2009 Senior Open Championship

February 2022 February 2022 2009 Senior Open Championship 23–26 July 2009 Sunningdale, England, United Kingdom Sunningdale Golf Club, Old Course uk The R&A European Senior Tour Champions Tour 72 holes stroke play 70 6613 yd 144 players, 78 after cut 144 (+4) 2,000,000 USD 315,600 USD USA Loren Roberts 268 (−12) United Kingdom#England#United Kingdom Berkshire Sunningdale GC Location in the United Kingdom##Location in England##Location in Berkshire yes 200 51.38 -0.63 2008 2010 The 2009 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship and the 23rd Senior Open Championship, held on 23–26 July at Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, England. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the seventh Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.https://www.randa.org/en/championships The Senior Open Championship The R&A 13 February 2022 13 February 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220213182045/https://www.randa.org/en/championships dead Loren Roberts won after a playoff over Fred Funk and Mark McNulty. It was Roberts' fourth senior major championship victory.https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-open-championship-presented-by-mastercard-2009/results?round=4 The Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard – Results European Tour 2 March 2022https://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/senior-open-championship-pres-by-rolex/past-results.2009.html Past results, The Senior Open PGA Tour 2 March 2022 Venue Sunningdale Golf Club The event was the first Senior Open Championship played at Sunningdale Golf Club. It took place at the club's Old Course, which was designed by The Open Championship winner Willie Park Jr. and opened in 1901.Sunningdale Golf Club, Courses, Old Course https://www.sunningdalegolfclub.co.uk/old_course 14 February 2022 Sunningdale Golf Club thumb|320x320px|Sunningdale GC clubhouse Course layout HoleYardsPar2HoleYardsPar149251047542489411322433184124424415631318535419414503564334152273740641643448192317424492734184234Out3,17835In3,43535Source:Senior Open Championship presented by MadsterCard – Course Card https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-open-championship-presented-by-mastercard-2009/course 2 March 2022 European TourSenior Open Championship presented by MadsterCard – Course Information https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/news/articles/detail/course-information-x5606/ 23 April 2022 European TourTotal6,61370 Field The field of 144 competitors included139 professionals and five amateurs. 18-hole stroke play qualifying rounds were held on Monday, 21 July, on three places in England, Berkshire Golf Club, Camberley Heath and Mill Ride Golf Club, for players who were not already exempt. The 28 leading players from the qualifying competitions joined the 116 exempt players for the championship.Giedeon among Senior Open qualifiers https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/news/articles/detail/giedeon-among-senior-open-qualifiers/ 21 July 2009 23 April 2022 European Tour The 77 players who made the 36-hole cut included 76 professionals and one amateur. Paul Simson finished leading amateur at tied 58th. Past champions in the field Seven past Senior Open champions participated. Three of them made the 36-hole cut; 2006 champion Loren Roberts (won), 2003, 2005 and 2007 champion Tom Watson (tied 8th) and 2008 champion Bruce Vaughan (tied 8th). 1989 and 1993 champion Bob Charles, 2004 champion Pete Oakley, 1999 and 2000 champion Christy O'Connor Jnr and 1988, 1990 and 1997 champion Gary Player did not make the cut. The event marked the last appearance in the Senior Open for 73-year-old Player. Past winners and runners-up at The Open Championship in the field The field included eight former winners of The Open Championship. Six of them made the cut; 1986 and 1993 Open champion Greg Norman (tied 6th), 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983 Open champion Tom Watson (tied 8th), 1985 Open champion Sandy Lyle (tied 13th), 1998 Open champion Mark O'Meara (tied 25h), 1987, 1990 and 1992 Open champion Nick Faldo (tied 38th) and 1996 Open champion Tom Lehman (tied 58th). 1963 Open champion Bob Charles and 1959, 1968 and 1974 Open champion Gary Player did not make the cut. The field also included eleven former runners-up at The Open Championship; Mark McNulty (tied 2nd), Bernhard Langer (4th), Tom Kite (tied 8th), Gordon J. Brand (tied 28th), Andy Bean (tied 32nd), Wayne Grady (tied 32nd), Ben Crenshaw (43rd), Costantino Rocca (tied 50th), John Cook (missed cut), Simon Owen (missed cut) and Mike Harwood (missed cut). Final round and playoff summaries Final round Sunday, 26 July 2009 Fred Funk, Mark McNulty and Loren Roberts tied the lead after the fourth round, to meet in a sudden death playoff, to decide the winner. Curt Byrum's three eagles in the final round made him just the fifth player in Champions Tour history to record three eagles in a round. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 USA Fred Funk64-65-72-67=268−12Playoff IRL Mark McNulty69-67-68-64=268 USA Loren Roberts66-68-67-67=2684 DEU Bernhard Langer72-67-65-65=269−1194,7005 SCO Sam Torrance67-65-71-67=270−1080,240T6 USA Larry Mize69-70-64-68=271−961,540 AUS Greg Norman67-69-64-71=271T8 USA Tom Kite67-68-69-69=273−738,972 USA Don Pooley70-66-69-68=273 USA Bruce Vaughan70-69-65-69=273 ZIM Denis Watson68-68-66-71=273 USA Tom Watson67-69-70-67=273 Playoff Sunday, 26 July 2009 The sudden-death playoff, playing the 18th hole at Sunningdale until one of the players had a lower score on the hole than anyone of the others, was the first three-way playoff and the ninth playoff in Senior Open Championship history. Fred Funk was eliminated at the first extra hole where Loren Roberts and Mark McNulty had birdies. Roberts beat McNulty with a par at the third extra hole. Loren Roberts' victory, added to his playoff win over Eduardo Romero in the 2006 championship, made him the sixth player with multiple wins in the Senior Open championship. He also became the second player in Senior Open Championship history to win with four rounds in the 60s. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Loren Roberts 3-4-4=11 −1315,600T2 USA Fred Funk 4 E 164,500 IRL Mark McNulty 3-4-5=12 E References External links Results on European Tour website 2009 Senior PGA Championship Senior Major Championships 2009 U.S. Senior Open 51.38 -0.63 type:event title Category:Senior major golf championships Category:Golf tournaments in England Senior Open Championship Senior Open Championship Senior Open Championship Category:2000s in Berkshire Category:Sport in Berkshire Category:Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead