Player Profiles

VERNON BENNETT

Birthdate: October 18, 1955

Birthplace: Springfield, Mo.

Age: 50

Home: Springfield, Mo.

College: Missouri

Player Notes: Bennett qualified for his first U.S. Senior Open in his first year of eligibility…He will have a tandem of caddies; both of his sons Brad and Brian will alternate on the bag for him… Won the Twin Oaks Championship 14 times and the Springfield City Open three times…He is a four-time Missouri Cup Team member…Played three years on the Missouri golf team…Lowest competitive 18-hole score is 64, shot at Twin Oaks C.C. in Springfield, Mo…Has recorded one hole-in-one and one double eagle…Grew up playing with the late Payne Stewart, a two-time U.S. Open champion.