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Monday, July 27, 2026

Rookie Jackson Koivun the latest to beat Scheffler, wins the 3M Open..Final results

    PGA Tour: 3M Open Leaderboard Results

Rookie sensation Jackson Koivun is the first in history to win all 3 College awards more than once, Haskins, Hogan and Nicklaus, this Auburn Tiger and former world #1 amateur, went out on Moving Day on TPC Twin Cities and shot -10 61 at this version of the 3M Open. 

Jackson Koivun hits from the sixth tee during the first round of the 3M Open golf tournament at the Tournament Players Club Thursday, July 23, 2026, in Blaine, Minn. (Bruce Kluckhohn/AP)

Jackson Koivun hits from the sixth tee during the first round of the 3M Open golf tournament at the Tournament Players Club Thursday, July 23, 2026, in Blaine, Minn. (Bruce Kluckhohn/AP)

He led the field by 3 shots at -20.
Then on Sunday, with Jim Nantz and all the CBS crew focused on Scott Scheffler, who as he has done 5 other times this year, put on his Sunday charge, in a 64 63 weekend, the 21 year old kid kept his composure, quality shot after shot, putt after putt for a -5 66, -23 a tournament record 259 and a 3 shot victory that the Texan simply could not match.
Koivun wins in just his 3rd start, that's how good young men are now, straight out of college.
"All I heard from everyone was Scottie's coming. Scotties coming, so I just tuned them out and played the game I knew I could play."

Four players finished T3 at -20 Hideki Matsuyama, Brian Harman, Chandler Phillips and Denny McCarthy

Note ** I agree with the emails I have been getting comparing US TV coverage of Scheffler this past 3 seasons to Tiger's hey days when he could shoot 80 in his final round and all their focus would be on him, not the guy who won...so..

Five who beat Scheffler in 2026 so far
Rory at the Masters 
Matt Fitzpatrick in a playoff at the RBC Heritage, 
Cameron Young  at the Cadillac Championship, 
Viktor Hovland in a playoff at the Travelers,  
Jackson Koivun at the 3M Open

Canadians

T39 Corey Conners -10 70 69 66 69

T44 Mac Hughes -9 71 67 68 69

T55 AJ Ewart -7 69 69 70 69

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Jerry Kelly tops a long windy week at Gleneagles, for the ISPS Handa Senior Open..Final results

      R&A: The Senior Open sponsored by ISPS..  Leaderboard Results

Jerry Kelly held his nerve brilliantly down the stretch at The Gleneagles Hotel to claim a two-shot win at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open.

Points and prize breakdown for the 2026 ISPS HANDA Senior Open

The American entered the final day on the King's Course in a share of the lead with Australia's Cameron Percy but got off to a blistering start and was soon three ahead, a lead he maintained at the turn.

Countryman Matt Gogel was not going to let him have it all his own way, however, and he signed for a bogey-free 63 to set the target at -8, one back with Kelly playing the back nine.

The leader failed to take advantage of the driveable 14th and kept leaving himself a long way from the hole but his lag putting was magnificent and he kept his nose in front, despite struggling to execute a full swing after hurting his back on the sixth.

As the final group stood on the 18th tee in pouring rain and Gogel watched on in the clubhouse, the tension was palpable, but Kelly hit a brilliant drive down the par five and despite finding sand with his second, got up and down brilliantly for a closing birdie, a 68, a -10 total and a third Senior Major title.

Percy, Gogel and South Africa's Darren Fichardt finished at -8, two shots clear of local hero Stephen Gallacher, who carded the lowest round of the week with a 62 -6 total

Kelly was a three-time winner on the PGA TOUR and Presidents Cup player in 2003 before entering the senior game, where he has 14 wins on the PGA TOUR Champions, including two Senior Players Championships.

And he can now add the Senior Open trophy to his collection after it was presented to him by former UK Prime Minister Lord Cameron.

"It's indescribable to win it," said an emotional Kelly, who dedicated the victory to his niece's late husband.

But it's been this Scotland army out here that's been behind me that really brought me through, and I really appreciate the people for getting behind me and just lifting me up when things were going low, saying you've got this and really pulling me through. I really appreciate Scotland itself.

"I learned a lot about myself today, and I wish I would have learned it about 20, 30 years ago. You're never too old to learn, and that's what really pulled me through.

Kelly put on a dogged display down the back nine and his closing birdie was followed by big celebrations on the 18th green.

Percy three-putted the sixth and could not get up and down at the 11th but he made three birdies on the back nine to card a level par 70.

Fichardt recovered from a bogey on the first with gains at the fifth, ninth, 14th and 15th and a closing birdie after a brilliant bunker shot in his 66.

Gallacher started the day ten shots back but was threatening an incredible comeback when he turned in 29 and birdied the tenth and 11th. A bogey on the 12th stalled his momentum, however, and while he added two more birdies, he had left himself with too much work to do.

American Taggart Ridings finished at -5, one ahead of 2024 Senior Open winner KJ Choi, two-time Major Champion Zach Johnson, former Ryder Cup player Boo Weekley and Italy's Emanuele Canonica all -4

"The senior Claret Jug is the trophy that I've wanted as an over-50 golfer more than any other. To do it in Scotland at the home of golf and to actually win and get into the Home of Golf at St Andrews, I mean, I'm absolutely speechless.

"To be on this trophy, to be a part of this trophy, to be a part of the R&A, I just love it over here, I really do. It brings it full circle that I didn't do what I wanted to in The Open Championship but to get it done here, I mean, I'm over the moon.

• His 14th PGA TOUR Champions victory on his 207th start
• His first Senior Major Championship, as recognised by the Staysure Legends Tour
• Has won the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship twice, which is recognised as a PGA Tour Champions Major Championship
• The tenth American winner of the Senior Open (joining Tom Wargo, Tom Watson, Pete Oakley, Loren Roberts, Bruce Vaughan, Russ Cochran, Fred Couples Mark Wiebe and Marco Dawson)
• The first American winner of the Senior Open in a decade, since Marco Dawson won at Sunningdale in 2015
• Wins in his ninth appearance at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open. His best previous finish was sixth in 2021 at Sunningdale

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Sunday, July 26, 2026

Sunday morning at Gleneagles, Scotland with light rain and just a "wee breeze" Live scoreboard

     R&A: The Senior Open sponsored by ISPS..  Leaderboard Tee Times

Jerry Kelly and Cameron Percy are taking a share of the lead into the final round of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open after a back-and-forth battle in windy conditions at Gleneagles during Saturday’s third round.

Kelly and Percy share 54 hole lead at ISPS HANDA Senior Open

However the wind has subsided this Sunday morning, listed by the BBC weather " Light rain showers and a gentle breeze,18*c ". (officially 8 km/h NW)

The locals call it " Cool, but a bit damp with just a wee breeze"

There are -4's and 3's on the board so far, it is 1235 hours now in Perth, 730am here EST.

More to follow..

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College star Jackson Koivun leads, Canadian scores 3M Open, ....Sunday leaderboard

  PGA Tour: 3M Open Leaderboard Tee Times

He is the first in history to win all 3 College awards more than once, Haskins, Hogan and Nicklaus, this Auburn Tiger and former world #1 amateur, went out on Moving Day on TPC Twin Cities and shot -10 61 at this version of the 3M Open. 

Jackson Koivun hits from the sixth tee during the first round of the 3M Open golf tournament at the Tournament Players Club Thursday, July 23, 2026, in Blaine, Minn. (Bruce Kluckhohn/AP)

Jackson Koivun hits from the sixth tee during the first round of the 3M Open golf tournament at the Tournament Players Club Thursday, July 23, 2026, in Blaine, Minn. (Bruce Kluckhohn/AP)

He leads the field at -20 by 3 shots. He is just 21, Jackson Koivun.

He earned his PGA Tour card through the PGA Tour University Accelerated program, this is only his 3rd full Tour event.

This course is so easy it yielded that 59 on Friday for Michael Kim, and Koivun set another record with just 28 strokes including 2 eagles on his back nine for his 1st 54 hole lead as a professional.

There are 12 players within 6 shots of his lead, so you know somebody is going to challenge the brilliant rookie, I will mention Scheffler is in that group, so don't be surprised to see his name making a charge at some point.

" Obviously 61 is great, just excited to go out there and post my personal best. I feel great ready for tomorrow which I know will be a test from the players behind me" 

He did indeed lead the field in Strokes Gained Total.

Canadians

T41 Corey Conners -8 70 69 66

T45 Mac Hughes -7 71 67 68

T54 AJ Ewart -5 69 69 70

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Saturday, July 25, 2026

Percy and Kelly T1 after 54 holes, ISPS Handa Senior Open....Scoreboard / TEE TIMES

    R&A: The Senior Open sponsored by ISPS..  Leaderboard Tee Times

Jerry Kelly and Cameron Percy will take a share of the lead into the final round of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open after a back-and-forth battle in windy conditions at Gleneagles during Saturday’s third round.

Kelly and Percy share 54 hole lead at ISPS HANDA Senior Open

The lead changed hands several times between the final pairing on Saturday but a final-hole eagle from Percy saw the third-round leader regain his position alongside Kelly at the top of the leaderboard after 54-holes.

How it happened

Playing in the final group and with no big early move from the morning starters, Cameron Percy began the round with his overnight three-shot cushion intact. An immediate bogey  saw the gap narrow, and after a double-bogey at the fourth found himself briefly tied at the top for the first time with Kelly, but very quickly regained an advantage.

Kelly had managed to get to -7 with a birdie at the third but immediately bogeyed the fourth and then gave away two more shots at the fifth and eighth holes to make the turn at -4 and two shots adrift of the leader.

Both players made brilliant birdies at the tenth to keep the lead at two shots, made good recoveries at the 11th, but a mistake from the tee left Percy scrambling at the 12th while a birdie for Kelly meant a two shot swing to see them draw level at -6.

Back-to-back bogeys from Percy meant the next swing went in favour of Kelly, whose third birdie in four holes at the 13th gave him his first time leading on his own. The American’s lead soon doubled to two strokes thanks to a mistake from Percy at the 14th, but two holes later the Australian was able to half the deficit with a birdie at 16.

After trading pars at the 17th, both men approach the 18th hole with a very different tactic. Percy opted for a huge 405 yard drive, while Kelly went for a rescue down the fairway from the tee, getting a great kick off the downslope and ending at the top of the ridge between two bunkers. 

Despite being 99 yards behind Percy, Kelly’s second shot was brilliant, landing roughly 30 yards before the green and running up to around 15 feet from the hole. While Percy was further away with his approach, it was the overnight leader who became the first man to climb back to -8 with his eagle, while Kelly’s effort slid by the right of the hole and he ended his round with a birdie from a third round 67.

They said.

Kelly, who is already a two-time Senior Major champion said " “That was different, felt different. hit the ball different. You know, I'm glad I started off with a solid birdie. You know, just a three-putt, leaving it short on the first one which kind of was the theme of the day, even downhill, I was leaving it short.

“ To would be one of the most special things at this stage of my career. Like any player, I might treasure that above all else.

Percy reflected on the opportunity tomorrow brings, and said that he was happy in the end after a day where he felt like he was doing everything wrong.

“Very happy with the end there. Struggled all day. I couldn't hit it. I couldn't chip it. I couldn't putt it. Then with misjudging wind I pretty much did everything wrong. So to finish birdie, par, eagle, was very nice. I'm not out of it anymore. So that's good.

"Winning the British Open, normal British Open would be incredible. But at my age and with these guys I'm playing with to win a Senior British Open here would be pretty cool."

Summary

Both at -8, the pair are three shots clear of Peter Baker, who leads the chasing pack at -5 after a 67 that included four birdies in his last five holes.

One shot further back at -4 is five-time DP World Tour winner Darren Fichardt, with Ernie Els, Pat Perez and Marcus Brier one behind him on -3.

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Scoring is"a battle" at Gleneagles, Saturday scoreboard..

  R&A: The Senior Open sponsored by ISPS..  Leaderboard

The Kings Course at Gleneagles designed by James Braid in 1919 through the rolling hills of Perthshire has been a legendary test all these years, and with the wind up at "20 miles an hour" in the words of on course reporter Jay Townsend, scoring has been a real battle this morning.

King's Gleneagles

There are only 12 players under par, and only 3 of them are in the red on their rounds so far.

36 hole leader Cameron Percy is +3 today through 6 holes and he is still in the lead at -6 to give you some idea.

Enjoy the commentators, life long friends Ewen Murray, Sam Torrance, Tony Johnstone's knowledge and banter are second to none, they are joined by American Rich Beem who joined Sky Sports when he retired 10 years ago, with England's Jamie Spence and American Peter Townsend on course they follow along in the storytelling footsteps of the legendary Peter Alliss.

Click on my leaderboard link above to follow all the live scoring...

More to follow...

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Michael Kim "59", Canadians struggle at 3M Open..36 hole results..

  PGA Tour: 3M Open Leaderboard Tee Times

A smiling Michael Kim celebrates his round of 59 by holding up his scorecard and glove with the words '59' on it with three exclamation marksImage source,Getty Images
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Michael Kim has won one PGA Tour title - the 2018 John Deere Classic

Michael Kim was sensational with a record tying "59" to grab 36 hole lead on TPC Twin Cities, meanwhile 6 out of 9 Canadians couldn't make the cut which fell at -3.

Canadians

Mackenzie Hughes, of Hamilton, tees off on the fourth hole during the final round of the Canadian Open in Hamilton, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Nathan Denette/CP)

T41 Mac Hughes -4 71 67

T41 AJ Ewart -4 69 69

T54 Corey Conners -3 70 69

MC Ben Silverman -2 69 71

MC Adam Svensson  E 68 74

MC Adam Hadwin E 69 73

MC Sudarshan Yellamaraju +1 71 72

MC Taylor Pendrith +2 70 74

MC Jeevan Sihota +6 71 77  (22yr old, Victoria BC, turned pro 18, PGA Tour America's)


The leaders

1st  Michael Kim -14 69 59

T2  Ben Kohles -11 62 69

T2   Chandler Phillips -11 66 65

T2  Emilio Grillo -11 64 67

T5  Jackson Koivun -10 64 68

T5  Troy Merritt -10  66 66

T7  Zac Blair -9  68 65

T7  Billy Horschel -9 67 66

T7  Brian Harman -9  69 64

Michael Kim stole the show, albeit on a less than challenging TPC Twin Cities course, making 5 straight birdies on the front 9, then 4 in a row to finish the 59 in style with a 25 footer.

He is now the15th player to make the magic number. 

" I just told myself, hey this is the moment to get into the record books, so lets go for it, let's step up and make some really good shots. When you hit a putt that goes exactly as you saw it is awesome, I felt like that all day out there."

If you want an unbiased report on any PGA Tour event that Scott Scheffler is in, forget about reading pgatour.com these days. 

"All eyes are on the undisputed world #1 Scottie Scheffler of course" is a typical beginning to many posts, perhaps unaware the rest of the world outside his fans in America are reading. 

T13  Scott Scheffler -7 65 70 is his score this week, but they still have him lurking albeit 7 shots behind on one of the 3 easiest courses on the PGA Tour, with 22 other players ahead or even with him seemingly insignificant. 

Of course it is just this type of bias that always fuels the European Ryder Cup team, especially when he goes 1-4-0  as he did at Bethpage last year.

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Friday, July 24, 2026

Aussie Percy holds off the field...Canadians MC..ISBC Senior Open 36 hole results

  R&A: The Senior Open sponsored by ISPS..  Leaderboard

Cameron Percy will take a three-shot lead into the weekend at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open after a brilliant back nine of 33 in tough conditions at The Gleneagles Hotel.

Percy in control heading into weekend at Gleneagles

The Australian entered day two with a one-shot advantage but with wind adding to the firm and fast conditions, the King's Course was a much tougher proposition than it had been on Thursday.

On a day when nobody went bogey-free, Percy looked like he too could fall victim to the layout with bogeys on the fifth and eighth before a birdie on the ninth steadied the ship.

A chip-in on the 13th then sparked an excellent closing run and further gains on the 14th and last saw the 52-year-old card a 68 and get to -9

American Jerry Kelly matched Percy's lowest round of the day with a 68 to sit at -6 two shots clear of a pair of Open Champions in Ernie Els and Henrik Stenson and Austria's Markus Brier -4

Percy has yet to claim a senior win since turning 50 in May 2024 but he has made all 81 of his cuts on the Champions Tour and in 2025 finished in the top ten at this event, the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open.

He now heads into the final 36 holes with a chance to break his duck and he revealed the difficult nature of the course and the conditions may be the key to his success.

"Obviously very happy," he said. "It's such a hard golf course. You've got to concentrate on every single shot. There's no easy holes or anything. You can lose your ball on every shot.

"That's what I like. It keeps me tuned in, if that makes sense. "Yesterday I hit it everywhere I was looking, so it was pretty easy. 

Today was way harder trying to judge how much the wind would hit stuff. I got it around okay. That was the difference, I think."

Stenson turned in level par with the help of a miraculous recovery on the ninth but made a gain on the 15th before taking advantage of an enormous drive down the last in a 68 of his own.

Els was not at his brilliant best in a 71 but a drive to ten feet on the 14th dragged him back into a share of third, while Brier carded a roller coaster 69 with an eagle, three birdies and four bogeys.

Frenchman Lionel Alexandre and American Matt Gogel were at -3 one ahead of 2023 Senior Open champion Alex Cejka, 1993 Ryder Cupper Peter Baker, South Africa's Darren Fichardt, Australian Michael Wright and American duo Taggart Ridings and Tom Penrice Jr all at -2 with just 16 players under par.

EDIT >>>> Stephen Ames 70 78 MC,  Gordon Burns T107 73 76 MC

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Svensson leads 9 Canadians this week 3M Open in Minnesota..18 hole results..

 PGA Tour: 3M Open Leaderboard Tee Times

For the big boys returning from the wilds of Royal Birkdale to the friendly confines of TPC Twin Cities was a welcome respite ("easier ") from the world reknown Open Championship links with all it's humps and hollow and waves of seaside fescue

Corey Conners T14 at the Open with a closing 67, he is the only one of the 9 Canadians in this field who have returned from England.

Canadians

A male golfer looks off into the distance while watching his shot as he holds his club up with both hands.

T26 Adam Svensson  -3 68

T43 Adam Hadwin -2 69

T43 AJ Ewart -2 69

T43 Ben Silverman -2 69

T67 Taylor Pendrith -1 70

T67 Corey Conners -1 70

T86 Mac Hughes E 71

T86 Sudarshan Yellamaraju E 71

T86 Jeevan Sihota E 71  (22yr old, Victoria BC, turned pro 18, PGA Tour America's)

The leaders

1st  Ben Kohles -9 62

T2  Gary Woodland -7 64

T2  Emilio Grillo -7 64

T2  Jackson Koivun -7 64

T5  Jesper Svensson -6 65

T5  Kevin Roy -6 65

T5  Lucas Glover -6 65

T5  Michael Brennan -6 65

T5  Scott Scheffler -6 65

Kohles made a pretty eagle 3 at the last for his career best 62 for the two shot lead. He splits his schedule between the Korn Ferry and PGA Tour.

He T3 at the John Deere a week before the Open Championship and may have won if not for a double bogey at the 72nd hole.

Kurt Kitayama shot 68 as he defends his title.

TPC Twin Cities is one of the PGA Tour's easiest with the average winning score at -19.

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Aussie Cameron Percy leads, Ames T37, windy ISPS Senior Open...18 hole results

   R&A: The Senior Open sponsored by ISPS..  


Cameron Percy produced a brilliant birdie blitz around the turn to take a one-shot lead after day one of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open.

Cameron Percy leads the way at Gleneagles

The Australian teed off in the favourable early conditions at The Gleneagles Hotel and made the most of the calm winds, recording four birdies in a row from the ninth in a 63 that got him to -7.

Frenchman Lionel Alexandre was his nearest rival after a bogey-free 64 -6, one shot ahead of four-time Major champion Ernie Els, 2018 winner of this event Miguel Ángel Jiménez and American duo Tom Penrice Jr and Pat Perez all at -5 65.

Percy has yet to claim a senior win since turning 50 in May 2024 but he has made all 81 of his cuts on the Champions Tour and in 2025 finished in the top ten at this event, the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open.

That suggests a win may not be far away and he was happy with his performance on the King's Course after enjoying some success with his preparations.

"Seemed to have really good numbers, and I stopped pretty close to the hole and made a couple of putts. The par fives, I drove on in two and the short par four I drove, and that helped.

"Sunningdale was incredible last year. Any time I can come over here and play golf, I'm very happy.

"I've never been here before. But I found something late yesterday. The last four holes I hit it really nicely, and did it again today. Hopefully I'll keep doing that and I'll be okay."

Alexandre made his first birdie of the day on the seventh and they came at regular intervals after that as he added gains on the ninth, tenth, 12th, 14th and 18th.

"Today it was really, really cool," he said. "My caddie is a really good friend. We joke a lot on the course.  I just take it as a regular tournament on the Tour. I see the same guys. Maybe some, a few more names that are playing in the States but no, it's a normal tournament.

"I'm going to try to manage for three more rounds and then we'll see at the end."

Perez was also bogey-free in his first Senior Open since turning 50 in March, while Jiménez and Els both dropped single shots in their rounds.

American duo Jerry Kelly and Taggart Ridings, Italian Emanuele Canonica, Swede Johan Edfors and Australian Michael Wright were at -4 66, one clear of a group containing two-time Major champion Zach Johnson and fellow Ryder Cuppers Boo Weekley and David Howell -3 67's.

WEATHER :  The cut is projected at +1, and the wind 27km/h W will be a factor on Friday.

edit>>>> Canadians Stephen Ames TEven 70, Gordon Burns T87 +3 73

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Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Steven Alker aims to keep the Kiwi flag flying, The Senior Open..

Steven Alker is bidding to follow the lead of Ryan Fox and make it a New Zealand double when he tees it up this week at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open.

Steven Alker

Fox became just the third Kiwi men's Major Champion on Sunday, birdieing the last at Royal Birkdale in sensational style to win the Claret Jug and follow in the footsteps of the great Sir Bob Charles.

Michael Campbell's 2005 win at the U.S. Open represents the other Major victory for New Zealand men – Lydia Ko has three Majors in the women's game - with Charles and Alker having both tasted success in the senior ranks.

Alker finished third on his debut when the Senior Open was last held at The Gleneagles Hotel in 2022 and with wind in Kiwi sails, he would love to add to his Senior PGA Championship title which he won the same year.

"It would be fantastic," he said. "My wife is English. I'm kind of going after this one. This is one I'd really like to win.

"I love this place. Just the countryside and the golf course itself, the shape. It's in great shape. And you know, I was here, four years ago and it was my first Senior Open and I played well.

My boy goes to university up in Stirling, just up the road, so it feels like home a little bit."

While Fox is the flagbearer for New Zealanders in the under-50s game, there are also the likes of DP World Tour winner Daniel Hillier and rising star Kazuma Kobori making big strides, with Alker hopeful Fox's win can prompt more talent to emerge.

"In a way, not surprised," he said of Fox's win. "I mean, he's a very big player. He's won some big events. He's been playing well of late.

"But to see him finish that way and finish it off, the three shots down 18 was spectacular. In New Zealand, it was probably five in the morning back home or something. I think everybody was probably rooting for him.

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"Just to see that, we've only had like three Major Champions, so to have another one is very special. I'm so proud of him. The way he finished was fantastic."

He added: "Obviously it's far New Zealand, so you have to travel and you're either playing US Tour or DP World Tour. We need a little more support to those guys out playing and competing more.

"I think the players are there. With what Ryan's done, I think the profile is just going to lift it, and we are going to get more guys coming through, and girls, too."

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The Senior Open : Thursday TEE TIMES at Gleneagles, Scotland

  R&A: The Senior Open sponsored by ISPS.


Pádraig Harrington will get the defence of his ISPS HANDA Senior Open title under way alongside fellow reigning Senior Major champion Stewart Cink at The Gleneagles Hotel on Thursday.

Stewart Cink and Pádraig Harrington

Cink lifted the trophy at the US Senior PGA Championship in April before finishing second at the U.S. Senior Open as Harrington won that title for a third time earlier this month.

Now the duo will be joined by 2023 Senior Open champion Alex Cejka as they go head to head once again, starting at 09.19 on Thursday, when all groups will tee off the first on the King's Course.

Darren Clarke was the winner the last time this event was held here in 2022 and he plays alongside another man with fond memories of Gleneagles in Jamie Donaldson.

The Welshman hit the winning shot for Europe at the 2014 Ryder Cup over on the PGA Centenary Course, and he and Clarke will play with two-time U.S. Open winner Retief Goosen at 09.08.

Another South African great in Ernie Els tees off at 09.30 in the company of two Major-winning debutants, with Henrik Stenson and Zach Johnson making their first appearances in this event since turning 50 earlier this year.

There will be plenty for the local fans to cheer in the afternoon with a trio of Scots getting their rounds started.

At 13.36 Colin Montgomerie tees off in the company of Dane Søren Kjeldsen  and American Jerry Kelly, 11 minutes before 2014 Ryder Cupper Stephen Gallacher gets started with Australia's Scott Hend and Kiwi Steven Alker.

Two former Senior Open champions in KJ Choi and Miguel Ángel Jiménez then play alongside last year's runner-up Justin Leonard at 13.58, with fellow Open champions Paul Lawrie and David Duval teeing up alongside Swede Robert Karlsson at 14.09.

Canadians:  Stephen Ames tees off at 8.46 with David Howell and Thongchai Jaidee. Gordon Burns then plays with American Todd Sapere and Dane Knud Storgaard.

To view a full list if tee times, click here.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2026

The Senior Open returns to Gleneagles...all you need to know..

 R&A: The Senior Open sponsored by ISPS..Entry List

Senior Major golf returns to Scotland this week as The Gleneagles Hotel plays host to the ISPS HANDA Senior Open. 

It has been a tremendous 3 weeks in the UK, with the Ryan Fox's thrilling win at the Open down in Southgate, England with record breaking crowds, framed by Tom Kim's Scottish Open win near North Berwick in Scotland, and now just up the east coast to Perth, Auchterarder to be precise, to the world class Gleneagles Resort for the Senior Open Championship.

Here is all you need to know.

Harrington defends

Senior Open trophy

Pádraig Harrington became the fifth player in history to win both The Open Championship and the ISPS HANDA Senior Open as he cruised to a three-shot victory at Sunningdale 12 months ago.

Harrington joined Bob Charles, Gary Player, Tom Watson and Darren Clarke as a winner of the Claret Jug and the Senior Open trophy. 

"There are some great names on the trophy," he said. "I was looking at the board inside with all the winners and it's a deep sense of satisfaction knowing that I've done both." The 54-year-old arrives full of confidence having recently won the U.S. Senior Open for the third time for a fourth Senior Major win.

Back at Gleneagles

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The Senior Open returns to Gleneagles for just second time this week, with the world's best set to take on the King's Course

The Scottish venue will always be associated with what happened over on the PGA Centenary Course in 2014, when Paul McGinley's Europe beat the United States to win a third consecutive Ryder Cup but the hotel has also hosted the Solheim Cup, Scottish Open and Johnnie Walker Championship among other events. 

The Senior Open was first staged here in 2022, also over the King's Course, with former Open champion and Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke lifting the trophy.

Happy returns

While everybody in the field will be delighted to be taking on the King's Course in the spectacular setting of Gleneagles, two players will be particularly happy to be back in Perthshire. 

Darren Clarke returns to the scene of his first, and so far only, Senior Major victory, which was claimed in dramatic style four years ago. Clarke shared the lead heading into the final day and was still on top when a torrential downpour caused a near two-hour delay. 

Upon the resumption, Harrington birdied the 17th and 18th to set the clubhouse target but two putts from just off the green at the par-five last handed Clarke a birdie and a one-shot win.

Jamie Donaldson

Jamie Donaldson also returns to the venue where 12 years ago he hit the shot of his life to seal the winning point for Europe at the Ryder Cup. That was on the PGA Centenary Course but being back on the grounds of Gleneagles is sure to bring back happy memories.

Inside the field

We may have already mentioned a plethora of heavyweight names but there are plenty more in a field that contains 15 Major Champions, Ten Open Champions and 29 Ryder Cup players.

 Former World #1,  Ernie Els and David Duval are on display alongside winners of this event KJ Choi, Alex Cejka, Stephen Dodd, Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Mark Calcavecchia. Leading the home charge will be Colin Montgomerie, Paul Lawrie and Stephen Gallacher, with Montgomerie's fellow former Europe captain Paul McGinley teeing up where he lifted the Ryder Cup as skipper. YE Yang, Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem, Michael Campbell, Retief Goosen, Stewart Cink and Justin Leonard complete the line up of Major Champions.

One of the unique things about senior events is that every year a fresh cohort of players tee it up who have turned 50 since the last edition. Alongside Donaldson, who has already claimed two wins since his birthday in October, is fellow 2014 Ryder Cupper and former Open champion Henrik Stenson. Two-time Major Champion, former US Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson is making his debut flying in from his recent win on the PGA Tour Champions.

edit >>>> Canada will be represented by Stephen Ames and qualifier Gordon Burns of Meadowbrook GC, Stouffville. Ontario

Add in six-time PGA TOUR winner Rory Sabbatini and three-time DP World Tour winner Hennie Otto and we could have youthful senior winner this week.