The Senior Open Purse, Prize Money And Field 2023
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The 36th edition of The Senior Open takes place at Royal Porthcawl in Wales, the second time it has hosted the Major after it was chosen for the 2017 tournament.
Back then German legend Bernhard Langer claimed his third Senior Open title following a three-shot win over Corey Pavin. Langer has won a fourth title since then, in 2019, and few would bet against him claiming a fifth this week, particularly as he only won the US Senior Open title a matter of weeks ago.
Not only did that hand him his 12th senior Major title, but it also made him the player with the most wins in PGA Tour Champions history with 46, surpassing Hale Irwin.
One player who’ll be hoping to stop Langer will be 2022 champion Darren Clarke. The Northern Irishman beat Padraig Harrington by one shot in the Gleneagles tournament, and he will be hopeful of more success here.
As for Harrington, he'll be expected to challenge strongly. Indeed, the Irishman has been in such excellent form that he’s even been touted as one of Luke Donald’s six captain’s picks for the Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club. Harrington finished second at the Senior PGA Championship in May, and he’ll be hopeful of building on that – and his victory in the 2022 US Senior Open – as he looks for his second senior Major title.
Local hopes will surely rest largely with Stephen Dodd. The Welshman beat Spaniard Miguel Angel Jiminez by one shot two years ago and he’ll be confident of a similarly strong performance in his homeland.
Jiminez plays this year too, as he goes in search of his second Senior Open title after he won the tournament five years ago, while another legendary Spaniard, two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal, is also in the field.
As well as Dodd, another Welshman, 1991 Masters champion Ian Woosnam, will also surely receive plenty of encouragement from the crowd as the 65-year-old aims to roll back the years.
Other previous winners in the field include 2016 champion Paul Broadhurst and 2011 winner Russ Cochran, while there are plenty more big-name players hoping to impress, including former World No.2 Colin Montgomerie and 2018 European Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn.
Steven Alker will also fancy his chances. The New Zealander may have only achieved a career high of 120th in the world rankings, but his success in senior Majors is phenomenal. So far, he has top-10 finishes in all but two of the senior Majors he has played, including a win in the Senior PGA Championship in 2022.
Paul Lawrie, who won the 1999 Open, and two-time US Open winner Retief Goosen also play.
Players are competing for a purse of $2.75m, an increase of $250,000 on the 2022 tournament. The winner will receive $432,000.
Below is the full field for the 2023 Senior Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl.
Senior Open Field 2023
Acosta, Gustavo
Alker, Steven
Appleby, Stuart
Archer, Phillip
Atwal, Arjun
Baker, Peter
Balfanz, John
Barcellos, Rafa
Beem, Rich
Begay, Notah
Benitez, Rafael
Bertsch, Shane
Bjørn, Thomas
Bohn, Jason
Bossert, André
Branshaw, David
Brier, Markus
Broadhurst, Paul
Brown, Simon P
Campbell, Michael
Canonica, Emanuele
Carriles, Jose Manuel
Casado, Victor
Cejka, Alex
Cévaër, Christian
Chapman, Roger
Choi, K J
Clarke, Darren
Cochran, Russ
Copsey, David
Crampton, James
Da Silva, Adilson
Damron, Robert
Day, Glen
Dennis, Clark
Dimarco, Chris
Dodd, Stephen
Dredge, Bradley
Duke, Ken
Dunlap, Scott
Eales, Paul
Estes, Bob
Evans, Gary
Fasth, Niclas
Fenn, Stephen
Fowler, Peter
Franco, Carlos
Frazar, Harrison
Fujita, Hiroyuki
Fukabori, Keiichiro
Gilford, David
Gillis, Tom
Gögele, Thomas
Golding, Philip
Gonzalez, Ricardo
Goosen, Retief
Green, Richard
Griffiths, Simon
Haeggman, Joakim
Hamerton, Grant
Hanell, Chris
Hansen, Anders
Harrington, Padraig
Henderson, Scott
Horne, Keith
Hutcheon, Greig
Humphrey, Russell
Jaidee, Thongchai
Jiménez, Miguel Ángel
Jonzon, Michael
Kang, Anthony
Kelly, Jerry
Kemp, John
Khan, Simon
Kingston, James
Labritz, Rob
Langer, Bernhard
Lawrie, Paul
Levet, Thomas
Long, Michael
Luna, Santiago
Lyons, Joe
Maggert, Jeff
Mann, Fraser
Marks, Gary
Martin, Miguel Angel
Martin, Peter
Mayfair, Billy
McCormack, Edward
McGuigan, Doug
McIntosh, Euan
McKenzie, David
McNulty, Mark
Molina, Mauricio
Montgomerie, Colin
Mooney, Damian
Muehr, Michael
Norris, Jason
Olazábal, José María
Oldcorn, Andrew
O’Connor, Eamonn
O'Neal, Timothy
Orr, Gary
Pampling, Rod
Parel, Scott
Partridge, Jason
Paterson, Brent
Petrovic, Tim
Price, Phillip
Raitt, Andrew
Randhawa, Jyoti
Reale, Michele
Remesy, Jean-François
Rivas, Jesus
Rojahin, Oyvind
Russell, Raymond
Sandelin, Jarmo
Sapere, Todd
Senden, John
Shacklady, David
Short Jr, Wesley
Singh, Jeev Milkha
Singh, Vijay
Sjöland, Patrik
Storgaard, Knud
Strawn, Rusty
Streeter, Paul
Suneson, Carl
Tanigawa, Ken
Thompson, Neil
Tinworth, Richard
Tinning, Steen
Tiziani, Mario
Toledo, Esteban
Uresti, Omar
Van De Velde, Jean
Wallace, Harold
Weinhart, Tim
Weir, Mike
Wi, Charlie
Williams, Chris
Wilson, Peter
Wolstenholme, Gary
Woosnam, Ian
Yang, Y.E.
Where Is The 2023 Senior Open?
The 2023 Senior Open returns to Royal Porthcawl for the first time since 2017. The links offers dramatic views of the sea from almost all areas of the course, and is generally considered the best in Wales.
Who Is Playing In The Senior Open?
A host of the game's legends are in the field, including two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer, three-time Major winner Padraig Harrington, former World No.2 Colin Montgomerie and Team Europe Ryder Cup hero Jose Maria Olazabal.