Senior Players Championship

Senior Players Championship
Tournament information
Location Highland Park, Illinois (2018)
Established 1983, 35 years ago
Course(s) Exmoor Country Club (2018)
Par 72
Length 6,849 yards (6,263 m)
Tour(s) PGA Tour Champions
Format Stroke play (72 holes)
Prize fund $2.8 million
Month played July
Tournament record score
Aggregate 261 Jack Nicklaus (1990)
261 Kenny Perry (2013)
Score −27 Jack Nicklaus (1990)
Current champion
Fiji Vijay Singh
Exmoor CC
Location in the United States
Exmoor CC
Location in Illinois

The Senior Players Championship (known as the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship for sponsorship reasons) is one of the five major championships on golf's PGA Tour Champions. The inaugural event was played 35 years ago in 1983 and the lower age limit 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 British Open, 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

YearWinnerCountryVenueLocationScoreTo parWinner's
share ($)
Constellation Senior Players Championship
2018Vijay Singh FijiExmoor Country ClubHighland Park, Illinois268−20420,000
2017Scott McCarron United StatesCaves Valley Golf ClubOwings Mills, Maryland270−18420,000
2016Bernhard Langer (3) GermanyPhiladelphia Cricket Club, Wissahickon CourseFlourtown, Pennsylvania281+1420,000
2015Bernhard Langer (2) GermanyBelmont Country ClubBelmont, Massachusetts265−19405,000
2014Bernhard Langer GermanyFox Chapel Golf ClubPittsburgh, Pennsylvania265−15405,000
2013Kenny Perry United StatesFox Chapel Golf ClubPittsburgh, Pennsylvania261−19405,000
2012Joe Daley United StatesFox Chapel Golf ClubPittsburgh, Pennsylvania266−14405,000
Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship
2011Fred Couples United StatesWestchester Country ClubHarrison, New York273−11405,000
2010Mark O'Meara United StatesTPC Potomac at Avenel FarmPotomac, Maryland273−7405,000
2009Jay Haas United StatesBaltimore Country Club, East CourseTimonium, Maryland267−13405,000
2008D. A. Weibring United StatesBaltimore Country Club, East CourseTimonium, Maryland271−9390,000
2007Loren Roberts United StatesBaltimore Country Club, East CourseTimonium, Maryland267−13390,000
Ford Senior Players Championship
2006Bobby Wadkins United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan274−14375,000
2005Peter Jacobsen United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan273−15375,000
2004Mark James EnglandTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan275−13375,000
2003Craig Stadler United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan271−17375,000
2002Stewart Ginn AustraliaTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan274−14375,000
2001Allen Doyle United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan273−15375,000
2000Raymond Floyd (2) United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan273−15345,000
1999Hale Irwin United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan267−21300,000
1998Gil Morgan United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan267−21300,000
1997Larry Gilbert United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan274−14270,000
1996Raymond Floyd United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan275−13225,000
1995J. C. Snead United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan272−16225,000
1994Dave Stockton (2) United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan271−17210,000
1993Jim Colbert United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan278−10180,000
Mazda Presents The Senior Players Championship
1992Dave Stockton United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan277−11150,000
1991Jim Albus United StatesTPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan279−9150,000
Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship
1990Jack Nicklaus United StatesDearborn Country ClubDearborn, Michigan261−27150,000
1989Orville Moody United StatesTPC of SawgrassPonte Vedra Beach, Florida271−17105,000
1988Billy Casper United StatesTPC of SawgrassPonte Vedra Beach, Florida278−1060,000
1987Gary Player South AfricaSawgrass Country ClubPonte Vedra Beach, Florida280−860,000
Senior Tournament Players Championship
1986Chi-Chi Rodríguez United StatesCanterbury Golf ClubBeachwood, Ohio 206*−1045,000
1985Arnold Palmer (2) United StatesCanterbury Golf ClubBeachwood, Ohio274−1436,000
1984Arnold Palmer United StatesCanterbury Golf ClubBeachwood, Ohio276−1236,000
1983Miller Barber United StatesCanterbury Golf ClubBeachwood, Ohio278−1040,000

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
*Weather shortened to 54 holes.

Multiple winners

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

Winners of both The Players and the Senior Players

The following men 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


References

  1. ↑ Wright, Branson (April 12, 2018). "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational will leave Firestone in 2019 (photos)". cleveland.com.

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