Championship Venue |
Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio |
Opened |
1916 |
Designer |
Donald Ross/Renovations by Jack Nicklaus/Michael Hurdzon |
Entries Open |
Week of March 7 |
Entries Close |
June 8 |
Dates of Championship |
Aug. 11-14 |
Field Size |
156 |
Eligibility |
Any professional or amateur golfer who has reached 50 years of age by Aug. 11 and whose Handicap Index does not exceed 3.4 |
2015 Championship |
Jeff Maggert (270/-10) edged defending champion Colin Montgomerie by two strokes at Del Paso Country Cub in Sacramento, Calif. |
Quotable |
“I’m honored to take this trophy home, and I will cherish it the rest of my life.” – Jeff Maggert |
Notable Past Events at Scioto Country Club |
1926 U.S. Open (Bob Jones) |
U.S. Senior Opens in Ohio (5) |
1986 (Scioto C.C./Columbus) Dale Douglass |
Notable U.S. Senior Open Champions |
Arnold Palmer (1981); Miller Barber (1982, 1984-85); Billy Casper (1983); Gary Player (1987-88); Lee Trevino (1990); Jack Nicklaus (1991, 1993); Tom Weiskopf (1995); Hale Irwin (1998, 2000); Allen Doyle (2005-06); Fred Funk (2009); Bernhard Langer (2010); Colin Montgomerie (2014) |
Notable U.S. Senior Open Runners-Up |
a-William C. Campbell (1980); Gene Littler (1982); Arnold Palmer (1984); Gary Player (1986); Bob Charles (1988); Jack Nicklaus (1990, 1995); Chi Chi Rodriguez (1991); Hale Irwin (1996, 2004); Tom Watson (2002-03, 2006); Ben Crenshaw (2007); Fred Couples (2010); Fred Funk (2008, 2012-13); Mark O’Meara (2011); Colin Montgomerie (2015) |
Schedule of Play |
Aug. 11 (First Round, 18 holes, stroke play) |
Television Coverage |
Aug. 11 (First Round/Fox Sports 1/TBD) |
Future Sites |
2017 (Salem Country Club, Peabody, Mass./June 29-July 2) |