Sunningdale Golf Club has been selected to host Senior Open Championship in 2020.
The Berkshire club’s Old Course first hosted the senior major in 2009, when America’s Loren Roberts defeated compatriot Fred Funk and Ireland’s Mark McNulty in a play-off. Another American, Marco Dawson, was triumphant when it returned in 2015, finishing one stroke ahead of Bernhard Langer.
Among those who will be eligible to compete in their first Senior Opens are five-time major champion Phil Mickelson, 2003 US Open champion Jim Furyk and 2003 Masters winner Mike Weir.
Johnnie Cole-Hamilton, Executive Director of Championships at the R&A, said: “The Senior Open continues to grow in stature and Sunningdale will be an outstanding venue for the 2020 championship. The top senior players in the world will relish the challenge presented by the Old Course and we can look forward to an excellent week of world class golf.”
Nick Howe, chairman of the Tournament Committee at Sunningdale, said: ‘’We are delighted that the Senior Open is returning to Sunningdale in 2020. It is the third time we will have held this prestigious event and we are very much looking forward to hosting the best senior golfers in the world and seeing how they navigate the challenges of The Old Course, now ranked the number one course in England.’’