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U.S. Senior Open
One of the five major championships in senior golf
One of the five major championships in senior golf
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | U.S. Senior Open |
| image | The logo of the 2025 U.S. Senior Open.jpeg |
| image_size | 250 |
| location | Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
| establishment | 1980 |
| course | Broadmoor Golf Club |
| par | 70 |
| yardage | 7247 yd |
| org | USGA |
| tour | PGA Tour Champions |
| European Senior Tour | |
| format | Stroke play |
| purse | |
| month_played | June |
| aggregate | 261 Steve Stricker (2019) |
| to-par | −20 Fred Funk (2009) |
| current_champion | IRL Pádraig Harrington |
| map | USA#USA Colorado |
| map_label | Broadmoor GC |
| map_caption | Location in the United States##Location in Colorado |
| map_relief | yes |
| map_size | 200 |
| coordinates |
European Senior Tour | to-par = −20 Fred Funk (2009) The U.S. Senior Open is one of the five major championships in senior golf, introduced in 1980. 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, 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 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 in 2023, winning at the age of 65 years 10 months.
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. 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.
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.
- 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 Japan Seniors Tour 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 | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | Purse | |||||||
| ($) | Winner's | ||||||||
| share ($) | Venue | Location | |||||||
| 2025 | IRL Pádraig Harrington (2) | 269 | −11 | 1 stroke | USA Stewart Cink | 4,000,000 | 800,000 | Broadmoor (East Course) | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 2024 | ENG Richard Bland | 267 | −13 | Playoff | JPN Hiroyuki Fujita | 4,000,000 | 720,000 | Newport | Newport, Rhode Island |
| 2023 | DEU Bernhard Langer (2) | 277 | −7 | 2 strokes | USA Steve Stricker | 4,000,000 | 720,000 | SentryWorld | Stevens Point, Wisconsin |
| 2022 | IRL Pádraig Harrington | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | USA Steve Stricker | 4,000,000 | 720,000 | Saucon Valley | |
| (Old Course) | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | ||||||||
| 2021 | USA Jim Furyk | 273 | −7 | 3 strokes | ZAF Retief Goosen | ||||
| CAN Mike Weir | 4,000,000 | 720,000 | Omaha | Omaha, Nebraska | |||||
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
| 2019 | USA Steve Stricker | 261 | −19 | 6 strokes | USA Jerry Kelly | ||||
| USA David Toms | 4,000,000 | 720,000 | Warren Golf Course | ||||||
| U of Notre Dame | South Bend, Indiana | ||||||||
| 2018 | USA David Toms | 277 | −3 | 1 stroke | ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez | ||||
| USA Jerry Kelly | |||||||||
| USA Tim Petrovic | 4,000,000 | 720,000 | Broadmoor (East Course) | Colorado Springs, Colorado | |||||
| 2017 | USA Kenny Perry (2) | 264 | −16 | 2 strokes | USA Kirk Triplett | 4,000,000 | 720,000 | Salem | Peabody, Massachusetts |
| 2016 | USA Gene Sauers | 277 | −3 | 1 stroke | ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez | ||||
| USA Billy Mayfair | 3,750,000 | 675,000 | Scioto | Upper Arlington, Ohio | |||||
| 2015 | USA Jeff Maggert | 270 | −10 | 2 strokes | SCO Colin Montgomerie | 3,750,000 | 675,000 | Del Paso | Sacramento, California |
| 2014 | SCO Colin Montgomerie | 279 | −5 | Playoff | USA Gene Sauers | 3,500,000 | 630,000 | Oak Tree National | Edmond, Oklahoma |
| 2013 | USA Kenny Perry | 267 | −13 | 5 strokes | USA Fred Funk | 2,750,000 | 500,000 | Omaha | Omaha, Nebraska |
| 2012 | ENG Roger Chapman | 270 | −10 | 2 strokes | USA Fred Funk | ||||
| DEU Bernhard Langer | |||||||||
| USA Tom Lehman | |||||||||
| USA Corey Pavin | 2,750,000 | 500,000 | Indianwood | Lake Orion, Michigan | |||||
| 2011 | USA Olin Browne | 269 | −15 | 3 strokes | USA Mark O'Meara | 2,750,000 | 500,000 | Inverness Club | Toledo, Ohio |
| 2010 | GER Bernhard Langer | 272 | −8 | 3 strokes | USA Fred Couples | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Sahalee | Sammamish, Washington |
| 2009 | USA Fred Funk | 268 | −20 | 6 strokes | USA Joey Sindelar | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Crooked Stick | Carmel, Indiana |
| 2008 | ARG Eduardo Romero | 274 | −6 | 4 strokes | USA Fred Funk | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Broadmoor (East Course) | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| 2007 | USA Brad Bryant | 282 | −6 | 3 strokes | USA Ben Crenshaw | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Whistling Straits | |
| (Straits Course) | Haven, Wisconsin | ||||||||
| 2006 | USA Allen Doyle (2) | 272 | −8 | 2 strokes | USA Tom Watson | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Prairie Dunes | Hutchinson, Kansas |
| 2005 | USA Allen Doyle | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | USA Loren Roberts | ||||
| USA D. A. Weibring | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | NCR | ||||||
| (South Course) | Kettering, Ohio | ||||||||
| 2004 | USA Peter Jacobsen | 272 | −12 | 1 stroke | USA Hale Irwin | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Bellerive | St. Louis, Missouri |
| 2003 | USA Bruce Lietzke | 277 | −7 | 2 strokes | USA Tom Watson | 2,600,000 | 470,000 | Inverness Club | Toledo, Ohio |
| 2002 | USA Don Pooley | 274 | −10 | Playoff | USA Tom Watson | 2,500,000 | 450,000 | Caves Valley | Owings Mills, Maryland |
| 2001 | USA Bruce Fleisher | 280 | E | 1 stroke | JPN Isao Aoki | ||||
| USA Gil Morgan | 2,400,000 | 430,000 | Salem | Peabody, Massachusetts | |||||
| 2000 | USA Hale Irwin (2) | 267 | −17 | 3 strokes | USA Bruce Fleisher | 2,250,000 | 400,000 | Saucon Valley | |
| (Old Course) | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | ||||||||
| 1999 | USA Dave Eichelberger | 281 | −7 | 3 strokes | USA Ed Dougherty | 1,750,000 | 315,000 | Des Moines | West Des Moines, Iowa |
| 1998 | USA Hale Irwin | 285 | +1 | 1 stroke | ARG Vicente Fernández | 1,500,000 | 267,500 | Riviera | Pacific Palisades, California |
| 1997 | AUS Graham Marsh | 280 | E | 1 stroke | ZAF John Bland | 1,300,000 | 232,500 | Olympia Fields | |
| (North Course) | Olympia Fields, Illinois | ||||||||
| 1996 | USA Dave Stockton | 277 | −11 | 2 strokes | USA Hale Irwin | 1,200,000 | 212,500 | Canterbury | Beachwood, Ohio |
| 1995 | USA Tom Weiskopf | 275 | −13 | 4 strokes | USA Jack Nicklaus | 1,000,000 | 175,000 | Congressional | |
| (Blue Course) | Bethesda, Maryland | ||||||||
| 1994 | ZAF Simon Hobday | 274 | −10 | 1 stroke | USA Jim Albus | ||||
| AUS Graham Marsh | 800,000 | 145,000 | Pinehurst Resort | ||||||
| (No. 2 Course) | Pinehurst, North Carolina | ||||||||
| 1993 | USA Jack Nicklaus (2) | 278 | −6 | 1 stroke | USA Tom Weiskopf | 700,000 | 135,330 | Cherry Hills | Cherry Hills Village, Colorado |
| 1992 | USA Larry Laoretti | 275 | −9 | 4 strokes | USA Jim Colbert | 700,000 | 130,000 | Saucon Valley | |
| (Old Course) | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | ||||||||
| 1991 | USA Jack Nicklaus | 282 | +2 | Playoff | USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 600,000 | 110,000 | Oakland Hills | |
| (South Course) | Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan | ||||||||
| 1990 | USA Lee Trevino | 275 | −13 | 2 strokes | USA Jack Nicklaus | 500,000 | 90,000 | Ridgewood | Paramus, New Jersey |
| 1989 | USA Orville Moody | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | USA Frank Beard | 450,000 | 80,000 | Laurel Valley | Ligonier, Pennsylvania |
| 1988 | ZAF Gary Player (2) | 288 | E | Playoff | NZL Bob Charles | 400,000 | 65,000 | Medinah | |
| (Course No. 3) | Medinah, Illinois | ||||||||
| 1987 | ZAF Gary Player | 270 | −14 | 6 strokes | USA Doug Sanders | 300,000 | 47,000 | Brooklawn | Fairfield, Connecticut |
| 1986 | USA Dale Douglass | 279 | −5 | 1 stroke | ZAF Gary Player | 275,000 | 42,500 | Scioto | Columbus, Ohio |
| 1985 | USA Miller Barber (3) | 285 | −3 | 4 strokes | ARG Roberto De Vicenzo | 225,000 | 40,199 | Edgewood Tahoe | Stateline, Nevada |
| 1984 | USA Miller Barber (2) | 286 | +6 | 2 strokes | USA Arnold Palmer | 200,000 | 36,448 | Oak Hill | |
| (East Course) | Pittsford, New York | ||||||||
| 1983 | USA Billy Casper | 288 | +4 | Playoff | USA Rod Funseth | 175,000 | 30,566 | Hazeltine National | Chaska, Minnesota |
| 1982 | USA Miller Barber | 282 | −2 | 4 strokes | USA Gene Littler | ||||
| USA Dan Sikes | 150,000 | 28,648 | Portland | Portland, Oregon | |||||
| 1981 | USA Arnold Palmer | 289 | +9 | Playoff | USA Billy Casper | ||||
| USA Bob Stone | 149,000 | 26,000 | Oakland Hills | ||||||
| (South Course) | Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan | ||||||||
| 1980 | ARG Roberto De Vicenzo | 285 | +1 | 4 strokes | USA William C. Campbell (a) | 100,000 | 20,000 | Winged Foot | |
| (East Course) | Mamaroneck, New York |
Multiple winners
Seven 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)
- Bernhard Langer (2010, 2023)
- Pádraig Harrington (2022, 2025)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Future sites
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References
References
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- (July 8, 1981). "Seniors tee it up in the US Senior Open". Nashua Telegraph.
- (July 2, 2023). "65-year-old Bernhard Langer wins the US Senior Open to break the Champions' victory record". Washington Post.
- (February 26, 2018). "U.S. Open abandons 18 holes for 2-hole playoff". ESPN.
- (July 30, 1991). "Nicklaus' 65 beats Rodriguez". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- "2014 U.S. Senior Open Entry Form". USGA.
- Barrett, Scott. (April 6, 2020). "U.S. Senior Open at Newport County Club canceled". The Newport Daily News.
- Altstadter, Jeff. (April 6, 2020). "2020 U.S. Senior Open, U.S. Senior Women's Open Canceled". USGA.
- "U.S. Senior Open: Future Sites".
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