1993 Senior British Open Explained

1993 Senior British Open
Dates:22–25 July 1993
Location:Lytham St Annes, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates:53.7496°N -3.0178°W
Course:Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Lang:uk
Org:The R&A
Format:72 holes stroke play
Par:71
Field:123 players, 66 after cut
Cut:155 (+13)
Champion: Bob Charles (golfer)
Score:291 (+7)
Map:Europe#United Kingdom#UK England#United Kingdom Borough of Fylde#United Kingdom Lytham St Annes
Map Label:Lytham &<br />St Annes
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Previous:1992
Next:1994

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

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

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ()
1 Bob Charles73-73-71-74=291+751,310
T2 Tommy Horton73-72-73-74=292+826,467
Gary Player73-74-72-73=292
4 Tony Grubb77-73-71-72=293+915,400
5 Joel Hirsch (a)73-71-74-77=295+11
T6 Liam Higgins70-71-76-79=296+1211,921
Brian Huggett72-73-75-76=296
8 Art Proctor73-76-73-75=297+139,240
9 John Fourie72-77-75-74=298+147,695
T10 Norman Drew73-73-73-80=299+156,009
Christy O'Connor Snr72-77-72-78=299
José Maria Roca75-72-75-77=299
David Snell74-78-69-78=299

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Senior Open Championship . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220213182045/https://www.randa.org/en/championships . 13 February 2022 . 13 February 2022 . The R&A.
  2. News: 21 November 2018 . PGA Tour Champions recognizes Gary Player's Senior British Open wins as major titles . GNN Golf News Net . 21 March 2022.
  3. Web site: Senior British Open Results . 3 April 2022 . European Tour.
  4. Book: Bradley, Nick . The Golf Book . 16 September 2021 . 141 . 4 April 2022 . Dorling Kindersley Ltd . 978-0241551486.
  5. Web site: Heritage - Senior Open . 2 April 2022 . Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.