{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 2015 Senior Open Championship | image = | caption = | dates = 23–26 July 2015 | location = Sunningdale, England | coordinates = {{coord|51.38|-0.63}} | course = Sunningdale Golf Club, Old Course | lang = uk | org = The R&A | tour = {{Plainlist| * European Senior Tour * Champions Tour }} | format = 72 holes stroke play | par = 70 | yardage = {{convert|6617|yd}} | field = 144 players, 83 after cut | cut = 143 (+3) | purse = {{currency|2,100,000|USD}} | winners_share = {{currency|319,090|USD}} | champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Marco Dawson | score = 264 (−16) | map = United Kingdom#England#United Kingdom Berkshire | map_label = Sunningdale GC | map_caption = Location in the United Kingdom##Location in England##Location in Berkshire | map_relief = yes | map_label_position = | map_size = 200 | previous = 2014 | next = 2016 }} The '''2015 Senior Open Championship''' was a senior major golf championship and the 29th Senior Open Championship, held on 22–25 July at Sunningdale Golf Club in Sunningdale, England. It was the second Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 13th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Senior Open Championship|url=https://www.randa.org/en/championships|access-date=13 February 2022|publisher=The R&A|archive-date=13 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213182045/https://www.randa.org/en/championships|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Marco Dawson won by one stroke over Bernhard Langer. It was Dawson's first senior major championship victory.<ref>{{cite web|title=Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex – Results|url=https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-open-championship-presented-by-rolex-2015/results?round=4|access-date=22 February 2022|publisher=European Tour}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Past results, The Senior Open|url=https://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/senior-open-championship-pres-by-rolex/past-results.html|access-date=22 February 2022|publisher=PGA Tour}}</ref>
== Venue == {{main|Sunningdale Golf Club}}
The 2015 event was the second Senior Open Championship played at Sunningdale Golf Club. It took place at the club's Old Course, designed by The Open Championship winner Willie Park Jr. and opened in 1901.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sunningdale Golf Club, Courses, Old Course|url=https://www.sunningdalegolfclub.co.uk/old_course|access-date=14 February 2022|publisher=Sunningdale Golf Club}}</ref> thumb|320x320px|Sunningdale GC clubhouse
==Field== The field consisted of 144 professional and amateur competitors.
An 18-hole stroke play qualifying round was held on Monday, 18 July, for players who were not already exempt. Players from the qualifying competition joined the exempt players for the championship.
83 players, all of them professionals and no amateurs, made the 36-hole cut. Two of them withdraw.
===Past champions in the field=== Seven past Senior Open champions participated. Five of them made the 36-hole cut; 2010 and 2014 champion Bernhard Langer (2nd), 2012 champion Fred Couples (tied 5th), 2003, 2005 and 2007 champion Tom Watson (tied 15th) and 2011 champion Russ Cochran (tied 31st). 2006 and 2009 champion Loren Roberts and 2002 champion Noboru Sugai did not make the cut.
===Past winners of The Open Championship in the field=== The field included six former winners of The Open Championship. Five of them made the cut; 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983 Open champion Tom Watson (tied 15th), 1996 Open champion Tom Lehman (tied 22nd), 1989 Open champion Mark Calcavecchia (tied 51st), 1985 Open champion Sandy Lyle (tied 51st) and 1998 Open champion Mark O'Meara (withdraw after the second round). 1987, 1990 and 1992 Open champion Nick Faldo missed the cut.
=== Course layout === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Hole !Yards !Par !{{spaces|2}} !Hole !Yards !Par |- |1 |492 |5 | rowspan="10" style="background:#E6E8FA;" | |10 |488 |4 |- |2 |489 |4 |11 |322 |4 |- |3 |318 |4 |12 |442 |4 |- |4 |156 |3 |13 |180 |3 |- |5 |419 |4 |14 |503 |5 |- |6 |433 |4 |15 |222 |3 |- |7 |406 |4 |16 |434 |4 |- |8 |192 |3 |17 |425 |4 |- |9 |273 |4 |18 |423 |4 |- |'''Out''' |'''3,178''' |'''35''' |'''In''' |'''3,439''' |'''35''' |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex – Course Card|url=https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-open-championship-presented-by-rolex-2015/course|access-date=22 February 2022|publisher=European Tour}}</ref> | colspan="3" |'''Total''' |'''6,617''' |'''70''' |}
== Final results == ''Sunday, 26 July 2015''
{| class="wikitable" !Place !Player
!Score !To par !Money ($) |- | align="center" |1 | {{flagicon|USA}} '''Marco Dawson''' |65-67-68-64=264 | align="center" |−16 | align="center" |319,090 |- | align="center" |2 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Bernhard Langer |65-68-68-64=265 | align="center" |−15 | align="center" |212,779 |- | align="center" |3 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Colin Montgomerie |67-67-66-67=267 | align="center" |−13 | align="center" |119,766 |- | align="center" |4 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel Jiménez |65-69-68-67=269 | align="center" |−11 | align="center" |95,735 |- | rowspan="2" align="center" |T5 | {{flagicon|USA}} Woody Austin |69-67-70-66=272 | rowspan="2" align="center" |−8 | rowspan="2" align="center" |74,076 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Fred Couples |68-66-69-69=272 |- | rowspan="2" align="center" |T7 | {{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Maggert |71-67-66-69=273 | rowspan="2" align="center" |−7 | rowspan="2" align="center" |52,611 |- | {{flagicon|IRL}} Philip Walton |71-67-65-70=273 |- | rowspan="3" align="center" |T9 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Fowler |69-65-68-72=274 | rowspan="3" align="center" |−6 | rowspan="3" align="center" |38,786 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Sluman |65-69-70-70=274 |- | {{flagicon|MEX}} Esteban Toledo |73-68-68-65=274 |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-open-championship-presented-by-rolex-2015/results?round=4 Results on European Tour website]
{{s-start}} {{succession box | title = Senior Major Championships | years = | before = 2015 U.S. Senior Open | after = 2016 Regions Tradition }} {{s-end}} {{Senior Open Championship}} {{coord|51.38|-0.63|type:event|display=title}}
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