2007 Senior Open Championship

March 2022 March 2022 2007 Senior Open Championship 26–29 July 2007 Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland Muirfield uk The R&A European Senior Tour Champions Tour 72 holes stroke play 71 7034 yd on 144 players, 77 after cut 151 (+9) 2,000,000 USD1,250,000 GBP 320,176 USD USA Tom Watson 284 (E) United Kingdom#UK Scotland#Scotland East Lothian Muirfield Location in the United Kingdom##Location in Scotland##Location in East Lothian yes 200 56.042 -2.821 type:event inline 2006 2008 The 2007 Senior Open Championship, for sponsorship reasons named The Senior Open Championship presented by Aberdeen Asset Management, was a senior major golf championship and the 21st Senior Open Championship, held from 26 to 29 July at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the fifth 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 Tom Watson won by one stroke over Stewart Ginn and Mark O'Meara to win his third Senior British Open title. The 2007 event was Watson's fifth senior major championship victory.https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-open-championship-presented-by-aberdeen-asset-management-2007/results?round=4 The Senior Open Championship presented by Aberdeen Asset Management – Results European Tour 9 March 2022 9 March 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220309201510/https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-open-championship-presented-by-aberdeen-asset-management-2007/results?round=4 live https://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/senior-open-championship-pres-by-rolex/past-results.2007.html Past results, The Senior Open PGA Tour 9 March 2022 9 March 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220309201455/https://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/senior-open-championship-pres-by-rolex/past-results.2007.html live https://www.golfdigest.com/story/20070729watson Watson Wins the Senior British Open Golf Digest 10 March 2022 28 July 2007 Venue Muirfield thumb|left|The clubhouse of The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers The club based at Muirfield, The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, was founded in 1744, being the oldest golf club in the world. The course, built in 1891 and designed by Old Tom Morris, had previously hosted The Open Championship 15 times, in 1980 won by Tom Watson. Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4483513782135604681854435093,5554753893811914484141865464493,4797,034 Par444354345364443443543571 Source:Senior Open Championship presented by Aberdeen Asset Management – Course Card https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-open-championship-presented-by-aberdeen-asset-management-2007/course 9 March 2022 European Tour 9 March 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220309201515/https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-open-championship-presented-by-aberdeen-asset-management-2007/course live Field The field of 144 competitors comprised138 professionals and six amateurs. 18-hole stroke play qualifying rounds were held on Monday, 23 July, on three places in Scotland, Craigielaw Golf Club, Dunbar Golf Club and North Berwick Golf Club, for players who were not already exempt. 337 players entered the qualifying competitions and the leading 34 players joined the 110 exempt players for the championship.Record number to tee up at Pre Qualifying https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/news/articles/detail/record-number-to-tee-up-at-pre-qualifying/ 23 July 2007 25 April 2022 European Tour 77 players made the 36-hole cut, all of them professionals and no amateurs. One of them withdraw after the third round. Past champions in the field Seven past Senior Open champions participated. Five of them made the 36-hole cut; 2003 and 2005 champion Tom Watson (won), 2006 champion Loren Roberts (tied 4th), 1989 and 1993 champion Bob Charles (tied 34th), 2004 champion Pete Oakley (tied 48th) and 1988, 1990 and 1997 champion Gary Player (76th). 1987 champion Neil Coles and 2002 champion Noboru Sugai did not make the cut. The event marked the last appearance in the Senior Open for 72-year-old Coles, 20 years after winning the inaugural championship. Past winners and runners-up at The Open Championship in the field The field included six former winners of The Open Championship. Five of them made the cut; 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983 Open champion Tom Watson (won) and 1998 Open champion Mark O'Meara (tied 2nd), 1987, 1990 and 1992 Open champion Nick Faldo (tied 14th),1963 Open champion Bob Charles (tied 34th) and 1959, 1968 and 1974 Open champion Gary Player (76th). 1969 Open champion Tony Jacklin did not make the cut. The field also included eight former runners-up at The Open Championship; Gordon J. Brand (tied 10th), Tom Kite (tied 10th). Ben Crenshaw (tied 30th), Mark McNulty (tied 34th), Simon Owen (tied 38th), Costantino Rocca (tied 54th), Wayne Grady (missed cut) and Neil Coles (missed cut). Final results Sunday, 29 July 2007 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Tom Watson 70-71-70-73=284 E 320,176T2 AUS Stewart Ginn 71-70-69-75=285 +1 166,885 USA Mark O'Meara 72-71-70-72=285T4 USA Jay Haas 70-75-73-70=288 +4 75,585 USA Lonnie Nielsen 69-74-74-71=288 USA Loren Roberts74-72-71-71=288 ARG Eduardo Romero70-71-73-74=2888 USA John Ross 71-72-74-72=289 +5 47,9869 USA Donnie Hammond 73-71-71-75=290+643,055T10 ENG Gordon J. Brand 68-73-74-76=291 +7 34,351 USA Tom Kite 70-76-74-71=291 IRL Des Smyth70-70-77-74=291 SCO Sam Torrance69-75-71-76=291 Source: References External links Results on European Tour website Results on PGA Tour website 2007 U.S. Senior Open Senior Major Championships 2007 JELD-WEN Tradition Category:Senior major golf championships Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Senior Open Championship Senior Open Championship Senior Open Championship Category:Gullane Category:Sport in East Lothian