2015_Senior_Open_Championship
2015 Senior Open Championship
Golf tournament
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.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23–26 July 2015 |
| Location | Sunningdale, England 51.38°N 0.63°W / 51.38; -0.63 |
| Course(s) | Sunningdale Golf Club, Old Course |
| Organised by | The R&A |
| Tour(s) | |
| Format | 72 holes stroke play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 6,617 yards (6,051 m) |
| Field | 144 players, 83 after cut |
| Cut | 143 (+3) |
| Prize fund | US$2,100,000 |
| Winner's share | US$319,090 |
| Champion | |
 Marco Dawson | |
| 264 (−16) | |
| Location map | |
Marco Dawson won by one stroke over Bernhard Langer. It was Dawson's first senior major championship victory.[2][3]
The 2015 event was the second Senior Open Championship played at Sunningdale Golf Club. It took place at the club's Old Course, designed by The Open Championship winner Willie Park Jr. and opened in 1901.[4]
The field consisted of 144 professional and amateur competitors.
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-hole cut. Two of them withdraw.
Past champions in the field
Seven past Senior Open champions participated. Five of them made the 36-hole cut; 2010 and 2014 champion Bernhard Langer (2nd), 2012 champion Fred Couples (tied 5th), 2003, 2005 and 2007 champion Tom Watson (tied 15th) and 2011 champion Russ Cochran (tied 31st). 2006 and 2009 champion Loren Roberts and 2002 champion Noboru Sugai did not make the cut.
Past winners of The Open Championship in the field
The field included six former winners of The Open Championship. Five of them made the cut; 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983 Open champion Tom Watson (tied 15th), 1996 Open champion Tom Lehman (tied 22nd), 1989 Open champion Mark Calcavecchia (tied 51st), 1985 Open champion Sandy Lyle (tied 51st) and 1998 Open champion Mark O'Meara (withdraw after the second round). 1987, 1990 and 1992 Open champion Nick Faldo missed the cut.
Course layout
| Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 492 | 5 | 10 | 488 | 4 | |
| 2 | 489 | 4 | 11 | 322 | 4 | |
| 3 | 318 | 4 | 12 | 442 | 4 | |
| 4 | 156 | 3 | 13 | 180 | 3 | |
| 5 | 419 | 4 | 14 | 503 | 5 | |
| 6 | 433 | 4 | 15 | 222 | 3 | |
| 7 | 406 | 4 | 16 | 434 | 4 | |
| 8 | 192 | 3 | 17 | 425 | 4 | |
| 9 | 273 | 4 | 18 | 423 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,178 | 35 | In | 3,439 | 35 | |
| Source:[5] | Total | 6,617 | 70 | |||
Sunday, 26 July 2015
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Dawson |
65-67-68-64=264 | −16 | 319,090 |
| 2 |  Bernhard Langer |
65-68-68-64=265 | −15 | 212,779 |
| 3 |  Colin Montgomerie |
67-67-66-67=267 | −13 | 119,766 |
| 4 |  Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
65-69-68-67=269 | −11 | 95,735 |
| T5 | Woody Austin |
69-67-70-66=272 | −8 | 74,076 |
| Fred Couples |
68-66-69-69=272 | |||
| T7 | Jeff Maggert |
71-67-66-69=273 | −7 | 52,611 |
 Philip Walton |
71-67-65-70=273 | |||
| T9 |  Peter Fowler |
69-65-68-72=274 | −6 | 38,786 |
| Jeff Sluman |
65-69-70-70=274 | |||
 Esteban Toledo |
73-68-68-65=274 |
- "The Senior Open Championship". The R&A. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex – Results". European Tour. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- "Past results, The Senior Open". PGA Tour. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- "Sunningdale Golf Club, Courses, Old Course". Sunningdale Golf Club. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex – Course Card". European Tour. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
| Preceded by 2015 U.S. Senior Open |
Senior Major Championships | Succeeded by 2016 Regions Tradition |