2018 U.S. Senior Open Fast Facts

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Tickets	2018ussenioropen.com/tickets/
Championship Venue	The Broadmoor (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo.
Opened	1918
Architect	Donald Ross (Revisions by Robert Trent Jones Sr. in 1952)
Dates of Championship	June 28-July 1
Field Size	156
Yardage/Par	7,264 yards/Par 70 (Subject to change)
Hole by Hole	1: 429 yards (par 4) 2: 339 yards (par 4) 3: 601 yards (par 5) 4: 165 yards (par 3) 5: 433 yards (par 4) 6: 402 yards (par 4) 7: 426 yards (par 4) 8: 178 yards (par 3) 9: 535 yards (par 5) OUT: 3,508 yards (par 36) 10: 501 yards (par 4) 11: 478 yards (par 4) 12: 240 yards (par 3) 13: 493 yards (par 4) 14: 427 yards (par 4) 15: 459 yards (par 4) 16: 180 yards (par 3) 17: 545 yards (par 4) 18: 433 yards (par 4) IN: 3,756 yards (par 34) TOTAL: 7.264 yards (par 70)
Eligibility	Open to any professional or amateur golfer who is 50 years of age as of June 28 and whose Handicap Index does not exceed 3.4.
Entries Open	March 7
Entries Close	May 16 (5 p.m EDT)
2017 Championship	Kenny Perry, the 2013 champion, carded a 2-under-par 68 in the final round to edge Kirk Triplett by two strokes at Salem Country Club in Peabody, Mass. Perry finished with 12 consecutive pars.
Quotable	"I didn't think I'd ever be holding the trophy again. That's how golf is. When you win, you don't think you are ever going to lose. And when you're losing all the time, you think you're never going to win. That's just how brutal our sport is. Thank goodness it showed back up again."
Notable Past Events at The Broadmoor (7)	1959 U.S. Amateur (Jack Nicklaus) 1962 Curtis Cup Match (USA) 1967 U.S. Amateur (Robert B. Dickson) 1982 U.S. Women's Amateur (Juli Simpson Inkster) 1995 U.S. Women's Open (Annika Sorenstam) 2008 U.S. Senior Open (Eduardo Romero) 2011 U.S. Women's Open (So Yeon Ryu)
Notable U.S. Senior Open Champions	Arnold Palmer (1981); Miller Barber (1982, 1984-85); Billy Casper (1983); Gary Player (1987-88); Lee Trevino (1990); Jack Nicklaus (1991, 1993); Tom Weiskopf (1995); Hale Irwin (1998, 2000); Allen Doyle (2005-06); Fred Funk (2009); Bernhard Langer (2010); Colin Montgomerie (2014)
Notable Senior Open Runners-Up	a-William C. Campbell (1980); Gene Littler (1982); Arnold Palmer (1984); Gary Player (1986); Bob Charles (1988); Jack Nicklaus (1990, 1995); Chi Chi Rodriguez (1991); Hale Irwin (1996, 2004); Tom Watson (2002-03, 2006); Ben Crenshaw (2007); Fred Couples (2010); Fred Funk (2008, 2012-13); Mark O’Meara (2011); Colin Montgomerie (2015); Miguel Angel Jimenez (2016); Billy Mayfair (2016)
Schedule of Play	June 28 (First Round, 18 holes, stroke play) June 29 (Second Round, 18 holes, stroke play) June 30 (Third Round, 18 holes, stroke play) July 1 (Fourth Round, 18 holes, stroke play)
Cut	Low 60 scorers and ties will play final 36 holes
Playoff	Should there be a tie after 72 holes, a two-hole aggregate playoff would take place immediately following play.
Future Sites	2019: Warren Course at Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind./June 27-30 2020: Newport Country Club, Newport, R.I./June 25-28 2021: Omaha Country Club, Omaha, Neb./July 8-11 2022: Saucon Valley Country Club, Bethlehem, Pa./June 23-26