Championship Venue |
Old Warson Country Club, St. Louis, Mo. |
Opened |
1954 |
Designer |
Robert Trent Jones Sr. |
Entries Open |
Week of May 2 |
Entries Close |
Aug. 3 |
Dates of Championship |
Sept. 17-22 |
Field Size |
156 |
Eligibility |
Any amateur who has reached 55 years of age as of Sept. 17, and whose Handicap Index does not exceed 7.4 |
2015 Championship |
Chip Lutz def. Tom Brandes, 5 and 3; Hidden Creek Golf Club, Egg Harbor Township, N.J. |
Quotable |
“It’s an amazing feeling for me because it’s one that I have sought for quite a few years. I’ve been really looking at and focusing on this event as not only a comfortable place for me, but a great opportunity for me to try to make the best of things.” – Chip Lutz |
Notable Past Events at Old Warson Country Club |
1957 Western Amateur (Ed Updegraff) |
U.S. Senior Amateurs in Missouri (1) |
2001 (Norwood Hills Country Club/St. Louis) Kemp Richardson |
Notable U.S. Senior Amateur Champions |
J. Wood Platt (1955); J. Clark Espie (1957, 1959); Dexter Daniels (1961, 1966); Gene Andrews (1970); Lewis W. Oehmig (1972, 1976, 1985); Dale Morey (1974, 1977); William C. Campbell (1979-80); Ed Updegraff (1981); William Hyndman III (1983); John Richardson (1987); O. Gordon Brewer (1994, 1996); Bill Shean Jr. (1998, 2000); Kemp Richardson (2001, 2003); Stan Lee (2007); George “Buddy” Marucci (2008); Marvin “Vinny” Giles (2009); Paul Simson (2010, 2012); Louis Lee (2011); Pat Tallent (2014) |
Notable U.S. Senior Amateur Runners-Up |
J. Clark Espie (1956); Ernest Pieper Jr. (1971-72); Lewis W. Oehmig (1974, 1977, 1979); Dale Morey (1981); Ed Updegraff (1982); Richard Runkle (1983-84); John Harbottle (1986); George Zahringer (2008); Pat Tallent (2010); Bryan Norton (2014) |
Schedule of Play |
Sept. 17 (First Round, 18 holes, stroke play) |
Future Sites |
2017 (Minikahda Club/Minneapolis, Minn./Aug. 26-31) |