ISPS HANDA Senior Open: How to watch, pre-tournament notes, storylines, more
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Padraig Harrington drives the green on the 350-yard No. 3 at The Senior Open
PGA TOUR Champions heads to Scotland for its final major of the 2026 season at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open Championship. Gleneagles' Kings Course will host the senior major for the second time, previously staging the event in 2022 when Darren Clarke won.
Defending champion Padraig Harrington is one of four World Golf Hall of Famers in the field along with two-time Open Champion (2002, 2012) Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and Colin Montgomerie. Harrington, Stewart Cink and Zach Johnson - who combined to win the first four majors of the year - are the top 3 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. Cink, who won the Senior PGA Championship and Regions Tradition, sits No. 1; Johnson, who won the Kaulig Companies Championship, sits No. 2; Harrington, who won the U.S. Senior Open, sits No. 3.
How to follow (all times ET)
Television:
- Thursday-Friday: 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Golf Channel
- Saturday: 8:30 a.m.-noon, Golf Channel; noon-2 p.m., NBC
- Sunday: 8:30 a.m.-noon, Golf Channel; noon-2 p.m., NBC
Tournament facts
- Course: Gleneagles (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland
- Defending champion: Padraig Harrington
- Purse: $2.85 million
- Winner's share: $447,800
- Scoring records (since 2003):
- Low 18-hole score: 62, Stephen Dodd (2021, Round 3)
- Low 36-hole score: 129, Fred Funk (2009)
- Low 54-hole score: 196, Carl Mason (2003)
- Low 72-hole score: 263, Carl Mason, Tom Watson (2003)
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