Society of Seniors opens Super Senior Golf Championship on Hilton Head

The Society of Seniors this week is hosting the third National Super Senior Golf Championship at the Long Cove Club on Hilton Head Island.

The event began Monday and runs through Thursday.

The Society of Seniors, founded in 1983 to promote competition among elite senior amateurs over age 65, has developed what has become “Golf’s greatest event for Super Seniors”, according to Amateurgolf.com.

To fill the field of 84, Society of Seniors identified over 20 prominent Super Senior events played over the last 18 months and offered National Super Senior Championship spots to each of the winners plus second- through fifth-place finishers. Also invited were the Top 10 players on the SOS’ Player-of-the-Year rankings for Super Seniors, including 2021 SOS Player of the Year Robin Rubrecht of Newburg, Indiana.

Also participating are top players on Golfweek’s Super-Senior Points List, plus seven players from the World Amateur Golf‘s ranking. The include No. 1 ranked Doug Hanzel, Savannah, Georgia; Paul Simson, Raleigh, North Carolina (2021 National Super Senior Champion) and Chip Lutz, Jupiter, Florida (2020 National Super Senior Champion).

For more information on the tournament, go to Society of Seniors at jmpopa@societyofseniors.com.

This story was originally published September 6, 2022 at 11:05 AM.