44th U.S. Senior Open Championship at a Glance

HISTORY – This is the 44th U.S. Senior Open Championship. The inaugural U.S. Senior Open, played in 1980, was conducted for golfers 55 and older. The next year, the USGA lowered the minimum age to 50.

Miller Barber captured the first of his three U.S. Senior Open titles in 1982 – he also won in 1984 and 1985. The U.S. Senior Open has six two-time champions: Gary Player (1987, 1988), Jack Nicklaus (1991, 1993), Hale Irwin (1998, 2000), Allen Doyle (2005, 2006), Kenny Perry (2013, 2017), and Bernhard Langer (2010, 2023). Doyle became the championship’s oldest winner in 2006 at the age of 57 years, 11 months, 14 days, until he was surpassed by Langer (65 years, 10 months, 6 days) last year.

The youngest champion is Dale Douglass, who won in 1986 at the age of 50 years, 3 months, 24 days.

1,000 AND ONE USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS – The USGA conducted its 1,000th championship with the playing of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club’s Course No. 2. The first was held at Newport (R.I.) Country Club when Charles B. Macdonald won the 1895 U.S. Amateur. The U.S. Open, played over 36 holes in one day, followed with English-born Newport assistant professional Horace Rawlins claiming the title. The next set of 1,000 championships begins where it all started when this week’s U.S. Senior Open is held at Newport Country Club. There have been 738 champions, which includes 161 multiple winners (87 men, 74 women) and 131 international-born titleholders prior to this week. Bob Jones and Tiger Woods are the all-time individual leaders with nine championships. JoAnne (Gunderson) Carner has won the most championships by a woman with eight.

Notable U.S. Senior Open Championships

#448 - 1981 U.S. Senior Open – Arnold Palmer became the second golfer at the time to win three different USGA championships by outlasting Bob Stone and Billy Casper in an 18-hole playoff.

#496 - 1985 U.S. Senior Open – Miller Barber won his third U.S. Senior Open by four strokes over 1980 champion Roberto De Vicenzo and remains the only three-time champion.

#598 - 1993 U.S. Senior Open – Jack Nicklaus won his second U.S. Senior Open when he defeated Tom Weiskopf, an old rival and fellow Ohio State alumus, by one stroke. Nicklaus would go on to win eight senior major titles.

#688 - 2000 U.S. Senior Open – Hale Irwin captured his fifth USGA championship with his second U.S. Senior Open victory. At the time he produced a record-setting 72-hole result at 17 under par.

#985 - 2023 U.S. Senior Open – Bernhard Langer became the oldest player (age 65) to win the U.S. Senior Open and broke Irwin’s record for most PGA Tour Champions victories (46).

WHO’S HERE – Among the 156 golfers in the 2024 U.S. Senior Open field, there are:

U.S. Senior Open champions (11): Olin Browne (2011), Fred Funk (2009), Jim Furyk (2021), Padraig Harrington (2022), Bernhard Langer (2010, ‘23), Jeff Maggert (2015), Colin Montgomerie (2014), Kenny Perry (2013, ’17), Gene Sauers (2016), Steve Stricker (2019) and David Toms (2018)

U.S. Senior Open runners-up (12): Fred Funk (2008, ’12, ‘13), Retief Goosen (2021), Miguel Angel Jimenez (2016, ‘18), Bernhard Langer (2012), Tom Lehman (2012), Colin Montgomerie (2015), Tim Petrovic (2018), David Toms (2019), Gene Sauers (2014), Steve Stricker (2022, 2023), Kirk Triplett (2017) and Mike Weir (2021).

U.S. Open champions (4): Ernie Els (1994, ’97), Jim Furyk (2003), Retief Goosen (2001, ’04) and Lee Janzen (1993, ’98)

U.S. Open runners-up (7): Ernie Els (2000), Jim Furyk (2006, ’07, ‘16), Miguel Angel Jimenez (2000), Tom Lehman (1996), Rocco Mediate (2008), Colin Montgomerie (1994, ‘97, 2006) and Jeff Sluman (1992)

U.S. Amateur champions (1): Justin Leonard (1992)

U.S. Amateur runners-up (1): a-Trip Kuehne (1994)

U.S. Junior Amateur champions (3): Gary Koch (1970), Brett Quigley (1987) and Jason Widener (1988)

U.S. Mid-Amateur champions (1): a-Trip Kuehne (2007)

U.S. Mid-Amateur runners-up (1): a-Tim Hogarth (2010)

U.S. Senior Amateur champions (2): a-Bob Royak (2019), a-Todd White (2023)

U.S. Senior Amateur runners-up (1): a-Jody Fanagan (2023)

U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champions (1): a-Todd White (2015)

U.S. Amateur Public Links champions (2): David Berganio Jr. (1991, ‘93), a-Tim Hogarth (1996)

USGA champions (23): David Berganio Jr. (1991, ’93 U.S. Amateur Public Links), Olin Browne (2011 U.S. Senior Open), Ernie Els (1994, ’97 U.S. Open), Jim Furyk (2003 U.S. Open, 2021 U.S. Senior Open), Fred Funk (2009 U.S. Senior Open), Retief Goosen (2001, ’04 U.S. Open), Padraig Harrington (2022 U.S. Senior Open), a-Tim Hogarth (1996 U.S. Amateur Public Links), Lee Janzen (1993, ’98 U.S. Open), Gary Koch (1970 U.S. Junior Amateur), a-Trip Kuehne (2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur), Bernhard Langer (2010, ‘23 U.S. Senior Open), Justin Leonard (1992 U.S. Amateur), Jeff Maggert (2015 U.S. Senior Open), Colin Montgomerie (2014 U.S. Senior Open), Kenny Perry (2013, ’17 U.S. Senior Open), Brett Quigley (1987 U.S. Junior Amateur), a-Bob Royak (2019 U.S. Senior Amateur), Gene Sauers (2016 U.S. Senior Open), Steve Stricker (2019 U.S. Senior Open), David Toms (2018 U.S. Senior Open), a-Todd White (2015 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball, 2023 U.S. Senior Amateur), Jason Widener (1988 U.S. Junior Amateur)

Walker Cup Team Members:

United States (12): Billy Andrade (1987), Notah Begay III (1995), David Berganio Jr. (1993), Brian Gay (1993), Jay Haas (1975), Gary Koch (1973, ’75), a-Trip Kuehne (1995, 2003, ’07), Justin Leonard (1993), Bob May (1991), Chris Riley (1995), Duffy Waldorf (1985) and a-Todd White (2013)

Great Britain & Ireland (5): Peter Baker (1985), Stephen Dodd (1989), a-Jody Fanagan (1995), Padraig Harrington (1991, ’93, ’95) and Colin Montgomerie (1985, ’87)

NCAA Division I champions (3): Jim Carter (1983), Jay Haas (1975) and Justin Leonard (1994)

NCAA Division II champions (1): Lee Janzen (1986)

World Amateur Team Championship competitors (13): Steven Alker (1990, 1994, New Zealand), Stephen Ames (1986, Trinidad & Tobago), Billy Andrade (1986, USA), Thomas Bjorn (1992, Denmark), Greg Chalmers (1994, Australia), Gary Koch (1974, USA), a-Trip Kuehne (2006, USA), Justin Leonard (1992, USA), Michael Long (1990, New Zealand), Mikael Lundberg (1994, Sweden), Katsumasa Miyamoto (1992, 1994, Japan), Colin Montgomerie (1984, 1986, Great Britain & Ireland), Vijay Singh (1980, Fiji)

TOTAL U.S. SENIOR OPENS WON BY 2024 CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD (13): Olin Browne (1), Fred Funk (1), Jim Furyk (1), Padraig Harrington (1), Bernhard Langer (2), Jeff Maggert (1), Colin Montgomerie (1), Kenny Perry (2), Gene Sauers (1), Steve Stricker (1) and David Toms (1)

PLAYERS IN FIELD WITH MOST U.S. SENIOR OPEN APPEARANCES (2024 included) – Jay Haas (18), Fred Funk (16), Bernhard Langer (16) and Jeff Sluman (16)

ACTIVE CONSECUTIVE U.S. SENIOR OPEN APPEARANCES (2024 included) – Bernhard Langer (16), and Jeff Sluman (16)

CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD – The USGA accepted 3,019 entries in 2024, the third-highest total in championship history. John Kelley, a 59-year-old amateur from Polson, Mont., submitted his entry 1 minute, 57 seconds before the deadline of 5 p.m. EDT on May 1. Matt Schalk, a 53-year-old professional from Erie, Colo., was the first entrant on Feb. 20. Lawrence Clemons, a professional from Bath Township, Mich., was the oldest entrant at age 74.

The 156-player field includes 78 fully exempt golfers, 11 of whom are U.S. Senior Open champions. Qualifying was played over 18 holes at 33 sites across the United States between May 13 and June 5. There were qualifying sites in 24 states, including five in California and three each in Florida and Texas.

The USGA accepted entries from golfers in all 50 U.S. states, including 31 from host state Rhode Island, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 43 foreign countries.

AMATEURS – There are 19 amateurs in the 156-player field, the lowest total since 2014. Todd White, last year’s U.S. Senior Amateur champion, is among this group.

Todd White won his second USGA championship with a 4-and-3 victory over Jody Fanagan in the 2023 U.S. Senior Amateur at Martis Camp Club, in Truckee, Calif. White, 56, of Spartanburg, S.C., is a high school history teacher who previously won the inaugural U.S. Amateur Four-Ball in 2015 with partner Nathan Smith. White, a member of the victorious 2013 USA Walker Cup Team, will be competing in his 38th USGA championship.

Fanagan, 58, of the Republic of Ireland, reached the U.S. Senior Amateur final after making his first start in the championship. He was the first international finalist in the championship’s history. The runner-up in the 2023 European Senior, Fanagan posted a 3-0 record in the 1995 Walker Cup as Great Britain and Ireland defeated the USA, 14-10, at Royal Porthcawl in Wales. He partnered with 2022 U.S. Senior Open winner Padraig Harrington for two wins in foursomes. He serves as director of Fanagan Funeral Directors

Mark Strickland was the low amateur in last year’s U.S. Senior Open when he tied for 42nd at SentryWorld. Strickland, 55, of San Diego, Calif., has competed in seven different USGA championships. He will play in his third U.S. Senior Open and 22nd USGA championship.
 

Trip Kuehne, 52, of Dallas, Texas, is a member of a championship golf family. He won the 2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur, played on three USA Walker Cup Teams and was runner-up to Tiger Woods in the 1994 U.S. Amateur. Kuehne caddied for his brother, Hank, when Hank captured the 1998 U.S. Amateur, and his sister, Kelli, claimed two U.S. Women’s Amateur titles (1995, 1996) as well as the 1994 U.S. Girls’ Junior. He owns an investment firm.

Bob Royak won the 2019 U.S. Senior Amateur when he defeated Roger Newsom, 1 up, in the final at Old Chatham Golf Club in Durham, N.C. The 62-year-old from Alpharetta, Ga., is playing in his fourth U.S. Senior Open. The 2023 U.S. Senior Amateur semifinalist is the vice-president of an executive search firm.

Tim Hogarth, 58, of Northridge, Calif., claimed the 1996 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, defeating Jeff Thomas, 8 and 7, at Wailua Golf Course, in Lihue, Hawaii, and was the runner-up to Nathan Smith in the 2010 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Atlantic Golf Club, in Southampton, N.Y. He is playing in his sixth U.S. Senior Open and 38th USGA championship.

Note: There were 24 amateurs in the 2023 U.S. Senior Open at SentryWorld and two made the 36-hole cut. Three-time USGA champion William C. (Bill) Campbell (1980) and two-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Tim Jackson (2009) are the only amateurs to hold the lead at a U.S. Senior Open through 36 holes. 

Amateurs in Senior Open

QUALIFIERS – Duffy Waldorf, who has won four PGA Tour events and registered two PGA Tour Champions victories, is among the 78 U.S. Senior Open qualifiers.

Waldorf, 61, of Rensselaer, Ind., advanced to this year’s championship when he was co-medalist with a 67 in the Oconomowoc, Wis., qualifier on June 4. He will be competing in his ninth U.S. Senior Open, with his best finish a tie for ninth in 2013 at Omaha (Neb.) Country Club.

Ted Tryba, 57, of Orlando, Fla., and Glen Day, 58, of Little Rock, Ark., have also recorded PGA Tour victories. Tryba, who won twice, including the 1999 FedEx St. Jude Classic, fired a 5-under 66 and made eight birdies as the co-medalist in the Hot Springs, Va., qualifier on June 3. Day, who captured the 1999 MCI Classic in a playoff over Jeff Sluman and Payne Stewart, qualified at Cherokee Town & Country Club, in Atlanta, Ga., on May 14. Mikael Lundberg, 50, of Sweden, also moved forward through qualifying in Atlanta. He owns 11 professional victories, including wins in three DP World Tour events.

Bob May, 55, of Las Vegas, Nev., will compete in his third U.S. Senior open and 13th USGA championship after qualifying at Newport Beach (Calif.) Country Club on May 13. May turned in a great run of major championship results in 2000, which was capped by a runner-up finish in the PGA Championship when he lost to Tiger Woods in a three-hole aggregate playoff at Valhalla Golf Club, in Louisville, Ky.

Fran Quinn, 59, of Holden, Mass., has posted two top-20s in his previous three U.S. Senior Open starts. He was the medalist with a 69 in the Franklin, Mass., qualifier on May 21, which is 60 miles northeast of Newport Country Club. Quinn won four times on the Korn Ferry Tour and was victorious in the 1990 Massachusetts Open and 1997 New Hampshire Open. He also was the oldest qualifier in the 2022 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.

Note: In 2002, Don Pooley became the only player to win the U.S. Senior Open as a qualifier.

Qualifiers in Senior Open

QUALIFYING HISTORY           

Mathew Goggin, who will play in his first U.S. Senior Open, tied the lowest score in the championship’s qualifying history with a 7-under-par 63 on May 30. Goggin, an Australian who competed in four U.S. Opens, had nine birdies at Florence (S.C.) Country Club in matching a score held by three other players. In 2018, Kent Jones carded a bogey-free 63 in the Santa Fe, N.M., qualifier. He had one eagle and seven birdies at Las Campanas (Sunset Course). Leonard Thompson fired a 63 at Florence (S.C.) Country Club in 2006 and Jimmy Blanks shot the same score at Grenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort, in Haines City, Fla., in 1996. Eric Axley, who will also compete in his first U.S. Senior Open, carded an 8-under 64 in the Oak Ridge, Tenn., qualifier on June 3 to make this year’s field.

U.S. Senior Open Qualifying Low Scores (Since 1980)

63, Mathew Goggin, 2024 (Florence S.C.; Florence C.C.)

63, Kent Jones, 2018 (The Club at Las Campanas; Santa Fe, N.M.)

63, Leonard Thompson, 2006 (Florence, S.C.; Florence C.C.)

63, Jimmy Blanks, 1996 (Haines City, Fla.; Grenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort)

64, Eric Axley, 2024 (Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Oak Ridge C.C.)

64, Clark Dennis, 2017 (Dallas, Texas; Las Colinas Country Club)

64, Brad Lardon, 2016 (The Woodlands, Texas; Club at Carlton Woods / Nicklaus Course)

64, Bill Harvey, 2014 (Albuquerque, N.M.; Albuquerque C.C.)

64, a-Bert Atkinson, 2009 (Florence, S.C.; Florence C.C.)

64, Steve Haskins, 2009 (Albuquerque, N.M.; Albuquerque C.C.)

64, Wesley Burton, 2007 (Boynton Beach, Fla.; Quail Ridge C.C. / North Course)

64, Rod Souza, 2004 (Copperopolis, Calif.; Saddle Creek C.C.)

64, Robert Gaona, 2002 (Goodyear, Ariz.; Tuscany Falls C.C.)

64, Dick McClean, 2001 (Redlands, Calif.; Redlands C.C.)

64, Steve Moreland, 2000 (Charlotte, N.C.; Cedarwood C.C.)

2024 U.S. SENIOR OPEN NOTES

►Newport Country Club is one of the five founding members of the USGA, which was formed on Dec. 22, 1894

►Theodore A. Havemeyer, the co-founder of Newport Country Club, was the USGA’s first president; the Havemeyer Trophy is given annually to the U.S. Amateur champion

►Newport Country Club was the site of the inaugural U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open in 1895

►In 1995, the U.S. Amateur returned to Newport Country Club as part of the USGA’s centennial celebration

►The 44th U.S. Senior Open is the 10th USGA championship to be conducted in the state of Rhode Island

►This will be the fourth time the U.S. Senior Open Championship is held in New England

►Newport Country Club will become the sixth club to have hosted a U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, U.S. Women’s Open and U.S. Senior Open

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT NEWPORT COUNTRY CLUB

This will be the first U.S. Senior Open and fifth USGA championship to be conducted at Newport Country Club.
 

The USGA initiated its first championship with the playing of the U.S. Amateur on Oct. 1-3, 1895. The championship was played entirely at match play, with no qualifying and a field of 32 competitors. Charles B. Macdonald defeated Charles E. Sands, 12 and 11, in the final.

The first U.S. Open was held one day later on Oct. 4 on the same Newport course that hosted the U.S. Amateur. The championship was originally scheduled for September but was postponed due to a conflict with the America’s Cup yacht races. Ten professionals and one amateur started the 36-hole, one-day competition. Horace Rawlins won by two strokes over Willie Dunn. Rawlins, a 21-year-old English professional, had come to the U.S. in January to be an assistant at Newport.

Tiger Woods captured the second of three consecutive U.S. Amateur Championships in 1995 with a 2-up victory over George “Buddy” Marucci Jr. Woods became the ninth player to win consecutive Amateurs and the first since Jay Sigel in 1982-83. Marucci, a 43-year-old auto dealer, held a 3-up lead through 12 holes in the morning round but the players were tied following 27 holes in the afternoon. Woods, a 19-year-old rising sophomore at Stanford University, made four birdies the rest of the way. He put an exclamation point on the victory when his 140-yard, 8-iron approach on the 36th hole spun back to within 16 inches.

In 2006, Annika Sorenstam claimed her third U.S. Women’s Open and first since 1996 when she defeated Pat Hurst by four strokes in an 18-hole playoff to decide the championship. Sorenstam shot a 1-under-par 70 to Hurst’s 3-over 74. The two competitors, who played 36 holes the previous day due to weather delays, stood tied at even-par 284 following 72 holes. Sorenstam rolled in a 6-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole, the par-5 first, while Hurst three-putted from 60 feet for a bogey from the fringe. The Swede took firm control with an 8-foot birdie on the third hole.

2024 U.S. Senior Open Players Who Competed in 1995 U.S. Amateur (6): Craig Barlow (FQ), Notah Begay III (Rd. 32), Mathew Goggin (Rd. 16), a-Trip Kuehne (Rd. 32), a-Christian Raynor (FQ), Chris Riley (Rd. 16)

Note – 53 players who were 1995 U.S. Amateur competitors attempted to qualify for the 2024 U.S. Senior Open

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT NEWPORT COUNTRY CLUB

1895 U.S. Amateur: Charles Blair Macdonald def. Charles E. Sanders, 12 and 11
1895 U.S. Open: Horace Rawlins by two strokes over Willie Dunn (173-175)

1995 U.S. Amateur: Tiger Woods def. George “Buddy” Marucci Jr., 2 up

2006 U.S. Women’s Open: Annika Sorenstam def. Pat Hurst (284-70-284-74)

OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS AT NEWPORT COUNTRY CLUB

Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am (PGA Tour Champions)           

1982: Billy Casper def Bob Toski, 206-206 (4th playoff hole)

1983: Miller Barber by five strokes over Gay Brewer, 200-205

1984: Roberto De Vicenzo by two strokes over Gardner Dickinson, 205-207

1985: Lee Elder def. Peter Thomson, 133-133* (1st playoff hole)

*shortened to 36 holes due to rain

USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN RHODE ISLAND
This will be the 10th USGA championship played in Rhode Island and the first U.S. Senior Open contested in the state. In 2011, Danielle Kang won her second consecutive U.S. Women’s Amateur title at Rhode Island Country Club, in Barrington.
 

USGA/Rhode Island Championships (champion in parenthesis)

1895 U.S. Amateur, Newport C.C., Newport (Charles Blair Macdonald)

1895 U.S. Open, Newport C.C., Newport (Horace Rawlins)

1924 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Rhode Island C.C., Barrington (Dorothy Campbell Hurd)

1953 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Rhode Island C.C., Barrington (Mary Lena Faulk)

1975 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, Rhode Island C.C., Barrington (Alberta Bower)

1987 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Rhode Island C.C., Barrington (Kay Cockerill)

1995 U.S. Amateur, Newport C.C., Newport (Tiger Woods)

2006 U.S. Women’s Open, Newport C.C., Newport (Annika Sorenstam)

2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Rhode Island C.C., Barrington (Danielle Kang)

HOLE BY HOLE – Newport Country Club will be set up at 7,024 yards and will play to a par of 35-35–70. The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions.

COURSE RATING AND SLOPE – Based on the course setup for the championship, the Course Rating™ is 76.1. The Slope Rating® is 139.

THE COURSE – William F. Davis designed Newport Country Club as a nine-hole layout in 1894, and the course was expanded to 18 holes five years later. In 1923, A.W. Tillinghast remodeled the course, which sits on the southern end of Newport. Ron Forse supervised a restoration in 2005. The Beaux Arts-style clubhouse, which was designed by architect Whitney Warren, overlooks Brenton Point.

A U.S. Senior Open will feature consecutive par 3s for the first time. This has happened twice in a U.S. Open since World War I. In 1923, Inwood (N.Y.) Country Club featured back-to-back par 3s on Nos. 6 and 7. Holes 2 and 3 were par 3s in 1947 at St. Louis (Mo.) Country Club. 

LONGEST U.S. SENIOR OPEN COURSES

7,269 yards, Crooked Stick G.C., second round, Carmel, Ind. 2009

7,249 yards, The Broadmoor (East Course), first round, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2018

7,248 yards, The Broadmoor (East Course), fourth round, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2008

7,241 yards, Crooked Stick G.C., first round, Carmel, Ind., 2009

7,223 yards, Crooked Stick G.C., fourth round, Carmel, Ind., 2009

7,217 yards, The Broadmoor (East Course), first round, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2008

7,208 yards, Crooked Stick G.C., third round, Carmel, Ind., 2009

7,192 yards, The Broadmoor (East Course), third round, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2008

7,185 yards, The Broadmoor (East Course), fourth round, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2018

7,164 yards, Inverness Club, fourth round, Toledo, Ohio, 2011

7,156 yards, The Broadmoor (East Course), third round, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2018

LONG HOLES – The Warren Course at Notre Dame featured the longest par 3 in 2019, the 250-yard fifth hole in the fourth round. The Broadmoor’s 12th hole on the East Course is the second-longest and played to 244 yards in the first round of the 2008 championship. Newport’s 13th hole could be among the longest par 3s based on course setup.

LONGEST PAR 3s IN U.S. SENIOR OPEN HISTORY

250 yards, 5th, first round, Warren Course at Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., 2019
244 yards, 12th, first round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2008

240 yards, 5th, first round, Warren Course at Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., 2019

240 yards, 3rd, second round, Omaha (Neb.) C.C., 2021

239 yards, 12th, third round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2008

238 yards, 12th, first round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2018

237 yards, 14th, third round, Scioto C.C., Columbus, Ohio, 2016

235 yards, 15th, second round, Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio, 2011

235 yards, 3rd, third round, Omaha (Neb.) C.C., 2021

234 yards, 17th, fourth round, Del Paso C.C., Sacramento, Calif., 2015

LONGEST PAR 4s IN U.S. SENIOR OPEN HISTORY

559 yards, 17th, first round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2018
545 yards, 17th, second round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2008

545 yards, 17th, third round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2008

538 yards, 17th, second round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2018

532 yards, 17th, fourth round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2018

517 yards, 17th, third round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2018

510 yards, 17th, first round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2008

503 yards, 10th, first round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2018

502 yards, 10th, fourth round, Omaha (Neb.) C.C., 2013

502 yards, 10th, second round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2018

LONGEST PAR 5s IN U.S. SENIOR OPEN HISTORY

627 yards, 15th, third round, Del Paso C.C., Sacramento, Calif., 2015
623 yards, 12th, second round, Saucon Valley C.C. (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pa. 2022

619 yards, 12th, fourth round, Saucon Valley C.C. (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pa. 2022

608 yards, 7th, Brooklawn Country Club, Fairfield, Conn., 1987

608 yards, 6th, Canterbury Golf Club, Beachwood, Ohio, 1996

608 yards, 3rd, first round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2018

608 yards, 3rd, fourth round, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo., 2018

608 yards, 12th, third round, Saucon Valley C.C. (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pa. 2022

604 yards, 15th, first round, Del Paso Country Club, Sacramento, Calif., 2015

604 yards, 12th, first round, Saucon Valley C.C. (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pa. 2022

THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED IN THE SENIOR OPEN –

Bernhard Langer – the last international winner (2023)
Allen Doyle – the last to defend title successfully (2006)

Padraig Harrington – the last to win on his first attempt (2022)

David Toms – the last to win on his second attempt (2018)

Olin Browne – the last start-to-finish winner with no ties (2011)

Hale Irwin – the last winner to birdie the 72nd hole to win by one stroke (1998)

Gary Player – the last winner without a round in the 60s (1988)

Steve Stricker – the last winner with all rounds in the 60s (2019)

Gene Sauers – the last defending champion to miss the cut (2017)

Don Pooley – the last winner to come through final qualifying (2002)

FUTURE SITES IN THIS DECADE        

June 26-29, 2025: The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo.

2026: Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio

2027: Oak Tree National, Edmond, Okla.

2028: Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Ind.

2029: Prairie Dunes Country Club, Hutchinson, Kan.

PAST SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONS – Since the U.S. Senior Open began in 1980, three players have successfully defended their title: Miller Barber (1984-’85), Gary Player (1987-’88) and Allen Doyle (2005-’06). In 2018, David Toms became the second player to win the championship after missing the cut the previous year.

In Defense of the Senior Open

WHAT THE CHAMPION RECEIVES

Among the benefits the 2024 U.S. Senior Open champion receives are:

►A gold medal and custody of the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy for the ensuing year

►An exemption from qualifying for the 2025 U.S. Open Championship at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club

►An exemption from qualifying for the next 10 U.S. Senior Open Championships

SENIOR MAJOR CHAMPIONS – Steve Stricker won three senior major championships and was runner-up in the U.S. Senior Open during the 2023 season. Bernhard Langer has won 12 senior major professional titles, including last year’s U.S. Senior Open at SentryWorld. Langer became the all-time leader in that category with his 2017 Senior PGA Championship victory.

Winners of Recent Senior Major Championships

CAREER SENIOR MAJOR LEADERS – Bernhard Langer, who has won all five senior major professional titles, is the career leader in that category with 12. Jack Nicklaus, a two-time U.S. Senior Open champion, is second with eight senior major professional titles. Hale Irwin, who won the U.S. Senior Open in 1998 and 2000, and Steve Stricker, the 2019 U.S. Senior Open champion, are tied for third with seven senior majors.

Career Senior Major Leaders  

Number, Winners, Years of Championships

12, Bernhard Langer (2010, ’23 U.S. Senior Open; 2014, ’15, ‘16 Senior Players; 2010, ’14, ’17, ‘19 Sr. Open Champ.; 2016, ‘17 Tradition; 2017 Senior PGA)

8, Jack Nicklaus (1991, ’93 U.S. Senior Open; 1990, ’91, ’95, ’96 Tradition; 1990 Senior Players, 1991 Senior PGA)

7, Hale Irwin (1998, 2000 U.S. Senior Open; 1996, ’97, ’98, 2004 Senior PGA; 1999 Senior Players)

7, Steve Stricker (2019 U.S. Senior Open; 2019, ’22, ’23 Tradition; 2021, ‘23 Senior Players, 2023 Senior PGA)

6, Gary Player (1987, ’88 U.S. Senior Open; 1986 ‘88, ’90 Senior PGA; 1987 Senior Players)

6, Tom Watson (2003, ’05, ’07 Sr. Open Champ.; 2001, ’11 Senior PGA; 2003 Tradition)

5, Miller Barber (1982, ’84, ’85 U.S. Senior Open; 1981 Senior PGA; 1983 Senior Players)

5, Arnold Palmer (1981 U.S. Senior Open; 1980, ’84 Senior PGA; 1984, ’85 Senior Players)

4, Allen Doyle (2005, ’06 U.S. Senior Open; 1999 Senior PGA; 2001 Senior Players)

4, Raymond Floyd (1996, 2000 Senior Players; 1994 Tradition; 1995 Senior PGA)

4, Kenny Perry (2013, ‘17 U.S. Senior Open; 2013 Senior Players; 2014 Tradition)

4, Loren Roberts (2006, ’09 Sr. Open Champ.; 2005 Tradition; 2007 Senior Players)

4, Lee Trevino (1990 U.S. Senior Open; 1992, ’94 Senior PGA; 1992 Tradition)

3, Alex Cejka (2021 Tradition; 2021 Senior PGA, 2023 Sr. Open Champ.)

3, Fred Funk (2009 U.S. Senior Open; 2008, ’10 Tradition)

3, Jay Haas (2006, ’08 Senior PGA; 2009 Senior Players)

3, Tom Lehman (2011, ’12 Tradition; 2010 Senior PGA)

3, Colin Montgomerie (2014 Senior PGA; 2014 U.S. Senior Open; 2015 Senior PGA)

3, Gil Morgan (1997, ’98 Tradition; 1998 Senior Players)

3, Dave Stockton (1996 U.S. Senior Open; 1992, ’94 Senior Players)

Bold – 2024 U.S. Senior Open competitor

TELEVISION SCHEDULE                                 

The 44th U.S. Senior Open will receive at least 20 hours of broadcast coverage. Rolex is the exclusive presenting partner of coverage for six USGA Championships in 2024, including the U.S. Senior Open. Rolex’s commitment will allow an uninterrupted broadcast of these championships, providing fans with hours of continuous live action.

Led by producer Chris Maguire and director Jeff Jastrow, NBCUniversal’s production will utilize a roster of broadcasters that includes veterans Dan Hicks (anchor) and Rhode Island native Brad Faxon (analyst). Peter Jacobsen, who won the 2004 U.S. Senior Open at Bellerive Country Club, in St. Louis, Mo., will also provide analysis. Roger Maltbie, Mark Rolfing and Jimmy Roberts are also part of the broadcast team. Jacobsen, who won the Senior Open in his first attempt, has played in 17 U.S. Opens and 13 Senior Opens. Faxon, a 1983 USA Walker Cup competitor, and Maltbie competed in 20 and eight U.S. Opens, respectively.

NBC Talent Roster
►Play by Play: Dan Hicks
►Analyst: Brad Faxon / Peter Jacobsen
►On-Course: Roger Maltbie / Mark Rolfing
►Weekend Reporter: Jimmy Roberts
 

WINNERS OF U.S. OPEN & U.S. SENIOR OPEN         

Winners, Years of Championships

Billy Casper (1959, 1966 U.S. Open; 1983 U.S. Senior Open)

Jim Furyk (2003 U.S. Open; 2021 U.S. Senior Open)

Hale Irwin (1974, 1979, 1990 U.S. Open; 1998, 2000 U.S. Senior Open)

Orville Moody (1969 U.S. Open; 1989 U.S. Senior Open)

Jack Nicklaus (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980 U.S. Open; 1991, 1993 U.S. Senior Open)

Arnold Palmer (1960 U.S. Open; 1981 U.S. Senior Open)

Gary Player (1965 U.S. Open; 1987, 1988 U.S. Senior Open)

Lee Trevino (1968, 1971 U.S. Open: 1990 U.S. Senior Open)

CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY

The U.S. Senior Open, first contested in 1980, is in just its fifth decade as a USGA championship. Yet the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy is actually the oldest among the USGA’s championship trophies.

On Sept. 24, 1894, the Tuxedo Club of Tuxedo Park, N.Y., invited three other clubs to compete in the first American interclub tournament. Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Saint Andrew’s Golf Club, and The Country Club of Brookline, Mass., agreed to the challenge. All four are founding clubs of the USGA. While there is still some dispute as to which team won, the team from The Country Club, consisting of H.C. Leeds, Laurence Curtis, Robert Bacon and W.B. Thomas, returned home with the trophy. The sterling silver, hourglass-shaped cup remained in the club’s possession until the mid-1950s, when it was given to the USGA for exhibition.

In June 1980, with the USGA preparing for the inaugural U.S. Senior Open, The Country Club suggested that the trophy be used as the formal award for the championship. The cup was presented “by The Country Club and Golfers of Massachusetts,” and formally dedicated as the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy. Roberto De Vicenzo received it at Winged Foot Golf Club as the inaugural champion. A replica of the trophy, complete with engraving of the 1894 Brookline team, was produced by the USGA in 1997 and awarded to Graham Marsh at Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois. The original was then given its second and final retirement and is on display at the USGA Golf Museum in Liberty Corner, N.J.

TWO-TEE START – Play will begin at 7 a.m. EDT on Thursday (June 27) on the first and 10th tees at Newport Country Club. A two-tee start was adopted for the 2001 U.S. Senior Open. The USGA had adopted a two-tee start for the U.S. Women’s Open in 2000 and used the format for the first time in the U.S. Open in 2002.

SENIOR OPEN PRIZE MONEY – Bernard Langer earned $720,000 from a purse of $4 million when he captured the 2023 U.S. Senior Open. Hale Irwin received $400,000 from a purse of $2.25 million when the championship was played in 2000 at Saucon Valley Country Club. In 1980, Roberto De Vicenzo won the first U.S. Senior Open and earned $20,000.

SENIOR OPEN BIRTHDAYS – Six players in the U.S. Senior Open field will be celebrating a birthday around the championship. Mark Hensby, who tied for third in 2022 at Saucon Valley Country Club, turns 53 on June 29, the third round of the championship. Colin Montgomerie, who celebrated his 61st birthday on June 23, won the 2014 U.S. Senior Open. He owns 31 DP World Tour victories, seven PGA Tour Champion wins and was a member of five winning European Ryder Cup Teams.

2024 U.S. Senior Open Competitors

Name                                                   Birthdate                       Age (on birthday)

Jim Carter                                             6-24-61                         63

a-Jody Fanagan                                    6-24-65                         59

a-Trip Kuehne                                       6-20-72                         52

Colin Montgomerie                                6-23-63                         61

Carl Pelleteir                                         6-23-66                         58

Mark Hensby                                         6-29-71                         53

OLDEST & YOUNGEST – Gary Koch, the 1970 U.S. Junior Amateur champion, is the oldest player in the field at age 71. Koch, who won six times on the PGA Tour and teamed with Roger Maltbie to claim three Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf titles, is also known for his broadcasting career. He has been a member of the NBC Sports team since 1996. Koch, who played in 17 U.S. Opens, is making his fifth U.S. Senior Open start. Mathew Goggin, a professional from Australia, is the youngest, having turned 50 on June 13.

FIELD FOR THE AGES – Six players in the 2024 U.S. Senior Open field have celebrated their 50th birthday since January. Heath Slocum recorded four PGA Tour victories and three wins on the Korn Ferry Tour (then Buy.com). He won The Barclays in 2009 when he posted a one-stroke victory over Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Steve Stricker and Padraig Harrington. Slocum played in five U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for ninth in 2008 at Torrey Pines when he shot a final-round 65.

There are 30 players in the field who are 60 or older. Fred Funk (2009), Olin Browne (2011), Kenny Perry (2013, 2017), Colin Montgomerie (2014), Jeff Maggert (2015), Gene Sauers (2016) and Bernhard Langer (2010, 2023) are U.S. Senior Open champions.

The average age of the 156-player field is 55.46.

INTERNATIONAL GROUP – There are 21 countries represented in the 2024 U.S. Senior Open. The USA has 103 players in the field, while Australia has eight and Canada has six.

Countries with players in the field: United States (102), Australia (8), Canada (6), England (5), Sweden (5), Japan (3), Republic of Korea (3), New Zealand (3), Scotland (3), South Africa (3), Germany (2), Republic of Ireland (2), Wales (2), Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Denmark (1), Fiji (1), Mexico (1), Northern Ireland (1), Spain (1) and Thailand (1).

FIRST TIME IN U.S. SENIOR OPEN – There are 52 players in the 2024 championship field who are playing in their first U.S. Senior Open. Lee Westwood, who has recorded 44 professional victories, has top-3 finishes in all four major championships. Thomas Bjorn the runner-up in two Open Championships and the 2005 Masters. Richard Bland won this year’s Senior PGA Championship with a 72-hole score of 267 (17 under). Katsumasa Miyomoto owns 12 Japan Golf Tour victories, including four majors on that professional circuit.

List of First-Time U.S. Senior Open Competitors (52): Eric Axley, Frank Bensel, Thomas Bjorn, Richard Bland, a-Michael Brown, Jason Caron, Greg Chalmers, David Christenson, a-Mike Combs, Steven Dorigo, Stephen Dundas, a-Jody Fanagan, a-Scott Fawcett, Mathew Goggin, Keith Horne, Greig Hutcheon, Michael Jonzon, a-Dan Keogh, Richard Lee, Michael Long, Mikael Lundberg, Jeff Martin, Tommy Masters, David Morland IV, Nobuhiro Masuda, Katsumasa Miyamoto, Birk Nelson, Jon Olson, David Paeglow, Carl Pelletier, Cameron Percy, Rod Perry, a-Jay Potter, Chris Riley, Matt Schalk, Jason Schmuhl, a-David Schnider, Patrik Sjoland, Heath Slocum, a-David Smith, a-Brad Steven, Mario Tizani, Gordon Vietmeier, David von Hoffmann, a-Peter Vrdolyak, Ben Walter, Gene Walter, a-Craig Watkins, Lee Westwood, a-Steve White, Jeff Williams, Michael Wright

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE I – Billy Andrade was born in Bristol, R.I. and attended Providence Country Day School before winning the 1983 Rhode Island State Amateur and helping Wake Forest University capture the 1986 NCAA Championship. He has played in eight U.S. Senior Opens. His best finish came in 2015 when he tied for fifth with a final-round 63. Andrade has won four PGA Tour events, including the 1998 Canadian Open, and registered three PGA Tour Champions victories. He and fellow Rhode Islander Brad Faxon have hosted the CVS Charity Classic since 1999 and have been honored by the Golf Writers Association of America with the Charlie Bartlett Award for their unselfish contributions.

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE II – Brett Quigley, who attended Barrington (R.I.) High School, was inducted into the Rhode Island Golf Hall of Fame in 2009. He was chosen Rhode Island Golf Association (RIGA) Player of the Year in 1988 and won the Rhode Island State Amateur in 1990. His father, Paul, and uncle, Dana, are also members of the RIGA hall of fame. Quigley has competed in three U.S. Senior Opens and posted his best result last year at SentryWorld when he tied for fourth with a final-round 66. He has won twice on PGA Tour Champions.

LOOKING BACK – Notah Begay III is one of six players in the U.S. Senior Open field who competed in the 1995 U.S. Amateur at Newport Country Club. He advanced to the Round of 32 nearly 30 years ago. Begay, a four-time PGA Tour winner, qualified for his second consecutive U.S. Senior Open at Oconomowoc (Wis.) Golf Club on June 4. The 51-year-old from Albuquerque, N.M., has also worked as a broadcaster for NBC and Golf Channel. In 1995, Begay won the Northeast Amateur which is contested annually at Wannamoisett Country Club, in Rumford, R.I., just 40 miles north of Newport.

ONLY BERNHARD LANGER – Bernhard Langer became the oldest player to win the U.S. Senior Open last year at age 65 years, 10 months and 6 days. He broke a mark previously held by Allen Doyle, who was 58 when he successfully defended his title in 2006. Langer, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, set two other records. He surpassed Hale Irwin with his 46th PGA Tour Champions victory and he won his second U.S. Senior Open 13 years after earning his first title in 2010.

TRADITIONAL GROUPING – Defending U.S. Senior Open champion Bernhard Langer, 2023 Senior Open Championship winner Alex Cejka and 2023 U.S. Senior Amateur champion Todd White will be grouped together for the first two rounds. Langer won last year’s U.S. Senior Open, held at SentryWorld. Cejka captured the Senior Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl in a playoff with Padraig Harrington. White, a two-time USGA champion, defeated Jody Fanagan in last year’s U.S. Senior Amateur final.

THREESOME OF CHAMPIONS – Following Bryson DeChambeau’s victory at Pinehurst No. 2 on June 16 there have been 23 players in the history of the U.S. Open to claim the championship more than once. Three who have accomplished the feat are in this year’s U.S. Senior Open at Newport. Ernie Els won the U.S. Open in 1994 and 1997 and owns a pair of British Open Championships (2002, 2012). Els has combined to win 47 times on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. Lee Janzen captured the U.S. Open title in 1993 and 1998. Retief Goosen, who was runner-up along with Mike Weir in the 2021 U.S. Senior Open, was a U.S. Open champion in 2001 and 2004.

OLDEST QUALIFIER – Gary Koch will set a record for the oldest qualifier to play in a U.S. Senior Open. Koch will be 71 years, 7 months and 6 days when the first round begins on Thursday, June 27. The previous record was held by Bob Rawlins in 2000 (71/4/23). Koch qualified for his fifth U.S. Senior Open on May 23 at the Tampa, Fla., site. He was co-medalist with a 68 at Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club. Koch enjoyed a distinguished career in golf and as a broadcaster. He won the 1970 U.S. Junior Amateur, led the University of Florida to the 1973 NCAA title, and was a member of two winning USA Walker Cup Teams and one victorious USA squad at the World Amateur Team Championship. Koch, who worked for NBCU on this year’s U.S. Open broadcast, has played in 17 U.S. Opens.

JAY’S JOURNEY – Jay Haas will compete in his 18th U.S. Senior Open this week which will tie him for seventh in career appearances. He owns 13 top-25 finishes in the championship. The 70-year-old has won 18 PGA Tour Champions events, including three senior major titles. If Haas plays all four rounds this week, he can break Tom Watson’s record for most Senior Opens completed (72 holes) with his 18th. Haas’ best finishes in a U.S. Senior Open are a tie for third in 2004 and a tie for fifth in 2007.

A GOOD RECOVERY – Chris Hockaday, 55, of Angier, N.C., has worked to overcome a drug addiction that began in high school and continued into his 30s. Hockaday, who was primarily a mini-tour player, entered Potter’s Wheel Ministries on June 10, 2004 and spent the next 11 months in the treatment center, attending program classes, working and building pallets. He is now a director for his area’s Overcomers group that is affiliated with the Angier Baptist Church. He meets with families dealing with alcohol and drug addiction challenges. Hockaday qualified for his second consecutive U.S. Senior Open on May 22. He carded a 4-under 68 to earn medalist at River Landing’s River Course, in Wallace, N.C.

THE TEACHER – Jon Olson, a 50-year-old professional from Niceville, Fla., is a teacher and head boys’ golf coach at Ruckel Middle School. He advanced to his first U.S. Senior Open in a 2-for-1 playoff for the second and final spot in the Montgomery, Ala., qualifier on May 30. Olson shot a 68 at Wynlakes Golf & Country Club, which was hosting qualifying for the 10th time since 2004.

RELATIVELY SPEAKING – Mario Tiziani has been known as Steve Stricker’s manager and brother-in-law, but now they are U.S. Senior Open competitors. Tiziani, 53, of Shorewood, Minn., qualified for his first Senior Open in dramatic fashion on May 14. He recorded an eagle 2 on the 454-yard, par-4 18th to shoot 3-under-par 69 and earn co-medalist honors. He followed with a 15-foot birdie putt in a 2-for-1 playoff at Edinburgh USA, in Brooklyn Park, Minn., to make the 156-player field. He reversed his fortune from one year ago when he fell in a qualifier playoff at the same course.

HONORARY CHAIR – Terry Francona, who managed Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox to two World Series titles in 2004 and 2007, is serving as honorary chair of the 44th U.S. Senior Open. Francona, a three-time American League Manager of the Year (2013, 2016, 2022), also guided the Cleveland Indians to the 2016 World Series. He recorded 1,950 victories in 23 seasons as an MLB manager. Nicknamed “Tito,” Francona played for five big-league teams over a nine-year period as an outfielder and first baseman, including the Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Indians and Milwaukee Brewers.

LATE TO THE FIELD – Kent Jones, the first alternate from the Horizon City, Texas, site., was added to the field when Michael Campbell withdrew. Jones, 57, of Albuquerque, N.M., was co-medalist with a 68 at Horizon Golf Club on May 22 but lost in a 3-for-1 playoff for the lone spot available. He will play in his fourth U.S. Senior Open. He tied for 17th in 2019 and tied for 23rd in 2021. Jones won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour (then Buy.com) and has competed on the Canadian, Hooters and PGA tours. He traveled to tournaments in a recreational vehicle for a three-year period.
 

ON TOUR – Stephen Ames, Ernie Els and Padraig Harrington have each won two PGA Tour Champions events. Padraig Harrington, the 2022 U.S. Senior Open champion, was victorious for the second time in the Dick’s Open on June 23. Retief Goosen, a two-time U.S. Open winner, triumphed in the Galleri Classic, in Rancho Mirage, Calif., on March 30.

Multiple PGA Tour Champions Winners in 2024:

2, Stephen Ames (Chubb Classic, Mitsubishi Electric Classic)

2, Ernie Els (Principal Charity Classic, America Family Insurance Championship)

2, Padraig Harrington (Hoag Classic Newport Beach, Dick’s Open)

Bold – 2024 U.S. Senior Open competitor
 

IN MEMORIAM – Andy Bean, who played in eight U.S. Senior Opens, is among a group of notable players who passed away within the last year. Bean, who died at age 70 on Oct. 14, 2023, recorded four top-25 finishes, including a tie for fifth in 2006. He also competed in 16 U.S. Opens, with his best finish a tie for sixth in 1978.

Peter Oosterhuis, who won the 1981 Canadian Open and seven DP World Tour events, died on May 2, 2024 at age 75. Oosterhuis played in nine U.S. Opens and tied for seventh in 1975. World Golf Hall of Famer Jack Burke Jr. lived to the age of 100 before he passed away on Jan. 19, 2024. Burke, who won the Masters and PGA in 1956, played in 12 U.S. Opens. Sir Michael Bonallack died at the age of 88 on Sept. 26, 2023. Bonallack, who served as Captain of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews from 1999-2000, was a renowned amateur player and is also a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. He won the Amateur Championship, conducted by The R&A, five times, played in six U.S. Amateurs and was an eight-time member of the Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team. He also served as Secretary of The R&A.

Rives McBee, who played in five U.S. Senior Opens, with his best finish a tie for 21st in 1989, died at age 84 on Oct. 24, 2023. He won three PGA Tour Champions events. Rafe Botts, a pioneering Black player, competed in the 1970 U.S. Open and full-time on PGA Tour Champions for four years. He passed away on Jan. 11, 2024 at age 86. Ron Cerrudo, who died at age 79 on April 24, 2024, played in five U.S. Opens and won twice on the PGA Tour. He was also a 1967 USA Walker Cup competitor.

TICKETS AVAILABLE – Tickets for the 2024 U.S. Senior Open Championship are available for purchase at ussenioropen.com. Championship round individual gallery tickets are $45 (Thursday), $50 (Friday-Saturday) and $55 (Sunday), while practice-round tickets are $25 (Wednesday).