Venue | Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio |
Dates of Championship | July 2-5 |
Opened | 1916 |
Architect | Donald Ross |
Field Size | 156 competitors |
Yardage/Par | TBD |
Course and Slope Rating | TBD |
Entries Open | Early February |
Tickets | For ticket information and packages, click here |
Eligibility | Open to any professional and amateur golfer who is 50 years of age as of July 2 and whose Handicap Index® does not exceed 2.4. |
Qualifying | Local qualifying, over 18 holes, will be held from early April to early May, while final qualifying, also over 18 holes, will be held from mid May to early June at sites to be determined. |
2025 Championship | Padraig Harrington, of the Republic of Ireland, outdueled American Stewart Cink and Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez on the East Course of The Broadmoor, in Colorado Springs, Colo., to register his second U.S. Senior Open title. Harrington, who won the 2022 championship at Saucon Valley C.C., carded a final-round, 3-under-par 70 for a 72-hole total of 11-under 269, one shot ahead of Cink and two ahead of Jimenez. To read more, click here. |
Quotable | “It's all about winning. Every time you come back out and you win, the nerves are there, the tension's there, you don't want to mess up. But I think winning a U.S. Senior Open or any tournament on the Champions Tour, it kind of validates your career. It validates the past in a lot of ways.” -- Padraig Harrington |
Fast Fact | Scioto Country Club was the place where future 18-time major champion Jack Nicklaus grew up and learned the game under the tutelage of teaching pro Jack Grout. |
Did You Know? | Samuel P. Bush, the paternal grandfather of President George H.W. Bush and the great-grandfather of President George H. Bush, was one of the co-founders of Scioto C.C. |
Notable Past Events at Scioto Country Club | 1926 U.S. Open (Bob Jones) 1931 Ryder Cup Matches (USA) 1950 PGA Championship (Chandler Harper) 1968 U.S. Amateur (Bruce Fleisher) 1986 U.S. Senior Open (Dale Douglass) 2016 U.S. Senior Open (Gene Sauers) |
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, 2025) |
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 2027 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach (Calif.) Golf Links -Exemptions into the next 10 U.S. Senior Opens -Name engraved on the 2026 USGA Champions' plaque that resides in the Hall of Champions in the USGA Museum in Liberty Corner, N.J. |
Schedule of Play | Thursday, July 2 (18 holes, stroke play) Friday, July 3 (18 holes, stroke play) Saturday, July 4 (18 holes, stroke play) Sunday, July 5 (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 (All times EDT) | TBD |
Future Sites | 2027: Oak Tree National, Edmond, Okla./July 1-4 2028: Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Ind./June 29-July 2 2029: Prairie Dunes Country Club, Hutchinson, Kan./TBD 2030: Spyglass Hill Golf Course, Pebble Beach, Calif./TBD 2031: The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo./TBD 2032: Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pa./TBD 2033: Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte, N.C./TBD 2037: The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo./TBD 2038: Plainfield Country Club, Edison, N.J./TBD 2042: Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pa./TBD |
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