The SAS Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions. It is played annually in the autumn in Cary, North Carolina at the Prestonwood Country Club. SAS Institute is the main sponsor of the tournament.

SAS Championship
Tournament information
LocationCary, North Carolina
Established2001
Course(s)Prestonwood Country Club
Par72
Length7,137 yards (6,526 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$2,100,000
Month playedOctober
Tournament record score
Aggregate194 Bernhard Langer (2018)
To par−22 as above
Current champion
Australia Rod Pampling
Location map
Prestonwood CC is located in the United States
Prestonwood CC
Prestonwood CC
Location in the United States
Prestonwood CC is located in North Carolina
Prestonwood CC
Prestonwood CC
Location in North Carolina

The purse for the 2023 tournament was US$2,100,000, with $315,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 2001.

Winners edit

Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
2023   Rod Pampling 201 −15 2 strokes   Steven Alker
2022   Fred Couples 196 −20 6 strokes   Steven Alker
2021   Lee Janzen 204 −12 Playoff   Miguel Ángel Jiménez
2020   Ernie Els 204 −12 1 stroke   Colin Montgomerie
2019   Jerry Kelly 200 −16 1 stroke   David McKenzie
2018   Bernhard Langer (2) 194 −22 6 strokes   Scott Parel
2017   Colin Montgomerie 200 −16 3 strokes   Doug Garwood
  Vijay Singh
2016   Doug Garwood 200 −16 4 strokes   Bernhard Langer
2015   Tom Lehman 204 −12 1 stroke   Joe Durant
2014   Kirk Triplett 202 −14 3 strokes   Tom Lehman
2013   Russ Cochran (2) 199 −17 1 stroke   David Frost
2012   Bernhard Langer 203 −13 2 strokes   Jay Don Blake
2011   Kenny Perry 205 −11 1 stroke   John Huston
  Jeff Sluman
2010   Russ Cochran 202 −14 2 strokes   Tom Pernice Jr.
2009   Tom Pernice Jr. 203 −13 1 stroke   David Frost
  Nick Price
2008   Eduardo Romero 201 −15 3 strokes   Tom Kite
2007   Mark Wiebe 198 −18 3 strokes   Dana Quigley
2006   Tom Jenkins 134[a] −10 1 stroke   Chip Beck
  Loren Roberts
2005   Hale Irwin 203 −13 2 strokes   Bob Gilder
  Tom Jenkins
2004   Craig Stadler 199 −17 6 strokes   Tom Jenkins
2003   D. A. Weibring 203 −13 1 stroke   Tom Kite
  Bobby Wadkins
2002   Bruce Lietzke (2) 202 −14 4 strokes   Gil Morgan
  Sammy Rachels
  Tom Watson
2001   Bruce Lietzke 201 −15 3 strokes   Allen Doyle
  Gary McCord

Sources:[2][3]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

References edit

  1. ^ "SAS Championship: Course". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 2010-09-27. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
  2. ^ "SAS Championship Past Winners". PGA Tours Championship. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  3. ^ "History of Champions". SAS Championship. Retrieved 2019-03-16.

External links edit

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