U.S. SENIOR OPEN

Fast Facts: 45th U.S. Senior Open

By USGA

| Oct 17, 2024 | Liberty Corner, N.J.

Fast Facts: 45th U.S. Senior Open

   
Venue The Broadmoor (East Course)
Dates of Championship June 26-29
Opened 1918
Architect Donald Ross and Robert Trent Jones Sr. (1952)
Field Size 156 competitors
Yardage/Par 7,264 yards/Par 70 (Subject to change)
Entries Open February 18, 2025
Entries Close March 26, 2025 (5 p.m. ET)
Tickets For ticket information and packages, click here
Volunteer To volunteer at the 2024 U.S. Senior Open, click here.
Eligibility Open to any professional and amateur golfer who is 50 years of age as of June 26 and whose Handicap Index® does not exceed 2.4.
Qualifying Local qualifying, over 18 holes, will be held April 2-May 7 at TBD sites in the U.S. Final qualifying, over 18 holes, will be held May 12-June 13 at TBD sites. 
2024 Championship Richard Bland, of England, rallied in the weather-delayed final round to defeat Hiroyuki Fujita in a playoff at historic Newport (R.I.) Country Club. Bland carded a 4-under 66 in a round that was not completed until Monday morning due to a Sunday afternoon storm. Fujita had led the previous three rounds, but stumbled in the restart on Monday. After the two remained tied after the two-hole aggregate playoff and first sudden-death playoff hole, Bland eventually prevailed by nearly holing a greenside bunker shot on the 18th hole. His part was good enough to give him the victory. To read more, click here.
Quotable “I think this one’s going to take a little while [to sink in]. Your first two senior tournaments to be majors, and to come out on top … I was just hoping going into the [Senior] PGA that I was good enough to contend. I hadn’t played against these guys...But, yeah, to [stand] here with two [senior] majors is … I’m at a loss for words at the moment now.” -- Richard Bland
Fast Fact The Broadmoor sits at 6,300 feet above sea level, which will make it challenging for the competitors to dial in their yardages in the high altitude.
Hole by hole THE BROADMOOR (EAST COURSE)
(Yardages and par subject to change)
Hole 1:
429 yards (Par 4)
Hole 2: 339 yards (Par 4)
Hole 3: 601 yards (Par 5)
Hole 4: 165 yards (Par 3)
Hole 5: 433 yards (Par 4)
Hole 6: 402 yards (Par 4)
Hole 7: 426 yards (Par 4)
Hole 8: 178 yards (Par 3)
Hole 9: 535 yards (Par 5)
OUT: 3,508 yards (Par 36)
Hole 10:
501 yards (Par 4)
Hole 11: 478 yards (Par 4)
Hole 12: 240 yards (Par 3)
Hole 13: 493 yards (Par 4)
Hole 14: 427 yards (Par 4)
Hole 15: 459 yards (Par 4)
Hole 16: 180 yards (Par 3)
Hole 17: 545 yards (Par 4)
Hole 18: 433 yards (Par 4)
IN: 3,756 yards (Par 34)
TOTAL: 7,264 yards (Par 70)
Notable Past Events at The Broadmoor  1959 U.S. Amateur (Jack Nicklaus) 
1962 Curtis Cup (USA)
1967 U.S. Amateur (Robert Dickson)
1982 U.S. Women's Amateur (Juli Inkster)
1995 U.S. Women's Open (Annika Sorenstam)
2008 U.S. Senior Open (Eduardo Romero)
2011 U.S. Women's Open (So Yeon Ryu)
2018 U.S. Senior Open (David Toms)
Notable U.S. Senior Open Champions Arnold Palmer (1981); Miller Barber (1982, 1984-85); Billy Casper (1983); Gary Player (1987-88); Lee Trevino (1990); Jack Nicklaus (1991, 1993); Tom Weiskopf (1995); Hale Irwin (1998, 2000); Allen Doyle (2005-06); Fred Funk (2009); Bernhard Langer (2010, 2023); Colin Montgomerie (2014); David Toms (2018); Steve Stricker (2019); Jim Furyk (2021), Padraig Harrington (2022)
Notable U.S. Senior Open runners-up a-William C. Campbell (1980); Gene Littler (1982); Arnold Palmer (1984); Gary Player (1986); Bob Charles (1988); Jack Nicklaus (1990, 1995); Chi Chi Rodriguez (1991); Hale Irwin (1996, 2004); Tom Watson (2002-03, 2006); Ben Crenshaw (2007); Fred Couples (2010); Fred Funk (2008, 2012-13); Mark O’Meara (2011); Colin Montgomerie (2015); Miguel Angel Jimenez (2016, 2018); Billy Mayfair (2016); Retief Goosen (2021); Mike Weir (2021), Steve Stricker (2022, 2023)
What Champion Receives -A gold medal
-Custody of the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy for ensuing year
-Exemption into 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills Country Club, in Southampton, N.Y.
-Exemptions into the next 10 U.S. Senior Opens
-Name engraved on the 2025 USGA Champions' plaque that resides in the Hall of Champions in the USGA Museum in Liberty Corner, N.J.
Schedule of Play Thursday, June 26 (18 holes, stroke play)
Friday, June 27 (18 holes, stroke play)
Saturday, June 28 (18 holes, stroke play)
Sunday, June 29 (18 holes, stroke play)
Cut Low 60 scorers and ties will play the final 36 holes
Playoff Should there be a tie after 72 holes, a two-hole aggregate playoff will take place immediately following play
Broadcast Schedule TBD
Future Sites 2026: Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio/TBD
2027: Oak Tree National, Edmond, Okla./TBD
2028: Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Ind./TBD
2029: Prairie Dunes Country Club, Hutchinson, Kan./TBD
2030: Spyglass Hills, Pebble Beach, Calif./TBD
2032: Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pa./TBD
2033: Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte, N.C./TBD