U.S. SENIOR OPEN FIELD
Here is a breakdown of who is in the 156-man field at SVCC’s Old Course:
U.S. Senior Open champions (10): Olin Browne (2011), Roger Chapman (2012), Fred Funk (2009), Jim Furyk (2021), Bernhard Langer (2010), Jeff Maggert (2015), Colin Montgomerie (2014), Gene Sauers (2016), Steve Stricker (2019), David Toms (2018)
U.S. Senior Open runners-up (13): Funk (2008, ‘12, ‘13), Retief Goosen (2021), Miguel Angel Jimenez
(2016, ‘18), Jerry Kelly (2018, ‘19), Langer (2012), Tom Lehman (2012), Montgomerie (2015), Mark O’Meara (2011), Tim Petrovic (2018), Sauers (2014), Toms (2019), Kirk Triplett (2017), Mike Weir (2021).
U.S. Open champions (5): Michael Campbell (2005), Ernie Els (1994, ‘97), Furyk (2003), Goosen (2001, ‘04), Lee Janzen (1993, ‘98)
U.S. Open runners-up (8): Els (2000), Furyk (2006, ‘07, ‘16), Jimenez (2000), Lehman (1996), Davis Love III (1996), Rocco Mediate (2008), Montgomerie (1994, ‘97, 2006), Jeff Sluman (1992)
U.S. Amateur champions (2): O’Meara (1979), Scott Verplank (1984)
U.S. Junior Amateur champions (4): David Duval (1989), Jack Larkin (1979), Brett Quigley (1987), Willie Wood (1977)
U.S. Senior Amateur champions (1): Gene Elliott (2021)
U.S. Senior Amateur runners-up (2): Jerry Gunthorpe (2021), Matt Sughrue (2016)
U.S. Amateur Public Links champions (2): David Berganio Jr. (1991, ‘93), Hogarth (1996)
U.S. Amateur Four-Ball champions (1): Todd White (2015)
NCAA Division I champions (2): Jay Haas (1975), Verplank (1986)
NCAA Division II champions (1): Janzen (1986)
Players in field with most U.S. Senior Open appearances:
Haas (16), Funk (13), Langer (13), O’Meara (13), Sluman (13), Lehman (12)
Active consecutive U.S. Senior Open appearances: Langer (13), Sluman (13), Lehman (12)
Amateurs (24): Gene Elliott, last year’s U.S. Senior Amateur champion, is among them. The 60-year-old Iowa resident is the third player (Paul Simson, Chip Lutz) to claim the national senior titles of the U.S., Canada and Great Britain. Elliott, who recovered from open-heart surgery 22 years ago, captured the 2017 and 2019 Canadian Senior Amateur and the 2021 R & A Senior Amateur. … Tim Jackson (tie for 11th in 2009) was the best finish by an amateur.