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DATES:  Thursday, May 24th through Sunday, May 27th
SITE:  The Golf Club at Harbor Shores, Benton Harbor, Michigan
COURSE ARCHITECT:  Jack Nicklaus (2010)
PAR:  71
YARDAGE:  6,822
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 423 yds 10 - Par 5 539 yds
2 - Par 3 174 yds 11 - Par 3 144 yds
3 - Par 4 324 yds 12 - Par 4 412 yds
4 - Par 3 209 yds 13 - Par 3 197 yds
5 - Par 5 573 yds 14 - Par 4 450 yds
6 - Par 4 417 yds 15 - Par 5 549 yds
7 - Par 4 436 yds 16 - Par 4 422 yds
8 - Par 4 384 yds 17 - Par 3 171 yds
9 - Par 5 578 yds 18 - Par 4 420 yds
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36 3,518 yds 35 3,304 yds
Annual: 73rd
Defending Champion: Tom Watson (Not defending)
Runner-Up: David Eger
Tournament Record: 268 (Sam Snead, 1973)
54-Hole Record: 199 (Sam Snead, 1973)
36-Hole Record: 132 (Sam Snead, 1973; Arnold Palmer, 1984;
Jack Nicklaus, 1991)
18-Hole Record: 63 (Buck White, 1961; Arnold Palmer, 1984 - PGA National, FL)
Total Purse: $2,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $360,000; 2nd Place - $216,000; 3rd Place - $136,000
2011 Finish
Player Score Player Score
Tom Watson * 278 Peter Senior 281
David Eger 278 Nick Price 282
Kiyoshi Murota 279 Steve Pate 283
Hale Irwin 280 Corey Pavin 283
Eduardo Romero 281 Loren Roberts 283
* - Won in Playoff
Past Senior PGA Championship Winners
Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2011 *Tom Watson (278) -- David Eger
2010 *Tom Lehman (281) -- Fred Couples, David Frost
2009 Michael Allen (274) -- Larry Mize
2008 Jay Haas (287) -- Bernhard Langer
2007 Denis Watson (279) -- Eduardo Romero
2006 *Jay Haas (279) -- Brad Bryant
2005 *Mike Reid (280) -- Jerry Pate, Dana Quigley
2004 Hale Irwin (276) -- Jay Haas
2003 John Jacobs (276) -- Bobby Wadkins
2002 Fuzzy Zoeller (278) -- Hale Irwin, Bobby Wadkins
2001 Tom Watson (274) -- Jim Thorpe
2000 #Doug Tewell (201) -- Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Dana Quigley, Larry Nelson
1999 Allen Doyle (274) -- Vicente Fernandez
1998 Hale Irwin (275) -- Larry Nelson
1997 Hale Irwin (274) -- Dale Douglass, Jack Nicklaus
1996 Hale Irwin (280) -- Isao Aoki
1995 Raymond Floyd (277) -- Lee Trevino, John Paul Cain, Larry Gilbert
1994 Lee Trevino (279) -- Jim Colbert
1993 *Tom Wargo (275) -- Bruce Crampton
1992 Lee Trevino (278) -- Mike Hill
1991 Jack Nicklaus (271) -- Bruce Crampton
1990 Gary Player (281) -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
1989 Larry Mowry (281) -- Miller Barber, Al Geiberger
1988 Gary Player (284) -- Chi Chi Rodriguez
1987 Chi Chi Rodriguez (282) -- Dale Douglass
1986 Gary Player (281) -- Lee Elder
1985 Not Held
1984 Peter Thomson (286) -- Don January
1984 Arnold Palmer (282) -- Don January
1983 Not Held
1982 Don January (288) -- Julius Boros
1981 Miller Barber (281) -- Arnold Palmer
1980 *Arnold Palmer (289) -- Paul Harney
1979 Don January (270) -- George Bayer
1979 *Jack Fleck (289) -- Bob Erickson, Bill Johnston
1978 Joe Jimenez (286) -- Joe Cheves, Manuel de la Torre
1977 Julius Boros (283) -- Fred Haas Jr
1976 Pete Cooper (283) -- Fred Wampler
1975 Charlie Sifford (280) -- Fred Wampler
1974 Roberto De Vicenzo (273) -- Julius Boros, Art Wall
1973 Sam Snead (268) -- Julius Boros
1972 Sam Snead (286) -- Tommy Bolt, Julius Boros
1971 Julius Boros (285) -- Tommy Bolt
1970 Sam Snead (290) -- Fred Haas Jr
1969 Tommy Bolt (278) -- Pete Fleming
1968 Chandler Harper (279) -- Sam Snead
1967 Sam Snead (279) -- Bob Hamilton
1966 Fred Haas, Jr. (286) -- John Barnum, Dutch Harrison
1965 Sam Snead (278) -- Joe Lopez Sr
1964 Sam Snead (279) -- John Barnum
1963 Herman Barron (272) -- John Barnum
1962 Paul Runyan (278) -- Errie Ball, Dutch Harrison, Joe Brown
1961 Paul Runyan (278) -- Jimmy Demaret
1960 Dick Metz (284) -- Tony Longo, Paul Runyan
1959 Willie Goggin (284) -- Leland Gibson, Paul Runyan, Denny Shute
1958 Gene Sarazen (288) -- Charles Sheppard
1957 *Al Watrous (210) -- Bob Stupple
1956 Pete Burke (215) -- Ock Willoweit
1955 Mortie Dutra (213) -- Mike Murra, Gene Sarazen, Denny Shute
1954 Gene Sarazen (214) -- Perry Del Vecchio, Al Watrous
1953 Harry Schwab (142) -- Charles McKenna, Gene Sarazen
1952 Ernie Newnham (146) -- Al Watrous
1951 *Al Watrous (142) -- Jock Hutchison
1950 Al Watrous (142) -- Bill Jelliffe
1949 Marshall Crichton (145) -- Louis Chiapetta, Jock Hutchison, George Smith
1948 Charles McKenna (141) -- Ben Richter
1947 Jock Hutchison (145) -- Ben Richter
1946 Eddie Williams (146) -- Jock Hutchison
1945 Eddie Williams (148) -- Jock Hutchison
1944 Not Held due to World War II
1943 Not Held due to World War II
1942 Eddie Williams (138) -- Jock Hutchison
1941 Jack Burke Sr (142) -- Eddie Williams
1940 Otto Hackbarth (146) -- Jock Hutchison
1939 Not Held
1938 *Fred McLeod (154) -- Otto Hackbarth
1937 Jock Hutchison (223) -- George Gordon
* - Won in Playoff
# - Rain shortened
Note: Formerly called PGA Seniors' Championship (1937-2000).

 

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