Senior PGA Championship
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Tournament information | |
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Location | Benton Harbor, Michigan in 2018 |
Established | 1937, 87 years ago |
Course(s) | The Golf Club at Harbor Shores (2018) Oak Hill Country Club (2019) |
Par | 71 (2018) 70 (2019) |
Length | 6,852 yards (6,265 m) (2018) 7,145 yards (6,533 m) (2019) |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions European Seniors Tour |
Format | Stroke play – 72 holes |
Prize fund | $3.25 million |
Month played | May |
Current champion | |
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The Senior PGA Championship is the oldest of the five major championships in men's senior golf. It is administered by the Professional Golfers' Association of America and is recognized as a major championship by both PGA Tour Champions and the European Senior Tour. It was formerly an unofficial money event on the European Senior Tour, but since 2007 has been an official money event.[1] Winners gain entry into the same season's PGA Championship. The winners prior to 1980, the first season of the senior tour, are not considered major champions of this event by the PGA Tour Champions.
The lower age limit is 50, which is the standard limit for men's senior professional golf tournaments. Like its PGA Tour counterpart, the Senior PGA Championship allows club professionals to enter. The tournament committee invites former winners of the PGA Professional National Championship and the top 35 club professionals who qualify through a tournament.
History
The inaugural event was played 87 years ago in 1937 at Augusta National Golf Club, with 54-year-old Jock Hutchison winning the 54-hole event on Thursday, December 2.[2][3] The second edition at Augusta was reduced to 36 holes due to rain, but had an 18-hole playoff on December 9 to decide the winner, Fred McLeod.[4][5] The next edition was moved to Florida in January,[6] No tournaments were held in 1943 and 1944 due to World War II. The event returned in 1945 at the PGA National Golf Course, where it stayed until 1962. The event moved to different courses in Florida through 2000. Due to scheduling moves, two tournaments were played in 1979 and 1984 and none in 1983, and 1985. It moved from winter to mid-April in 1990 and when it rotated to various sites in 2001, it became a late spring event, played in late May or early June.
It was a 36-hole event until 1954; after four years at 54 holes, it became a 72-hole event in 1958. In the past, the event has had long spells of playing on a single host course, but currently it is played on a different course each year.
Eligibility
Here is who may be eligible to compete in the Senior PGA Championship (provided they meet the age requirement):
- Any past winner of the Senior PGA Championship
- Any past winner of a regular major championship
- Any past member of the United States Ryder Cup team
- The top 15 finishers in the previous year's Senior PGA Championship
- The top 50 on the PGA Tour Champions money list (previous year and current year)
- Any winner of a PGA Tour Champions event since the last Senior PGA Championship
- The top 35 finishers from the Callaway Golf Senior PGA Professional National Championship
- Any winner of the previous five U.S. Senior Opens
- The winner of the last Senior British Open
- The top eight players from the previous year's European Senior Tour Order of Merit
- The top four players from the previous year's Japanese Seniors Tour Order of Merit
- A one-time exemption for those who have just turned 50 and have won a PGA Tour, Japan Golf Tour, or European Tour event in the last 5 years
- The top 30 on the career money list, both PGA Tour Champions and combined PGA Tour Champions and PGA Tour
- A one-time exemption for former PGA Professional National Champions turning 50
- Invitations for those not meeting criteria above also are made
Tournament hosts
Name
The tournament has gone by several different names:
Years | Name |
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2017– | KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship |
2011–16 | Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid |
2001–10 | Senior PGA Championship |
1990–2000 | PGA Seniors' Championship |
1984–89 | General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship |
1937–82 | PGA Seniors' Championship |
Winners
Year | Player | Country | Venue | Score | Winner's share ($) |
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2018 | Paul Broadhurst | ![]() |
The Golf Club at Harbor Shores | 265 (−19) | 585,000 |
2017 | Bernhard Langer | ![]() |
Trump National Golf Club | 270 (−18) | 540,000 |
2016 | Rocco Mediate | ![]() |
The Golf Club at Harbor Shores | 265 (−19) | 504,000 |
2015 | Colin Montgomerie (2) | ![]() |
French Lick Resort | 280 (−8) | 495,000 |
2014 | Colin Montgomerie | ![]() |
The Golf Club at Harbor Shores | 271 (−13) | 378,000 |
2013 | Kōki Idoki | ![]() |
Bellerive Country Club | 273 (−11) | 378,000 |
2012 | Roger Chapman | ![]() |
The Golf Club at Harbor Shores | 271 (−13) | 378,000 |
2011 | Tom Watson (2) | ![]() |
Valhalla Golf Club | 278 (−10) | 360,000 |
2010 | Tom Lehman | ![]() |
Colorado Golf Club | 281 (−7) | 360,000 |
2009 | Michael Allen | ![]() |
Canterbury Golf Club | 274 (−6) | 360,000 |
2008 | Jay Haas (2) | ![]() |
Oak Hill Country Club | 287 (+7) | 360,000 |
2007 | Denis Watson | ![]() |
Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course | 279 (−9) | 360,000 |
2006 | Jay Haas | ![]() |
Oak Tree Golf Club | 279 (−5) | 360,000 |
2005 | Mike Reid | ![]() |
Laurel Valley Golf Club | 280 (−8) | 360,000 |
2004 | Hale Irwin (4) | ![]() |
Valhalla Golf Club | 276 (−8) | 360,000 |
2003 | John Jacobs | ![]() |
Aronimink Golf Club | 276 (−4) | 360,000 |
2002 | Fuzzy Zoeller | ![]() |
Firestone Country Club | 278 (−2) | 360,000 |
2001 | Tom Watson | ![]() |
The Ridgewood Country Club | 274 (−10) | 360,000 |
2000 | Doug Tewell | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 201 (−15) | 324,000 |
1999 | Allen Doyle | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 274 (−14) | 315,000 |
1998 | Hale Irwin | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 275 (−13) | 270,000 |
1997 | Hale Irwin | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 274 (−14) | 216,000 |
1996 | Hale Irwin | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 280 (−8) | 198,000 |
1995 | Raymond Floyd | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 277 (−11) | 180,000 |
1994 | Lee Trevino (2) | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 279 (−9) | 115,000 |
1993 | Tom Wargo | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 275 (−13) | 110,000 |
1992 | Lee Trevino | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 278 (−10) | 100,000 |
1991 | Jack Nicklaus | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 271 (−17) | 85,000 |
1990 | Gary Player (3) | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 281 (−7) | 75,000 |
1989 | Larry Mowry | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 281 (−7) | 72,000 |
1988 | Gary Player | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 284 (−4) | 63,000 |
1987 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 282 (−6) | 47,000 |
1986 (Feb.) | Gary Player | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 281 (−7) | 45,000 |
1984 (Dec.) | Peter Thomson | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 286 (−2) | 40,000 |
1984 (Jan.) | Arnold Palmer (2) | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 282 (−6) | 35,000 |
1982 (Dec.) | Don January (2) | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club | 288 (E) | 25,000 |
1981 | Miller Barber | ![]() |
Turnberry Isle Resort and Club | 281 (−7) | 20,000 |
1980 | Arnold Palmer | ![]() |
Turnberry Isle Resort and Club | 289 (+1) | 20,000 |
1979 (Dec.) | Don January | ![]() |
Turnberry Isle Resort and Club | 270 (−18) | 15,000 |
1979 (Feb.) | Jack Fleck | ![]() |
Walt Disney World | 289 (+1) | 8,000 |
1978 | Joe Jimenez | ![]() |
Walt Disney World | 286 (−2) | 8,000 |
1977 | Julius Boros (2) | ![]() |
Walt Disney World | 283 (−5) | 7,500 |
1976 | Pete Cooper | ![]() |
Walt Disney World | 283 (−5) | 7,500 |
1975 | Charlie Sifford | ![]() |
Walt Disney World | 280 (−8) | 7,500 |
1974 | Roberto DeVicenzo | ![]() |
Port St. Lucie Country Club | 273 (−15) | 4,000 |
1973 | Sam Snead (6) | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club (old) | 268 (−20) | 4,000 |
1972 | Sam Snead | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club (old) | 286 (−2) | 4,000 |
1971 | Julius Boros | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club (old) | 285 (−3) | 4,000 |
1970 | Sam Snead | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club (old) | 290 (+2) | 4,000 |
1969 | Tommy Bolt | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club (old) | 278 (−10) | 4,000 |
1968 | Chandler Harper | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club (old) | 279 (−9) | 4,000 |
1967 | Sam Snead | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club (old) | 279 (−9) | 4,000 |
1966 | Fred Haas | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club (old) | 286 (−2) | 3,000 |
1965 | Sam Snead | ![]() |
Fort Lauderdale Country Club | 278 (−9) | 3,500 |
1964 | Sam Snead | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Club (old) | 279 (−9) | 2,500 |
1963 | Herman Barron | ![]() |
Port St. Lucie Country Club | 272 (−16) | 2,500 |
1962 | Paul Runyan (2) | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 278 (−10) | 2,000 |
1961 | Paul Runyan | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 278 (−10) | 1,500 |
1960 | Dick Metz | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 284 (−4) | 1,500 |
1959 | Willie Goggin | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 284 (−4) | 1,200 |
1958 | Gene Sarazen (2) | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 288 (E) | 1,200 |
1957 | Al Watrous (3) | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 210 (−6) | 1,000 |
1956 | Pete Burke | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 215 (−1) | 1,000 |
1955 | Mortie Dutra | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 213 (−3) | 1,000 |
1954 | Gene Sarazen | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 214 (−2) | 1,000 |
1953 | Harry Schwab | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 142 (−2) | |
1952 | Ernie Newnham | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 146 (+2) | |
1951 | Al Watrous | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 142 (−2) | |
1950 | Al Watrous | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 142 (−2) | |
1949 | Marshall Crichton | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 145 (+1) | |
1948 | Charles McKenna | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 141 (−3) | |
1947 | Jock Hutchison (2) | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 145 (+1) | |
1946 | Eddie Williams (3) | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 146 (+2) | |
1945 | Eddie Williams | ![]() |
PGA National Golf Course (Dunedin Golf Club) | 148 (+4) | |
1943–44: No championships due to World War II | |||||
1942 | Eddie Williams | ![]() |
Fort Myers Country Club | 138 (−6) | |
1941 | Jack Burke Sr. | ![]() |
Bobby Jones Golf Complex Sarasota Bay Country Club |
142 (E) | |
1940 (Jan.) | Otto Hackbarth | ![]() |
Bobby Jones Golf Complex Sarasota Bay Country Club |
146 (+4) | |
1938 (Dec.) | Fred McLeod | ![]() |
Augusta National Golf Club | 154 (+10) | |
1937 | Jock Hutchison | ![]() |
Augusta National Golf Club | 223 (+7) |
Source:[7]
Multiple winners
The following men have won the Senior PGA Championship more than once, through 2018:
- 6 wins: Sam Snead (1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973)
- 4 wins: Hale Irwin (1996, 1997, 1998, 2004)
- 3 wins: Eddie Williams (1942, 1945, 1946), Al Watrous (1950, 1951, 1957), Gary Player (1986, 1988, 1990)
- 2 wins: Jock Hutchison (1937, 1947), Gene Sarazen (1954, 1958), Paul Runyan (1961, 1962), Julius Boros (1971, 1977),
Don January (1979, 1982), Arnold Palmer (1980, 1984), Lee Trevino (1992, 1994), Jay Haas (2006, 2008),
Tom Watson (2010, 2011), Colin Montgomerie (2014, 2015)
Winners of both PGA Championship and Senior PGA Championship
The following men have won both the PGA Championship and the Senior PGA Championship, the majors run by the PGA of America:
Player | PGA Championship | Senior PGA Championship |
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Jock Hutchison | 1920 | 1937, 1947 |
Gene Sarazen | 1922, 1923, 1933 | 1954, 1958 |
Paul Runyan | 1934, 1938 | 1961, 1962 |
Sam Snead | 1942, 1949, 1951 | 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973 |
Chandler Harper | 1950 | 1968 |
Julius Boros | 1968 | 1971, 1977 |
Don January | 1967 | 1979, 1982 |
Gary Player | 1962, 1972 | 1986, 1988, 1990 |
Jack Nicklaus | 1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980 | 1991 |
Lee Trevino | 1974, 1984 | 1992, 1994 |
Raymond Floyd | 1969, 1982 | 1995 |
Future tournament sites
- 2020, 2022, 2024 – The Golf Club at Harbor Shores, Benton Harbor, Michigan[8][9]
- 2019 – Oak Hill Country Club, Pittsford, New York[10]
- 2021 – Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma[11]
- 2025, 2033 – Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland[12]
See also
References
- ^ "Strong Seniors contingent head to the United States". PGA European Tour. May 21, 2007.
- ^ "Jock Hutchison wins inaugural senior tourney". Sarasota Herald. Florida. Associated Press. December 3, 1937. p. 5.
- ^ "Hutchison named for golf job here". Sarasaota Herald-Tribune. Florida. July 7, 1940. p. 6.
- ^ "Two golfers tie for first place in senior event". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. December 9, 1938. p. 6.
- ^ "M'Leod defeats Hackbarth in seniors' golf". Chicago Daily Tribune. Associated Press. December 10, 1938. p. 22.
- ^ "Hackbarth wins seniors golf crown". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. January 17, 1940. p. 7.
- ^ "Senior PGA Championship Media Guide" (PDF). PGA of America. 2016. pp. 6–64.
- ^ Di Carlo, Angelo (July 25, 2013). "Senior PGA Championship Returning to Benton Harbor in 2014, 2016 and 2018". WNDU-TV. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ^ "Wednesday Notebook: KitchenAid extends Senior PGA Championship sponsorship". PGA of America. May 25, 2016.
- ^ "Oak Hill to host 80th Senior PGA Championship in 2019". ESPN. Associated Press. April 26, 2017.
- ^ "Southern Hills CC to host Senior PGA, PGA championships". ESPN. Associated Press. May 30, 2017.
- ^ "PGA to bring Ryder Cup, other top events to Congressional". ESPN. Associated Press. September 18, 2018.