Senior Players Championship

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 40 years ago in 1983 and the age minimum is 50,[1][2][3] the standard for men's senior professional golf tournaments.

Kaulig Companies Championship
Tournament information
LocationAkron, Ohio
Established1983
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
(South Course)
Par70
Length7,248 yards (6,628 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$3,500,000
Month playedJuly
Tournament record score
Aggregate261 Jack Nicklaus (1990)
261 Kenny Perry (2013)
Score−27 Jack Nicklaus (1990)
Current champion
United States Steve Stricker
Location Map
Firestone CC is located in the United States
Firestone CC
Firestone CC
Location in the United States
Firestone CC is located in Ohio
Firestone CC
Firestone CC
Location in Ohio

The winner gains entry into the following season's Players Championship on the PGA Tour. 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
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3995264204502004602194704613,6054104181804504602216404004643,6437,248
Par454434344354434435443570

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;[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
YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)		VenueLocation
Kaulig Companies Championship
2023United States Steve Stricker (2)269−113 strokesUnited States David Toms525,000Firestone
(South Course)		Akron, Ohio
Bridgestone Senior Players Championship
2022United States Jerry Kelly (2)269−112 strokesUnited States Steve Stricker450,000Firestone
(South Course)		Akron, Ohio
2021United States Steve Stricker273−76 strokesUnited States Jerry Kelly420,000Firestone
(South Course)		Akron, Ohio
2020United States Jerry Kelly277−32 strokesUnited States Scott Parel420,000Firestone
(South Course)		Akron, Ohio
2019South Africa Retief Goosen274−62 strokesUnited States Jay Haas
United States Tim Petrovic		420,000Firestone
(South Course)		Akron, Ohio
Constellation Senior Players Championship
2018Fiji Vijay Singh268−20PlayoffUnited States Jeff Maggert420,000ExmoorHighland Park, Illinois
2017United States Scott McCarron270−181 strokeUnited States Brandt Jobe
Germany Bernhard Langer		420,000Caves ValleyOwings Mills, Maryland
2016Germany Bernhard Langer (3)281+11 strokeUnited States Joe Durant
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez		420,000Philadelphia
(Wissahickon Course)		Flourtown, Pennsylvania
2015Germany Bernhard Langer (2)265−195 strokesUnited States Kirk Triplett405,000BelmontBelmont, Massachusetts
2014Germany Bernhard Langer265−15PlayoffUnited States Jeff Sluman405,000Fox ChapelPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2013United States Kenny Perry261−195 strokesUnited States Fred Funk405,000Fox ChapelPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2012United States Joe Daley266−142 strokesUnited States Tom Lehman405,000Fox ChapelPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship
2011United States Fred Couples273−11PlayoffUnited States John Cook405,000WestchesterHarrison, New York
2010United States Mark O'Meara273−7PlayoffUnited States Michael Allen405,000TPC PotomacPotomac, Maryland
2009United States Jay Haas267−131 strokeUnited States Tom Watson405,000Baltimore
(East Course)		Timonium, Maryland
2008United States D. A. Weibring271−91 strokeUnited States Fred Funk390,000Baltimore
(East Course)		Timonium, Maryland
2007United States Loren Roberts267−136 strokesUnited States Tom Watson390,000Baltimore
(East Course)		Timonium, Maryland
Ford Senior Players Championship
2006United States Bobby Wadkins274−141 strokeUnited States Jim Thorpe375,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
2005United States Peter Jacobsen273−151 strokeUnited States Hale Irwin375,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
2004England Mark James275−131 strokeSpain José María Cañizares375,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
2003United States Craig Stadler271−173 strokesUnited States Tom Kite
United States Jim Thorpe
United States Tom Watson		375,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
2002Australia Stewart Ginn274−141 strokeUnited States Hubert Green
United States Mike McCullough
United States Jim Thorpe		375,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
2001United States Allen Doyle273−15PlayoffUnited States Doug Tewell375,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
2000United States Raymond Floyd (2)273−151 strokeUnited States Larry Nelson
United States Dana Quigley		345,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1999United States Hale Irwin267−217 strokesAustralia Graham Marsh300,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1998United States Gil Morgan267−213 strokesUnited States Hale Irwin300,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1997United States Larry Gilbert274−143 strokesJapan Isao Aoki
United States Bob Dickson
United States Jack Kiefer
United States Dave Stockton		270,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1996United States Raymond Floyd275−132 strokesUnited States Hale Irwin225,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1995United States J. C. Snead272−16PlayoffUnited States Jack Nicklaus225,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1994United States Dave Stockton (2)271−176 strokesUnited States Jim Albus210,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1993United States Jim Colbert278−101 strokeUnited States Raymond Floyd180,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
Mazda Presents The Senior Players Championship
1992United States Dave Stockton277−111 strokeUnited States J. C. Snead
United States Lee Trevino		150,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1991United States Jim Albus279−93 strokesNew Zealand Bob Charles
United States Charles Coody
United States Dave Hill		150,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship
1990United States Jack Nicklaus261−276 strokesUnited States Lee Trevino150,000DearbornDearborn, Michigan
1989United States Orville Moody271−172 strokesUnited States Charles Coody105,000TPC at SawgrassPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
1988United States Billy Casper278−102 strokesUnited States Al Geiberger60,000TPC at SawgrassPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
1987South Africa Gary Player280−81 strokeAustralia Bruce Crampton
United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez		60,000SawgrassPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
Senior Tournament Players Championship
1986United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez206[lower-alpha 1]−102 strokesAustralia Bruce Crampton45,000CanterburyBeachwood, Ohio
1985United States Arnold Palmer (2)274−1411 strokesUnited States Miller Barber
United States Lee Elder
United States Gene Littler
United States Charles Owens		36,000CanterburyBeachwood, Ohio
1984United States Arnold Palmer276−123 strokesAustralia Peter Thomson36,000CanterburyBeachwood, Ohio
1983United States Miller Barber278−101 strokeUnited States Gene Littler40,000CanterburyBeachwood, Ohio

Multiple winners

Through 2023, six players had multiple wins in the Senior Players Championship:

Winners of both The Players and the Senior Players

Three have won both The Players Championship and the Senior Players Championship:

PlayerThe Players ChampionshipSenior Players Championship
Jack Nicklaus1974, 1976, 19781990
Raymond Floyd19811996, 2000
Fred Couples1984, 19962011

Notes
  1. Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References
  1. "Snead takes aim". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). AP photo. June 10, 1983. p. 18.
  2. "Miller Barber, Littler lead". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. June 11, 1983. p. 14.
  3. "Barber wins seniors title". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. June 13, 1983. p. 17.
  4. Ridenour, Maria (June 15, 2022). "Kaulig Companies to become title sponsor for Senior Players Championship, which will stay at Firestone Country Club". Golfweek.
  5. Wright, Branson (April 12, 2018). "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational will leave Firestone in 2019 (photos)". cleveland.com.
  6. "Rested Palmer decides it helps to be inspired". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 25, 1984. p. 2B.
  7. "Refreshed Palmer sets senior mark". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 24, 1985. p. 2B.
  8. "Rain stops seniors". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. June 20, 1986. p. 19.
  9. "Rodriguez wins Senior TPC crown". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. June 24, 1985. p. 3B.

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