Ten golfers from Kent are hoping to add their names to a field littered with legends of the game at The 2023 Senior Open Presented by Rolex.
The players hoping to qualify are:
| First Name | Surname | Club | Town | Country | Venue |
| Andrew | REYNOLDS | Royal Cinque Ports GC | Deale | ENG | Ashburnham GC |
| Robert | MCGUIRK | Princes GC | Sandwich | ENG | Southerndown GC |
| Paul | SHERMAN | Langley Park | Bromley | ENG | Pyle & Kenfig GC |
| Richard | SILMAN | Tenterden GC | Tenterden | ENG | Pyle & Kenfig GC |
| Peter | WILSON | Princes GC | Sandwich | ENG | Pyle & Kenfig GC |
| Bob | FLORENCE | Rochester & Cobham | Rochester | ENG | Pyle & Kenfig GC |
| Andrew | BUTTERFIELD | Knole Park | Sevenoaks | ENG | Machynys Peninsula GC |
| Robert | OSMOND | Rochester & Cobham Park GC | Rochester | ENG | Machynys Peninsula GC |
| Larry | BATCHELOR | Redlibbets GC | New Ash Green | ENG | Machynys Peninsula GC |
| Warren | BENNETT | Chestfield GC | Whitstable | ENG | Ashburnham GC |
The Senior Open Presented by Rolex, Europe’s senior Major golf championship, will return to Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Wales from July 27-30, 2023.
In order to stand a chance of competing alongside the likes of golfing legends Darren Clarke, Bernhard Langer and Colin Montgomerie, they first must qualify. The players will be competing at the qualification tournament at the venues flagged in the above table on Monday 24th July.
Defending champion, Darren Clarke said “The Senior Open provides a fantastic opportunity for amateur golfers to potentially play alongside some of the world’s best senior professional players. I’m looking forward to seeing who will be joining me at Royal Porthcawl in July. The Senior Open is a very special tournament to me and I’d like to wish all of the players the very best of luck with qualifying.”
Darren Clarke will be returning to defend the title he won at Gleneagles a year ago, where he became just the fourth player to win both The Open and The Senior Open, 11 years after his triumph in The Open at Royal St George’s.
David Williams, Tournament Director of The Senior Open Presented by Rolex, said: “We have had over 600 applications from those hoping to qualify for The Senior Open Presented by Rolex, which shows the appetite to tee it up in Europe’s Senior Major Championship. It is every golfer’s dream to tee it up in a Major Championship and the Qualifying Events always throw up some interesting stories, with a mixture of professionals and talented amateurs vying for a play in the event. I wish everyone competing the very best of luck.”
The Senior Open qualifying will take place at:
- Southerndown Golf Club, Bridgend, Wales – Monday 24 July
- Pyle and Kenfig Golf Club, Bridgend, Wales – Monday 24 July
- Monk Island, Machynys Peninsula, Llanelli, Wales – Monday 24 July
- Ashburnham Golf Club, Burry Port – Monday 24 July
- Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio, USA – Monday 10 July
Due to unprecedented demand Ashburnham Golf Club was very recently added as a fourth UK Qualifying Venue, giving hundreds of hopefuls the opportunity to earn a place at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club later this month.
Tickets for The Senior Open Presented by Rolex, hosted at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Wales, are on sale now, with prices starting at just £25 for adults for tournament days. Season tickets, giving holders access to all four tournament days plus the Wednesday practice day, are available for only £95. Visit https://www.legendstour.com/ticket/the-senior-open-presented-by-rolex-2023-tickets to purchase yours.