Kaulig Companies Championship, Final Round Press Conference, Sunday June 23, 2025: Miguel Angel Jimenez wins on second hole of Playoff; becomes first 4-time winner in 2025

By Stuart Mason

 

 

Miguel Angel Jimenez signs autographs during Pro-Am Day at Kaulig Companies Championship, 6 18 2025 (photo by Mike Cardew, USA Today Network)

 

Miguel Angel Jimenez 2025 winner of Kaulig Companies Championship in 2-hole playoff June 22, 2025

 

 

2025 Kaulig Companies Championship

 

Final-Round Notes

Sunday, June 22, 2025
Firestone Country Club (South Course) | Akron, Ohio

14th of 28 PGA TOUR Champions events in the 2025 Season

 

  • 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.

 

Player To Par Scores Money Charles Schwab Cup
P1 Miguel Angel Jiménez* -10 70-66-66-68 – 270 $525,000 1st
P2 Steven Alker -10 68-67-67-68 – 270 $308,000 2nd
3 Stewart Cink -8 68-71-67-66 – 272 $252,000 4th
4 Steve Flesch -7 69-73-66-65 – 273 $210,000 12th

*-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

 

 

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