2024 Senior Open Championship: Schedule, top players and more explored

The 2024 Senior Open Championship will begin on Thursday, July 25, and will be played at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland till Sunday, July 28. There are 156 golfers in the field for the fifth Major of the PGA Tour Champions event.

The tournament's prize purse is $2.75 million, the same as last year, and the winner will take home $447,800. The 2023 Senior Open was won by Alexander Cejka at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Bridgend, Wales.

The tournament will be played at Carnoustie Golf Links for the third time in its history. The earlier tournaments were played in 2010 and 2016. Bernhard Langer won the Major in 2010 while Paul Broadhurst won in 2016.

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2024 Senior Open Championship schedule

The 37th edition of the Senior Open Championship is a 72-hole tournament with a cut after 36 holes. The fifth Major of the PGA Tour Champions will start with the first round on July 25 and will be played till the weekend. The final and fourth round will be played on Sunday, July 28.

Here's the schedule of the 2024 Senior Open Championship at Carnoustie:

Round 1

• Date: July 25, 2024
• Day: Thursday

Round 2

• Date: July 26, 2024
• Day: Friday

Round 3

• Date: July 27, 2024
• Day: Saturday

Round 4

• Date: July 28, 2024
• Day: Sunday

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2024 Senior Open Championship top players

Defending Champion Alexander Cejka is one of the favorites to clinch the title again. He won last year's tournaments in playoffs against Padraig Harrington with a birdie on the second extra hole. However, since then no senior golfer has successfully defended the Major title.

Harrington has been runner-up in the Senior Open for two consecutive years. In 2022, he lost to Clarke by one shot in Gleneagles. He'll look to finally win the title. As per FanDuel Sportsbook, he has odds of +430 going into the tournament. Doug Barron, who won the Tradition, will also be in the field for the competition.

Other players with the best odds at Senior Open are Steven Alker, Bernhard Langer, and K.J. Choi. The field for the tournament also has other notable golfers such as Stephen Ames, Miguel Angel Jimenez, and Richard Green. The tournament can be watched on Golf Channel and Peacock.

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2024 Senior Open tee times and pairings

Here are the tee times and pairings for the first round of the 2024 Senior Open Championship (all times GMT +5:30):

• 11:15 AM: Philip Golding (ENG), Daniel Chopra (SWE)
• 11:25 AM: Fred Funk (USA), Peter Lawrie (IRL), Joakim Haeggman (SWE)
• 11:35 AM: John Kemp (ENG) (a), Michael Jonzon (SWE), Paul Stankowski (USA)
• 11:45 AM: Phillip Price (WAL), Paul McGinley (IRL), Shaun Micheel (USA)
• 11:55 AM: Roger Chapman (ENG), Tom Gillis (USA), Thomas Levet (FRA)
• 12:05 PM: Ángel Cabrera (ARG), K.J. Choi (KOR), Robert Karlsson (SWE)
• 12:15 PM: Colin Montgomerie (SCO), Jerry Kelly (USA), Peter Baker (ENG)
• 12:30 PM: Miguel Angel Jiménez (ESP), Padraig Harrington (IRL), Vijay Singh (FIJ)
• 12:40 PM: Steven Alker (NZL), Alex Cejka (GER), Darren Clarke (NIR)
• 12:50 PM: Richard Green (AUS), James Kingston (RSA), Joe Durant (USA)
• 1:00 PM: Greg Owen (ENG), Jeff Maggert (USA), Stuart Appleby (AUS)
• 1:10 PM: Chad Campbell (USA), Greig Hutcheon (SCO), John Senden (AUS)
• 1:20 PM: Niclas Fasth (SWE), Raphael Jacquelin (FRA), Scott Dunlap (USA)
• 1:35 PM: Jeev Milkha Singh (IND), Paul Goydos (USA), Robert Coles (ENG)
• 1:45 PM: Shane Bertsch (USA), David McKenzie (AUS), Christian Cévaër (FRA)
• 1:55 PM: Guy Boros (USA), Gary Orr (SCO), Thomas Gögele (GER)
• 2:05 PM: Steve Allan (AUS), Arjun Atwal (IND), Scott Henderson (SCO)
• 2:15 PM: Peter O'Malley (AUS), Scott McCarron (USA), Tom Pernice Jr. (USA)
• 2:25 PM: Jason Gore (USA), David Shacklady (ENG), Brett Quigley (USA)
• 2:35 PM: Markus Brier (AUT), Mario Tiziani (USA), Hidetomo Sato (JPN)
• 2:50 PM: Keith Horne (RSA), Rod Pampling (AUS), Jean-Francois Remesy (FRA)
• 3:00 PM: Jason Norris (AUS), Tim Herron (USA), Andrew Raitt (ENG)
• 3:10 PM: Chris Gane (ENG), Eric Axley (USA), Andy Oldcorn (SCO)
• 3:20 PM: Wes Short, Jr. (USA), Jason Perry (USA), Garry Houston (WAL)
• 3:30 PM: Matt Gogel (USA), Neil Rowlands (ENG) (a), Fran Quinn (USA)
• 3:40 PM: Omar Uresti (USA), Barry Conser (USA), Carlos Balmaseda (ESP)
• 3:55 PM: Glen Day (USA), Peter Fowler (AUS)
• 4:05 PM: Bradley Dredge (WAL), Jarmo Sandelin (SWE), Mark Hensby (AUS)
• 4:15 PM: Adilson da Silva (BRA), Prayad Marksaeng (THA), Simon Khan (ENG)
• 4:25 PM: Bob Estes (USA), Jean Van de Velde (FRA), Phillip Archer (ENG)
• 4:35 PM: Michael Campbell (NZL), Thomas Bjørn (DEN), Rich Beem (USA)
• 4:45 PM: Stephen Dodd (WAL), John Daly (USA), Scott Hend (AUS)
• 4:55 PM: Stephen Ames (CAN), Paul Broadhurst (ENG), Y.E. Yang (KOR)
• 5:10 PM: José María Olazábal (ESP), Retief Goosen (RSA), Ian Woosnam (WAL)
• 5:20 PM: Bernhard Langer (GER), Justin Leonard (USA), Paul Lawrie (SCO)
• 5:30 PM: Doug Barron (USA), Jeff Sluman (USA), Ricardo Gonzalez (ARG)
• 5:40 PM: Dicky Pride (USA), Patrik Sjöland (SWE), Ken Tanigawa (USA)
• 5:50 PM: Russ Cochran (USA), Michael Long (NZL), Paul Eales (ENG)
• 6:00 PM: Kirk Triplett (USA), Emanuele Canonica (ITA), Charlie Wi (KOR)
• 6:15 PM: Andrew Marshall (ENG), Scott Parel (USA), Mikael Lundberg (SWE)
• 6:25 PM: Lionel Alexandre (FRA), Todd White (USA) (a), Hiroyuki Fujita (JPN)
• 6:35 PM: Notah Begay III (USA), Mark McNulty (IRL), Miguel Angel Martin (ESP)
• 6:45 PM: Rob Labritz (USA), Boo Weekley (USA), Jyoti Randhawa (IND)
• 6:55 PM: Vanslow Phillips (ENG), Tim Petrovic (USA), Greg Chalmers (AUS)
• 7:05 PM: Rodrigo Lacerda Soares (FRA), Ryan Jansa (USA), Ted Purdy (USA)
• 7:15 PM: Brett Wetterich (USA), Scott Drummond (SCO), Clark Dennis (USA)
• 7:30 PM: Euan McIntosh (SCO), Joe Ogilvie (USA), Tim O'Neal (USA)
• 7:40 PM: Paul Streeter (ENG), Chris Riley (USA), David Branshaw (USA)
• 7:50 PM: Peter Wilson (ENG), Heath Slocum (USA), Doug McGuigan (SCO)
• 8:00 PM: Michael Wright (AUS), Jay Jurecic (USA), José Manuel Carriles (ESP)
• 8:10 PM: Jason Bohn (USA), Craig Shaw (ENG) (a), Barry Austin (ENG)
• 8:20 PM: Donald Carpenter III (USA), Cameron Clark (NIR), Roderick Bastard (ESP)