2019 Senior Open (and Junior Open)

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75 Seniors
142 Juniors

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Did you get a chess vendor yet?

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I think you’re missing the 1992 event, which was also on a cruise ship,
see uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?199208313100

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The revised list adding 1992:

2019 Naperville IL 74 2018 Kenner LA 66 2017 Northfield MN 104 2016 Schaumburg IL 74 2015 Kenner LA 59 2014 Ft. Lauderdale FL 34 2013 Tarrytown NY 57 2012 Houston TX 61 2011 Houston TX 74 2010 Boca Raton FL 49 2009 Tulsa OK 54 2008 Boca Raton FL 78 2007 Palm Springs FL 45 2006 Nashville TN 43 2005 Las Vegas NV 63 2004 Boca Raton FL 67 2003 Wilmington DE 31 2002 Ventura CA 89 2001 Cruise 44 2000 Des Plaines IL 20 1999 Ft. Lauderdale FL 41 1998 Denver CO 45 1997 Deerfield Beach FL 52 1996 Caribbean cruise 40 1995 Las Vegas NV 80 1994 Phoenix AZ 54 1993 Reno NV 31 1992 Alaska Cruise 69

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80 Seniors
148 Juniors

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Senior 84
Juniors 162

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Seniors 90
Juniors 182

C’mon Seniors - the Juniors have more than doubled us!

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Juniors may have more than doubled the numbers :frowning: but the seniors still have more accumulated experience :exclamation: :wink:

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Hey, you should be playing!

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But by definition* I’m not even middle-aged yet.

  • the definition of middle-aged is ten years older than the person defining it.
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Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance. - David Mamet

cheers, …scot…

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95 Seniors
192 Juniors

Let’s go Illinois Seniors - only 10 more to break the record!

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97 Seniors
200 Juniors

C’mon Seniors, let’s get 8 more and break the record of 105.

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8 will only tie the record of 105. Think big, think 9!

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coincidence? just noticed the US Senior Open golf tournament is this weekend…

…scot…

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How many are conflicted about in which to play I wonder? :wink:

The golf prize fund is only $4,000,000. What a difference TV money makes…

PS it looks like the USGA Women’s Senior Open had a prize fund of around $900,000 for the May 2019 event.

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TV Money and $500 golf clubs that might fix your game but probably won’t.

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Tom, you just ruined it for the Seniors who all just bought new Fischer-Spassky replica wooden pieces…

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I suspect their sponsors (American Express, Deloitte, Cisco, Lexus and Rolex) have kicked in a few pennies as well.

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Looking at the 2017 Senior Open, there were 104 “real” entries (players that started early in the event and played multiple rounds) and there was one late “house man” after a withdrawal to get to 105.

In the 2019 Senior Open, there were 104 real entries, and (to make a long story short) essentially 3 late entry “housemen” situations.

So I think it’s reasonable to call this one a tie.