Thomas Bjørn, Paul McGinley, Tom Lehman and Ian Woosnam will carry Ryder Cup expertise to The Senior Open Offered by Rolex after they tee it up at Carnoustie Golf Hyperlinks from July 25-28, 2024.
The previous Ryder Cup Captains will be a part of a discipline which is already brimming with Main Champions, Ryder Cup gamers and confirmed worldwide winners when Europe’s Senior Main Championship returns to Scotland, the Residence of Golf. Tickets to attend The Senior Open are on sale now and will be bought by clicking right here.
The quartet have all led their respective Europe and United States groups following spectacular enjoying careers within the biennial showpiece and they’ll be a part of already introduced former captains Darren Clarke and Pádraig Harrington at Carnoustie later this month.
Bjørn, Denmark’s most profitable golfer of all-time with 15 DP World Tour wins and two Legends Tour victories, will tee it up within the Senior Open for the third time and is worked up by the problem of including a 3rd skilled victory in Scotland to his spectacular resumé.
“I like enjoying golf in Scotland and I can’t wait to get to Carnoustie in a number of weeks’ time for the Senior Open,” he stated.
“I missed a interval final season by means of damage so was unable to play in final yr’s Championship, so I’m itching to expertise the magic of the occasion once more.”
McGinley, who oversaw Group Europe’s victory at Gleneagles 4 years previous to Bjorn’s triumph at Le Golf Nationwide, is not any stranger to the problem of hyperlinks golf and is worked up by the prospect of competing in opposition to one of the best within the over-50s sport.
“I spend most of my time doing media work today however I nonetheless love getting the chance to play within the Senior Majors after I can,” McGinley stated.
“Carnoustie is a world class golf course and we’re so fortunate to get the prospect to play it, so I do know all of the gamers can be wanting ahead to the week and I’m no totally different.”
Lehman, who gained the Claret Jug at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1996 and captained Group USA within the Ryder Cup ten years later, completed inside the highest 20 in each of his earlier Senior Open appearances at Carnoustie. Ought to he triumph later this month, he would turn out to be the oldest Senior Main Champion of all-time, aged 65.
“I’ve all the time stated I’d like to win this Championship,” he stated. “Profitable any Main is superior however this one simply feels so particular, with the historical past behind it and the blokes who’ve gained it prior to now.
“I do know simply how passionate golf followers in Scotland and it’s going to be nice to play in entrance of them once more. Hopefully the climate holds out and everybody has an pleasant week.”
Woosnam is Wales’ most profitable golfer of all time with 52 skilled wins to his identify throughout a glittering profession, together with his unforgettable Masters victory at Augusta Nationwide, whereas additionally spending 50 weeks on the summit of the Official World Golf Rating.
Woosnam, whose European aspect defeated Lehman’s U.S. Group at The Ok Membership in 2006, has missed simply two cuts in his 14 appearances in The Senior Open and is relishing the chance to combine it with one of the best gamers within the over-50s sport as soon as extra.
“Each time I play Carnoustie it feels actually powerful and it’s going to be a problem once more,” he stated. “I all the time get pleasure from enjoying there and have had a number of good rounds prior to now, ending within the high ten again in 2010.
“It’s a must to preserve the ball decrease within the circumstances we face at Carnoustie. You’ll be able to hit it excessive all day lengthy however if you wish to play in a coastal wind on a hyperlinks course in Britain then you must take into consideration getting the ball again in your stance and protecting it down.”
This would be the third time the Championship has visited Carnoustie, with 12-time Senior Main winner Bernhard Langer successful in 2010, earlier than Paul Broadhurst’s triumph in 2016.
