2023 Senior Open Championship
36th Senior Open Championship
The 2023 Senior Open Championship was a senior major golf championship for players aged 50 and over and the 36th Senior Open Championship. It was held 27–30 July at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Wales. It was the 20th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship. The presenting sponsor was Rolex.
Venue
The club was founded in 1891 and moved to its present location in 1895.
The 2023 event was the third Senior Open Championship played at Royal Porthcawl. The club previously hosted the 2014 and 2017 Senior Open Championships, both won by Bernhard Langer. It has also been the venue for The Amateur Championship on six occasions and the Welsh Golf Classic on the European Tour in the early 1980s.
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Field
The field of 144 competitors included 136 professionals and eight amateurs, either exempt via different criteria or advancing from qualifying competitions.
For players who were not already exempt, four 18-hole stroke play qualifying events took place on Monday 24 July at four venues in Wales; Southerndown Golf Club, Pyle and Kenfig Golf Club (both in Bridgend), Machynys Peninsula Golf Club, Monk's Island, in Llanelli and Ashburnham Golf Club in Burry Port.
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