The 2022 Senior Open Championship, for sponsorship reasons known as The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex, was a senior major golf championship and the 35th Senior Open Championship, held on 21–24 July at Gleneagles – Kings Course in Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 19th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21–24 July 2022 |
| Location | Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom 56°17′09″N 3°44′51″W / 56.28583°N 3.74750°W |
| Course(s) | Gleneagles, Kings Course |
| Organised by | The R&A |
| Tour(s) | |
| Format | 72 holes stroke play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 6,859 yards (6,272 m) |
| Field | 144 players |
| Prize fund | US$2,500,000 |
| Winner's share | US$392,800 €424,191 |
| Champion | |
 Darren Clarke | |
| 270 (−10) | |
| Location map | |
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Venue
editThe Gleneagles Hotel opened in 1924 and is located one hour outside of Edinburgh and set in grounds of 850 acres (340 ha; 1.33 sq mi). Gleneagles has three golf courses: the King's Course, Queen's Course and PGA Centenary Course, previously known as the Monarch's Course. There is also a nine-hole course called the PGA National Academy Course. The championship course, the Kings Course, was originally designed by James Braid and opened in 1919.
Course layout
edit| Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 362 | 4 | 10 | 499 | 5 | |
| 2 | 436 | 4 | 11 | 230 | 3 | |
| 3 | 368 | 4 | 12 | 475 | 4 | |
| 4 | 443 | 4 | 13 | 464 | 4 | |
| 5 | 178 | 3 | 14 | 341 | 4 | |
| 6 | 462 | 4 | 15 | 459 | 4 | |
| 7 | 468 | 4 | 16 | 155 | 3 | |
| 8 | 178 | 3 | 17 | 377 | 4 | |
| 9 | 409 | 4 | 18 | 555 | 5 | |
| Out | 3,304 | 34 | In | 3,555 | 35 | |
| Source:[6] | Total | 6,859 | 70 | |||
Field
editThe field of 144 competitors included 135 professionals and nine amateurs.
Four qualifying events took place on Monday July 18, for players who were not already exempt, at three venues in Scotland; Ladybank Golf Club, Fife, and Glenbervie Golf Club, Falkirk, each hosting a qualifying event while Blairgowrie Golf Club in Perth hosted an event on each of its two courses; the Rosemount and the Lansdowne.[7]
51 players, including former PGA Tour winners Carlos Franco, David Frost and Len Mattiace, advanced from the qualifying competitions and joined the 93 exempt players for the championship.
71 players, including 69 professionals and two amateurs, made the 36-hole cut.
Past winners of The Senior Open Championship in the field
editThe field included four former winners of The Senior Open Championship, 2016 champion Paul Broadhurst (tied 3rd), 2010, 2014, 2017 and 2019 champion Bernhard Langer (tied 12th), 2018 champion Miguel Ángel Jiménez (tied 29th) and 2021 champion Stephen Dodd (tied 47th).
Past winners at The Open Championship in the field
editThe field included six former winners of The Open Championship.[8] Four of them made the 36 hole cut; 1999 Open champion Paul Lawrie (tied 10th), 2002 and 2012 Open champion Ernie Els (tied 3rd), 2007 and 2008 Open champion Pádraig Harrington (2nd) and 2011 Open champion Darren Clarke (won). 1985 Open champion Sandy Lyle and 2001 Open champion David Duval did not make the cut.
Final results
editSunday, 24 July 2022
53-year-old Darren Clarke birdied the par-5 final hole to win by a stroke and became the fourth man to win both The Open Championship and The Senior Open Championship, joining Gary Player, Bob Charles and Tom Watson. When the last group of Clarke and Paul Broadhurst had five holes to go at 6 p.m., play was suspended due to heavy rain and resumed at 8 p.m.[9]
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darren Clarke |
65-67-69-69=270 | −10 | 424,191 |
| 2 |  Pádraig Harrington |
66-69-69-67=271 | −9 | 282,938 |
| T3 |  Steven Alker |
68-68-66-70=272 | −8 | 103,816 |
 Doug Barron |
69-71-67-65=272 | |||
 Paul Broadhurst |
65-70-66-71=272 | |||
 Ernie Els |
66-69-69-68=272 | |||
 Thongchai Jaidee |
66-71-67-68=272 | |||
 Mauricio Molina |
68-69-70-65=272 | |||
| 9 |  Colin Montgomerie |
70-66-68-69=273 | −7 | 57,020 |
| T10 | Paul Lawrie |
69-70-69-67=275 | −5 | 48,866 |
 Yang Yong-eun |
73-65-68-69=275 |
Source:[10]
Notes and references
edit- ^ "The Senior Open Championship". The R&A. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Gleneagles to host 2022 Senior Open Presented by Rolex". gleneagles.com.
- ^ "The Senior Open Championship". The R&A. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Darren Clarke, Paul Broadhurst share lead at The Senior Open Championship". The Associated Press. The PGA Tour. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Darren Clarke wins The Senior Open presented by Rolex". The Associated Press. The PGA Tour. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex – Course Card". European Tour. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Qualifying venues confirmed for 2022 Senior Open Presented by Rolex". European Tour. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Harrington joins former Open Champions for The Senior Open at Gleneagles". European Tour. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Clarke claims maiden Senior Major at Senior Open". European Tour. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex – Results". European Tour. Retrieved 24 July 2022.