Final Qualifying: Shot 66 at Tuscany Falls C.C. (West Course), in Goodyear, Ariz., on June 1

Phillips, the director of instruction at Cedar Ridge Country Club, in Broken Arrow, Okla., qualified for his fourth U.S. Senior Open after earning medalist honors at Tuscany Falls Country Club, in Goodyear, Ariz., carding a 6-uner-par 66. Phillips has also competed in five Senior PGA Championships, finishing T-62 earlier this year at The Concession Club, in Bradenton, Fla. In 2022, he was the low PGA professional in the Senior PGA Championship at Harbor Shores in Michigan (T-17). In 2024, he tied for eighth at the PGA Professional Championship to earn a start in the PGA Championship at the age of 61. In 1980, Phillips, a Tulsa, Okla., resident, won the Junior PGA Championship a year after he was the runner-up. He is a four-time South Central PGA Section Player of the Year. His father, Buddy Phillips, was a longtime head professional at Cedar Ridge Country Club, where Tracy now serves in the same capacity. Tracy played at Oklahoma State, where he was a second-time All-American, and he also caddied on the LPGA Tour for three-time USGA champion Kellie Kuehne, whose brother, Hank, will compete in the 2026 U.S. Senior Open.