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, 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 .
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 .
Course layout
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
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; 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.
Palmer won the next year by three strokes, and successfully defended the title in 1985 , winning by eleven strokes. Heavy rains on Thursday afternoon reduced the tournament to 54 holes in 1986 , and Chi-Chi Rodríguez gained the first of his 22 wins on the senior tour, two strokes ahead of Bruce Crampton .
Winners
Year
Winner
Score
To par
Margin of
Runner(s)-up
Winner's
Venue
Location
Kaulig Companies Championship
2024 Ernie Els 270
−10
1 stroke
Yang Yong-eun 525,000
Firestone Akron, Ohio
2023 Steve Stricker (2)269
−11
3 strokes
David Toms 525,000
Firestone Akron, Ohio
Bridgestone Senior Players Championship
2022 Jerry Kelly (2)269
−11
2 strokes
Steve Stricker 450,000
Firestone Akron, Ohio
2021 Steve Stricker 273
−7
6 strokes
Jerry Kelly 420,000
Firestone Akron, Ohio
2020 Jerry Kelly 277
−3
2 strokes
Scott Parel 420,000
Firestone Akron, Ohio
2019 Retief Goosen 274
−6
2 strokes
Jay Haas Tim Petrovic 420,000
Firestone 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 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 Timonium, Maryland
2008 D. A. Weibring 271
−9
1 stroke
Fred Funk 390,000
Baltimore Timonium, Maryland
2007 Loren Roberts 267
−13
6 strokes
Tom Watson 390,000
Baltimore 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
−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
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
Three have won both The Players Championship and the Senior Players Championship :
Notes
^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
References
^ "Snead takes aim" . Youngstown Vindicator . (Ohio). AP photo. June 10, 1983. p. 18.^ "Miller Barber, Littler lead" . Youngstown Vindicator . (Ohio). Associated Press. June 11, 1983. p. 14.^ "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.
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