Wales Seniors Open
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The Wales Seniors Open is the third richest official money event on men's golf
's European Seniors Tour
after the two senior majors that are official money events on the European Seniors Tour, namely the Senior British Open, and the Senior PGA Championship
, with a prize fund of £500,000 in 2007. The event was founded in 2001.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
's European Seniors Tour
European Seniors Tour
The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over run by the PGA European Tour.The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2008 it had a total prize fund of €7,729,284, so it is much further behind the U.S.-based Champions Tour in relative prize money than the main European...
after the two senior majors that are official money events on the European Seniors Tour, namely the Senior British Open, and the Senior PGA Championship
Senior PGA Championship
The Senior PGA Championship is one of the five major championships in men's senior golf. It is administered by the Professional Golfers' Association of America and is recognized as a major championship by both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour. It was formerly an unofficial money...
, with a prize fund of £500,000 in 2007. The event was founded in 2001.
Tournament hosts
- 2001–2005 Royal St David’s Golf Club, HarlechHarlechHarlech is a town and seaside resort in Gwynedd, within the historical boundaries of Merionethshire in northwest Wales. Lying on Tremadog Bay and within the Snowdonia National Park, it has a population of 1,952, of whom 59% speak Welsh...
- 2006 Vale Hotel, Golf & Spa Resort, Hensol
- 2007–2008 Conwy Golf Club, Caernarvonshire
Winners
| Year | Winner | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open | |||
| 2010 | John Bland John Bland John Louis Bland is a South African professional golfer who has won more than thirty professional tournaments around the world.... |
208 (−8) | |
| 2009 | Bertus Smit | 211 (−5) | |
| 2008 | Peter Mitchell Peter Mitchell (golfer) Peter Robert Mitchell is an English professional golfer.Mitchell was born in London. He turned professional at an early age in 1974, working in a club job before embarking on a tournament career several years later. He made his first appearance on the European Tour in 1979 and his last in 2003... |
213 (−3) | |
| 2007 | Carl Mason Carl Mason Stuart Carl Mason is an English professional golfer.Mason was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He won several amateur tournaments, before turning professional and becoming something of a journeyman on the European Tour. After twenty years of trying he finally won on tour for the first time in 1994. His... |
210 (−6) | |
| Firstplus Wales Seniors Open | |||
| 2006 | José Rivero José Rivero José Rivero is a Spanish golfer. He started his golf career as a caddie and turned professional in 1973. He was a full member of the European Tour from 1983 to 2001 and he won four European Tour events... |
212 (−4) | |
| Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open | |||
| 2005 | Carl Mason Carl Mason Stuart Carl Mason is an English professional golfer.Mason was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He won several amateur tournaments, before turning professional and becoming something of a journeyman on the European Tour. After twenty years of trying he finally won on tour for the first time in 1994. His... |
202 (−5) | |
| 2004 | Ray Carrasco | 203 (−4) | |
| 2003 | Bill Longmuir Bill Longmuir William George Longmuir is a British professional golfer.Longmuir was born in Thundersley, Essex, England to Scottish parents. Despite having lived in England all his life, he regards himself as Scottish and is classified as such for international competition... |
199 (−8) | |
| Wales Seniors Open | |||
| 2002 | Seiji Ebihara Seiji Ebihara is a Japanese professional golfer.Ebihara was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He won one tournament on the Japan Golf Tour and had career earnings of over ¥260 million.... |
203 (−4) | |
| 2001 | Denis Durnian Denis Durnian Denis Durnian is an English professional golfer.Durnian was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester. He turned professional in 1969 and played on the European Tour from the early 1970s to the early 1990s. He never won a European Tour event, but he finished second four occasions, with one being a defeat... |
208 (+1) | |
External links
- Coverage on the European Seniors Tour's official site – use schedule browser on the left to access other years.