Mark Calcavecchia isn’t the only 50-year-old in contention at St. Andrews right now. Tom Lehman, who won this tournament in 1996 and tied for fourth in 2000 here at St. Andrews, is 5 under for the week and in the top 10 (for now) after a 68 earlier.
Should Calcavecchia or Lehman go on to win, either one of them
would become golf’s oldest winner of a mjaor championship.
Here is a look at the 10 oldest major winners:
Julius Boros: 48 years, 4 months, 18 days 1968 PGA
Championship
Tom Morris Sr.: 46 years, 3 months, 9 days 1867
Open Championship
Jack Nicklaus: 46 years, 2 months, 23 days 1986
Masters
Jerry Barber: 45 years, 3 months, 6 days 1961 PGA
Championship
Hale Irwin: 45 years, 15 days 1990 U.S. Open
Lee Trevino: 44 years, 8 months, 18 days 1984 PGA
Championship
Roberto de Vicenzo: 44 years, 3 months, 3 days
1967 Open Championship
Raymond Floyd: 43 years, 9 months, 11 days 1986
U.S. Open
Ted Ray: 43 years, 4 months, 16 days 1920 U.S.
Open
Julius Boros: 43 years, 3 months, 20 days 1963
U.S. Open