Old Pros Ready For Open

The Open has got off to a flying start this year however it is not just the young that the course has opened up for

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Next Thursday the Senior Open Championship tees off at The Old Course. The championship will be held on the famous course with famous stars from all over the world aged over 50.

Forgan sponsored, Ian Woosnam, will be one of the competitors playing for the championship. Another big name hoping to make some money at Sunningdale is former European Ryder Cup captain Mark James.

James, whose first Senior Tour victory came in the 2005 Senior Masters at Woburn, is in form of late and is aiming to clinch his maiden senior major title.

"I've had a good start to the year, winning in Mallorca and finishing tied eighth in the US Senior PGA Championship, so I feel confident going into the Senior Open at Sunningdale," said the 55-year-old.

"My victory in the Ford Senior Players Championship in 2005 has shown me that I can win a senior major championship and hopefully I can reproduce that type of performance again and win the Senior Open."

Mark James has a good track history by winning 18 titles in 25 years on the European Tour. The Open championships is one of his favorite tournaments and he said, "I feel as if I am coming into form at just the right time and it is a title I would love to capture and it would obviously help immensely in the Senior Tour Order of Merit race."

However he will have some stiff competition with other major winners Greg Norman, Sir Nick Faldo, Tom Lehman, Tom Watson, Bernhard Langer and Sam Torrance. Forgan will be supporting Ian Woosnam for the pound 192,000 prize.

Langer is also in good form after falling just short of becoming the oldest winner of a European Tour event at the BMW International Open last month.

The 51-year-old German has previous success at Sunningdale, winning the European Open in 1985 - the same year he won his first US Masters Green Jacket.

The 2004 Ryder Cup winning captain said: "I think it always helps to have won a tournament on a golf course and I have some good memories of Sunningdale. I like it a lot.

"The course is usually in fantastic condition and it is a good shot-maker's golf course, so I'm looking forward to it very much.

"Traditionally we have always played The Senior Open on a links golf course so this is a little bit of a different challenge, but not a bad one.

"I'm excited to be back at Sunningdale and hopefully we will have some good weather and we certainly will have good competition."

by: Sarfaraz Khan

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