Tournament information | |
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Dates | 26–29 July 2007 |
Location | Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland 56°29′49″N 2°43′01″W / 56.497°N 2.717°W |
Course(s) | Muirfield |
Organised by | The R&A |
Tour(s) | |
Format | 72 holes stroke play |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,034 yd (6,432 m) |
Field | 144 players, 77 after cut |
Cut | 151 (+9) |
Prize fund | US$2,000,000 £1,250,000 |
Winner's share | US$320,176 |
Champion | |
Tom Watson | |
284 (E) | |
Location map | |
The 2007 Senior Open Championship, for sponsorship reasons named The Senior Open Championship presented by Aberdeen Asset Management, was a senior major golf championship and the 21st Senior Open Championship, held from 26 to 29 July at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was the first Senior Open Championship played at the course and the fifth Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.[1]
Tom Watson won by one stroke over Stewart Ginn and Mark O'Meara to win his third Senior British Open title. The 2007 event was Watson's fifth senior major championship victory.[2][3][4]