The U.S. Senior Open is one of the major championships in men's senior golf. It was first played in 1980 and is administered by the United States Golf Association (USGA) and is recognised as a major championship by both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour. Initially the lower age limit was 55, but it is now 50, which is the standard limit for men's senior professional golf tournaments. The event is open to amateurs but it is dominated by professionals. It has been played on several different courses. In 2009 the prize fund was $2.6 million, with $470,000 awarded to the champion, Eduardo Romero. Allen Doyle became the oldest U.S. Senior Open Champion in 2006, winning two weeks before his 58th birthday. [1] The prize money is usually the highest of any senior tour event, and 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 season's U.S. Open.

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Eligibility

The following players are exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Senior Open , provided they are 50 years old (amateur categories require that the player is still an amateur):

• 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 British Open in the last three years
• Top 25 finishers from the previous year's U.S. Senior Open
• Low amateur in last U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open
• Winners of the U.S. Amateur Public Links, U.S. Mid-Amateur and the USGA Senior Amateur in the last two years and runner-up in previous year
• Members of the Walker Cup and Eisenhower Trophy teams for the last two competitions
• Members of both Ryder Cup teams for the last five competitions
• Top 30 from the previous year's Champions Tour money list, top 20 from current list
• Top 50 leaders from the Champions Tour career money list
• Winners of Champions Tour events in the previous three years
• Previous year's European Seniors Tour money list leader
• Winners of PGA Tour events in the previous five years
• Winners of the U.S. Open in first five years of age eligibility
• One-time exemption for any winner of a major championship, U.S. Amateur, or British Amateur

Special exemptions are given occasionally, and like other USGA events, many qualify through the local and sectional ranks.

Winners

Year	Champion	Country	Venue	Location	Score
2009	Fred Funk		Crooked Stick Golf Club	Carmel, Indiana	268 (–20)
2008	Eduardo Romero		Broadmoor Golf Club	Colorado Springs, Colorado	274 (–6)
2007	Brad Bryant		Whistling Straits, Straits Course	Haven, Wisconsin	282 (–6)
2006	Allen Doyle		Prairie Dunes Golf Club	Hutchinson, Kansas	272 (–8)
2005	Allen Doyle		NCR Country Club, South Course	Kettering, Ohio	274 (–10)
2004	Peter Jacobsen		Bellerive Country Club	St. Louis, Missouri	272 (–12)
2003	Bruce Lietzke		Inverness Club	Toledo, Ohio	207 (–7)
2002	Don Pooley		Caves Valley Golf Club	Owings Mills, Maryland	274 (–10)
2001	Bruce Fleisher		Salem Country Club	Peabody, Massachusetts	280 (E)
2000	Hale Irwin		Saucon Valley Country Club, Old Course	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	267 (–17)
1999	Dave Eichelberger		Des Moines Golf and Country Club	Des Moines, Iowa	281 (–7)
1998	Hale Irwin		Riviera Country Club	Pacific Palisades, California	285 (+1)
1997	Graham Marsh		Olympia Fields Country Club	Olympia Fields, Illinois	280 (–8)
1996	Dave Stockton		Canterbury Golf Club	Beachwood, Ohio	277 (–11)
1995	Tom Weiskopf		Congressional Country Club, Blue Course	Bethesda, Maryland	275 (–13)
1994	Simon Hobday		Pinehurst Resort, No. 2 Course	Pinehurst, North Carolina	274 (–10)
1993	Jack Nicklaus		Cherry Hills Country Club	Cherry Hills Village, Colorado	278 (–6)
1992	Larry Laoretti		Saucon Valley Country Club, Old Course	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	275 (–9)
1991	Jack Nicklaus		Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course	Birmingham, Michigan	282 (+2)
1990	Lee Trevino		Ridgewood Country Club	Paramus, New Jersey	275 (–13)
1989	Orville Moody		Laurel Valley Golf Club	Ligonier, Pennsylvania	279 (–9)
1988	Gary Player		Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3	Medinah, Illinois	288 (E)
1987	Gary Player		Brooklawn Country Club	Fairfield, Connecticut	270 (–14)
1986	Dale Douglass		Scioto Country Club	Columbus, Ohio	279 (–9)
1985	Miller Barber		Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course	Stateline, Nevada	285 (–3)
1984	Miller Barber		Oak Hill Country Club, East Course	Pittsford, New York	286 (–2)
1983	Billy Casper		Hazeltine National Golf Club	Chaska, Minnesota	288 (+4)
1982	Miller Barber		Portland Golf Club	Portland, Oregon	282 (–2)
1981	Arnold Palmer		Oakland Hills Country Club, South Course	Birmingham, Michigan	289 (+9)
1980	Roberto De Vicenzo		Winged Foot Golf Club, East Course	Mamaroneck, New York	285 (+1)

Multiple winners

The following men have had more than one win in the U.S. Senior Open after the 2009 tournament:

• 3 wins: Miller Barber
• 2 wins: Allen Doyle, Hale Irwin, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player

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

Palmer (1954) and Nicklaus (1959, 1961) also won the U.S. Amateur, previously considered a major.

Future sites

Year	Venue	Location	Dates
2010	Sahalee Country Club	Sammamish, Washington	Jul. 29 - Aug. 1
2011	Inverness Club	Toledo, Ohio	Jul. 28-31
2012	Indianwood Golf & Country Club	Lake Orion, Michigan	Jul. 12-15
2013	Omaha Country Club	Omaha, Nebraska	Aug. 1-4
2014	Oak Tree National	Edmond, Oklahoma

References

1. Doyle becomes oldest winner of U.S. Senior Open ''pgatour.com'', July 9, 2006.