Lowest Winning Scores in Senior Players Championship
Among all the winners of the Senior Players Championship, who has won it with the lowest score? Two golfers share that record, and one of them is Jack Nicklaus.
The other is Kenny Perry. Nicklaus in 1990 and Perry in 2013 both won this major championship of men's senior (50-and-over) professional golf with 72-hole stroke totals of 261. Nicklaus recorded that score on a par-72 course, and his score in relation to par — 27-under — is also a record for this event.
Nicklaus' 261 gave him a six-stroke victory over runner-up Lee Trevino. In Perry's case, he won by five shots over second-place Fred Funk.
List: Best 72-Hole Scores By Senior Players Championship Winners
- 261 — Jack Nicklaus, 1990, 27-under-par at Dearborn Country Club in Dearborn, Michigan
- 261 — Kenny Perry, 2013, 19-under-par at Fox Chapel Country Club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 265 — Bernhard Langer, 2014, 15-under-par at Fox Chapel Country Club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 265 — Bernhard Langer, 2015, 19-under-par at Belmont Country Club in Belmont, Massachusetts
- 266 — Joe Daley, 2012, 14-under-par Fox Chapel Country Club in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 267 — Gil Morgan, 1998, 21-under-par at TPC of Michigan in Dearborn, Michigan
- 267 — Hale Irwin, 1999, 21-under-par at TPC of Michigan in Dearborn, Michigan
- 267 — Loren Roberts, 2007, 13-under-par at Baltimore Country Club in Timonium, Maryland
- 267 — Jay Haas, 2009, 13-under-par at Baltimore Country Club in Timonium, Maryland
In 2013, when Perry tied Nicklaus' Senior Players Championship scoring record, he carded rounds of 71-63-63-64.
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