The Kaulig 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 43 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 (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.

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.

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; 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.

Palmer won the next year by three strokes, and successfully defended the title in 1985, winning by eleven strokes. Heavy rains on Thursday afternoon reduced the tournament to 54 holes in 1986, and Chi-Chi Rodríguez gained the first of his 22 wins on the senior tour, two strokes ahead of Bruce Crampton.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of victoryRunner(s)-upWinner's share ($)VenueLocation
Kaulig Companies Championship
2025Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez270−10PlayoffNew Zealand Steven Alker525,000Firestone (South Course)Akron, Ohio
2024South Africa Ernie Els270−101 strokeSouth Korea Yang Yong-eun525,000Firestone (South Course)Akron, Ohio
2023United States Steve Stricker (2)269−113 strokesUnited States David Toms525,000Firestone (South Course)Akron, Ohio
Bridgestone Senior Players Championship
2022United States Jerry Kelly (2)269−112 strokesUnited States Steve Stricker450,000Firestone (South Course)Akron, Ohio
2021United States Steve Stricker273−76 strokesUnited States Jerry Kelly420,000Firestone (South Course)Akron, Ohio
2020United States Jerry Kelly277−32 strokesUnited States Scott Parel420,000Firestone (South Course)Akron, Ohio
2019South Africa Retief Goosen274−62 strokesUnited States Jay Haas United States Tim Petrovic420,000Firestone (South Course)Akron, Ohio
Constellation Senior Players Championship
2018Fiji Vijay Singh268−20PlayoffUnited States Jeff Maggert420,000ExmoorHighland Park, Illinois
2017United States Scott McCarron270−181 strokeUnited States Brandt Jobe Germany Bernhard Langer420,000Caves ValleyOwings Mills, Maryland
2016Germany Bernhard Langer (3)281+11 strokeUnited States Joe Durant Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez420,000Philadelphia (Wissahickon Course)Flourtown, Pennsylvania
2015Germany Bernhard Langer (2)265−195 strokesUnited States Kirk Triplett405,000BelmontBelmont, Massachusetts
2014Germany Bernhard Langer265−15PlayoffUnited States Jeff Sluman405,000Fox ChapelPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2013United States Kenny Perry261−195 strokesUnited States Fred Funk405,000Fox ChapelPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2012United States Joe Daley266−142 strokesUnited States Tom Lehman405,000Fox ChapelPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship
2011United States Fred Couples273−11PlayoffUnited States John Cook405,000WestchesterHarrison, New York
2010United States Mark O'Meara273−7PlayoffUnited States Michael Allen405,000TPC PotomacPotomac, Maryland
2009United States Jay Haas267−131 strokeUnited States Tom Watson405,000Baltimore (East Course)Timonium, Maryland
2008United States D. A. Weibring271−91 strokeUnited States Fred Funk390,000Baltimore (East Course)Timonium, Maryland
2007United States Loren Roberts267−136 strokesUnited States Tom Watson390,000Baltimore (East Course)Timonium, Maryland
Ford Senior Players Championship
2006United States Bobby Wadkins274−141 strokeUnited States Jim Thorpe375,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
2005United States Peter Jacobsen273−151 strokeUnited States Hale Irwin375,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
2004England Mark James275−131 strokeSpain José María Cañizares375,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
2003United States Craig Stadler271−173 strokesUnited States Tom Kite United States Jim Thorpe United States Tom Watson375,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
2002Australia Stewart Ginn274−141 strokeUnited States Hubert Green United States Mike McCullough United States Jim Thorpe375,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
2001United States Allen Doyle273−15PlayoffUnited States Doug Tewell375,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
2000United States Raymond Floyd (2)273−151 strokeUnited States Larry Nelson United States Dana Quigley345,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1999United States Hale Irwin267−217 strokesAustralia Graham Marsh300,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1998United States Gil Morgan267−213 strokesUnited States Hale Irwin300,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1997United States Larry Gilbert274−143 strokesJapan Isao Aoki United States Bob Dickson United States Jack Kiefer United States Dave Stockton270,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1996United States Raymond Floyd275−132 strokesUnited States Hale Irwin225,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1995United States J. C. Snead272−16PlayoffUnited States Jack Nicklaus225,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1994United States Dave Stockton (2)271−176 strokesUnited States Jim Albus210,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1993United States Jim Colbert278−101 strokeUnited States Raymond Floyd180,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
The Senior Players Championship
1992United States Dave Stockton277−111 strokeUnited States J. C. Snead United States Lee Trevino150,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
1991United States Jim Albus279−93 strokesNew Zealand Bob Charles United States Charles Coody United States Dave Hill150,000TPC of MichiganDearborn, Michigan
Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship
1990United States Jack Nicklaus261−276 strokesUnited States Lee Trevino150,000DearbornDearborn, Michigan
1989United States Orville Moody271−172 strokesUnited States Charles Coody105,000TPC at SawgrassPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
1988United States Billy Casper278−102 strokesUnited States Al Geiberger60,000TPC at SawgrassPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
1987South Africa Gary Player280−81 strokeAustralia Bruce Crampton United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez60,000SawgrassPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
Senior Tournament Players Championship
1986United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez206−102 strokesAustralia Bruce Crampton45,000CanterburyBeachwood, Ohio
1985United States Arnold Palmer (2)274−1411 strokesUnited States Miller Barber United States Lee Elder United States Gene Littler United States Charles Owens36,000CanterburyBeachwood, Ohio
1984United States Arnold Palmer276−123 strokesAustralia Peter Thomson36,000CanterburyBeachwood, Ohio
1983United States Miller Barber278−101 strokeUnited States 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

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