Kaulig Companies Championship
June 17-22, 2025 | Firestone Country Club | Akron, Ohio
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Els returns as defending champion
World Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els returns to Firestone Country Club after capturing his first major title on PGA TOUR Champions at last year’s Kaulig Companies Championship. The 55-year-old edged Y.E. Yang along with two-time Kaulig Companies Championship winners Jerry Kelly (2020, 2022) and Steve Stricker (2021, 2023) in the 2024 event. Els, a seven-time winner on PGA TOUR Champions, opened the 2025 campaign with a victory at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (January 16-18) and currently sits No. 4 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
Cabrera goes for history
55-year-old Ángel Cabrera enters the week looking to become the first player in PGA TOUR Champions history to win three consecutive majors contested. Cabrera captured the Regions Tradition (May 15-18) and Senior PGA Championship (May 22-25) earlier this season. He will be the ninth player (11th time) to attempt to win three consecutive majors contested. Gary Player (1987-88) and Kenny Perry (2013-14) are the only two players in Champions Tour history to win three consecutive major starts, though each of them missed a major during their streaks.
Jiménez setting the tone in the Charles Schwab Cup race
Miguel Angel Jiménez sits atop the Charles Schwab Cup standings after winning three of his first 12 starts in 2025. The 61-year-old Spaniard found the winner’s circle at the Trophy Hassan II (February 6-8), Hoag Classic (March 21-23) and Principal Charity Classic (May 30-June 1). He leads fellow three-time winner in 2025 Cabrera (No. 2), two-time Charles Schwab Cup winner Steven Alker (No. 3) Els (No. 4) and 2004 WGC-NEC Invitational champion Stewart Cink (No. 5).
Harrington to make tournament debut
World Golf Hall of Fame member Padraig Harrington is set to make his first appearance at the Kaulig Companies Championship in 2025. The nine-time PGA TOUR Champions winner owns one major title on the over-50 circuit, capturing the 2022 U.S. Senior Open. Harrington made 14 appearances at Firestone Country Club from 1999 to 2015, with his best finish a co-runner-up in 2009.
PGA TOUR Champions’ major season hits halfway point
The Kaulig Companies Championship will be the third of five majors for the 2025 season on PGA TOUR Champions. Cabrera captured the first two majors at the Regions Tradition (May 15-18) and Senior PGA Championship (May 22-25), which was contested at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. The week after the Champions Tour’s visit to Akron, Ohio, the 45th U.S. Senior Open will be staged at the Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The final major of the 2025 season is the ISPS HANDA Senior Open (July 24-27) at Sunningdale Golf Club’s Old Course.
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Kaulig Companies Championship Tournament Field
The Kaulig Companies Championship, scheduled for June 19-22 at Firestone Country Club, announced its 78-player field on Monday.
World Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els returns to Firestone after capturing his first major title on PGA TOUR Champions at last year’s Kaulig Companies Championship. Els, currently No. 4 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings, is one of six World Golf Hall of Fame members in the 2025 field along with Retief Goosen, Padraig Harrington, Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomerie and Vijay Singh.
Goosen won the 2019 Kaulig Companies Championship, becoming the first player to win the event since it moved to Firestone Country Club. Langer is a three-time winner of this event, capturing the titles in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Singh is a past winner at Firestone, winning the 2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Harrington, who is making his Kaulig Companies Championship debut, made 14 appearances at Firestone Country Club from 1999 to 2015, with his best finish a co-runner-up in 2009. In addition to Els and Goosen, Jerry Kelly is a past winner of this event at Firestone, taking home titles in 2020 and 2022.
Miguel Angel Jiménez sits atop the Charles Schwab Cup standings as one of two three-time winners this season on PGA TOUR Champions. Charles Schwab No. 2 Ángel Cabrera is the other three-time winner, capturing each of the first two majors of the 2025 season. Cabrera, who won the Regions Tradition and Senior PGA Championship, looks to become the first player in Champions Tour history to win three consecutive majors contested and the third player to win three consecutive major starts.
Two-time Charles Schwab Cup winner Steven Alker is No. 3 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings, while Els and 2004 WGC-NEC Invitational champion Stewart Cink, sit Nos. 4 and 5, respectively.
Other notables in the field include 2003 WGC-NEC Invitational winner Darren Clarke, 1998 NEC World Series of Golf winner David Duval and two-time major champion John Daly.
In all, the 2025 field includes 25 PGA TOUR Champions major winners, 17 PGA TOUR major winners, 56 players who have won on PGA TOUR Champions (combining for 278 wins) and 53 players who have won on the PGA TOUR (288 wins).
The Kaulig Companies Championship is the third of five majors on PGA TOUR Champions in 2025.
2025 Kaulig Companies Championship Field (78)
Alker, Steven
Allan, Steve
Allen, Michael
Ames, Stephen
Andrade, Billy
Appleby, Stuart
Austin, Woody
Barron, Doug
Bertsch, Shane
Bjørn, Thomas
Bransdon, David
Broadhurst, Paul
Cabrera, Ángel
Campbell, Chad
Caron, Jason
Cejka, Alex
Chalmers, Greg
Choi, K.J.
Cink, Stewart
Clarke, Darren
Daly, John
DiMarco, Chris
Dodd, Stephen
Duke, Ken
Dunlap, Scott
Durant, Joe
Duval, David
Els, Ernie
Estes, Bob
Flesch, Steve
Frazar, Harrison
Fujita, Hiroyuki
Gay, Brian
Gogel, Matt
Gonzalez, Ricardo
Goosen, Retief
Goydos, Paul
Green, Richard
Harrington, Padraig
Hensby, Mark
Huston, John
Jacobson, Freddie
Jaidee, Thongchai
Janzen, Lee
Jiménez, Miguel Angel
Jobe, Brandt
Karlsson, Robert
Kelly, Jerry
Kjeldsen, Søren
Langer, Bernhard
Lehman, Tom
Leonard, Justin
Maggert, Jeff
Mayfair, Billy
McCarron, Scott
Mediate, Rocco
Montgomerie, Colin
O’Neal, Tim
Pampling, Rod
Pavin, Corey
Percy, Cameron
Pernice Jr., Tom
Perry, Kenny
Petrovic, Tim
Pride, Dicky
Quigley, Brett
Sauers, Gene
Senden, John
Singh, Vijay
Stankowski, Paul
Sutherland, Kevin
Tanigawa, Ken
Toms, David
Triplett, Kirk
Weekley, Boo
Weir, Mike
Wright, Michael
Yang, Y.E.
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