Major champions Stewart Cink and José María Olazábal and former ISPS HANDA Senior Open winner Miguel Angel Jiménez are the latest stars confirmed for this year’s Championship, which returns to Gleneagles from July 23-26.
Tickets are available to see some of golf’s most storied names at the King’s Course when Europe’s only Senior Major returns to the iconic Scottish venue. Gleneagles will host the ISPS HANDA Senior Open for a second time, having previously held the Championship in 2022. Click here for a 15% discount to purchase your tickets.
The trio join defending champion Pádraig Harrington, Major winners Ernie Els and Darren Clarke, who sealed his maiden Senior Major title at Gleneagles four years ago, and 2014 Ryder Cup stars Stephen Gallacher and Jamie Donaldson to add to what promises to be a high-class field.
Cink will make his ISPS HANDA Senior Open debut this year and will head to Gleneagles with two Senior Major victories to his name in 2026, including the Senior PGA Championship. The American’s Major triumph came at Turnberry in 2009, where he beat Tom Watson in a four hole play-off to win the 138th Open Championship.
“I am so excited to finally get to compete in the ISPS HANDA Senior Open,” said Cink. “I have loved playing The Open for so many years, and of course the memories of 2009 are still fresh as ever. I just can’t get enough Open golf.”
Olazábal, who won the Masters Tournament in 1994 and 1999, will make his ninth Senior Open appearance in Scotland. The Spaniard has enjoyed a glittering career which has included 23 DP World Tour victories. Olazábal also captained Europe to victory at the 2012 Ryder Cup, witnessing his 12-man team overcome a four-point deficit at Medinah on the final day to seal one of the most remarkable comebacks in the competition’s history.
“I’m excited to return to Gleneagles next month,” said Olazábal. “The ISPS HANDA Senior Open is a great event and one which we all look forward to playing in.”
Jiménez sealed a memorable victory at the 2018 ISPS HANDA Senior Open on the Old Course at St Andrews, finishing one-stroke ahead of Bernhard Langer to capture his second Senior Major. The legendary Spaniard, who has 21 DP World Tour titles to his name, will be targeting his fourth Senior Major title at Gleneagles in July and first since June 2025.
“The ISPS HANDA Senior Open is a very special event to me and winning the Championship in 2018 on the Old Course at St Andrews is a memory I will cherish forever,” said Jiménez. “I’ve been wanting to go back to Gleneagles since we last played there in 2022 and I’m hopeful I can challenge at the top of the leaderboard this time around.”
Tickets to see some of golf’s most iconic names in action this summer at Gleneagles are now on sale here.
