Senior Players Championship
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 38 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.
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Tournament information | |
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Location | Akron, Ohio |
Established | 1983, 38 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 | |
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Location Map | |
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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
- Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
*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 |
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Jack Nicklaus | 1974, 1976, 1978 | 1990 |
Raymond Floyd | 1981 | 1996, 2000 |
Fred Couples | 1984, 1996 | 2011 |
References
- Wright, Branson (April 12, 2018). "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational will leave Firestone in 2019 (photos)". cleveland.com.