Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 55°12′00″N6°38′06″W / 55.200°N 6.635°W / 55.200; -6.635
Course(s)
Royal Portrush Golf Club Dunluce Links
Organised by
The R&A
Tour(s)
European Senior Tour
Senior PGA Tour
Format
72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par
72
Length
6,690 yd (6,120 m)
Field
123 players, 63 after cut
Cut
155 (+11)
Prize fund
€560,000
Winner's share
€88,620
Champion
Christy O'Connor Jnr
282 (−6)
Location map
Royal Portrush GC
Location in Europe
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Location in the United Kingdom
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Location in Ireland
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Location in Northern Ireland
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The 1999 Senior British Open was a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and above and the 13th British Senior Open Championship, held from 22 to 25 July at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
In 2018, the tournament was, as were all Senior British Open Championships played 1987–2002, retroactively recognized as a senior major golf championship and a PGA Tour Champions (at the time named the Senior PGA Tour) event.[1]
Christy O'Connor Jnr beat John Bland by three strokes and won his first of two Senior British Open titles.
Defending champion Brian Huggett finished tied 20th, 15 strokes from the back. Leading amateur was Roy Smethurst, tied 30th, 18 strokes from the winner.[2][3][4]
^"The Senior Open Championship". The R&A. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^"The Senior Open Championship – Results". European Tour. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^"O'Connor Jnr Wins Emotional Senior British Open". European Tour. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^"O'Connor Snags British Open". CBS News. 25 July 1999. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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