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SAS Championship
Tournament information
Location Cary, North Carolina
Established2001
Course(s) Prestonwood Country Club
Par72
Length7,137 yards (6,526 m) [1]
Tour(s) PGA Tour Champions
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$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 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.

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

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

Sources: [2] [3]

Notes

  1. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

References

  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

35°47′42″N 78°50′13″W / 35.795°N 78.837°W / 35.795; -78.837