Tag: Senior Amateur Golf

2022 Golfweek Player of the Year Classic

Join us January 16-18 at Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club for the 2022 Golfweek Player of the Year Classic where we will honor Golfweek’s top three nationally ranked players in each of the four divisions: Senior, Super Senior, Legends and Super …

Join us January 16-18 at Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club for the 2022 Golfweek Player of the Year Classic where we will honor Golfweek’s top three nationally ranked players in each of the four divisions: Senior, Super Senior, Legends and Super Legends. USA Today Sports will also present the prestigious Yancey Ford Award honoring an individual that has shown exemplary dedication to golf thru not only playing ability but giving back beyond the course.

2021 Golfweek Senior National Match Play – Talamore Golf Resort

Talamore is where Scotland and the NC Sandhills collide! With 12 strategically placed sod-wall bunkers, The New Course at Talamore Resort is the only course in the Village of Pinehurst/Southern Pines area with multiple sod-wall bunkers. Following …

Talamore is where Scotland and the NC Sandhills collide! With 12 strategically placed sod-wall bunkers, The New Course at Talamore Resort is the only course in the Village of Pinehurst/Southern Pines area with multiple sod-wall bunkers. Following its recent restoration, the vision of legendary golf course architect, Reese Jones, comes back to life. Talamore is one of the premier courses in the Pinehurst area and will be the perfect venue for Golfweek’s Seventh Annual Senior National Match Play!

The Golfweek Senior National Match-Play Championship consists of four separate brackets, senior (age 55-64), super-senior (age 65-69), legends (age 74) and super-legends (75+). Over the course of three days, players in each bracket will be whittled to one Senior National Match-Play champion in each division. Unlike other match play tournaments, The Golfweek Senior National Match Play is not a one loss and done tournament. As players are eliminated from match-play they will enter a consolation stroke-play competition using the stableford scoring system where national ranking points will also be awarded. This is a nationally ranked senior tournament by Golfweek / USA Today Sports, and, is certified by the USGA and R&A as a World Amateur Golf Ranking counting tournament!

Coronavirus pandemic: Senior Open Championship postponed

Due to concerns over COVID-19, the Senior Open Championship scheduled for July 23-26 has been postponed.

Bernhard Langer will have to wait to defend his title in the Senior Open Championship.

The R&A announced Tuesday the championship, scheduled from July 23-26 at Sunningdale Golf Club in England, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. A future date has not been selected for the Senior Open.

“We will continue to investigate alternative options to host the Senior Open later in the year if at all possible and will make an announcement in due course,” said executive director Johnnie Cole-Hamilton.

Last week, the R&A cancelled the Open Championship. Royal St. George’s in Sandwich, England, will still host the 2021 Open.

“Our priority is ensuring the health and safety of all players, spectators and sponsors, and it is therefore the right decision to postpone the event,” said Mark Aspland, the head of the European Senior Tour. “We will continue to work closely with the R&A, Rolex and other key stakeholders to reschedule the event at a later date when we have further clarity on the global situation.”

Langer’s win last year was his fourth in the championship.

As for other majors on the senior circuit, the U.S. Senior Open and the Senior PGA Championship were canceled. The Regions Tradition was reschedule from early May to Sept. 24-27. The Senior Players Championship to be played July 9-12 remains on the schedule.