Turnberry Resort to host The Senior Open Championship 2012

The Senior Open 2012 makes a welcome return to the unique Turnberry Resort on the rugged Ayrshire coast from 26th to 29th July 2012, Turnberry has a long and rich association with the prestigious Championship which began with the 1987 Open.

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The seventh occasion that Turnberry's Ailsa Course will host The Senior Open Championship, this magnificent links golf venue hosted the first four Senior Open Championships, with Neil Coles wining the inaugural Championship in 1987, Gary Player capturing the title in 1988 and 1990 and Bob Charles lifting the trophy in 1989.

Tom Watson, whose own career is so closely aligned with Turnberry, then held off the European Senior Tour's leading career money winner Carl Mason in a play-off when the Championship returned to the Ayrshire Coast in 2003, before fellow American Loren Roberts captured his first Senior Open title in 2006.

Turnberry has a long established history with The Open Championship, having acted as the Open venue on four previous occasions, with Watson featuring prominently in 1977, when he memorably defeated Jack Nicklaus in what became known as ‘The Duel in the Sun', and in 2009 when he lost in a play-off to Stewart Cink at the age of 59.

Watch the Senior Open 2012 heads to Turnberry video here

View the official press release here

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