PGA Seniors Championship

PGA Seniors Championship
Tournament information
Location Ash, Sevenoaks, Kent (2018)
Established 1957
Course(s) London Golf Club (2018)
Tour(s) European Senior Tour
Month played August
Current champion
England Philip Golding

The PGA Seniors Championship is a European Senior Tour golf tournament for men aged fifty and above. It was founded in 1957 and became part of the European Senior Tour on its founding in 1992. It was not held in 2016 or 2017 but returned in 2018 as the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship.

It is the oldest important seniors tournament in Europe and, together with the Senior Open Championship, one of only two current events that predate the founding of the European Senior Tour in 1992. The PGA Seniors Championship and the Senior Open Championship are also the only two Europe-based events on the European Senior Tour that are played over 72 holes.

History

From 1957 to 1966 the event was played over 54 holes. Since then it has been a 72-hole event with the exception of 1993 to 1995 when it was again played over 54 holes. In 1987 and 2012 it was reduced to 54 holes by bad weather.

From its foundation in 1957 until 1978 the winner played the winner of the American Senior PGA Championship for the World Senior Championship, a one-day 36-hole match-play event. The winner won the Teacher International Trophy.

Venues

From 1957 to 1968 the event was held in England, except in 1967 when it was held at Ayr Belleisle in Scotland. From 1969 to 1974 the event was sponsored by Pringle of Scotland and played in Scotland. It was also played in Scotland in 1975 and 1976, from 1980 to 1982 and in 1988 but otherwise was held in England. It was played at the Royal Dublin Golf Club in the Republic of Ireland in 1992 but since 1993 it has been played in England.

Trivia

In 2008, Gordon J. Brand beat Gordon Brand Jnr after a six-hole playoff.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryVenueScoreMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-upRef
Staysure PGA Seniors Championship
2018Philip Golding EnglandLondon Golf Club270 (−18)2 strokesSweden Magnus Persson Atlevi
ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship
2016–17: No tournament
2015Peter Fowler AustraliaClose House272 (−12)3 strokesAustria Gordon Manson
2014Santiago Luna SpainStoke-by-Nayland270 (−14)2 strokesDenmark Steen Tinning
2013Paul Wesselingh (2) EnglandMottram Hall272 (−20)4 strokesParaguay Ángel Franco
2012Paul Wesselingh EnglandSlaley Hall210 (−6)1 strokeSweden Anders Forsbrand
Scotland Andrew Oldcorn
De Vere Club PGA Seniors Championship
2011Andrew Oldcorn ScotlandSlaley Hall277 (−11)9 strokesScotland Gordon Brand, Jnr
De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship
2010David J Russell EnglandSlaley Hall283 (−5)2 strokesParaguay Ángel Franco
England Barry Lane
South Africa Chris Williams
2009Carl Mason (3) EnglandSlaley Hall279 (−9)3 strokesParaguay Ángel Franco
South Africa Chris Williams
2008Gordon J. Brand EnglandSlaley Hall292 (+4)PlayoffScotland Gordon Brand, Jnr
PGA Seniors Championship
2007Carl Mason (2) EnglandStoke-by-Nayland268 (−20)6 strokesFrance Philippe Dugeny
Italy Costantino Rocca
2006Sam Torrance (2) ScotlandStoke-by-Nayland268 (−20)3 strokesArgentina Luis Carbonetti
De Vere PGA Seniors Championship
2005Sam Torrance ScotlandCarden Park271 (−17)4 strokesEngland David J Russell
2004Carl Mason EnglandCarden Park275 (−13)PlayoffJapan Seiji Ebihara
England Jim Rhodes
2003Bill Longmuir ScotlandCarden Park271 (−17)2 strokesEngland Carl Mason
Republic of Ireland Denis O'Sullivan
2002Seiji Ebihara JapanCarden Park267 (−21)10 strokesUnited States George Burns
United States Steve Stull
2001Ian Stanley AustraliaCarden Park278 (−10)2 strokesEngland Maurice Bembridge
The Belfry PGA Seniors Championship
2000John Grace United StatesThe Belfry282 (−6)PlayoffEngland Peter Dawson
1999Ross Metherell AustraliaThe Belfry276 (−12)1 strokeUnited States Bill Brask
1998Tommy Horton (2) EnglandThe Belfry277 (−11)2 strokesItaly Renato Campagnoli
England Jim Rhodes
1997Walter Hall United StatesThe Belfry277 (−11)3 strokesEngland Tommy Horton
1996Terry Gale AustraliaThe Belfry284 (−4)1 strokeEngland Tommy Horton
Forte PGA Seniors Championship
1995John Morgan (2) EnglandSunningdale204 (−6)PlayoffSpain Antonio Garrido
1994John Morgan EnglandSunningdale203 (−7)2 strokesEngland David Creamer
1993Brian Huggett WalesSunningdale204 (−6)3 strokesSouth Africa Bobby Verwey
1992Tommy Horton EnglandRoyal Dublin290 (+2)PlayoffEngland Tony Grubb
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr
Trusthouse Forte PGA Seniors Championship (prior to European Senior Tour sanction)
1991Brian Waites (2) EnglandWollaton Park277 (−7)3 strokesEngland Neil Coles[1]
1990Brian Waites EnglandBrough269 (−3)4 strokesEngland Neil Coles[2]
1989Neil Coles (4) EnglandWest Hill277 (+1)4 strokesEngland Peter Butler[3]
1988Peter Thomson AustraliaNorth Berwick287 (+7)2 strokesSouth Africa Denis Hutchinson[4]
1987Neil Coles (3) EnglandCoventry206 (−13)4 strokesAustralia Peter Thomson[5]
1986Neil Coles (2) EnglandMere276 (−4)1 strokeEngland Peter Butler[6]
1985Neil Coles EnglandPannal284 (−4)2 strokesRepublic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr[7]
1984Ernie Jones IrelandStratford-on-Avon280 (−8)3 strokesEngland Peter Butler
England Ross Whitehead		[8]
1983Christy O'Connor Snr (6) IrelandBurnham & Berrow277 (−7)9 strokesEngland Peter Gill[9]
1982Christy O'Connor Snr (5) IrelandLongniddry285 (+13)PlayoffEngland Peter Butler
Alex Mitchell
Australia Guy Wolstenholme		[10]
1981Christy O'Connor Snr (4) IrelandNorth Berwick287 (+3)PlayoffEngland Fred Boobyer[11]
PGA Seniors Championship
1980Paddy Skerritt (2) IrelandGleneagles Hotel286 (+6)5 strokesScotland Doug Beattie[12]
PGA Seniors Championship sponsored by the Cambridgeshire Hotel
1979Christy O'Connor Snr (3) IrelandCambridgeshire Hotel280 (−8)PlayoffArgentina Roberto De Vicenzo[13]
1978Paddy Skerritt IrelandCambridgeshire Hotel288 (E)1 strokeArgentina Roberto De Vicenzo
Republic of Ireland Jimmy Martin		[14]
1977Christy O'Connor Snr (2) IrelandCambridgeshire Hotel284 (−4)3 strokesArgentina Roberto De Vicenzo[15]
PGA Seniors Championship sponsored by Ben Sayers-Strathclyde Hotels
1976Christy O'Connor Snr IrelandNorth Berwick276 (−8)4 strokesAustralia Kel Nagle[16]
1975Kel Nagle (3) AustraliaLongniddry268 (−4)2 strokesEngland Ken Bousfield[17]
Pringle of Scotland Seniors Championship
1974Eric Lester EnglandLundin Links282 (−2)4 strokesEngland Ken Bousfield[18]
1973Kel Nagle (2) AustraliaElie270 (−10)1 strokeArgentina Roberto De Vicenzo[19]
1972Ken Bousfield EnglandLongniddry291 (+15)PlayoffItaly Alfonso Angelini[20]
1971Kel Nagle AustraliaElie269 (−11)6 strokesEngland Ken Bousfield
Scotland John Panton		[21]
1970Max Faulkner (2) EnglandLongniddry288 (+12)1 strokeWales Dai Rees[22]
1969John Panton (2) ScotlandWest Kilbride281 (−3)8 strokesWales Dai Rees[23]
Teacher's Seniors Championship
1968Max Faulkner EnglandAldeburgh283 (+11)3 strokesScotland John Panton[24]
1967John Panton ScotlandAyr Belleisle282 (+2)5 strokesBelgium Flory Van Donck[25]
1966Dai Rees WalesCoventry215 (−1)PlayoffBelgium Flory Van Donck[26][27]
1965Charlie Ward EnglandAshford Manor210 (E)2 strokesWales Dai Rees[28]
1964Syd Scott EnglandNorthumberland2131 strokeWales Dai Rees[29]
1963George Evans EnglandWeston-super-Mare2221 strokeEngland Norman Sutton[30]
1962Sam King (2) EnglandHarrogate2142 strokesEngland Fred Daly[31]
1961Sam King EnglandHill Barn208PlayoffScotland Allan Dailey[32][33]
1960Reg Horne EnglandMere2133 strokesEngland Norman Sutton[34]
1959Arthur Lees EnglandRoyal Mid-Surrey2046 strokesEngland Jack Jacobs[35]
1958Norman Sutton EnglandCopt Heath2143 strokesEngland Jack Jacobs[36]
1957John Burton EnglandFulwell2135 strokesEngland Joe Baker
England Wally Smithers		[37]

In 2012 and 1987, the event was reduced to 54 holes because of bad weather. From 1993 to 1995 and from 1957 to 1966, the event was over 54 holes.

In 1966 Rees beat Van Donck 71 to 75 in an 18-hole playoff. In 1961 King beat Dailey 69 to 80 in an 18-hole playoff. The first sudden-death playoff was in 1972.

References

  1. ↑ "In brief - Golf". The Times. 17 June 1991. p. 35.
  2. ↑ "Newcomer prives old hand". The Times. 18 June 1990. p. 45.
  3. ↑ "Scots find Coles too hot to handle". The Glasgow Herald. 19 June 1989. p. 22.
  4. ↑ "Thomson makes in a double". The Glasgow Herald. 27 June 1988. p. 9.
  5. ↑ "Coles wins title for third time". The Times. 22 June 1987. p. 38.
  6. ↑ "Jittery Coles wins as Butler charge just fails". The Glasgow Herald. 4 August 1986. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "O'Connor fails to catch 'young fox'". The Glasgow Herald. 29 July 1985. p. 15.
  8. ↑ "Ernie Jones". The Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1984. p. 14.
  9. ↑ "O'Connor retains his seniors crown". The Glasgow Herald. 27 May 1983. p. 25.
  10. ↑ "O'Connor again after play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1982. p. 23.
  11. ↑ "Christy has Irish luck". The Glasgow Herald. 25 July 1981. p. 14.
  12. ↑ "Lighter grip eases mounting pressure". The Times. 1 July 1980. p. 13.
  13. ↑ "Christy wins the battle of the grand old men". The Glasgow Herald. 9 July 1979. p. 20.
  14. ↑ "Senior PGA title for Skerritt". The Glasgow Herald. 6 July 1978. p. 15.
  15. ↑ "Christy O'Connor wins after a scare". The Glasgow Herald. 30 June 1977. p. 23.
  16. ↑ "Great O'Connor wins by 4 shots". The Glasgow Herald. 1 July 1976. p. 14.
  17. ↑ "A record 64 gives Nagle seniors title". The Glasgow Herald. 3 July 1975. p. 18.
  18. ↑ "Lester wins despite two bad lapses". The Glasgow Herald. 4 July 1974. p. 5.
  19. ↑ "Last-round 65 gives Nagle seniors' title". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1973. p. 2.
  20. ↑ "Bousfield wins play off to meet Snead". The Times. 23 June 1972. p. 13.
  21. ↑ "Nagle wins seniors' title with record-breaking 62". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1971. p. 6.
  22. ↑ "Seniors' title won by Faulkner after desperate struggle". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1970. p. 6.
  23. ↑ "Panton wins by eight strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 27 June 1969. p. 6.
  24. ↑ "Senior title won by Faulkner". The Glasgow Herald. 24 May 1968. p. 6.
  25. ↑ "Senior tournament won by Panton by five strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 26 May 1967. p. 6.
  26. ↑ "Rees and Van Donck in play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 27 May 1966. p. 6.
  27. ↑ "Rees beats Van Donck by four strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1966. p. 6.
  28. ↑ "Senior title for C.H. Ward". The Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1965. p. 6.
  29. ↑ "Scott takes senior title". The Glasgow Herald. 29 May 1964. p. 6.
  30. ↑ "Senior title for Evans". The Glasgow Herald. 31 May 1963. p. 13.
  31. ↑ "King again wins senior title". The Glasgow Herald. 1 June 1962. p. 5.
  32. ↑ "Tie for senior championship". The Glasgow Herald. 13 May 1961. p. 5.
  33. ↑ "British senior champion". The Glasgow Herald. 15 May 1961. p. 10.
  34. ↑ "Horne senior champion". The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1960. p. 10.
  35. ↑ "Senior title for Lees". The Glasgow Herald. 15 May 1959. p. 6.
  36. ↑ "Senior title for Sutton". The Glasgow Herald. 4 April 1958. p. 4.
  37. ↑ "Burton wins seniors' event". The Glasgow Herald. 13 April 1957. p. 4.
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