Here are some qualification criteria for the :
- Any past winner of the
- Winners of any of the Major Championships in the last 10 years
- Winners of the Senior PGA Championship in the last 10 years
- Winner of the latest Senior British Open
- Top 25 finishers from the previous year's
- Top 30 from the previous year's Champions Tour money list
- Leaders not otherwise elgible from the Champions Tour career money list
- Winners of Champions Tour events in the previous 3 years
Special exemptions are given occasionally, and like other USGA events, many qualify through the local and sectional ranks.
- 2005 Allen Doyle - United States , at NCR Country Club Kettering, Ohio
- 2004 Peter Jacobsen - United States , at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri
- 2003 Bruce Lietzke - United States , at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio
- 2002 Don Pooley - United States , at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland
- 2001 Bruce Fleisher - United States , at Salem Country Club in Peabody, Massachusetts
- 2000 Hale Irwin - United States , at Old Course at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- 1999 Dave Eichelberger - United States , at Des Moines Golf and Country Club in Des Moines, Iowa
- 1998 Hale Irwin - United States , at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California
- 1997 Graham Marsh - Australia , at Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Illinois
- 1996 Dave Stockton - United States , at Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio
- 1995 Tom Weiskopf - United States , at Congressional Country Club (Blue Course) in Bethesda, Maryland
- 1994 Simon Hobday - South Africa , at Pinehurst Resort (No. 2 Course) in Pinehurst, North Carolina
- 1993 Jack Nicklaus - United States , at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado
- 1992 Larry Laoretti - United States , at Old Course at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- 1991 Jack Nicklaus - United States , at Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) in Birmingham, Michigan
- 1990 Lee Trevino - United States , at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey
- 1989 Orville Moody - United States , at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania
- 1988 Gary Player - South Africa , at Medinah Country Club (Course No. 3) in Medinah, Illinois
- 1987 Gary Player - South Africa , at Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Connecticut
- 1986 Dale Douglass - United States , at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio
- 1985 Miller Barber - United States , at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline, Nevada
- 1984 Miller Barber - United States , at Oak Hill Country Club (East Course) in Rochester, New York
- 1983 Billy Casper - United States , at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota
- 1982 Miller Barber - United States , at Portland Golf Club in Portland, Oregon
- 1981 Arnold Palmer - United States , at Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) in Birmingham, Michigan
- 1980 Roberto De Vicenzo - Argentina , at Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course) in Mamaroneck, New York
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