Evergreen Charles to continue Senior Open Championship run
Two time winner Bob Charles will tee up at The 2008 Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard at Royal Troon Golf Club looking to maintain his remarkable record of being the only person to have played every tournament since the event began in 1987.
The evergreen New Zealander, who continues to compete at the top end of the European Seniors Tour leaderboards at the ripe old age of 72, this year marks the 45th anniversary of his Open Championship win at Royal Lytham & St Annes.
It is also the 15th anniversary of the last of his two Senior Open Championship victories, at Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1993.
Charles, who also claimed the title in 1989, heads to Royal Troon Golf Club for his 22nd consecutive Senior Open Championship, from July 24-27, in fine form over links courses, with top 20 finishes in Jersey, Wales and Ireland so far this season.
He has shot scores lower than his age ten times on the European Seniors Tour, including on five occasions so far in 2008, with a 71 and 70 in Poland, a superb final round 69 in Jersey, a 71 in Wales and most recently with a first round 71 in Ireland.
