Senior Players Championship

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
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Location map
Firestone CC
Location in the United States
Firestone CC
Location in Ohio

The Kauling Companies Championship, formerly known as the Senior Players Championship, stylised by the PGA Tour as The SENIOR PLAYERS, is one of the five major championships on golf's PGA Tour Champions. The inaugural event was played 42 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). In 2022, businessman Matt Kaulig, whose enterprises include LeafFilter and a NASCAR team, took over title sponsorship of the event, renaming it 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

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;[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

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)		 Venue Location
Kaulig Companies Championship
2025 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 270 −10 Playoff Steven Alker 525,000 Firestone
(South Course)		 Akron, Ohio
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

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:

Player The Players Championship Senior Players Championship
Jack Nicklaus 1974, 1976, 1978 1990
Raymond Floyd 1981 1996, 2000
Fred Couples 1984, 1996 2011

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. ^ a b "Miller Barber, Littler lead". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. June 11, 1983. p. 14.
  3. ^ a b "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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