The 1995 Senior British Open was a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and above and the ninth British Senior Open Championship, held from 27 to 30 July at Royal Portrush Golf Club in Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
In 2018, the tournament was, as 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.
Brian Barnes won in a playoff over Bob Murphy to win his first Senior British Open title and first senior major championship victory.
Venue
The event was the first Senior Open Championship held at Royal Portrush Golf Club.
Field 133 players entered the competition. 65 players, all of them professionals, no amateurs, made the 36-hole cut.
Past champions in the field Six past Senior British Open champions participated. Six of them made the 36-hole cut. Bobby Verway withdrew. Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par FinishBob Charles 1989, 1993 70 73 73 66 280 −6 T3John Fourie199270717369283−5T5Tom Wargo 1994 75 71 69 75 290 +2 12Neil Coles 1987 72 75 74 71 292 +4 T15 Gary Player1988, 199077697575296 +8T24
Past winners and runners-up at The Open Championship in the field The field included three former winners of The Open Championship, Bob Charles (tied 3rd), Gary Player (tied 24th) and Arnold Palmer (tied 32nd).
The field also included three former runners-up at The Open Championship; Brian Huggett (10th), Neil Coles (tied 15th) and Christy O'Connor Snr (tied 39th).
Final round and playoff summaries Final round Sunday, 30 July 1995
Brian Barnes and Bob Murphy tied the lead after the fourth round, to meet in a sudden death playoff, to decide the winner.
Defending champion Tom Wargo finished 12th nine strokes behind the leaders.
Place Player Score To par Money (€)T1 Brian Barnes 67-67-77-70=281 −7 Playoff Bob Murphy 68-69-73-71=281T3 Bob Charles 70-73-73-66=282 −6 27,587 John Morgan 71-68-75-68=2825 John Fourie 70-71-73-69=283 −5 18,959 Tommy Horton 78-68-67-70=2837 John Jacobs 76-72-68-66=284 −4 14,7008 Larry Laoretti 68-71-75-69=285 −3 12,2509 Hugh Inggs 71-72-72-70=287 −1 10,97610 Brian Huggett 72-70-74-69=288 E 9,800
Playoff Sunday, 30 July 1995
The sudden-death playoff, to be played until one of the players had a lower score on a hole than the other, went on to the par-5 17th hole, then the par-4 18th hole and then the 17th hole again. 50-year-old Brian Barnes beat Bob Murphy with an eagle at the third extra hole.
Place Player Score To par Money (€)1 Brian Barnes 5-4-3 −2 81,662 2 Bob Murphy 5-4-x E 54,390
References
External links Results on European Tour website