PGA Seniors Championship

This article is about the European Senior Tour event. For the PGA Tour Champions major championship, see Senior PGA Championship.

Staysure PGA Seniors Championship
Tournament information
LocationBalmedie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Established1957
Course(s)Trump International Golf Links, Scotland
Par72
Length6,921 yards (6,329 m)
Tour(s)European Senior Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund€750,000
Month playedAugust
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Seiji Ebihara (2002)
To par−21 as above
Current champion
England Robert Coles
Location map
Trump International Golf Links, Scotland is located in Scotland
Trump International Golf Links, Scotland
Trump International Golf Links, Scotland
Location in Scotland
Trump International Golf Links, Scotland is located in Aberdeenshire
Trump International Golf Links, Scotland
Trump International Golf Links, Scotland
Location in Aberdeenshire

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

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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

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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.

Winners

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Venue Ref.
Staysure PGA Seniors Championship
2024 England Robert Coles 284 −4 1 stroke Scotland Paul Lawrie Trump International
2023 England Peter Baker 276 −12 6 strokes England Greg Owen Trump International
2022 Brazil Adilson da Silva 270 −18 6 strokes Sweden Joakim Haeggman Formby
2021 England Paul Broadhurst 281 −7 1 stroke England John Bickerton
France Thomas Levet		 Formby
2020: No tournament
2019 Wales Phillip Price 271 −17 2 strokes New Zealand Michael Campbell
South Africa James Kingston
Australia Peter Lonard		 London
2018 England Philip Golding 270 −18 2 strokes Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi London
ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship
2016–17: No tournament
2015 Australia Peter Fowler 272 −12 3 strokes Austria Gordon Manson Close House
2014 Spain Santiago Luna 270 −14 2 strokes Denmark Steen Tinning Stoke-by-Nayland
2013 England Paul Wesselingh (2) 272 −20 4 strokes Paraguay Ángel Franco Mottram Hall
2012 England Paul Wesselingh 210[a] −6 1 stroke Sweden Anders Forsbrand
Scotland Andrew Oldcorn		 Slaley Hall
De Vere Club PGA Seniors Championship
2011 Scotland Andrew Oldcorn 277 −11 9 strokes Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr Slaley Hall
De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship
2010 England David J. Russell 283 −5 2 strokes Paraguay Ángel Franco
England Barry Lane
South Africa Chris Williams		 Slaley Hall
2009 England Carl Mason (3) 279 −9 3 strokes Paraguay Ángel Franco
South Africa Chris Williams		 Slaley Hall
2008 England Gordon J. Brand 292 +4 Playoff Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr Slaley Hall
PGA Seniors Championship
2007 England Carl Mason (2) 268 −20 6 strokes France Philippe Dugeny
Italy Costantino Rocca		 Stoke-by-Nayland
2006 Scotland Sam Torrance (2) 268 −20 3 strokes Argentina Luis Carbonetti Stoke-by-Nayland
De Vere PGA Seniors Championship
2005 Scotland Sam Torrance 271 −17 4 strokes England David J. Russell Carden Park
2004 England Carl Mason 275 −13 Playoff Japan Seiji Ebihara
England Jim Rhodes		 Carden Park
2003 Scotland Bill Longmuir 271 −17 2 strokes England Carl Mason
Republic of Ireland Denis O'Sullivan		 Carden Park
2002 Japan Seiji Ebihara 267 −21 10 strokes United States George Burns
United States Steve Stull		 Carden Park
2001 Australia Ian Stanley 278 −10 2 strokes England Maurice Bembridge Carden Park
The Belfry PGA Seniors Championship
2000 United States John Grace 282 −6 Playoff England Peter Dawson The Belfry
1999 Australia Ross Metherell 276 −12 1 stroke United States Bill Brask The Belfry
1998 England Tommy Horton (2) 277 −11 2 strokes Italy Renato Campagnoli
England Jim Rhodes		 The Belfry
1997 United States Walter Hall 277 −11 3 strokes England Tommy Horton The Belfry
1996 Australia Terry Gale 284 −4 1 stroke England Tommy Horton The Belfry
Forte PGA Seniors Championship
1995 England John Morgan (2) 204 −6 Playoff Spain Antonio Garrido Sunningdale
1994 England John Morgan 203 −7 2 strokes England David Creamer Sunningdale
1993 Wales Brian Huggett 204 −6 3 strokes South Africa Bobby Verwey Sunningdale
1992 England Tommy Horton 290 +2 Playoff England Tony Grubb
Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr		 Royal Dublin
Trusthouse Forte PGA Seniors Championship
1991 England Brian Waites (2) 277 −7 3 strokes England Neil Coles Wollaton Park [1]
1990 England Brian Waites 269 −3 4 strokes England Neil Coles Brough [2]
1989 England Neil Coles (4) 277 +1 4 strokes England Peter Butler West Hill [3]
1988 Australia Peter Thomson 287 +7 2 strokes South Africa Denis Hutchinson North Berwick [4]
1987 England Neil Coles (3) 206[a] −13 4 strokes Australia Peter Thomson Coventry [5]
1986 England Neil Coles (2) 276 −4 1 stroke England Peter Butler Mere [6]
1985 England Neil Coles 284 −4 2 strokes Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr Pannal [7]
1984 Republic of Ireland Ernie Jones 280 −8 3 strokes England Peter Butler
England Ross Whitehead		 Stratford-on-Avon [8]
1983 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr (6) 277 −7 9 strokes England Peter Gill Burnham & Berrow [9]
1982 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr (5) 285 +13 Playoff England Peter Butler
Scotland Alex Mitchell
Australia Guy Wolstenholme		 Longniddry [10]
1981 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr (4) 287 +3 Playoff England Fred Boobyer North Berwick [11]
PGA Seniors Championship
1980 Republic of Ireland Paddy Skerritt (2) 286 +6 5 strokes Scotland Doug Beattie Gleneagles Hotel [12]
1979 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr (3) 280 −8 Playoff Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo Cambridgeshire Hotel [13]
1978 Republic of Ireland Paddy Skerritt 288 E 1 stroke Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo
Republic of Ireland Jimmy Martin		 Cambridgeshire Hotel [14]
1977 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr (2) 284 −4 3 strokes Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo Cambridgeshire Hotel [15]
1976 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Snr 276 −8 4 strokes Australia Kel Nagle North Berwick [16]
1975 Australia Kel Nagle (3) 268 −4 2 strokes England Ken Bousfield Longniddry [17]
Pringle of Scotland Seniors Championship
1974 England Eric Lester 282 −2 4 strokes England Ken Bousfield Lundin Links [18]
1973 Australia Kel Nagle (2) 270 −10 1 stroke Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo Elie [19]
1972 England Ken Bousfield 291 +15 Playoff Italy Alfonso Angelini Longniddry [20]
1971 Australia Kel Nagle 269 −11 6 strokes England Ken Bousfield
Scotland John Panton		 Elie [21]
1970 England Max Faulkner (2) 288 +12 1 stroke Wales Dai Rees Longniddry [22]
1969 Scotland John Panton (2) 281 −3 8 strokes Wales Dai Rees West Kilbride [23]
Teacher's Seniors Championship
1968 England Max Faulkner 283 +11 3 strokes Scotland John Panton Aldeburgh [24]
1967 Scotland John Panton 282 +2 5 strokes Belgium Flory Van Donck Ayr Belleisle [25]
1966 Wales Dai Rees 215 −1 Playoff Belgium Flory Van Donck Coventry [26][27]
1965 England Charlie Ward 210 E 2 strokes Wales Dai Rees Ashford Manor [28]
1964 England Syd Scott 213 1 stroke Wales Dai Rees Northumberland [29]
1963 England George Evans 222 1 stroke England Norman Sutton Weston-super-Mare [30]
1962 England Sam King (2) 214 2 strokes England Fred Daly Harrogate [31]
1961 England Sam King 208 Playoff Scotland Allan Dailey Hill Barn [32][33]
1960 England Reg Horne 213 3 strokes England Norman Sutton Mere [34]
1959 England Arthur Lees 204 6 strokes England Jack Jacobs Royal Mid-Surrey [35]
1958 England Norman Sutton 214 3 strokes England Jack Jacobs Copt Heath [36]
1957 England John Burton 213 5 strokes England Joe Baker
England Wally Smithers		 Fulwell [37]
  1. ^ a b Shortened to 54 holes due to weather.

References

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  1. ^ "In brief - Golf". The Times. 17 June 1991. p. 35.
  2. ^ "Newcomer deprives 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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