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2015 Senior Open Championship
The 2015 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 29th Senior Open Championship, held on 22–25 July at Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, England. It was the second Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 13th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship. Marco Dawson won by one stroke over Bernhard Langer. It was Dawson's first senior major championship victory. Venue The 2015 event was the second Senior Open Championship played at Sunningdale Golf Club. It took place at the clubs Old Course, designed by The Open Championship winner Willie Park Jr. and opened in 1901. Field The field consisted of 144 competitors; professionals and amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 18 July, for players who were not already exempt. Players from the qualifying competition joined the exempt players for the championship. 83 players, all of them professionals and no amateurs, made the 36-hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunningdale
Sunningdale is a large village with a retail area and a civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. It takes up the extreme south-east corner of Berkshire, England. It has a railway station on the (London) Waterloo to Reading Line and is adjoined by green buffers including Sunningdale Golf Club and Wentworth Golf Club. Its northern peripheral estates adjoin Virginia Water Lake. Location Sunningdale adjoins Surrey, and lies across Sunninghill (from which it takes its name) from Ascot. It is south of Virginia Water Lake. It is centred west south-west of Charing Cross, London. The nearest major towns are spread 5.5 to 6.5 miles away: Bracknell, Camberley, Staines upon Thames and Woking. It is connected to two of these by the A30 old trunk road, via which Camberley benefits from a flyover over the main intersecting road (the A322) at Bagshot. Sunningdale has a railway station on the Waterloo to Reading line. The A30, here bypassed by the M3 motorway a fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Senior Open Championship
The 2010 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 24th Senior Open Championship, held from 22–25 July at Carnoustie Golf Links in Carnoustie, Scotland. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the eighth Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship. World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won by one stroke over 1995 U.S. Open champion Corey Pavin. The 2010 event was Langer's first senior major championship victory. Venue The 2010 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at Carnoustie. The course came to host the Senior Open Championship for a second time six years later, in 2016. Course layout Field The field consisted of 144 competitors: 136 professionals and 8 amateurs. An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 19 July for players who were not already exempt. Nationalities in the field Past champions in the field Made the cut Missed the cut Past winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noboru Sugai
Noboru Sugai is a Japanese professional golfer. Sugai was born in Tokyo, to Japanese father and a Russian mother. He turned professional in 1975 and has won three tournaments and over 275 million ¥ on the Japan Golf Tour. In 2002, he became the first Japanese to win the Senior British Open in what was the last staging before the tournament became a Champions Tour major. He played on the European Seniors Tour in 2003 and 2004 with little success. Professional wins (6) Japan Golf Tour wins (3) Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–1) Senior PGA Tour wins (1) European Senior Tour wins (1) Other senior wins (2) *2000 Fujita Kanko Open (Japan) *2001 Castle Hill Open (Japan) Results in major championships ''Note: Sugai only played in The Open Championship.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut Senior major championships Wins (1) Team appearances *Four Tours World Championship The Four Tours World Championship was an annual professional golf tournament that was played from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Senior British Open
The 2002 Senior British Open, for sponsorship reasons named Senior British Open presented by MasterCard, was a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and above and the 16th British Senior Open Championship, held from 25 to 28 July at Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. In 2018, the tournament was, as were all Senior British Open Championships played 1987–2002, retroactively recognized as a senior major golf championship and a PGA Tour Champions (at the time named the Senior PGA Tour) event. Noboru Sugai won by two strokes over John Irwin to win his first Senior British Open title and first senior major championship victory. Sugau became the first winner of the Senior British Open to lead after every round since Gary Player in 1988. Venue The hosting course, one of the oldest on the island of Ireland, originally designed by Old Tom Morris and located in naturally links settings in the Murlough Nature Reserve, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loren Roberts
Loren Lloyd Roberts (born June 24, 1955) is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. Early life Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and California Polytechnic State University. In 1975, he turned professional after his sophomore season due to the university's dropping its NCAA Division II golf team. Professional career In the late 1970s, Roberts worked for Dennis Pogue as an assistant pro at San Luis Obispo Golf and Country Club as well as Morro Bay Golf Course. He won the Foot-Joy PGA Assistant Professional Championship of 1979 and was second in 1980. The first professional tour where he briefly competed was the PGA Tour of Australasia, after his 1979 PGA victory. On his fifth attempt, Roberts earned his PGA Tour card at the PGA Tour Qualification Tournament in 1980 for the 1981 season. He returned to the tournament in 1981, 1982, 1986 and 1987, earning his car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Senior Open Championship
The 2009 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 23rd Senior Open Championship, held on 23–26 July at Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, England. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the seventh Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship. Loren Roberts won after a playoff over Fred Funk and Mark McNulty. It was Roberts' fourth senior major championship victory. Venue The event was the first Senior Open Championship played at Sunningdale Golf Club. It took place at the clubs Old Course, which was designed by The Open Championship winner Willie Park Jr. and opened in 1901. Course layout Field The field consisted of 144 competitors; 139 professionals and five amateurs. 18-hole stroke play qualifying rounds were held on Monday, 21 July, on three places in England, Berkshire Golf Club, Camberley Heath and Mill Ride Golf Club, for players who were not already exempt. The 28 leading players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Senior Open Championship
The 2006 Senior Open Championship, also named the Senior British Open Championship or the Senior British Open Championship presented by Aberdeen Asset Management, was the 20th Senior Open Championship, a senior major golf championship. It was held on 27–30 July at Turnberry Golf Resort in South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was the fourth Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship. Loren Roberts won the championship in a playoff over Eduardo Romero. It was Roberts' second senior major championship victory. Venue The Ailsa Course at Turnberry, situated 80 kilometers south of Glasgow, Scotland, on headland along the Firth of Clyde, overlooking the Isle of Arran and Ailsa Craig, was initially opened with 13 holes in 1901, designed by Willie Fernie, and later completed to 18 holes. It was redesigned by Mackenzie Ross between 1949 and 1951. The course has hosted the Senior Open Championship four times, including the 2006 tournament. It has also h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Cochran
Russell Earl Cochran (born October 31, 1958) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour Champions, having previously been a member on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He is one of the few natural left-handed players to win a PGA Tour event. For much of the 1980s through 1992, he was the only left-hander on the PGA Tour. Cochran was born, raised and has lived most of his life in Paducah, Kentucky. He grew up playing on Paxton Park Public Golf Course in Paducah, as did fellow PGA Tour player Kenny Perry, who came along a couple years later. After graduating from St. Mary High School in Paducah, he attended the University of Kentucky and was a member of the golf team. He turned pro in 1979 and joined the PGA Tour in 1982. Cochran has about 60 top-10 finishes in official PGA Tour events including a victory at the 1991 Centel Western Open when he made up seven shots over eight holes to beat Greg Norman. His career year was 1991, when in addition to his win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Senior Open Championship
The 2011 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 25th Senior Open Championship, held on 21–24 July at Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton on the Hill, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. It was the 9th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship. Russ Cochran won two strokes ahead of Mark Calcavecchia. It was Cochran's first senior major championship victory. Defending champion Bernhard Langer finished tied 12th, eight strokes behind the winner. Venue The Walton Heath Golf Club, founded in 1903 and situated in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England, southwest of London, had previously hosted the 1981 Ryder Cup. Its Old Course was designed by Herbert Fowler. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at Walton Heath. Course layout Source: Field The field consisted of 144 competitors; 141 professionals and three amateurs. 18-hole stroke play qualifying rounds were held on three venues on Monday, 18 July, for players who w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Watson (golfer)
Thomas Sturges Watson (born September 4, 1949) is an American retired professional golfer on the PGA Tour Champions, formerly on the PGA Tour. In the 1970s and 1980s, Watson was one of the leading golf players in the world, winning eight major championships and heading the PGA Tour money list five times. He was the number one player in the world according to McCormack's World Golf Rankings from 1978 until 1982; in both 1983 and 1984, he was ranked second behind Seve Ballesteros. He also spent 32 weeks in the top 10 of the successor Sony Rankings in their debut in 1986. Watson is also notable for his longevity: at nearly sixty years of age, and 26 years after his last major championship victory, he led after the second and third rounds of The Open Championship in 2009, but lost in a four-hole playoff. With a chance to win the tournament with par on the 72nd hole, he missed an putt, then lost to Stewart Cink in the playoff. Several of Watson's major victories came at the expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Senior Open Championship
The 2007 Senior Open Championship, for sponsorship reasons named The Senior Open Championship presented by Aberdeen Asset Management, was a senior major golf championship and the 21st Senior Open Championship, held from 26 to 29 July at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the fifth Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship. Tom Watson won by one stroke over Stewart Ginn and Mark O'Meara to win his third Senior British Open title. The 2007 event was Watson's fifth senior major championship victory. Venue The club based at Muirfield, The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, was founded in 1744, being the oldest golf club in the world. The course, built in 1891 and designed by Old Tom Morris, had previously hosted The Open Championship 15 times, in 1980 won by Tom Watson. Source: Field The field of 144 competitors comprised138 professionals and six amateurs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Senior British Open Championship
The 2005 Senior British Open Championship, for sponsor reasons named Senior British Open Championship presented by Aberdeen Asset Management, was a senior major golf championship and the 19th Senior Open Championship, held from 21 to 24 July at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was the third Senior British Open Championship played as a senior major championship. Tom Watson won in a playoff for the title over Des Smyth to win his second Senior British Open title. The 2005 event was Watson's fourth senior major championship victory. Venue The 2005 event was the first Senior Open Championship played at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club. It took place at the clubs Balgownie Course, opened in 1888 and originally designed by Archie Simpson and Robert Simpson but later re-bunkered and lengthened by James Braid. Course layout Field The field of 144 competitors consisted of 137 professionals and seven amateurs. 18-hole stroke play qualifying rounds were h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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