Field in Focus: at The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex
europeantour.com takes a closer look at the field taking to Turnberry’s Ailsa Course for The Senior Open Championship Presented by Rolex from July 26 - 29.
In the field are:
7 former Senior Open Champions with 12 victories
Player | Titles | Year | ||||||||
Gary Player | 3 | 1988, 1990, 1997 | ||||||||
Tom Watson | 3 | 2003, 2005, 2007 | ||||||||
Loren Roberts | 2 | 2006, 2009 | ||||||||
Noboru Sugai | 1 | 2002 | ||||||||
Pete Oakley | 1 | 2004 | ||||||||
Bruce Vaughan | 1 | 2008 | ||||||||
Bernhard Langer | 1 | 2010 |
33 Major Champions with 85 titles
52 European Tour Champions
5 former Turnberry winners
Player | Titles | Year | ||||||||
Tom Watson | 2 | 1977 Open Championship 2003 Senior Open Championship | ||||||||
Gary Player | 2 | 1988 & 1990 Senior Open Championship | ||||||||
Sandy Lyle | 1 | 1979 European Open | ||||||||
Greg Norman | 1 | 1986 Open Championship | ||||||||
Loren Roberts | 1 | 2006 Senior Open Championship |
9 players who finished in the Top Ten in this event last year
Player | Position | ||||
Mark Calcavecchia | 2 | ||||
Corey Pavin | T3 | ||||
Tom Watson | T3 | ||||
Barry Lane | 5 | ||||
David Frost | 6 | ||||
Lee Rinker | T7 | ||||
Mike Goodes | T7 | ||||
Peter Fowler | T7 | ||||
Fred Funk | T7 |
3 Multiple winners on the 2012 European Senior Tour
Player | Titles | Year | ||||||||
Roger Chapman | 2 | US Senior PGA Championship US Senior Open | ||||||||
Tim Thelen | 2 | Berenberg Bank Masters Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open | ||||||||
Gary Wolstenholme | 2 | Mallorca Open Senior Benahavis Senior Masters |
19 of the current Top 20 in the European Senior Tour Order of Merit
Player | Position | ||||
Roger Chapman | 1 | ||||
Tim Thelen | 2 | ||||
Paul Wesselingh | 3 | ||||
Gary Wolstenholme | 4 | ||||
Andrew Oldcorn | 5 | ||||
Mark James | 6 | ||||
Bernhard Langer | 7 | ||||
Barry Lane | 8 | ||||
Peter Fowler | 9 | ||||
Anders Forsbrand | 10 | ||||
Mark Mouland | 11 | ||||
Sandy Lyle | 12 | ||||
David Frost | 12 | ||||
Peter Senior | 12 | ||||
Chris Williams | 15 | ||||
Mike Harwood | 16 | ||||
Juan Quiros | 18 | ||||
Boonchu Ruangkit | 19 | ||||
Andrew Sherborne | 20 |
9 Ryder Cup Captains
31 Ryder Cup players
21 different nationalities represented
Argentina | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Australia | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
Canada | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Chile | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
England | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
France | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Germany | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Ireland | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Italy | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Japan | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Korea | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Paraguay | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Scotland | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
South Africa | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
Spain | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Sweden | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Thailand | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Chinese Taipei | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
United States | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
Wales | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 1 |