Field in Focus: at The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex
europeantour.com takes a closer look at the field taking to Turnberry’s Ailsa Course for The Senior Open Championship Presented by Rolex from July 26 - 29.
In the field are:
7 former Senior Open Champions with 12 victories
| Player | Titles | Year | ||||||||
| Gary Player | 3 | 1988, 1990, 1997 | ||||||||
| Tom Watson | 3 | 2003, 2005, 2007 | ||||||||
| Loren Roberts | 2 | 2006, 2009 | ||||||||
| Noboru Sugai | 1 | 2002 | ||||||||
| Pete Oakley | 1 | 2004 | ||||||||
| Bruce Vaughan | 1 | 2008 | ||||||||
| Bernhard Langer | 1 | 2010 |
33 Major Champions with 85 titles
52 European Tour Champions
5 former Turnberry winners
| Player | Titles | Year | ||||||||
| Tom Watson | 2 | 1977 Open Championship 2003 Senior Open Championship | ||||||||
| Gary Player | 2 | 1988 & 1990 Senior Open Championship | ||||||||
| Sandy Lyle | 1 | 1979 European Open | ||||||||
| Greg Norman | 1 | 1986 Open Championship | ||||||||
| Loren Roberts | 1 | 2006 Senior Open Championship |
9 players who finished in the Top Ten in this event last year
| Player | Position | ||||
| Mark Calcavecchia | 2 | ||||
| Corey Pavin | T3 | ||||
| Tom Watson | T3 | ||||
| Barry Lane | 5 | ||||
| David Frost | 6 | ||||
| Lee Rinker | T7 | ||||
| Mike Goodes | T7 | ||||
| Peter Fowler | T7 | ||||
| Fred Funk | T7 |
3 Multiple winners on the 2012 European Senior Tour
| Player | Titles | Year | ||||||||
| Roger Chapman | 2 | US Senior PGA Championship US Senior Open | ||||||||
| Tim Thelen | 2 | Berenberg Bank Masters Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open | ||||||||
| Gary Wolstenholme | 2 | Mallorca Open Senior Benahavis Senior Masters |
19 of the current Top 20 in the European Senior Tour Order of Merit
| Player | Position | ||||
| Roger Chapman | 1 | ||||
| Tim Thelen | 2 | ||||
| Paul Wesselingh | 3 | ||||
| Gary Wolstenholme | 4 | ||||
| Andrew Oldcorn | 5 | ||||
| Mark James | 6 | ||||
| Bernhard Langer | 7 | ||||
| Barry Lane | 8 | ||||
| Peter Fowler | 9 | ||||
| Anders Forsbrand | 10 | ||||
| Mark Mouland | 11 | ||||
| Sandy Lyle | 12 | ||||
| David Frost | 12 | ||||
| Peter Senior | 12 | ||||
| Chris Williams | 15 | ||||
| Mike Harwood | 16 | ||||
| Juan Quiros | 18 | ||||
| Boonchu Ruangkit | 19 | ||||
| Andrew Sherborne | 20 |
9 Ryder Cup Captains
31 Ryder Cup players
21 different nationalities represented
 | Argentina | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Australia | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Canada | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Chile | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 | England | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
 | France | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Germany | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Ireland | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Italy | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Japan | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Korea | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Paraguay | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Scotland | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
 | South Africa | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Spain | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Sweden | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Thailand | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 | United States | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Wales | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 | Zimbabwe | 1 |
