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]
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]
^"Snead takes aim". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). AP photo. June 10, 1983. p. 18.
^ ab"Miller Barber, Littler lead". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. June 11, 1983. p. 14.
^ ab"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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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 ChampionshipTournament informationLocationAkron OhioEstablished1983Course s Firestone Country Club South Course Par70Length7 248 yards 6 628 m Tour s PGA Tour ChampionsFormatStroke playPrize fundUS 3 500 000Month playedJulyTournament record scoreAggregate261 Jack Nicklaus 1990 261 Kenny Perry 2013 Score 27 Jack Nicklaus 1990 Current championSteve StrickerLocation mapFirestone CCLocation in the United StatesShow map of the United StatesFirestone CCLocation in OhioShow map of 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 Contents 1 Course layout 2 Early years 3 Winners 4 Multiple winners 5 Winners of both The Players and the Senior Players 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksCourse layout editHole 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 70Early years editThe 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 Rodriguez gained the first of his 22 wins on the senior tour two strokes ahead of Bruce Crampton 9 Winners editYear Winner Score To par Margin ofvictory Runner s up Winner sshare Venue Location Kaulig Companies Championship 2023 nbsp Steve Stricker 2 269 11 3 strokes nbsp David Toms 525 000 Firestone South Course Akron Ohio Bridgestone Senior Players Championship 2022 nbsp Jerry Kelly 2 269 11 2 strokes nbsp Steve Stricker 450 000 Firestone South Course Akron Ohio 2021 nbsp Steve Stricker 273 7 6 strokes nbsp Jerry Kelly 420 000 Firestone South Course Akron Ohio 2020 nbsp Jerry Kelly 277 3 2 strokes nbsp Scott Parel 420 000 Firestone South Course Akron Ohio 2019 nbsp Retief Goosen 274 6 2 strokes nbsp Jay Haas nbsp Tim Petrovic 420 000 Firestone South Course Akron Ohio Constellation Senior Players Championship 2018 nbsp Vijay Singh 268 20 Playoff nbsp Jeff Maggert 420 000 Exmoor Highland Park Illinois 2017 nbsp Scott McCarron 270 18 1 stroke nbsp Brandt Jobe nbsp Bernhard Langer 420 000 Caves Valley Owings Mills Maryland 2016 nbsp Bernhard Langer 3 281 1 1 stroke nbsp Joe Durant nbsp Miguel Angel Jimenez 420 000 Philadelphia Wissahickon Course Flourtown Pennsylvania 2015 nbsp Bernhard Langer 2 265 19 5 strokes nbsp Kirk Triplett 405 000 Belmont Belmont Massachusetts 2014 nbsp Bernhard Langer 265 15 Playoff nbsp Jeff Sluman 405 000 Fox Chapel Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 2013 nbsp Kenny Perry 261 19 5 strokes nbsp Fred Funk 405 000 Fox Chapel Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 2012 nbsp Joe Daley 266 14 2 strokes nbsp Tom Lehman 405 000 Fox Chapel Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship 2011 nbsp Fred Couples 273 11 Playoff nbsp John Cook 405 000 Westchester Harrison New York 2010 nbsp Mark O Meara 273 7 Playoff nbsp Michael Allen 405 000 TPC Potomac Potomac Maryland 2009 nbsp Jay Haas 267 13 1 stroke nbsp Tom Watson 405 000 Baltimore East Course Timonium Maryland 2008 nbsp D A Weibring 271 9 1 stroke nbsp Fred Funk 390 000 Baltimore East Course Timonium Maryland 2007 nbsp Loren Roberts 267 13 6 strokes nbsp Tom Watson 390 000 Baltimore East Course Timonium Maryland Ford Senior Players Championship 2006 nbsp Bobby Wadkins 274 14 1 stroke nbsp Jim Thorpe 375 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 2005 nbsp Peter Jacobsen 273 15 1 stroke nbsp Hale Irwin 375 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 2004 nbsp Mark James 275 13 1 stroke nbsp Jose Maria Canizares 375 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 2003 nbsp Craig Stadler 271 17 3 strokes nbsp Tom Kite nbsp Jim Thorpe nbsp Tom Watson 375 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 2002 nbsp Stewart Ginn 274 14 1 stroke nbsp Hubert Green nbsp Mike McCullough nbsp Jim Thorpe 375 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 2001 nbsp Allen Doyle 273 15 Playoff nbsp Doug Tewell 375 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 2000 nbsp Raymond Floyd 2 273 15 1 stroke nbsp Larry Nelson nbsp Dana Quigley 345 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 1999 nbsp Hale Irwin 267 21 7 strokes nbsp Graham Marsh 300 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 1998 nbsp Gil Morgan 267 21 3 strokes nbsp Hale Irwin 300 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 1997 nbsp Larry Gilbert 274 14 3 strokes nbsp Isao Aoki nbsp Bob Dickson nbsp Jack Kiefer nbsp Dave Stockton 270 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 1996 nbsp Raymond Floyd 275 13 2 strokes nbsp Hale Irwin 225 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 1995 nbsp J C Snead 272 16 Playoff nbsp Jack Nicklaus 225 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 1994 nbsp Dave Stockton 2 271 17 6 strokes nbsp Jim Albus 210 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 1993 nbsp Jim Colbert 278 10 1 stroke nbsp Raymond Floyd 180 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan The Senior Players Championship 1992 nbsp Dave Stockton 277 11 1 stroke nbsp J C Snead nbsp Lee Trevino 150 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan 1991 nbsp Jim Albus 279 9 3 strokes nbsp Bob Charles nbsp Charles Coody nbsp Dave Hill 150 000 TPC of Michigan Dearborn Michigan Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship 1990 nbsp Jack Nicklaus 261 27 6 strokes nbsp Lee Trevino 150 000 Dearborn Dearborn Michigan 1989 nbsp Orville Moody 271 17 2 strokes nbsp Charles Coody 105 000 TPC at Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach Florida 1988 nbsp Billy Casper 278 10 2 strokes nbsp Al Geiberger 60 000 TPC at Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach Florida 1987 nbsp Gary Player 280 8 1 stroke nbsp Bruce Crampton nbsp Chi Chi Rodriguez 60 000 Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach Florida Senior Tournament Players Championship 1986 nbsp Chi Chi Rodriguez 206 a 10 2 strokes nbsp Bruce Crampton 45 000 Canterbury Beachwood Ohio 1985 nbsp Arnold Palmer 2 274 14 11 strokes nbsp Miller Barber nbsp Lee Elder nbsp Gene Littler nbsp Charles Owens 36 000 Canterbury Beachwood Ohio 1984 nbsp Arnold Palmer 276 12 3 strokes nbsp Peter Thomson 36 000 Canterbury Beachwood Ohio 1983 nbsp Miller Barber 278 10 1 stroke nbsp Gene Littler 40 000 Canterbury Beachwood OhioMultiple winners editThrough 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 editThree 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 2011Notes edit 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 editCoverage on the PGA Tour Champions official site 41 00 29 N 81 30 29 W 41 008 N 81 508 W 41 008 81 508 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