{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 2016 Senior Open Championship | image = | dates = 21–24 July 2016 | location = Angus, Scotland | course = Carnoustie Golf Links<br/>Championship Course | org = The R&A | tour = {{Plainlist| * European Senior Tour * PGA Tour Champions }} | lang = uk | format = 72 holes stroke play | par = 72 | yardage = {{convert|7346|yd}} | field = 144 players, 71 after cut | cut = 148 (+4) | purse = {{currency|1,681,607|USD}} | winners_share = {{currency|279,144|USD}} | champion = {{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Broadhurst | score = 277 (−11) | map = United Kingdom#UK Scotland#Scotland Angus | map_label = Carnoustie | map_caption = Location in the United Kingdom##Location in Scotland##Location in Angus, Scotland | map_relief = yes | map_label_position = | map_size = 200 | coordinates = {{coord|56.497|-2.717|type:event|display=inline}} | previous = 2015 | next = 2017 }} The '''2016 Senior Open Championship''' was a senior major golf championship and the 30th Senior Open Championship, held on 21–24 July at Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland. It was the second Senior Open Championship played at the course and the 14th Senior Open Championship played as a senior major championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.randa.org/en/championships |title=The Senior Open Championship |publisher=The R&A |access-date=13 February 2022 |archive-date=13 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213182045/https://www.randa.org/en/championships |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Paul Broadhurst won by two strokes over Scott McCarron. It was Broadhurst's first senior major championship victory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-open-championship-presented-by-rolex-2016/results?round=4 |title=Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex – Results |publisher=European Tour |access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/senior-open-championship-pres-by-rolex/past-results.2020.html |title=Past results, The Senior Open |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref>
==Venue== {{main|Carnoustie Golf Links}} The 2016 event was the second Senior Open Championship played at the Carnoustie Golf Links. The previous event was in 2010, with Bernhard Langer winning his first of four Senior Open Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.europeantour.com/staysuretour/season=2010/tournamentid=2010860/leaderboard/index.html#/results |work=Golf Channel |title=The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex |date=22 July 2010 |accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europeantour.com/staysuretour/season=2010/tournamentid=2010860/leaderboard/index.html#/results|title=2010 Schedule - Legends Tour}}</ref>
=== Championship Course === {| class="wikitable" |- !Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par!! !!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par |- | align="center" |1||Cup|| align="center" |405|| align="center" |4|| rowspan="10" style="background:#E6E8FA;" | || align="center" |10||South America|| align="center" |464|| align="center" |4 |- | align="center" |2||Gulley|| align="center" |460|| align="center" |4|| align="center" |11||John Philip|| align="center" |379|| align="center" |4 |- | align="center" |3||Jockey's Burn|| align="center" |353|| align="center" |4|| align="center" |12||Southward Ho|| align="center" |502|| align="center" |5 |- | align="center" |4||Hillocks|| align="center" |409|| align="center" |4|| align="center" |13||Whins|| align="center" |172|| align="center" |3 |- | align="center" |5||Brae|| align="center" |412|| align="center" |4|| align="center" |14||Spectacles|| align="center" |509|| align="center" |5 |- | align="center" |6||Hogan's Alley|| align="center" |577|| align="center" |5|| align="center" |15||Lucky Slap|| align="center" |458|| align="center" |4 |- | align="center" |7||Plantation|| align="center" |407|| align="center" |4|| align="center" |16||Barry Burn|| align="center" |247|| align="center" |3 |- | align="center" |8||Short|| align="center" |186|| align="center" |3|| align="center" |17||Island|| align="center" |449|| align="center" |4 |- | align="center" |9||Railway|| align="center" |474|| align="center" |4|| align="center" |18||Home|| align="center" |483|| align="center" |4 |- | colspan="2" align="center" |'''Out'''|| align="center" |'''3,683'''|| align="center" |'''36'''|| colspan="2" align="center" |'''In'''|| align="center" |'''3,663'''|| align="center" |'''36''' |- | colspan="5" | || colspan="2" align="center" |'''Total'''|| align="center" |'''7,346'''|| align="center" |'''72''' |} Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-open-championship-presented-by-rolex-2016/course |title=Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex – Course Card |publisher=European Tour |access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref>
==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.
71 players, all of them professionals and no amateurs, made the 36-hole cut.
===Past champions in the field=== Five past Senior Open champions participated. Four of them made the 36-hole cut; 2010 and 2014 champion Bernhard Langer (9th), 2003, 2005 and 2007 champion Tom Watson (tied 27th), 2015 champion Marco Dawson (tied 60th) and 2011 champion Russ Cochran (tied 66th). 2002 champion Noboru Sugai did not make the cut.
===Past winners of The Open Championship in the field=== The field included seven former winners of The Open Championship. Five of them made the cut; 1996 Open champion Tom Lehman (tied 14th), 1998 Open champion Mark O'Meara (tied 18th), 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983 Open champion Tom Watson (tied 27th), 1995 Open champion John Daly (tied 54th) and 1989 Open champion Mark Calcavecchia (70th). 2004 Open champion Todd Hamilton and 1985 Open champion Sandy Lyle missed the cut.
==Final results== ''Sunday, 24 July 2016''
{| class="wikitable" |- !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ($) |- |align=center|'''1''' || {{flagicon|ENG}} '''Paul Broadhurst''' || 75-66-68-68=277 || align="center" |−11 || align="center" |279,144 |- |align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA}} Scott McCarron || 69-70-71-69=279 || align="center" |−9 || align="center" |186,141 |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|T3 || {{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel Jiménez|| 70-70-65-75=280 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|−8 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |94,261 |- || {{flagicon|SWE}} Magnus Persson Atlevi|| 70-69-74-67=280 |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|T5 || {{flagicon|USA}} Tom Byrum|| 69-69-71-72=281 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |−7 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |64,802 |- || {{flagicon|USA}} Brandt Jobe|| 73-67-75-66=281 |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |T7 || {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Durant|| 69-68-72-73=282 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |−6 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |46,025 |- || {{flagicon|USA}} Wes Short Jr.|| 70-70-69-73=282 |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |T9 || {{flagicon|USA}} Billy Andrade|| 71-72-68-73=284 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |−4 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |33,931 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Fowler|| 69-69-75-71=284 |- | {{flagicon|GER}} Bernhard Langer|| 71-71-71-71=284 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-open-championship-presented-by-rolex-2016/results?round=4 Results on European Tour website]
{{s-start}} {{succession box | before = 2016 U.S. Senior PGA Championship | title = Senior Major Championships | years = | after = 2016 U.S. Senior Open }} {{s-end}} {{Senior Open Championship}} {{coord|51.38|-0.63|type:event|display=title}}
Category:Senior major golf championships Category:Golf tournaments in England Senior Open Championship Senior Open Championship Senior Open Championship Category:Carnoustie Category:Sport in Angus, Scotland