Bridgestone Senior Players Championship pin flag Steve Stricker open ryder pga

Description

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
.
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
Bridgestone Senior Players Championship
2021
Steve Stricker
273
−7
6 strokes
Jerry Kelly
420,000
Firestone Country Club
South Course
Akron, Ohio
2020
Jerry Kelly
277
−3
2 strokes
Scott Parel
420,000
Firestone Country Club
South Course
Akron, Ohio
2019
Retief Goosen
274
−6
2 strokes
Jay Haas
Tim Petrovic
420,000
Firestone Country Club
South Course
Akron, Ohio