​The 2026 Kaulig Companies Championship marks the third of five majors on the PGA Tour Champions schedule. Long known as the Senior Players Championship, this event’s 2026 edition represents its final chapter at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, before moving next year to Newport Beach, California. The field this week welcomed a familiar mix of veteran contenders on the senior circuit, augmented by a Champions rookie in Zach Johnson. The prize fund stands at $3.5 million, with Johnson earning $525,000 after securing his third victory of the season and his second straight win in his first two events on the circuit this year.
Johnson’s 2026 results now read a sequence of finishes: 1st, T-3, T-2, T-8, 3rd, T-5, T-5, 1st. Boo Weekley climbed the leaderboard on Sunday to claim solo second, marking his best result since winning the Insperity Invitational two months earlier and representing a strong rebound after he WD’d from the U.S. Senior Open.
Here are the final payouts and standings from the event:
1 Zach Johnson, who finished at 14 under par, earned $525,000
2 Boo Weekley, at 9 under, earned $308,000
3 Rory Sabbatini, at 8 under, earned $252,000
4 Stewart Cink, at 7 under, earned $210,000
T5 George McNeill, at 6 under, earned $136,500
T5 Ben Crane, at 6 under, earned $136,500
T5 Miguel Angel Jimenez, at 6 under, earned $136,500
T5 Cameron Percy, at 6 under, earned $136,500
Other notable finishes and earnings included:
– 9 Y.E. Yang, 5 under, $98,000
– 10 Darren Clarke, 4 under, $91,000
– T11 Jason Caron, 3 under, $80,500
– T11 Vijay Singh, 3 under, $80,500
– 13 Tag Ridings, 2 under, $70,000
– T14 Stephen Ames, 1 under, $57,808
– T14 Tim O’Neal, 1 under, $57,808
– T14 Ángel Cabrera, 1 under, $57,808
– T14 Mario Tiziani, 1 under, $57,808
– T14 Matt Gogel, 1 under, $57,808
– T14 Jerry Kelly, 1 under, $57,808
Further down the leaderboard, Steve Flesch, Bernhard Langer, Alex Cejka, Ryan Armour, Michael Wright, Harrison Frazar, Ernie Els, Bo Van Pelt and many others earned varying amounts, with deeper-listed players collecting smaller prize checks as the field narrowed toward the later spots. For reference, other players who finished in the lower halves and their corresponding earnings included Steve Allan ($25,988), Kenny Perry ($25,988), Tommy Gainey ($25,988), Søren Kjeldsen ($25,988), Ricardo Gonzalez ($25,988), Paul Stankowski ($25,988), Freddie Jacobson ($25,988), Retief Goosen ($25,988), Steven Alker ($19,688), Stuart Appleby ($19,688), K.J. Choi ($19,688), Charlie Wi ($19,688), Kevin Sutherland ($17,500), David Duval ($17,500), Tim Petrovic ($15,050), Greg Chalmers ($15,050), Richard Green ($15,050), Mike Weir ($15,050), Chad Campbell ($15,050), Vaughn Taylor ($12,950), Scott Parel ($11,900), Kirk Triplett ($11,900), Steve Stricker ($10,150), Rod Pampling ($10,150), Paul Goydos ($10,150), David Toms ($8,225), Brett Quigley ($8,225), Tom Pernice Jr. ($8,225), Stephen Dodd ($8,225), Jeff Maggert ($7,350), Mark Hensby ($6,825), Doug Barron ($6,825), Ken Duke ($5,600), Scott McCarron ($5,600), Brian Gay ($5,600), Shane Bertsch ($5,600), Scott Hend ($5,600), Ken Tanigawa ($4,375), Robert Karlsson ($4,375), Joe Durant ($3,574), Thongchai Jaidee ($3,574), Billy Mayfair ($3,574), Woody Austin ($3,080), Heath Slocum ($2,765), Bob Estes ($2,765), Chris DiMarco ($2,660), Rocco Mediate ($2,450).
This recap is adapted from the coverage originally published by Golfweek, detailing the prize money payouts and final standings for the 2026 Kaulig Companies Championship at Firestone Country Club. The event’s move to Newport Beach next year will shift the spotlight to a new course, but the 2026 edition at Firestone closed with a memorable chapter in the PGA Tour Champions’ history.