Senior Players Championship

Senior Players Championship

Tournament information
Location	Akron, Ohio
Established	1983, 39 years ago
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club South Course
Par	70
Length	7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$2,800,000
Month played	June
Tournament record score
Aggregate	261 Jack Nicklaus (1990) 261 Kenny Perry (2013)
Score	−27 Jack Nicklaus (1990)
Current champion
Steve Stricker
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The Senior Players Championship (known as the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship for sponsorship reasons, stylised by the PGA Tour as The SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, similar to how its regular PGA Tour version is stylised) is one of the five major championships on golf's PGA Tour Champions. The inaugural event was played 39 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.

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.

From 2019 to 2022, the Senior Players championship will be held at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio to replace the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational that is moving to Memphis, Tennessee.^[1]

Winners[]

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)	Venue	Location
Bridgestone Senior Players Championship
2021	Steve Stricker	273	−7	6 strokes	Jerry Kelly	420,000	Firestone Country Club South Course	Akron, Ohio
2020	Jerry Kelly	277	−3	2 strokes	Scott Parel	420,000	Firestone Country Club South Course	Akron, Ohio
2019	Retief Goosen	274	−6	2 strokes	Jay Haas Tim Petrovic	420,000	Firestone Country Club South Course	Akron, Ohio
Constellation Senior Players Championship
2018	Vijay Singh	268	−20	Playoff	Jeff Maggert	420,000		Highland Park, Illinois
2017	Scott McCarron	270	−18	1 stroke	Brandt Jobe Bernhard Langer	420,000	Caves Valley Golf Club	Owings Mills, Maryland
2016	Bernhard Langer (3)	281	+1	1 stroke	Joe Durant Miguel Ángel Jiménez	420,000	Philadelphia Cricket Club Wissahickon Course	Flourtown, Pennsylvania
2015	Bernhard Langer (2)	265	−19	5 strokes	Kirk Triplett	405,000		Belmont, Massachusetts
2014	Bernhard Langer	265	−15	Playoff	Jeff Sluman	405,000		Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2013	Kenny Perry	261	−19	5 strokes	Fred Funk	405,000		Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2012	Joe Daley	266	−14	2 strokes	Tom Lehman	405,000		Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship
2011	Fred Couples	273	−11	Playoff	John Cook	405,000	Westchester Country Club	Harrison, New York
2010	Mark O'Meara	273	−7	Playoff	Michael Allen	405,000	TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm	Potomac, Maryland
2009	Jay Haas	267	−13	1 stroke	Tom Watson	405,000	Baltimore Country Club East Course	Timonium, Maryland
2008	D. A. Weibring	271	−9	1 stroke	Fred Funk	390,000	Baltimore Country Club East Course	Timonium, Maryland
2007	Loren Roberts	267	−13	6 strokes	Tom Watson	390,000	Baltimore Country Club 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
Mazda Presents 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, 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 Country Club	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Senior Tournament Players Championship
1986	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	206[a]	−10	2 strokes	Bruce Crampton	45,000	Canterbury Golf Club	Beachwood, Ohio
1985	Arnold Palmer (2)	274	−14	11 strokes	Miller Barber Lee Elder Gene Littler Charles Owens	36,000	Canterbury Golf Club	Beachwood, Ohio
1984	Arnold Palmer	276	−12	3 strokes	Peter Thomson	36,000	Canterbury Golf Club	Beachwood, Ohio
1983	Miller Barber	278	−10	1 stroke	Gene Littler	40,000	Canterbury Golf Club	Beachwood, Ohio

*Weather shortened to 54 holes.

Multiple winners[]

The following men had more than one win in the Senior Players Championship through 2017:

• 3 wins: Bernhard Langer (2014, 2015, 2016)
• 2 wins: Arnold Palmer (1984, 1985), Dave Stockton (1992, 1994), Raymond Floyd (1996, 2000)

Winners of both The Players and the Senior Players[]

The following men have won both The Players Championship and the Senior Players Championship:

References[]

External links[]

• Coverage on the PGA Tour Champions' official site

Coordinates: 41°00′29″N 81°30′29″W / 41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508