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1992 Senior British Open
Tournament information
Dates	23–26 July 1992
Location	Lytham St Annes, England, United Kingdom; 53°44′59″N 3°01′04″W / 53.7496°N 3.0178°W
Course(s)	Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Organised by	The R&A
Tour(s)	European Seniors Tour; Senior PGA Tour;
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,673 yards (6,102 m)
Field	123 players, 50 after cut
Cut	152 (+10)
Prize fund	€200,000
Winner's share	€46,657; £33,330
Champion
	John Fourie
	282 (-2)
Location map
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The 1992 Senior British Open was a professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and above and the sixth Senior British Open, held from 23 to 26 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

52-year-old John Fourie won by three strokes over Bob Charles and Neil Coles, to claim his first Senior British Open title and first senior major championship victory.

Tours

1992 was the inaugural year of the European Senior Tour, later renamed the Legends Tour. The 1992 event was the first Senior British Open to be part of the tour schedule.

In 2018, the tournament was, as all Senior British Open Championships played 1987–2002, retroactively recognized as a senior major golf championship and an event on the PGA Tour Champions.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Venue

The event was the second Senior Open Championship of four in a row held at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.^[4]

Field

122 players entered the competition. Four players withdraw. 50 players, all of them professionals, made the 36-hole cut.

Past champions in the field

All four past Senior British Open champions participated. All of them made the 36-hole cut, 1989 champion Bob Charles (tied 2nd), 1987 champion Neil Coles (tied 2nd), 1988 and 1990 champion Gary Player (tied 7th) and 1991 champion Bobby Verway (tied 18th).

Past winners and runners-up at The Open Championship in the field

The field included three former winners of The Open Championship. All of them made the cut, 1963 Open champion Bob Charles (tied 2nd), 1959, 1968 and 1974 Open champion Gary Player (tied 7th) and 1961 and 1962 Open champion Arnold Palmer (tied 9th).

The field also included three former runners-up at The Open Championship. Neil Coles (tied 2nd), Christy O'Connor Snr (13th) and Brian Huggett (19th).

Final results

Sunday, 26 July 1992

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	John Fourie	75-67-71-69=282	-2	33,330
T2	Bob Charles	71-69-72-73=285	+1	17,360
T2	Neil Coles	69-71-72-73=285	+1	17,360
4	Peter Butler	70-71-72-73=286	+2	10,000
T5	Tommy Horton	74-70-69-75=288	+4	7,360
T5	Akio Toyoda	75-71-70-72=288	+4	7,360
T7	Simon Hobday	72-72-74-71=289	+5	5,500
T7	Gary Player	73-76-69-71=289	+5	5,500
T9	Arnold Palmer	70-72-72-76=290	+6	4,250
T9	Art Proctor	72-74-70-74=290	+6	4,250