As we continue the build-up to this week’s Senior Open Championship Presented by Rolex, europeantour.com breaks down the world-class field assembled at Royal Porthcawl…
By Adrian Millerick, europeantour.com
at Royal Porthcawl
144 players
62 European Tour winners
14 Regular Major Champions
Mark Brooks
Mark Calcavecchia
Fred Couples
Steve Jones
Tom Kite
Bernhard Langer
Sandy Lyle
Mark O'Meara
Corey Pavin
Jeff Sluman
Craig Stadler
Bob Tway
Tom Watson
Ian Woosnam
22 Senior Major Winners
5 Euopean Tour Number Ones
Sandy Lyle (1979, 80, 85)
Bernhard Langer (1981, 84)
Ian Woosnam (1987, 90)
Ronan Rafferty (1989)
Colin Montgomerie (1993-99, 05)
7 Senior Tour Order of Merit Number Ones
Carl Mason (2003, 04, 08)
Sam Torrance (2005, 06, 09)
Ian Woosnam (2008)
Boonchu Ruangkit (2010)
Peter Fowler (2011)
Roger Chapman (2012)
Paul Wesselingh (2013)
29 Ryder Cup players
8 Ryder Cup Captains
Tom Watson (1993, 14)
Tom Kite (1997)
Mark James (1999)
Sam Torrance (2002)
Bernhard Langer (2004)
Ian Woosnam (2006)
Colin Montgomerie (2010)
Corey Pavin (2010)
1 WGC winner
Kevin Sutherland
7 Former Champions competing
Noburu Sugai (2002)
Tom Watson (2003, 05, 07)
Bruce Vaughan (2008)
Bernhard Langer (2010)
Russ Cochran (2011)
Fred Couples (2012)
Mark Wiebe (2013)
49 European Senior Tour winners competing
