- April 13, 2026
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Some of golf's legends will be in Lakewood Ranch this week. They'll compete at The Concession Golf Club from April 16-19 in the Senior PGA Championship.
It's the first major of the season on the senior circuit, and the first time it will be played at The Concession as part of a three-year agreement with the PGA of America. Tickets are still available for purchase at SrPGAChampionship.com/tickets.
With 21 major champions, 10 past Ryder Cup captains and seven World Golf Hall of Famers in the field, there's no shortage of pedigree at play. Here are five golfers worth rooting for at the Senior PGA Championship:
PGA Tour Champions wins: 47
Major wins: Masters Tournament (1985, 1993)
Last win: Charles Schwab Cup Championship on Nov. 10, 2024
There is no more decorated senior golfer than Bernhard Langer. His trophy collection surely spans multiple rooms of his home.
At 68 years old, the German lays claim to the all-time record of 47 wins on the PGA Tour Champions. He's triumphed in 12 senior majors, though in 2017, won his only Senior PGA Championship.
Eighteen players have won the Masters Tournament multiple times — Langer is one of them. He turned pro over five decades ago and still succeeds on the links.
This season, he boasts three top-10 finishes in four tournaments, highlighted by a sixth-place tie at the Cologuard Classic from March 20-22. He also ended 2025 strong, placing top-seven in three of the season's final four tournaments.
Langer embodies longevity in a sport that looks favorably upon aging talent. It takes an obsessive work ethic to do what he's done for so long.
PGA Tour Champions wins: 11
Major wins: The Open Championship (2007, 2008) and PGA Championship (2008)
Last win: ISPS HANDA Senior Open on July 24, 2025
The past few years have entailed some great memories for Pádraig Harrington.
In 2024, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, becoming only the third Irishman to earn the honor. Then he won both the U.S. Senior Open Championship and ISPS HANDA Senior Open a year later.
And he was oh, so close to another title. He tied for second at the 2025 Senior PGA Championship, finishing one stroke shy of champion Ángel Cabrera.
Harrington was one of the world's finest golfers in the late 2000s, winning three majors in a two-year span. His fame faded in the mid-2010s, but with his current success on the senior circuit, he's experienced a career renaissance.
Throughout his time in the sport, he's happily been an ambassador for Irish golf. Harrington is one of the game's true "good guys."
PGA Tour Champions wins: 6
Major wins: The Open Championship (2009)
Last win: Hoag Classic on March 29, 2026
Winning is fun. And it's fun to follow winners.
Stewart Cink already has two titles to his name this season — the Mitsubishi Electric Championship and Hoag Classic — won on Jan. 24 and March 29, respectively. He secured three trophies last season.
At 52 years old, the native of Huntsville, Alabama, is the hottest golfer on the PGA Tour Champions. But he's still in pursuit of his maiden win at a senior major.
Cink wasn't overly successful on the PGA Tour. He put himself on the map by winning The Open Championship in 2009, defeating then 59-year-old Tom Watson in a four-hole playoff, but his eight tour victories pale in comparison to some of the other names on this list.
That being said, it's entirely possible that spectators at The Concession could be watching Cink sink a title-clinching putt on the 18th green.
PGA Tour Champions wins: 5
Major wins: Masters Tournament (2000) and PGA Championship (1998, 2004)
Last win: The Ally Challenge on Aug. 25, 2023
Retirement seemed a reasonable avenue for Vijay Singh after his age-62 season. He registered no wins on the PGA Tour Champions, where he hasn't won since 2023.
So Singh did the opposite — he threw his hat back into the ring. The World Golf Hall of Famer used his career money list exemption for 2026, making his first start on the PGA Tour since 2021 at the Sony Open from Jan. 15-18.
He'll compete at the Senior PGA Championship having shot 10 over par in the Masters Tournament, missing the cut. One of his three major victories came at Augusta National Golf Club in 2000.
Singh doesn't have much to prove at this stage of his career. His 34 PGA Tour wins, after all, are the most of any golfer competing at The Concession.
Lifting the Senior PGA Championship trophy would be quite an achievement, nonetheless.
PGA Tour Champions wins: 1
Major wins: PGA Championship (1991) and The Open Championship (1995)
Last win: Insperity Invitational on May 7, 2017
Christmas Day will come early in Lakewood Ranch. That's because Santa Claus is en route for an April visit.
Well, the Santa Claus of professional golf, that is.
John Daly is a singular personality. Standing out from the field with his white beard and mullet, he dons outrageous outfits which violate just about every country club dress code in existence — not that he much cares.
To call him the most interesting man in golf would be no understatement. Much of his career was fueled by cigarettes and Diet Coke. He lost $55 million through gambling from 1991 to 2007, and has officially partnered with Hooters since 2022.
Daly's golf game is wildly unpredictable, though his drive off the tee has always set him apart. Fans will flock to see him regardless of whether he's under or over par.
