2023 U.S. Senior Open Winner and Scores
The 2023 U.S. Senior Open was the 43rd time this tournament was played. Bernhard Langer broke multiple tournament and tour records in claiming the victory.
Winner: Bernhard Langer, 277
Where it was played: SentryWorld in Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Tournament dates: June 29-July 2, 2023
Leader after first round: Rod Pampling, 68
Leader after second round: Bernhard Langer, 139
Leader after third round: Bernhard Langer, 207
What Happened in the 2023 U.S. Senior Open
Bernhard Langer won the 2023 U.S. Senior Open by two strokes, his second victory in this major. And it was a record-setting performance in multiple ways.At age 65 — 65 years, 10 months, 6 days to be exact — Langer became the U.S. Senior Open's oldest champion. He was eight years older than the previous record-holder. And he broke his own record as the oldest Champions Tour winner.
It was his 46th career win on the Champions Tour, breaking Hale Irwin's record of 45 wins. And it was his 12th career win in a senior major, also best-ever.
And finally, Langer's win this year came 13 years after his previous victory in the 2010 U.S. Senior Open. That is the longest gap between wins in this event's history, the previous record being just four years.
Langer trailed first-round leader Rod Pampling by three, but took the lead with a 68 in the second round. He added another 68 in the third round and held a two-stroke edge over Jerry Kelly going into the final round, with Steve Stricker three back.
In the final round Langer carded a 70 to finish at 7-under 277. Stricker scored 69 to pass Kelly (71) by one for second place. It was the second consecutive runner-up finish for Stricker in the U.S. Senior Open.
Langer won by two strokes, but it was actually a more comfortable win than that margin implies. He started the final round with birdies on the first two holes and three of the first five, and his lead during the round was as large as seven strokes. He still led by six after 15 holes, and took a three-stroke lead to the final hole.
2023 U.S. Senior Open Final Scores
| Bernhard Langer | 71-68-68-70—277 |
| Steve Stricker | 72-70-68-69—279 |
| Jerry Kelly | 71-70-68-71—280 |
| Brett Quigley | 74-73-69-66—282 |
| Rob Labritz | 76-71-66-69—282 |
| Steven Alker | 75-73-70-65—283 |
| Dicky Pride | 72-69-73-69—283 |
| Retief Goosen | 70-71-71-71—283 |
| Alex Cejka | 72-73-68-71—284 |
| Y.E. Yang | 73-70-69-72—284 |
| K.J. Choi | 73-74-68-70—285 |
| Joe Durant | 72-76-72-67—287 |
| Ernie Els | 71-71-73-72—287 |
| Craig Barlow | 74-75-72-67—288 |
| Justin Leonard | 72-77-70-69—288 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 70-73-72-73—288 |
| Tom Gillis | 76-73-70-70—289 |
| Bob Estes | 80-70-71-69—290 |
| David Toms | 71-74-73-72—290 |
| Padraig Harrington | 74-71-73-72—290 |
| Paul Stankowski | 72-72-72-74—290 |
| Vijay Singh | 74-73-68-75—290 |
| Tim Herron | 75-73-73-70—291 |
| Paul Broadhurst | 77-72-70-72—291 |
| Lee Janzen | 73-75-71-72—291 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 72-74-71-74—291 |
| Billy Andrade | 76-72-72-72—292 |
| Richard Green | 71-80-68-73—292 |
| Paul Goydos | 75-71-73-73—292 |
| Dave Cunningham | 74-72-73-73—292 |
| Rod Pampling | 68-72-79-73—292 |
| Jeff Maggert | 71-77-78-67—293 |
| Harrison Frazar | 75-74-74-70—293 |
| Darren Clarke | 75-70-71-77—293 |
| Mike Weir | 75-74-70-75—294 |
| David Branshaw | 74-73-72-75—294 |
| James Kingston | 71-75-73-75—294 |
| Phillip Archer | 77-73-76-69—295 |
| Clark Dennis | 73-78-71-73—295 |
| Bob Sowards | 71-73-78-73—295 |
| Jeff Gove | 78-70-72-75—295 |
| Ken Tanigawa | 71-75-78-72—296 |
| Alan McLean | 79-72-72-73—296 |
| a-Mark Strickland | 76-74-73-73—296 |
| Phillip Price | 75-76-71-74—296 |
| Michael Muehr | 74-76-70-76—296 |
| Mike Small | 70-78-79-70—297 |
| Hiroyuki Fujita | 75-74-75-73—297 |
| Mark Hensby | 75-76-72-74—297 |
| Joakim Haeggman | 78-72-77-71—298 |
| Mark O'Meara | 74-76-77-73—300 |
| John Huston | 76-73-77-74—300 |
| Stephen Ames | 73-73-80-74—300 |
| Tom Pernice Jr. | 72-73-79-76—300 |
| Adilson da Silva | 71-75-77-77—300 |
| Brad Adamonis | 75-74-73-79—301 |
| Marco Dawson | 76-73-79-74—302 |
| Keiichiro Fukabori | 75-75-76-76—302 |
| Woody Austin | 77-73-75-77—302 |
| Tom Lehman | 75-73-79-77—304 |
| Kenny Perry | 74-77-75-78—304 |
| a-Christian Raynor | 77-73-75-79—304 |
| Jesus Amaya | 78-73-73-80—304 |
| Kirk Triplett | 79-70-75-80—304 |
| Takashi Kanemoto | 82-67-81-75—305 |
| Harry Rudolph | 74-77-76-81—308 |
Sources:
McClellan, Bob. "Bernhard Langer wins U.S. Senior Open for record 46th PGA Tour Champions title," PGATour.com, July 2, 2023.
Quad City (Iowa) Times. "Langer Leads U.S. Senior Open," Associated Press, July 2, 2023.
St. Louis (Mo.) Post-Dispatch. "Langer takes two-shot lead in US Senior Open," Associated Press, July 2, 2023.
United States Golf Association. U.S. Senior Open, Tournament Records, https://championships.usga.org/content/championships/ussenioropen/u-s--senior-open-records.html.
