful defenders of the title were Barber (1985), Player (1988), and Doyle (2006).
Winners of both U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open [ edit ] The following men have won both theU.S. Open and theU.S. Senior Open , the majors run by the USGA:
Player U.S. Open U.S. Senior Open 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 theU.S. Amateur , previously considered a major.
Year Edition Venue Location Dates Previous championships hosted 2026 46th Scioto Country Club Columbus, Ohio July 2–5 1986, 2016 2027 47th Oak Tree National Edmond, Oklahoma July 1–4 2014 2028 48th Crooked Stick Golf Club Carmel, Indiana June 29–July 2 2009 2029 49th Prairie Dunes Country Club Hutchinson, Kansas TBD 2006 2030 50th Spyglass Hill Golf Course Pebble Beach, California 2031 51st Broadmoor Golf Club (East Course)Colorado Springs, Colorado 2008, 2018, 2025 2032 52nd Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course)Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1992, 2000, 2022 2033 53rd Charlotte Country Club Charlotte, North Carolina 2034 54th SentryWorld Stevens Point, Wisconsin 2023 2037 57th Broadmoor Golf Club (East Course) Colorado Springs, Colorado 2008, 2018, 2025 2038 58th Plainfield Country Club Edison, New Jersey 2042 62nd Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 1992, 2000, 2022
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