AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Kaulig Companies Championship on Sunday for his fourth PGA TOUR Champions victory of the season, rallying to force a playoff then beating Steven Alker with a 20-foot birdie putt on the second extra hole.
Two strokes down after Alker birdied the par-5 16th, Jimenez made a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th and an 18-footer on the par-4 18th.
They each parred the 18th on the first playoff hole, with Jimenez missing an 18-foot birdie try and Alker holing a 3 1/2-footer to send it back to the tee for a second extra hole.
Before Jimenez’s winning putt, Alker missed a 20-foot birdie try after a recovery shot from the trees right of the fairway.
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FINAL Round Notes
2025 Kaulig Companies Championship
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Firestone Country Club South Course, Akron, Ohio
Course Setup: Par 70 / 7,068 yards
Round 4 Scoring Average: 71.092
Cumulative Scoring Average: 71.560
Weather: Sunny. High of 93. Winds WSW at 10-15 mph.
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FINAL Top Scores
P1 Miguel Angel Jiménez* -10 70-66-66-68 – 270 $525,000
P2 Steven Alker -10 68-67-67-68 – 270 $308,000
3 Stewart Cink -8 68-71-67-66 – 272 $252,000
4 Steve Flesch -7 69-73-66-65 – 273 $210,000
*-won on the second playoff hole (No. 18) with birdie
Things to Know
– Charles Schwab Cup leader Miguel Angel Jiménez defeated Steven Alker in a sudden-death playoff at the Kaulig Companies Championship to capture his fourth win of the 2025 season and third major title on PGA TOUR Champions.
– Jiménez birdied the final two holes in regulation (Nos. 17, 18) to tie Alker and force a playoff. On the first playoff hole (No. 18), they tied with pars. On the second playoff hole (No. 18), Jiménez made birdie to win.
– This was the seventh playoff in Kaulig Companies Championship history (first since 2018).
– This was the fourth playoff of the 2025 season on PGA TOUR Champions.
Miguel Angel Jiménez, 70-66-66-68 – 270 (-10)
– The 61-year-old earned his 17th win on PGA TOUR Champions (197 starts)
– Remains 18th on the Champions Tour all-time wins list
– Earned his third major title on PGA TOUR Champions
– 2018 Regions Tradition
– 2018 ISPS HANDA Senior Open
– 2025 Kaulig Companies Championship
– Earned his fourth win of the 2025 season (13 starts)
– Trophy Hassan II (Feb. 6-8)
– Hoag Classic (March 21-23)
– Principal Charity Classic (May 30-June 1)
– Kaulig Companies Championship (June 19-22)
– Becomes the first four-time winner of the 2025 season on PGA TOUR Champions
– Passed Ángel Cabrera (3) for the most wins by any player this season
– This is his first four-win season on PGA TOUR Champions
– Jiménez’s multi-win seasons (5): 2 wins (2018); 2 wins (2019); 2 wins (2020-21); 3 wins (2022); 4 wins (2025)
– Earned his first win at the Kaulig Companies Championship (10 starts)
– Previous best finish: T2 (2016 at Philadelphia Cricket Club)
– Previous best finish at Firestone Country Club: T3 (2020)
– At 61 years, 5 months, 17 days, becomes the 22nd-oldest winner in PGA TOUR Champions history
– It is the 50th instance of a player in his 60s winning on PGA TOUR Champions
— This is the most wins in one season by a player in his 60s (4)
– Previous most: 3 wins (Bernhard Langer in 2017)
– Note: Langer won seven times in 2017 but three of them were after he turned 60 on August 27, 2017 (PURE Insurance Championship, Dominion Energy Charity Classic, PowerShares QQQ Championship)
– Remains atop the Charles Schwab Cup standings for the 11th week (of 14 possible weeks) this season
– Has a winning percentage of 8.63% (17-for-197) on PGA TOUR Champions, which ranks No. 6 all-time among players with 10 or more victories
– Improves to 11-for-22 when leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions (3-for-5 in senior majors)
– Led at the 2016 ISPS HANDA Senior Open (finished T3)
– Led at the 2016 U.S. Senior Open (finished T2)
– Led at the 2018 Regions Tradition (Won)
– Led at the 2018 ISPS HANDA Senior Open (Won)
– Co-led at the 2025 Kaulig Companies Championship (Won)
– Improves to 4-for-4 when playing in the last group of the final round this season
– Trophy Hassan II (Won)
– Hoag Classic (Won)
– Principal Charity Classic (Won)
– Kaulig Companies Championship (Won)
– With this victory, he earns an exemption into the 2026 PLAYERS Championship
Other Notes
– 54-hole co-leader Steven Alker finished runner-up and moves up to No. 2 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings after starting the week No. 3.
– This is Alker’s ninth top-6 finish of the 2025 season (11 starts).
– This is Alker’s 26th top-2 finish (17th runner-up) on PGA TOUR Champions (86 starts).
– 2004 WGC-NEC Invitational champion (held at Firestone Country Club) Stewart Cink (3rd) closed with 66 to post 8-under.
– This is Cink’s eighth top-10 finish of the 2025 season (11 starts) as he moves up one spot to No. 4 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
– Steve Flesch (4th) matched the low round of the day (65) to finish at 7-under. This is his second consecutive top-5 finish of the season. Finished T2 at the American Family Insurance Championship (team event with partner Paul Goydos) in his last start.
