1993 Senior British Open

1993 Senior British Open

Tournament information
Dates	22–25 July 1993
Location	Lytham St Annes, England, United Kingdom 53°44′59″N3°01′04″W / 53.7496°N 3.0178°W / 53.7496; -3.0178
Course	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Organised by	The R&A
Tours	European Seniors Tour Senior PGA Tour
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	71
Field	123 players, 66 after cut
Cut	155 (+13)
Prize fund	€220,000
Winner's share	€51,310
Champion
Bob Charles (golfer)
291 (+7)
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The 1993 Senior British Open was a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and above and the seventh Senior British Open, held from 22 to 25 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

In 2018, the tournament was, as all Senior British Open Championships played 1987–2002, retroactively recognized as a senior major golf championship and a PGA Tour Champions (at the time named the Senior PGA Tour) event. ^{[1] [2]}

Bob Charles, with a birdie on the last hole, won by one stroke over Tommy Horton and Gary Player, to win his second Senior British Open title and second senior major championship. ^[3] Charles won The Open Championship on the same course 30 years earlier, in 1963. ^[4]

Venue

Main article: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

The event was the third Senior Open Championship in a row held at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club. ^[5]

Royal Lytham & St Annes GC clubhouse

Field

123 players entered the competition. Two of them withdraw and one was disqualified. 66 players, 56 professionals and ten amateurs, made the 36-hole cut.

Joel Hirsch, United States, finished leading amateur on fifth place.

Past champions in the field

Four past Senior British Open champions participated. All of them made the 36-hole cut, Bob Charles (won), Gary Player (tied 2nd), John Fourie (8th) and Bobby Verway (tied 25th). 1987 champion Neil Coles did not play.

Past winners and runners-up at The Open Championship in the field

The field included three former winners of The Open Championship. All of them made the cut, Bob Charles (won), Gary Player (tied 2nd) and Arnold Palmer (tied 13th).

The field also included two former runners-up at The Open Championship; Brian Huggett (tied 5th) and Christy O'Connor Snr (tied 9th).

Final results

Sunday, 25 July 1993

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (€)
1	Bob Charles	73-73-71-74=291	+7	51,310
T2	Tommy Horton	73-72-73-74=292	+8	26,467
	Gary Player	73-74-72-73=292
4	Tony Grubb	77-73-71-72=293	+9	15,400
5	Joel Hirsch (a)	73-71-74-77=295	+11	–
T6	Liam Higgins	70-71-76-79=296	+12	11,921
	Brian Huggett	72-73-75-76=296
8	Art Proctor	73-76-73-75=297	+13	9,240
9	John Fourie	72-77-75-74=298	+14	7,695
T10	Norman Drew	73-73-73-80=299	+15	6,009
	Christy O'Connor Snr	72-77-72-78=299
	José Maria Roca	75-72-75-77=299
	David Snell	74-78-69-78=299

(a) denotes amateur, who did not receive any prize money.

Source: ^[3]

References

1. "The Senior Open Championship". The R&A. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
2. "PGA Tour Champions recognizes Gary Player's Senior British Open wins as major titles". GNN Golf News Net. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
3. "Senior British Open Results". European Tour. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
4. Bradley, Nick (16 September 2021). The Golf Book. Dorling Kindersley Ltd. p. 141. ISBN   978-0241551486 . Retrieved 4 April 2022.
5. "Heritage - Senior Open". Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club. Retrieved 2 April 2022.

External links

• Results on European Tour website

Preceded by 1993 U.S. Senior Open

Senior Major Championships

Succeeded by 1994 The Tradition