Peter Koutroumpis (@pksport)
RALEIGH, NC – The PGA Tour Champions is in town, as the regular season concludes this week at the 2026 SAS Championship, the 26th playing of the event starting Friday at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary.
Being held at Prestonwood every year since its debut in 2001, this year’s event once again brings 78 players in the field, including seven Hall of Famers, 18 PGA Tour Champions Major winners, 10 PGA Tour Major winners, along with 54 PGA Tour winners vying for spots to compete in the upcoming 2026 Charles Schwab Cup playoffs.
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Leaderboard – 2026 SAS Championship
Round 1 Tee Times: Split tees – Hole 1 / Hole 10 – starting at 10:30 a.m.
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Forging the path to the postseason
Seven World Golf Hall of Fame members are in the field, including 2020 champion Ernie Els, 2017 champion Colin Montgomerie and two-time winner Bernhard Langer (2012, 2018)
Nine past champions will tee it up, led by defending 2025 SAS champion Alex Cejka, who won by three strokes at 9-under 207 a year ago.
At the conclusion of the SAS Championship, the top 72 players in the Charles Schwab Cup standings will advance to the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs, which begin next week at the Stifel Charity Classic in St. Louis.
The top 54 after St. Louis advance to the Simmons Bank Championship in Little Rock, and the top 36 after Little Rock reach the Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Phoenix.
Show me the money
SAS Championship
Purse: $2,300,000 • Winner: $345,000
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Charles Schwab Cup Standings
# Player Money
1 Stewart Cink $3,798,700
2 Zach Johnson $3,314,368
3 Steven Alker $2,265,087
4 Pádraig Harrington $1,760,924
5 Retief Goosen $1,609,467
6 Boo Weekley $1,426,711
7 George McNeill $1,283,839
8 Ben Crane $1,280,429
9 Ernie Els $1,250,614
10 Miguel Angel Jiménez $1,151,767
BOLD denotes player in 2026 field
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Broadcast Schedule (ET)
Friday: 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Saturday: 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Sunday: 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. (Golf Channel)
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