Champions Tour AT&T Championship (SBC Championship) Tournament

This Champions Tour tournament is best-remembered as either the AT&T Championship or the SBC Championship, two of the many names it had during its 30-plus-year run on the senior circuit.

First played: 1985

Last played: 2015

The San Antonio stop was always a very popular one with Champions Tour golfers, as the roster of champions below makes clear: many of the tour's top players won this event or at least played it most years. During most of its history, the tournament was positioned as the final full-field tournament on the Champions Tour schedule, and was always played in October.

Lee Trevino was the only three-time winner. Two-time winners Jim Albus and John Cook both won their titles in back-to-back fashion, and Trevino did the same for his first two titles.

The SBC Championship/AT&T Championship was a 54-hole tournament. Fred Couples set the scoring with with a winning total of 193 in 2011. Couples also holds the 18-hole record with a 62 in 2011. ... Bernhard Langer won the tournament the last time it was played after having previously lost twice in playoffs. ... The tournament was discontinued when no title sponsor could be found following the 2015 event.

Also known as: It was first played under the name Dominion Seniors and last played as the San Antonio Championship. Between, other official tournament names included Southwestern Bell Dominion, SBC Dominion Seniors, Vantage at The Dominion, RJR at The Dominion and Benson & Hedges Invitational.

Winners of the Senior AT&T Championship/SBC Championship

2015 — Bernhard Langer, 204
2014 — Michael Allen, 201
2013 — Kenny Perry, 203
2012 — David Frost, 208
2011 — Fred Couples, 193
2010 — Rod Spittle, 201
2009 — Phil Blackmar, 203
2008 — John Cook, 197
2007 — John Cook, 198
2006 — Fred Funk, 201
2005 — Jay Haas, 199
2004 — Mark McNulty, 195
2003 — Craig Stadler, 198
2002 — Dana Quigley, 201
2001 — Larry Nelson, 199
2000 — Doug Tewell, 202
1999 — John Mahaffey, 204
1998 — Lee Trevino, 205
1997 — David Graham, 206
1996 — Tom Weiskopf, 207
1995 — Jim Albus, 205
1994 — Jim Albus, 208
1993 — J.C. Snead, 2014
1992 — Lee Trevino, 201
1991 — Lee Trevino, 137 (shortened by weather)
1990 — Jim Dent, 205
1989 — Larry Mowry, 201
1988 — Billy Casper, 205
1987 — Chi Chi Rodriguez, 203
1986 — Bruce Crampton, 202
1985 — Don January, 206

Golf courses: The tournament was last played on the AT&T Canyons Course that is part of TPC San Antonio. The Dominion Country Club was the original site and that club's name appeared in the tournament's title in many early years. Dominion hosted from 1985-2001, then Oak Hills Country Club took over before itself being replaced by TPC San Antonio in 2011.

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