46TH U.S. SENIOR OPEN

Site: Columbus, Ohio.

Course: Scioto Country Club. Yardage: 7,170. Par: 70.

Prize money: $4 million. Winner’s share: $800,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 5-7 p.m. (Peacock); Saturday, noon to 2 p.m. (Peacock), 2-5 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Peacock), 3-6 p.m. (NBC).

Defending champion: Padraig Harrington.

Last year: Harrington won by one shot over Stewart Cink at The Broadmoor in Colorado.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stewart Cink.

Last PGA Tour Champions event: Dicky Pride won the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open.

Notes: Four players in the field are from Ohio — Ryan Armour, Rik Cramer, Bob Rittberger and Paul Wackerly, the golf professional at Carroll Meadows Golf Course in Carrollton … This is the 100-year anniversary of Bobby Jones winning the 1926 U.S. Open at Scioto Country Club. … Jack Nicklaus grew up at Scioto, about 15 minutes away from Muirfield Village that he built for the Memorial. … Samuel Bush, the grandfather of the late President George H.W. Bush, was one of the co-founders of Scioto. … The winner is exempt into the U.S. Open next year at Pebble Beach. … Padraig Harrington will try to join Miller Barber as the only three-time winners of the U.S. Senior Open. … The tournament dates to 1980. … This is the third time for Scioto to host the U.S. Senior Open. Gene Sauers (2016) and Dale Douglass (1986) are the previous two winners at the course originally designed by Donald Ross. … Andrew Green did a renovation at Scioto to restore it to its original design, while removing hundreds of trees. … Steve Stricker (2019) and Fred Funk (2009) share the U.S. Senior Open record for largest margin of victory at six strokes. … The average age of the 156-player field is 55.90 years. … Tee times Thursday and Friday go from 7 a.m. to 2:41 p.m.

Next week: Kaulig Companies Championship at Firestone Country Club in Akron.

Next U.S. Senior Open: Oak Tree National in Edmond, Oklahoma.