39th U.S. SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP – FACT SHEET June 28-July 1, 2018, The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo. mediacenter.usga.org | usga.org/senioropen | #USSeniorOpen PAR AND YARDAGE The Broadmoor’s East Course will be set up at 7,264 yards and will play to a par of 36-34—70. The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions. HOLE BY HOLE Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Par 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 5 36 Yards 429 339 601 165 433 402 426 178 535 3,508 Hole 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total Par 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 34 Yards 501 478 240 493 427 459 180 545 433 3,756 ARCHITECT The Broadmoor’s East Course was designed by Donald Ross and opened for play in 1918. The course sits on the southern edge of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of more than 6,400 feet. The East Course is now a combination of holes from Ross’ original layout and holes that were designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. in 1952. The Broadmoor features two other courses, the West and the Mountain, and the resort’s landmark hotel, a 700- room, 18-restaurant facility located on the edge of Cheyenne Lake. COURSE RATING Based on the course setup for the championship, the USGA Course Rating™ is 73.8 and the Slope Rating® is 141. WHO CAN ENTER The championship is open to any professional or amateur golfer who is 50 years of age or older as of June 28, 2018. An amateur is eligible with a Handicap Index® not exceeding 3.4. ENTRIES The USGA accepted 2,680 entries for the 2017 U.S. Senior Open. Entries were filed by golfers in 48 states and the District of Columbia, as well as 25 foreign countries. The record number of entries is 3,101 in 2002. SECTIONAL QUALIFYING Sectional qualifying, played over 18 holes, will be conducted at 34 sites around the country between May 21-June 11. The sectional qualifying sites are located in 26 states, including five in California, three in Florida and two in Pennsylvania and Texas. CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD The starting field of 156 golfers will be cut after 36 holes to the low 60 scorers and ties. SCHEDULE OF PLAY Eighteen holes of stroke play are scheduled each day from Thursday, June 28, through Sunday, July 1. In the case of a tie after 72 holes, a three-hole aggregate playoff will commence immediately after the conclusion of the fourth round. 2017 CHAMPION Kenny Perry played a bogey-free final round of 2-under-par 68 and finished with a string of 12 consecutive pars to win his second U.S. Senior Open title. Perry followed up his opening birdie with four straight pars and his only other birdie of the day, on the par-5 sixth hole at Salem Country Club. By that point, he held a two-stroke lead on Kirk Triplett, which would grow to four by the turn after Triplett made his third and fourth bogeys of the day. Triplett, the 54-hole leader, had made only two bogeys in the first three rounds combined as he built a championship record 15-under total of 195. Perry became the sixth multiple champion of the U.S. Senior Open, and the first winner since Bernhard Langer in 2010 at Sahalee Country Club to play a bogey-free final round. His total of 264 (16 under par) bettered by three strokes the championship scoring mark of 267, set by Hale Irwin in 2000 at Saucon Valley in Bethlehem, Pa., and matched by Perry in 2013 when he won at Omaha (Neb.) Country Club. PURSE The 2017 purse was $4 million; the winner earned $720,000. TELEVISION SCHEDULE The 2018 U.S. Senior Open will receive at least 21 hours of live network coverage. Beginning in 2018, Rolex will be the exclusive presenting partner of coverage for eight USGA championships, including the U.S. Senior Open. Rolex’s commitment will allow an uninterrupted broadcast of these championships, providing fans hours of continuous live action. Date Network Program Time (Local/MDT) June 27 FS2 Wednesday at the U.S. Senior Open 10-11 a.m. June 28 FS1 First Round 2-7 p.m. June 29 FS1 Second Round 1:30-6:30 p.m. June 30 FS1 Third Round 2-7 p.m. July 1 FS1 Fourth Round 2-7 p.m. LIVE STREAMING COVERAGE The U.S. Senior Open will receive at least 24 hours of live streaming coverage on the usga.org channel. Date Channel Program Time (Local/MDT) June 28 usga.org First Round, full coverage 10 a.m.-noon First Round, featured group 2-7 p.m. June 29 usga.org Second Round, full coverage 9:30-11:30 a.m. Second Round, featured group 1:30-6:30 p.m. June 30 usga.org Third Round, featured group 2-7 p.m. July 1 usga.org Fourth Round, featured group 2-7 p.m. CELEBRATION OF CHAMPIONS The USGA’s Celebration of Champions is a four-hole public exhibition honoring the winners of all 2017 USGA championships and celebrating their distinguished achievements in the game of golf. The exhibition will pair 2017 champions as two-player mixed teams, and will be held on Tuesday, June 12, during the week of the 118th U.S. Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y. FS1 will broadcast the foursomes (alternate-shot) exhibition, which will feature amateurs and professionals from multiple generations and all walks of life playing holes 10-13. The 4:45 p.m. EDT shotgun start event will be open to all fans attending Tuesday’s U.S. Open practice round. TICKETS Tickets for the 2018 U.S. Senior Open Championship are available for purchase at 2018ussenioropen.com. Various packages are available. Championship round individual gallery tickets are $50, while practice round tickets are $25. HISTORY This is the 39th U.S. Senior Open Championship. The first U.S. Senior Open, played in 1980, was conducted for golfers 55 and older. The next year, the USGA lowered the minimum age to 50. Miller Barber captured the first of his three U.S. Senior Open titles in 1982 – he also won in 1984 and 1985. The U.S. Senior Open has five two-time winners: Gary Player (1987, 1988), Jack Nicklaus (1991, 1993), Hale Irwin (1998, 2000), Allen Doyle (2005, 2006) and Kenny Perry (2013, 2017). Doyle became the championship’s oldest winner in 2006 at the age of 57 years, 11 months, 14 days. The youngest champion is Dale Douglass, who won in 1986 at the age of 50 years, 3 months, 24 days. USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE BROADMOOR This will be the second U.S. Senior Open Championship and the eighth USGA championship to be conducted at The Broadmoor. The Broadmoor’s East Course was the site of the 2008 U.S. Senior Open, when Eduardo Romero became the second Argentinean to win the Senior Open, joining 1980 champion Roberto De Vicenzo. Romero finished at 6- under-par 274, including a third-round 65, to post a four-stroke victory over Fred Funk. In 1959, Jack Nicklaus defeated Charles Coe, 1 up, to win the first of his two U.S. Amateur Championships. The 19-year-old Nicklaus made an 8-foot birdie putt on the 36th hole to clinch the final match, a stroke he says gave him the confidence to become the game’s greatest major champion. Nicklaus would go on to win eight USGA championships, including the 1991 and 1993 Senior Opens. The U.S. Women’s Open Championship has been conducted twice on the East Course. In 1995, Annika Sorenstam shot a final-round 68 to edge Meg Mallon by one stroke (278-279) to win the first of her three U.S. Women’s Open titles. Sorenstam, who won on the 50th anniversary of the championship, became the 13th player to make the U.S. Women’s Open her first American professional victory. In 2011, So Yeon Ryu, of the Republic of Korea, defeated fellow Korean Hee Kyung Seo in a three-hole aggregate playoff, the first time the championship used this format to decide the winner. The two players were tied at 3- under-par 281 after 72 holes. Ryu birdied the last two holes of the playoff to win by three strokes. The Broadmoor’s East Course also hosted the 1962 Curtis Cup Match, when the USA defeated Great Britain and Ireland, 8-1. The USA Team included JoAnne Gunderson Carner, an eight-time USGA champion, seven-time USGA champion Anne Quast Sander, two-time U.S. Women’s Amateur winner Barbara McIntire and Judy Bell, a future USGA president. In 1967, The Broadmoor’s West Course hosted the U.S. Amateur and Robert B. Dickson edged Vinny Giles by one shot when the championship was conducted in an all-stroke play format. In 1982, the resort’s South Course (now the Mountain Course) hosted the U.S. Women’s Amateur, as Juli Inkster defeated Cathy Hanlon, 4 and 3, for her third consecutive title. USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE BROADMOOR 1959 U.S. Amateur (East Course): Jack Nicklaus def. Charles Coe, 1 up 1962 Curtis Cup Match (East Course): USA def. Great Britain and Ireland, 8-1 1967 U.S. Amateur (West Course): Robert B. Dickson by one stroke over Marvin “Vinny” Giles III (285-286) 1982 U.S.