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2001 Senior British Open
The 2001 Senior British Open, for sponsorship reasons named Senior British Open presented by MasterCard, was a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and above and the 15th British Senior Open Championship, held from 26 to 29 July at Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
In 2018, the tournament was, as were all Senior British Open Championships played 1987–2002, retroactively recognized as a senior major golf championship and a PGA Tour Champions (at the time named the Senior PGA Tour) event.
Ian Stanley won in a playoff over Bob Charles to win his first Senior British Open title and first senior major championship victory.
The hosting course, one of the oldest on the island of Ireland, originally designed by Old Tom Morris and located in naturally links settings in the Murlough Nature Reserve, stretching along the shores of Dundrum Bay, was established in 1889.
The course had previously hosted the 2000 Senior British Open Championship and several editions of the Irish Open, The Amateur Championship and the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship and the 1968 Curtis Cup.
The event was the first of three editions of the Senior British Open, three years in a row, held at the Royal County Down Golf Club.
132 players, 120 professionals and 12 amateurs, entered the competition.
Two qualifying tournaments were held on Tuesday 24 July. 30 players, 25 professionals and five amateurs qualified through an 18-hole qualifying round at Kilkeel Golf Club. 31 players, 26 professionals and five amateurs qualified through an 18-hole qualifying round at Spa Golf Club on 24 July. They joined 61 players, who were exempt into the championship.
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2001 Senior British Open
The 2001 Senior British Open, for sponsorship reasons named Senior British Open presented by MasterCard, was a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and above and the 15th British Senior Open Championship, held from 26 to 29 July at Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
In 2018, the tournament was, as were all Senior British Open Championships played 1987–2002, retroactively recognized as a senior major golf championship and a PGA Tour Champions (at the time named the Senior PGA Tour) event.
Ian Stanley won in a playoff over Bob Charles to win his first Senior British Open title and first senior major championship victory.
The hosting course, one of the oldest on the island of Ireland, originally designed by Old Tom Morris and located in naturally links settings in the Murlough Nature Reserve, stretching along the shores of Dundrum Bay, was established in 1889.
The course had previously hosted the 2000 Senior British Open Championship and several editions of the Irish Open, The Amateur Championship and the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship and the 1968 Curtis Cup.
The event was the first of three editions of the Senior British Open, three years in a row, held at the Royal County Down Golf Club.
132 players, 120 professionals and 12 amateurs, entered the competition.
Two qualifying tournaments were held on Tuesday 24 July. 30 players, 25 professionals and five amateurs qualified through an 18-hole qualifying round at Kilkeel Golf Club. 31 players, 26 professionals and five amateurs qualified through an 18-hole qualifying round at Spa Golf Club on 24 July. They joined 61 players, who were exempt into the championship.