| Year | Winner | Venue | Score | To par | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex | |||||
| 2019 | Bernhard Langer (4) | Royal Lytham | 274 | −6 | Paul Broadhurst |
| 2018 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | St Andrews | 276 | −12 | Bernhard Langer |
| 2017 | Bernhard Langer (3) | Royal Porthcawl | 280 | −4 | Corey Pavin |
| 2016 | Paul Broadhurst | Carnoustie | 277 | −11 | Scott McCarron |
| 2015 | Marco Dawson | Sunningdale | 264 | −16 | Bernhard Langer |
| 2014 | Bernhard Langer (2) | Royal Porthcawl | 266 | −18 | Colin Montgomerie |
| 2013 | Mark Wiebe | Royal Birkdale | 271 | −9 | Bernhard Langer |
| The Senior Open Championship | |||||
| 2012 | Fred Couples | Turnberry | 271 | −9 | Gary Hallberg |
| 2011 | Russ Cochran | Walton Heath | 276 | −12 | Mark Calcavecchia |
| The Senior Open Championship presented by MasterCard | |||||
| 2010 | Bernhard Langer | Carnoustie | 279 | −5 | Corey Pavin |
| 2009 | Loren Roberts (2) | Sunningdale | 268 | −12 | Fred Funk Mark McNulty |
| 2008 | Bruce Vaughan | Royal Troon | 278 | −6 | John Cook |
| The Senior Open Championship presented by Aberdeen Asset Management | |||||
| 2007 | Tom Watson (3) | Muirfield | 284 | E | Stewart Ginn Mark O'Meara |
| The Senior British Open Championship presented by Aberdeen Asset Management | |||||
| 2006 | Loren Roberts | Turnberry | 274 | −6 | Eduardo Romero |
| 2005 | Tom Watson (2) | Royal Aberdeen | 280 | −4 | Des Smyth |
| The Senior British Open Championship presented by MasterCard | |||||
| 2004 | Pete Oakley | Royal Portrush | 284 | −4 | Tom Kite Eduardo Romero |
| Senior British Open presented by MasterCard | |||||
| 2003 | Tom Watson | Turnberry | 263 | −17 | Carl Mason |
| 2002 | Noboru Sugai | Royal County Down | 281 | −3 | John Irwin |
| 2001 | Ian Stanley | 278 | −6 | Bob Charles | |
| 2000 | Christy O'Connor Jnr | 275 | −9 | John Bland | |
| Senior British Open | |||||
| 1999 | Christy O'Connor Jnr | Royal Portrush | 282 | −6 | John Bland |
| 1998 | Brian Huggett | 283 | −5 | Eddie Polland | |
| 1997 | Gary Player | 278 | −10 | John Bland | |
| 1996 | Brian Barnes | 277 | −11 | Bob Charles David Oakley |
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| 1995 | Brian Barnes | 281 | −7 | Bob Murphy | |
| 1994 | Tom Wargo | Royal Lytham | 280 | −8 | Bob Charles Doug Dalziel |
| 1993 | Bob Charles | 291 | 7 | Tommy Horton Gary Player |
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| 1992 | John Fourie | 282 | −2 | Bob Charles Neil Coles |
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| Seniors' British Open | |||||
| 1991 | Bobby Verwey | Royal Lytham | 285 | 1 | Bob Charles Tommy Horton |
| Volvo Seniors' British Open | |||||
| 1990 | Gary Player (2) | Turnberry | 280 | E | Deane Beman Brian Waites |
| 1989 | Bob Charles | 269 | −11 | Billy Casper | |
| 1988 | Gary Player | 272 | −8 | Billy Casper | |
| Seniors' British Open | |||||
| 1987 | Neil Coles | Turnberry | 279 | −1 | Bob Charles |
