The Senior Players Championship, stylised by the

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as The SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, is one of the five major championships on

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. The inaugural event was played in 1983 and the age minimum is 50, the standard for men's senior professional golf tournaments. The winner gains entry into the following season's Players Championship on the PGA Tour. For sponsorship reasons, from 2023, the tournament will be titled as the Kaulig Companies Championship. Unlike the U.S. Senior Open, the Senior PGA Championship, and the Senior Open Championship, it is not recognized as a major by the

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, and is not part of that tour's schedule. Since 2019, the Senior Players championship has been held at Firestone Country Club in

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Winners

Multiple winners

The following men had more than one win in the Senior Players Championship through 2022: *3 wins: Bernhard Langer (2014, 2015, 2016) *2 wins: Arnold Palmer (1984, 1985), Dave Stockton (1992, 1994), Raymond Floyd (1996, 2000), Jerry Kelly (2020, 2022)

Winners of both The Players and the Senior Players

The following men have won both

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and the Senior Players Championship:

Notes

References

External links

Coverage on the PGA Tour Champions' official site
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