2023 Senior Open Championship

The club previously hosted the 2014 and 2017 Senior Open Championships, both won by Bernhard Langer.

It has also been the venue for The Amateur Championship on six occasions and the Welsh Golf Classic on the European Tour in the early 1980s.

The field of 144 competitors included 136 professionals and eight amateurs, either exempt via different criteria or advancing from qualifying competitions.

One 18-hole stroke play qualifying event took place on 10 July, at Firestone Country Club (Fazio Course), Akron, Ohio, United States.

The remaining places were proportionately divided by the number of players taking part in each of the four qualifying events in Wales.

The leading 20 players, not otherwise exempt on the closing date, on the Charles Schwab Cup points list for 2022 7.

The leading 2 players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 10 of the Japan PGA Senior Tour money list for 2022 15.

The first 4 players, and those tying for 4th place, who are not otherwise exempt, in the top 30 of the current Legends Tour Order of Merit as of 24 July 2023 16.

The first 4 players, and those tying for 4th place, who are not otherwise exempt, in the top 30 of the current Charles Schwab Cup money list as of 24 July 2023 17.

Defending champion Darren Clarke finished tied 33rd, ten shots behind the leaders.

Royal Porthcawl Clubhouse
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
View from Southerndown golf course
View from Machynys Golf Course