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PAR AND YARDAGE Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course) will be set up at 7,028 yards and will play to a par of 36-35–71. The yardage for each round of the championship will vary due to course setup and conditions.
Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course) Hole By Hole Hole123456789Total Par54434544336 Yardage5554723741574765584564262103,684
Hole101112131415161718Total Par43544443435 Yardage3301836154544223513821724353,344
THE COURSE
Saucon Valley Country Club’s Old Course was designed by Herbert Strong and opened in 1922. Revisions were completed by William Gordon, Perry Maxwell and most recently Tom Marzolf from the Fazio Group in 2008. Saucon Valley’s historic 850-acre facility also features the Weyhill Course, Grace Course and a six-hole course for juniors and novice golfers. The club is a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.
COURSE RATING
Based on the course setup for the championship, the USGA Course Rating™ is 74.9 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 23, 2022. An amateur is eligible with a Handicap Index® not exceeding 3.4.
ENTRIES
The USGA accepted 3,001 entries for the 2022 U.S. Senior Open, the third-highest total in championship history. The record was established in 2002, when 3,101 golfers applied to play, while 3,007 entered in 2000. More than 2,700 entries have been filed in six of the last eight years.
QUALIFYING
In 2022, qualifying was conducted at 33 sites around the country between May 2-June 1. Qualifying sites were located in 25 states, including five in California, three in Florida and two in Pennsylvania and Texas, and was conducted over 18 holes.
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 23, through Sunday, June 26. In the case of a tie after 72 holes, a two-hole aggregate playoff will commence immediately after the conclusion of the fourth round.
EXEMPT PLAYERS
There are five U.S. Open champions among the 76 players who are currently exempt from qualifying. They include two-time champions Ernie Els (1994, 1997), Retief Goosen (2001, 2004) and Lee Janzen (1993, 1998), as well as Michael Campbell (2005) and Jim Furyk (2003). Nine U.S. Open runners-up are also entered: David Duval (2009), Els (2000), Furyk (2006, 2007, 2016), Miguel Angel Jimenez (2000), Tom Lehman (1996), Davis Love III (1996), Rocco Mediate (2008), Colin Montgomerie (1994, 1997, 2006) and Jeff Sluman (1992).
Major champions are also among the group of exempt players and include Masters winners – Bernhard Langer, Mark O’Meara, Vijay Singh and Mike Weir; PGA champions – Padraig Harrington, Love III, Singh, Sluman, David Toms and Y.E. Yang; and winners of The Open Championship – Mark Calcavecchia, Darren Clarke, Duval, Els, Harrington, Lehman and O’Meara.
2021 CHAMPION After making bogey-double bogey on his second and third holes in the final round of the 41st U.S. Senior Open to lose most of a four-stroke lead, Jim Furyk got back to what has made him one of the best players of his era and the 2003 U.S. Open champion: consistency.
Furyk, 51, settled down and played 2-under-par golf over the next 11 holes at Omaha (Neb.) Country Club to restore his advantage and went on to capture the championship in his debut. The Jacksonville, Fla., resident who grew up in West Chester, Pa., completed a final round of 1-over-par 71 for a total of 7-under 273, good for a three-stroke victory over two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen and 2003 Masters winner Mike Weir. The victory made Furyk the eighth man to win both the U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open titles, joining a list that includes Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Hale Irwin and Lee Trevino.
Furyk, who shot 64-66 in the middle rounds of the championship to build his lead, nearly holed a long putt from 75 feet on the final hole before tapping in for par, giving him his third victory as an over-50 player and first senior major.
PURSE
The 2021 purse was $4 million; the winner earned $720,000.
TELEVISION SCHEDULE
The 2022 U.S. Senior Open will receive at least 20 hours of broadcast coverage on NBCUniversal. Rolex will be the exclusive presenting partner of coverage for eight USGA championships, including the U.S. Senior Open. Rolex’s commitment will allow uninterrupted coverage of these championships, providing fans hours of continuous live action.
Date/Day Time (Local/EDT) Network Coverage June 23/Thursday 2-7 p.m. *Peacock First Round 10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (tape) Golf Channel First Round June 24/Friday 2-7 p.m. *Peacock Second Round 10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (tape) Golf Channel Second Round June 25/Saturday 2-3 p.m. *Peacock Third Round 3-7 p.m. Golf Channel Third Round June 26/Sunday 2-3 p.m. *Peacock Fourth Round 3-7 p.m. Golf Channel Fourth Round
*Peacock subscription not needed for U.S. Senior Open
TICKETS
Tickets for the 2022 U.S. Senior Open Championship are available for purchase at ussenioropen.com. Various packages are available. Championship round individual gallery tickets are $50 (Thursday-Sunday), while practice-round tickets are $25 (Tuesday-Wednesday).
HISTORY
This is the 42nd 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.
2022 U.S. SENIOR OPEN NOTES
►Saucon Valley Country Club will be hosting its third U.S. Senior Open Championship (1992, 2000, 2022)
►The 42nd U.S. Senior Open is the 90th USGA championship to be conducted in Pennsylvania
►Jim Furyk will attempt to become the fourth player to win consecutive U.S. Senior Opens
►Saucon Valley is the first club to host the U.S. Senior Open Championship three times
USGA AND SAUCON VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB
This is the eighth USGA championship and third U.S. Senior Open to be conducted at Saucon Valley Country Club. Larry Laoretti (1992) and Hale Irwin (2000) won the previous Senior Opens and Saucon Valley will be the first course to host the championship three times. The most recent championship was the 2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur, won by Scott Harvey. Here are the previous USGA championships held at Saucon Valley C.C.:
1951 U.S. Amateur: Billy Maxwell def. Joseph F. Gagliardi, 4 and 3 1983 U.S. Junior Amateur: Tim Straub def. John Mahon, 1 up 1987 U.S. Senior Amateur: John Richardson def. James Kite, Jr., 5 and 4 1992 U.S. Senior Open: Larry Laoretti by four strokes over Jim Colbert (275-279) 2000 U.S. Senior Open: Hale Irwin by three strokes over Bruce Fleisher (267-270) 2009 U.S. Women’s Open: Eun-Hee Ji by one stroke over Candie Kung (284-285)
2014 U.S. Mid-Amateur: Scott Harvey def. Brad Nurski, 6 and 5
USGA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PENNSYLVANIA (90)
The U.S. Senior Open will be the 90th USGA championship contested in the state of Pennsylvania. Merion Golf Club hosted the 42nd Curtis Cup Match earlier in June. Pennsylvania is the all-time leader in USGA championship hosted, while California is second with 85.
U.S. Open (17): 1907, 1910, 1927, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1950, 1953, 1962, 1971, 1973, 1981, 1983, 1994, 2007, 2013, 2016
U.S. Women’s Open (9): 1952, 1959, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1996, 2009, 2010, 2015
U.S. Senior Open (4): 1989, 1992, 2000, 2022
U.S. Amateur (14): 1916, 1919, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1938, 1951, 1966, 1969, 1977, 1989, 2003, 2005, 2021
U.S. Women’s Amateur (14): 1899, 1904, 1909, 1919, 1923, 1934, 1949, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1985, 2003, 2004, 2016
U.S. Girls’ Junior (5): 1949, 1954, 1966, 1985, 1998
U.S. Junior Amateur (3): 1983, 1997, 1999
U.S. Senior Amateur (3): 1965, 1971, 1987
U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur (6): 1962, 1972, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2012
U.S. Mid-Amateur (2): 2014, 2016
U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur (2): 1990, 2016
U.S. Amateur Public Links (5): 1928, 1934, 1957, 1965, 1969
U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links (2): 1980, 1997
Curtis Cup Match (3): 1954, 2002, 2022
Walker Cup Match (1): 2009
U.S. SENIOR OPENS IN MID-ATLANTIC REGION
1980: Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course), Mamaroneck, N.Y. (Roberto De Vicenzo)
1984: Oak Hill Country Club (East Course), Rochester, N.Y. (Miller Barber)
1989: Laurel Valley Country Club, Ligonier, Pa. (Orville Moody)
1990: The Ridgewood Country Club (Center and West nines), Paramus, N.J. (Lee Trevino)
1992: Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pa. (Larry Laoretti)
2000: Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pa. (Hale Irwin)
OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SAUCON VALLEY
Saucon Valley Country Club hosted the Pennsylvania State Amateur in 2008, won by Mike Van Sickle, and in 2013, won by Chris Ault. Brian Kelly won the Pennsylvania Open at the club in 1987.
LONGEST U.S. SENIOR OPEN COURSES
7,269 yards, Crooked Stick G.C., second round, Carmel, Ind., 2009
