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 41 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
Steve Stricker
Location map
Firestone CC
Location in the United States
Firestone CC
Location in Ohio

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