Preview - U.S. Senior Open Championship 2006

 Dates: July 6th - July 9th
 Site: Prairie Dunes Country Club, Hutchinson, Kansas
 Course Architect: Perry Maxwell, Press Maxwell
                   Ben Crenshaw & Bill Coore
 Par: 70
 Yardage: 6,646
 Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 405 Yds   10 - Par 3 165 Yds
               2 - Par 3 140 Yds   11 - Par 4 452 Yds
               3 - Par 4 355 Yds   12 - Par 4 390 Yds
               4 - Par 3 165 Yds   13 - Par 4 437 Yds
               5 - Par 4 438 Yds   14 - Par 4 384 Yds
               6 - Par 4 394 Yds   15 - Par 3 200 Yds
               7 - Par 5 512 Yds   16 - Par 4 418 Yds
               8 - Par 4 430 Yds   17 - Par 5 519 Yds
               9 - Par 4 452 Yds   18 - Par 4 390 Yds
                   -------------        -------------
                    35 3,291 Yds         35 3,355 Yds
 
 Annual: 27th
 Defending Champion: Allen Doyle
 Runner-Up: D.A. Weibring, Loren Roberts
 Tournament Record: 267 (Hale Irwin, 2000)
 54-Hole Record: 199 (Simon Hobday, 1994)
 36-Hole Record: 133 (Dave Stockton, 1992)
                     (Simon Hobday, 1994)
                     (Bruce Fleisher, 2000)
                     (Loren Roberts, 2005)
                     (Tom Watson, 2005)
                     (Craig Stadler, 2005)
 18-Hole Record: 63 (Don Pooley, 2002)
                    (Allen Doyle, 2005)
 9-Hole Record: 30 (Richard King, 1983)
                   (Gordon Jones, 1987)
                   (Gary Player, 1990)
                   (Tom Weiskopf, 1993)
                   (Ed Dougherty, 1999)
                   (Jim Thorpe, John Jacobs, 2000)
                   (Jim Thorpe, Jay Sigel, Tom Kite, 2001)
                   (Allen Doyle, 2005)
 Total Purse: $2,600,000
 Shares: 1st $470,000; 2nd $280,000; 3rd $180,000
 
 2005 Finish
  -----------
 
 Player                Score
 ------                ----- 
 Allen Doyle            274 
 D.A. Weibring          275
 Loren Roberts          275 
 Greg Norman            276 
 Wayne Levi             277 
                                        
 
 Past U.S. Senior Open Winners
 -----------------------------
 
 Year  Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
 ----  ----------------------------
 2005  Allen Doyle (274) -- D.A. Weibring, Loren Roberts
       (NCR Country Club - South Course, Kettering, Ohio)
 2004  Peter Jacobsen (272) -- Hale Irwin
       (Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis, Missouri)
 2003  Bruce Lietzke (277) -- Tom Watson
       (Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio)
 2002  *Don Pooley (274) -- Tom Watson
       (Caves Valley Golf Club, Baltimore, Maryland)
 2001  Bruce Fleisher (280) -- Gil Morgan, Isao Aoki
       (Salem Country Club, Peabody, Massachusetts)
 2000  Hale Irwin (267) -- Bruce Fleisher
       (Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
 1999  Dave Eichelberger (281) -- Ed Dougherty
       (Des Moines Golf & Country Club, West Des Moines, Iowa)
 1998  Hale Irwin (285) -- Vicente Fernandez
       (Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California)
 1997  Graham Marsh (280) -- John Bland
       (Olympia Fields C.C. (North Course), Olympia Fields, Illinois)
 1996  Dave Stockton (277) -- Hale Irwin
       (Canterbury Golf Club, Beachwood, Ohio)
 1995  Tom Weiskopf (275) -- Jack Nicklaus
       (Congressional Country Club (Blue Course), Bethesda, Maryland)
 1994  Simon Hobday (274) -- Graham Marsh, Jim Albus
       (Pinehurst Country Club (Number Two), Pinehurst, North Carolina)
 1993  Jack Nicklaus (278) -- Tom Weiskopf
       (Cherry Hills Country Club, Denver, Colorado)
 1992  Larry Laoretti (275) -- Jim Colbert
       (Saucon Valley Country Club (Old Course), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
 1991  *Jack Nicklaus (282) -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
       (Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Birmingham, Michigan)
 1990  Lee Trevino (275) -- Jack Nicklaus
       (Ridgewood Country Club (Center and West Nines, Paramus, New Jersey)
 1989  Orville Moody (279) -- Frank Beard
       (Laurel Valley Country Club, Ligonier, Pennsylvania)
 1988  *Gary Player (270) -- Bob Charles
       (Medinah Country Club (Number Three, Medinah, Illinois)
 1987  Gary Player (270) -- Doug Sanders
       (Brooklawn Country Club, Fairfield, Connecticut)
 1986  Dale Douglass (279) -- Gary Player
       (Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio)
 1985  Miller Barber (285) -- Roberto De Vicenzo
       (Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club, Stateline, Nevada)
 1984  Miller Barber (286) -- Arnold Palmer
       (Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, New York)
 1983  *Billy Casper (288) -- Rod Funseth
       (Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota)
 1982  Miller Barber (282) -- Gene Littler, Dan Sikes
       (Portland Golf Club, Portland, Oregon)
 1981  *Arnold Palmer (289) -- Billy Casper, Bob Stone
       (Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Birmingham, Michigan)
 1980  Roberto De Vicenzo (285) -- William C. Campbell
       (Winged Foot Golf Club (East Course), Mamaroneck, New York)
 
 * - Won in Playoff