Major championship on golf's PGA Tour Champions
Golf tournament
The Senior Players Championship , stylised by the PGA Tour as The SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, is one of the five major championships on golf 's PGA Tour Champions . The inaugural event was played 41 years ago in 1983 and the age minimum is 50,[1] [2] [3] the standard for men's senior professional golf tournaments.
The winner gains entry into the following season's Players Championship on the PGA Tour (although Retief Goosen , the 2019 winner, was not allowed to play in the official subsequent Players Championship). For sponsorship reasons in 2023, the tournament was titled as the Kaulig Companies Championship .[4]
Unlike the U.S. Senior Open , the Senior PGA Championship , and the Senior Open Championship , it is not recognized as a major by the European Senior Tour , and is not part of that tour's schedule.
Since 2019 , the Senior Players championship has been held at the South course of the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio ; it replaced the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational that had been held there before moving to Memphis, Tennessee .[5]
Course layout [ edit ] Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total Yards 399 526 420 450 200 460 219 470 461 3,605 410 418 180 450 460 221 640 400 464 3,643 7,248 Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 35 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 35 70
Early years [ edit ] The first four editions were at Canterbury Golf Club near Cleveland ; the inaugural in 1983 had fifty players, no cut, and a purse of $ 250,000;[2] Miller Barber won the title and $40,000, sinking a ten-foot (3 m) birdie putt on the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of runner-up Gene Littler . Arnold Palmer was seven strokes back, in a tie for fifth.[3]
Palmer won the next year by three strokes,[6] and successfully defended the title in 1985 , winning by eleven strokes.[7] Heavy rains on Thursday afternoon reduced the tournament to 54 holes in 1986 ,[8] and Chi-Chi Rodríguez gained the first of his 22 wins on the senior tour, two strokes ahead of Bruce Crampton .[9]
Winners [ edit ] Year Winner Score To par Margin of victory Runner(s)-up Winner's share ($) Venue Location Kaulig Companies Championship 2024 Ernie Els 270 −10 1 stroke Yang Yong-eun 525,000 Firestone (South Course) Akron, Ohio 2023 Steve Stricker (2) 269 −11 3 strokes David Toms 525,000 Firestone (South Course) Akron, Ohio Bridgestone Senior Players Championship 2022 Jerry Kelly (2) 269 −11 2 strokes Steve Stricker 450,000 Firestone (South Course) Akron, Ohio 2021 Steve Stricker 273 −7 6 strokes Jerry Kelly 420,000 Firestone (South Course) Akron, Ohio 2020 Jerry Kelly 277 −3 2 strokes Scott Parel 420,000 Firestone (South Course) Akron, Ohio 2019 Retief Goosen 274 −6 2 strokes Jay Haas Tim Petrovic 420,000 Firestone (South Course) Akron, Ohio Constellation Senior Players Championship 2018 Vijay Singh 268 −20 Playoff Jeff Maggert 420,000 Exmoor Highland Park, Illinois 2017 Scott McCarron 270 −18 1 stroke Brandt Jobe Bernhard Langer 420,000 Caves Valley Owings Mills, Maryland 2016 Bernhard Langer (3) 281 +1 1 stroke Joe Durant Miguel Ángel Jiménez 420,000 Philadelphia (Wissahickon Course) Flourtown, Pennsylvania 2015 Bernhard Langer (2) 265 −19 5 strokes Kirk Triplett 405,000 Belmont Belmont, Massachusetts 2014 Bernhard Langer 265 −15 Playoff Jeff Sluman 405,000 Fox Chapel Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 2013 Kenny Perry 261 −19 5 strokes Fred Funk 405,000 Fox Chapel Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 2012 Joe Daley 266 −14 2 strokes Tom Lehman 405,000 Fox Chapel Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship 2011 Fred Couples 273 −11 Playoff John Cook 405,000 Westchester Harrison, New York 2010 Mark O'Meara 273 −7 Playoff Michael Allen 405,000 TPC Potomac Potomac, Maryland 2009 Jay Haas 267 −13 1 stroke Tom Watson 405,000 Baltimore (East Course) Timonium, Maryland 2008 D. A. Weibring 271 −9 1 stroke Fred Funk 390,000 Baltimore (East Course) Timonium, Maryland 2007 Loren Roberts 267 −13 6 strokes Tom Watson 390,000 Baltimore (East Course) Timonium, Maryland Ford Senior Players Championship 2006 Bobby Wadkins 274 −14 1 stroke Jim Thorpe 375,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 2005 Peter Jacobsen 273 −15 1 stroke Hale Irwin 375,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 2004 Mark James 275 −13 1 stroke José María Cañizares 375,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 2003 Craig Stadler 271 −17 3 strokes Tom Kite Jim Thorpe Tom Watson 375,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 2002 Stewart Ginn 274 −14 1 stroke Hubert Green Mike McCullough Jim Thorpe 375,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 2001 Allen Doyle 273 −15 Playoff Doug Tewell 375,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 2000 Raymond Floyd (2) 273 −15 1 stroke Larry Nelson Dana Quigley 345,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 1999 Hale Irwin 267 −21 7 strokes Graham Marsh 300,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 1998 Gil Morgan 267 −21 3 strokes Hale Irwin 300,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 1997 Larry Gilbert 274 −14 3 strokes Isao Aoki Bob Dickson Jack Kiefer Dave Stockton 270,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 1996 Raymond Floyd 275 −13 2 strokes Hale Irwin 225,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 1995 J. C. Snead 272 −16 Playoff Jack Nicklaus 225,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 1994 Dave Stockton (2) 271 −17 6 strokes Jim Albus 210,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 1993 Jim Colbert 278 −10 1 stroke Raymond Floyd 180,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan The Senior Players Championship 1992 Dave Stockton 277 −11 1 stroke J. C. Snead Lee Trevino 150,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan 1991 Jim Albus 279 −9 3 strokes Bob Charles Charles Coody Dave Hill 150,000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn, Michigan Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship 1990 Jack Nicklaus 261 −27 6 strokes Lee Trevino 150,000 Dearborn Dearborn, Michigan 1989 Orville Moody 271 −17 2 strokes Charles Coody 105,000 TPC at Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 1988 Billy Casper 278 −10 2 strokes Al Geiberger 60,000 TPC at Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 1987 Gary Player 280 −8 1 stroke Bruce Crampton Chi-Chi Rodríguez 60,000 Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Senior Tournament Players Championship 1986 Chi-Chi Rodríguez 206[a] −10 2 strokes Bruce Crampton 45,000 Canterbury Beachwood, Ohio 1985 Arnold Palmer (2) 274 −14 11 strokes Miller Barber Lee Elder Gene Littler Charles Owens 36,000 Canterbury Beachwood, Ohio 1984 Arnold Palmer 276 −12 3 strokes Peter Thomson 36,000 Canterbury Beachwood, Ohio 1983 Miller Barber 278 −10 1 stroke Gene Littler 40,000 Canterbury Beachwood, Ohio
Multiple winners [ edit ] Through 2023, six players had multiple wins in the Senior Players Championship:
3 wins: Bernhard Langer (2014, 2015, 2016) 2 wins: Arnold Palmer (1984, 1985), Dave Stockton (1992, 1994), Raymond Floyd (1996, 2000), Jerry Kelly (2020, 2022), Steve Stricker (2021, 2023) Winners of both The Players and the Senior Players [ edit ] Three have won both The Players Championship and the Senior Players Championship :
^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain. References [ edit ] ^ "Snead takes aim" . Youngstown Vindicator . (Ohio). AP photo. June 10, 1983. p. 18. ^ a b "Miller Barber, Littler lead" . Youngstown Vindicator . (Ohio). Associated Press. June 11, 1983. p. 14. ^ a b "Barber wins seniors title" . Youngstown Vindicator . (Ohio). Associated Press. June 13, 1983. p. 17. ^ Ridenour, Maria (June 15, 2022). "Kaulig Companies to become title sponsor for Senior Players Championship, which will stay at Firestone Country Club" . Golfweek . ^ Wright, Branson (April 12, 2018). "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational will leave Firestone in 2019 (photos)" . cleveland.com . ^ "Rested Palmer decides it helps to be inspired" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. June 25, 1984. p. 2B. ^ "Refreshed Palmer sets senior mark" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. June 24, 1985. p. 2B. ^ "Rain stops seniors" . Toledo Blade . (Ohio). Associated Press. June 20, 1986. p. 19. ^ "Rodriguez wins Senior TPC crown" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. June 24, 1985. p. 3B. External links [ edit ]
† indicates the event was won in a playoff
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