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Senior PGA Championship
Golf tournament in the United States for men 50 and over
Golf tournament in the United States for men 50 and over
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship |
| location | Bethesda, Maryland |
| establishment | 1937 |
| course | Congressional Country Club |
| par | 72 |
| yardage | 7152 yd |
| tour | PGA Tour Champions |
| European Senior Tour | |
| format | Stroke play |
| purse | |
| month_played | May |
| aggregate | 265 Rocco Mediate (2016) |
| 265 Paul Broadhurst (2018) | |
| to-par | −20 Sam Snead (1973) |
| current_champion | ARG Ángel Cabrera |
| map | USA#USA Michigan |
| map_label | Harbor Shores |
| map_caption | Location in the United States##Location in Michigan |
| map_relief | yes |
| map_size | 200 |
| coordinates |
the Champions Tour [Senior major golf championships
[European Senior Tour 265 Paul Broadhurst (2018) | to-par = −20 Sam Snead (1973) The Senior PGA Championship, established in 1937, 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. Winners gain entry into the next 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 gives former winners of the PGA Professional National Championship a one time invitation upon turning 50 years of age and the top 35 club professionals who qualify through the Senior PGA Professional National Championship.
History
The inaugural event was played in 1937 at Augusta National Golf Club, with 54-year-old Jock Hutchison winning the 54-hole event on Thursday, December 2. 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. The next edition was moved to Florida in January, 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.
In 2011, the PGA of America and Whirlpool Corporation commenced an agreement which designated the KitchenAid brand as official home appliance brand of the PGA and presenting sponsor of the Senior PGA Championship. Harbor Shores Golf Club in Benton Harbor, Michigan, was designated as the championship's home course, hosting in alternate years starting in 2012. The Championship was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2014, the Whirlpool extended their arrangement through 2018, with KitchenAid becoming the title sponsor of the event. A further extension through 2024 was agreed in 2018, which proved to be the last.
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 previous five Senior Open Championship
- 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
| Year | Venue | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||||
| 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024 | ||||
| 2023 | ||||
| 2021 | ||||
| 2008, 2019 | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| 2004, 2011 | ||||
| 2010 | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| 2006 | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| 2003 | ||||
| 2002 | ||||
| 2001 | ||||
| 1982–2000 | ||||
| 1979 (Dec.) −1981 | ||||
| 1975–1979 (Feb.) | ||||
| 1974 | ||||
| 1964, 1966–1973 | ||||
| 1965 | ||||
| 1964 | ||||
| 1963 | ||||
| 1945–1962 | ||||
| 1942 | ||||
| 1940–41 | ||||
| 1937–38 (Dec.) |
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's | |||||||||||
| share ($) | Venue | Senior PGA Championship | KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship | Senior PGA Championship | PGA Seniors' Championship | General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship | PGA Seniors' Championship | ||||||
| 2025 | ARG Ángel Cabrera | 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | DNK Thomas Bjørn | ||||||||
| IRL Pádraig Harrington | 630,000 | Congressional | |||||||||||
| 2024 | ENG Richard Bland | 267 | −17 | 3 strokes | AUS Richard Green | 630,000 | Harbor Shores | ||||||
| 2023 | USA Steve Stricker | 270 | −18 | Playoff | IRL Pádraig Harrington | 630,000 | PGA Frisco | ||||||
| 2022 | NZL Steven Alker | 268 | −16 | 3 strokes | CAN Stephen Ames | 585,000 | Harbor Shores | ||||||
| 2021 | DEU Alex Čejka | 272 | −8 | 4 strokes | USA Tim Petrovic | 585,000 | Southern Hills | ||||||
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | USA Ken Tanigawa | 277 | −3 | 1 stroke | USA Scott McCarron | 585,000 | Oak Hill | ||||||
| 2018 | ENG Paul Broadhurst | 265 | −19 | 4 strokes | USA Tim Petrovic | 585,000 | Harbor Shores | ||||||
| 2017 | DEU Bernhard Langer | 270 | −18 | 1 stroke | FJI Vijay Singh | 540,000 | Trump National | ||||||
| 2016 | USA Rocco Mediate | 265 | −19 | 3 strokes | SCO Colin Montgomerie | 504,000 | Harbor Shores | ||||||
| 2015 | SCO Colin Montgomerie (2) | 280 | −8 | 4 strokes | MEX Esteban Toledo | 495,000 | French Lick Resort | ||||||
| 2014 | SCO Colin Montgomerie | 271 | −13 | 4 strokes | USA Tom Watson | 378,000 | Harbor Shores | ||||||
| 2013 | JPN Kōki Idoki | 273 | −11 | 2 strokes | USA Jay Haas | ||||||||
| USA Kenny Perry | 378,000 | Bellerive | |||||||||||
| 2012 | ENG Roger Chapman | 271 | −13 | 2 strokes | USA John Cook | 378,000 | Harbor Shores | ||||||
| 2011 | USA Tom Watson (2) | 278 | −10 | Playoff | USA David Eger | 378,000 | Valhalla | ||||||
| 2010 | USA Tom Lehman | 281 | −7 | Playoff | USA Fred Couples | ||||||||
| ZAF David Frost | 360,000 | Colorado | |||||||||||
| 2009 | USA Michael Allen | 274 | −6 | 2 strokes | USA Larry Mize | 360,000 | Canterbury | ||||||
| 2008 | USA Jay Haas (2) | 287 | +7 | 1 stroke | DEU Bernhard Langer | 360,000 | Oak Hill | ||||||
| 2007 | ZWE Denis Watson | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | ARG Eduardo Romero | 360,000 | Kiawah Island | ||||||
| 2006 | USA Jay Haas | 279 | −5 | Playoff | USA Brad Bryant | 360,000 | Oak Tree | ||||||
| 2005 | USA Mike Reid | 280 | −8 | Playoff | USA Jerry Pate | ||||||||
| USA Dana Quigley | 360,000 | Laurel Valley | |||||||||||
| 2004 | USA Hale Irwin (4) | 276 | −8 | 1 stroke | USA Jay Haas | 360,000 | Valhalla | ||||||
| 2003 | USA John Jacobs | 276 | −4 | 2 strokes | USA Bobby Wadkins | 360,000 | Aronimink | ||||||
| 2002 | USA Fuzzy Zoeller | 278 | −2 | 1 stroke | USA Hale Irwin | ||||||||
| USA Bobby Wadkins | 360,000 | Firestone | |||||||||||
| 2001 | USA Tom Watson | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | USA Jim Thorpe | 360,000 | The Ridgewood | ||||||
| 2000 | USA Doug Tewell | 201 | −15 | 7 strokes | USA Hale Irwin | ||||||||
| USA Tom Kite | |||||||||||||
| USA Larry Nelson | |||||||||||||
| USA Dana Quigley | 324,000 | PGA National | |||||||||||
| 1999 | USA Allen Doyle | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | ARG Vicente Fernández | 315,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1998 | USA Hale Irwin (3) | 275 | −13 | 6 strokes | USA Larry Nelson | 270,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1997 | USA Hale Irwin (2) | 274 | −14 | 12 strokes | USA Dale Douglass | ||||||||
| USA Jack Nicklaus | 216,000 | PGA National | |||||||||||
| 1996 | USA Hale Irwin | 280 | −8 | 2 strokes | JPN Isao Aoki | 198,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1995 | USA Raymond Floyd | 277 | −11 | 5 strokes | USA John Paul Cain | ||||||||
| USA Larry Gilbert | |||||||||||||
| USA Lee Trevino | 180,000 | PGA National | |||||||||||
| 1994 | USA Lee Trevino (2) | 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | USA Jim Colbert | 115,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1993 | USA Tom Wargo | 275 | −13 | Playoff | AUS Bruce Crampton | 110,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1992 | USA Lee Trevino | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | USA Mike Hill | 100,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1991 | USA Jack Nicklaus | 271 | −17 | 6 strokes | AUS Bruce Crampton | 85,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1990 | ZAF Gary Player (3) | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 75,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1989 | USA Larry Mowry | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke | USA Miller Barber | ||||||||
| USA Al Geiberger | 72,000 | PGA National | |||||||||||
| 1988 | ZAF Gary Player (2) | 284 | −4 | 3 strokes | USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 63,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1987 | USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 282 | −6 | 1 stroke | USA Dale Douglass | 47,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1986 | |||||||||||||
| (Feb) | ZAF Gary Player | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | USA Lee Elder | 45,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1985: No tournament | |||||||||||||
| 1984 | |||||||||||||
| (Dec) | AUS Peter Thomson | 286 | −2 | 3 strokes | USA Don January | 40,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1984 | |||||||||||||
| (Jan) | USA Arnold Palmer (2) | 282 | −6 | 2 strokes | USA Don January | 35,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1983: No tournament | |||||||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||||||
| (Dec) | USA Don January (2) | 288 | E | 1 stroke | USA Julius Boros | 25,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1981 | USA Miller Barber | 281 | −7 | 2 strokes | USA Arnold Palmer | 20,000 | Turnberry Isle | ||||||
| 1980 | USA Arnold Palmer | 289 | +1 | Playoff | USA Paul Harney | 20,000 | Turnberry Isle | ||||||
| 1979 | |||||||||||||
| (Dec) | USA Don January | 270 | −18 | 8 strokes | USA George Bayer | 15,000 | Turnberry Isle | ||||||
| 1979 | |||||||||||||
| (Feb) | USA Jack Fleck | 289 | +1 | Playoff | USA Bob Erickson | ||||||||
| USA Bill Johnston | 8,000 | Walt Disney World | |||||||||||
| 1978 | USA Joe Jimenez | 286 | −2 | Playoff | USA Joe Cheves | ||||||||
| USA Manuel de la Torre | 8,000 | Walt Disney World | |||||||||||
| 1977 | USA Julius Boros (2) | 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | USA Fred Haas | 7,500 | Walt Disney World | ||||||
| 1976 | USA Pete Cooper | 283 | −5 | 5 strokes | USA Fred Wampler | 7,500 | Walt Disney World | ||||||
| 1975 | USA Charlie Sifford | 280 | −8 | Playoff | USA Fred Wampler | 7,500 | Walt Disney World | ||||||
| 1974 | ARG Roberto De Vicenzo | 273 | −15 | 3 strokes | USA Julius Boros | ||||||||
| USA Art Wall | 4,000 | Port St. Lucie | |||||||||||
| 1973 | USA Sam Snead (6) | 268 | −20 | 15 strokes | USA Julius Boros | 4,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1972 | USA Sam Snead (5) | 286 | −2 | 1 stroke | USA Julius Boros | 4,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1971 | USA Julius Boros | 285 | −3 | 3 strokes | USA Tommy Bolt | 4,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1970 | USA Sam Snead (4) | 290 | +2 | 2 strokes | USA Fred Haas | 4,000 | PGA National | ||||||
| 1969 | USA Tommy Bolt | 278 | −10 | 4,000 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1968 | USA Chandler Harper | 279 | −9 | 4,000 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1967 | USA Sam Snead (3) | 279 | −9 | 4,000 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1966 | USA Fred Haas | 286 | −2 | 3,000 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1965 | USA Sam Snead (2) | 278 | −10 | 3,500 | Fort Lauderdale | ||||||||
| 1964 | USA Sam Snead | 279 | −9 | 2,500 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1963 | USA Herman Barron | 272 | −16 | 2,500 | Port St. Lucie | ||||||||
| 1962 | USA Paul Runyan (2) | 278 | −10 | 2,000 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1961 | USA Paul Runyan | 278 | −10 | 1,500 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1960 | USA Dick Metz | 284 | −4 | 1,500 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1959 | USA Willie Goggin | 284 | −4 | 1,200 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1958 | USA Gene Sarazen (2) | 288 | E | 1,200 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1957 | USA Al Watrous (3) | 210 | −6 | 1,000 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1956 | USA Pete Burke | 215 | −1 | 1,000 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1955 | USA Mortie Dutra | 213 | −3 | 1,000 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1954 | USA Gene Sarazen | 214 | −2 | 1,000 | PGA National | ||||||||
| 1953 | USA Harry Schwab | 142 | −2 | PGA National | |||||||||
| 1952 | USA Ernie Newnham | 146 | +2 | PGA National | |||||||||
| 1951 | USA Al Watrous (2) | 142 | −2 | PGA National | |||||||||
| 1950 | USA Al Watrous | 142 | −2 | PGA National | |||||||||
| 1949 | USA Marshall Crichton | 145 | +1 | PGA National | |||||||||
| 1948 | USA Charles McKenna | 141 | −3 | PGA National | |||||||||
| 1947 | USA Jock Hutchison (2) | 145 | +1 | PGA National | |||||||||
| 1946 | USA Eddie Williams (3) | 146 | +2 | PGA National | |||||||||
| 1945 | USA Eddie Williams (2) | 148 | +4 | PGA National | |||||||||
| 1943–44: No tournament due to World War II | |||||||||||||
| 1942 | USA Eddie Williams | 138 | −6 | Fort Myers | |||||||||
| 1941 | USA Jack Burke Sr. | 142 | E | Bobby Jones Golf Complex | |||||||||
| Sarasota Bay | |||||||||||||
| 1940 | USA Otto Hackbarth | 146 | +4 | Bobby Jones Golf Complex | |||||||||
| Sarasota Bay | |||||||||||||
| 1939: No tournament | |||||||||||||
| 1938 | SCO Fred McLeod | 154 | +10 | Augusta National | |||||||||
| 1937 | USA Jock Hutchison | 223 | +7 | Augusta National |
Source:
Multiple winners
The following men have won the Senior PGA Championship more than once, through 2021:
- 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 (2001, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Sites
| Year | Host site | City | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Congressional Country Club | Bethesda, Maryland | May 22–25 |
| 2026 | The Concession Golf Club | Bradenton, Florida | April 16–19 |
| 2027 | The Concession Golf Club | Bradenton, Florida | TBD |
| 2028 | The Concession Golf Club | Bradenton, Florida | TBD |
| 2029 | Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco | Frisco, Texas | TBD |
| 2030 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2031 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2032 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2033 | Congressional Country Club | Bethesda, Maryland | TBD |
Notes
References
References
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