Senior Players Championship

Senior Players Championship

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Tournament information
Location	Akron, Ohio (2020)
Established	1983, 41 years ago
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club South Course (2020)
Par	70
Length	7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions
Format	Stroke play (72 holes)
Prize fund	$2.8 million (2020)
Month played	July
Tournament record score
Aggregate	261 Jack Nicklaus (1990) 261 Kenny Perry (2013)
Score	−27 Jack Nicklaus (1990)
Current champion
Retief Goosen

Akron

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Location in the United States

Akron

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Location in Ohio

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 41 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.

Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Venue	Location	Score	To par	Winner's share ($)
Bridgestone Senior Players Championship
2020			Firestone Country Club, South Course	Akron, Ohio			420,000
2019	Retief Goosen	South Africa	Firestone Country Club, South Course	Akron, Ohio	274	−6	420,000
Constellation Senior Players Championship
2018	Vijay Singh	Fiji	Exmoor Country Club	Highland Park, Illinois	268	−20	420,000
2017	Scott McCarron	United States	Caves Valley Golf Club	Owings Mills, Maryland	270	−18	420,000
2016	Bernhard Langer (3)	Germany	Philadelphia Cricket Club, Wissahickon Course	Flourtown, Pennsylvania	281	+1	420,000
2015	Bernhard Langer (2)	Germany	Belmont Country Club	Belmont, Massachusetts	265	−19	405,000
2014	Bernhard Langer	Germany	Fox Chapel Golf Club	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	265	−15	405,000
2013	Kenny Perry	United States	Fox Chapel Golf Club	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	261	−19	405,000
2012	Joe Daley	United States	Fox Chapel Golf Club	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	266	−14	405,000
Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship
2011	Fred Couples	United States	Westchester Country Club	Harrison, New York	273	−11	405,000
2010	Mark O'Meara	United States	TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm	Potomac, Maryland	273	−7	405,000
2009	Jay Haas	United States	Baltimore Country Club, East Course	Timonium, Maryland	267	−13	405,000
2008	D. A. Weibring	United States	Baltimore Country Club, East Course	Timonium, Maryland	271	−9	390,000
2007	Loren Roberts	United States	Baltimore Country Club, East Course	Timonium, Maryland	267	−13	390,000
Ford Senior Players Championship
2006	Bobby Wadkins	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	274	−14	375,000
2005	Peter Jacobsen	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	273	−15	375,000
2004	Mark James	England	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	275	−13	375,000
2003	Craig Stadler	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	271	−17	375,000
2002	Stewart Ginn	Australia	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	274	−14	375,000
2001	Allen Doyle	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	273	−15	375,000
2000	Raymond Floyd (2)	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	273	−15	345,000
1999	Hale Irwin	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	267	−21	300,000
1998	Gil Morgan	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	267	−21	300,000
1997	Larry Gilbert	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	274	−14	270,000
1996	Raymond Floyd	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	275	−13	225,000
1995	J. C. Snead	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	272	−16	225,000
1994	Dave Stockton (2)	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	271	−17	210,000
1993	Jim Colbert	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	278	−10	180,000
Mazda Presents The Senior Players Championship
1992	Dave Stockton	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	277	−11	150,000
1991	Jim Albus	United States	TPC of Michigan	Dearborn, Michigan	279	−9	150,000
Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship
1990	Jack Nicklaus	United States	Dearborn Country Club	Dearborn, Michigan	261	−27	150,000
1989	Orville Moody	United States	TPC of Sawgrass	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida	271	−17	105,000
1988	Billy Casper	United States	TPC of Sawgrass	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida	278	−10	60,000
1987	Gary Player	South Africa	Sawgrass Country Club	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida	280	−8	60,000
Senior Tournament Players Championship
1986	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	United States	Canterbury Golf Club	Beachwood, Ohio	206*	−10	45,000
1985	Arnold Palmer (2)	United States	Canterbury Golf Club	Beachwood, Ohio	274	−14	36,000
1984	Arnold Palmer	United States	Canterbury Golf Club	Beachwood, Ohio	276	−12	36,000
1983	Miller Barber	United States	Canterbury Golf Club	Beachwood, Ohio	278	−10	40,000

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:

• 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:

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

External links

• Coverage on the PGA Tour Champions' official site