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ELIGIBILITY

The following players are exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Senior Open, provided they are 50 years old (amateur categories require that the player is still an amateur):
  • Any past winner of the U.S. Senior Open

  • Winners of any of the Major Championships in the last 10 years

  • Winners of any of the U.S. Amateur in the last 10 years and runner-up in previous year

  • Winners of the Senior PGA Championship in the last 10 years

  • Winner of the Senior British Open in the last three years

  • Top 25 finishers from the previous year's U.S. Senior Open

  • Low amateur in last U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open

  • Winners of the U.S. Amateur Public Links , U.S. Mid-Amateur and the USGA Senior Amateur in the last two years and runner-up in previous year

  • Members of the Walker Cup and Eisenhower Trophy teams for the last two competitions

  • Members of both Ryder Cup teams for the last five competitions

  • Top 30 from the previous year's Champions Tour money list, top 20 from current list

  • Top 50 leaders from the Champions Tour career money list

  • Winners of Champions Tour events in the previous three years

  • Previous year's European Seniors Tour money list leader

  • Winners of PGA Tour events in the previous five years

  • Winners of the U.S. Open in first five years of age eligibility

  • One-time exemption for any winner of a major championship, U.S. Amateur, or British Amateur


Special exemptions are given occasionally, and like other USGA events, many qualify through the local and sectional ranks.


WINNERS



MULTIPLE WINNERS

The following men have had more than one win in the U.S. Senior Open after the 2006 tournament:



WINNERS OF BOTH U.S. OPEN AND U.S. SENIOR OPEN

The following men have won both the U.S. Open and the U.S. Senior Open, the majors run by the USGA:

Palmer (1954) and Nicklaus (1959, 1961) also won the U.S. Amateur , previously considered a major.


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