Zach Johnson wins 2026 Kaulig Companies Championship for first senior major
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Zach Johnson won the 2026 Kaulig Companies Championship on Sunday at Firestone Country Club, closing with three straight birdies to beat Boo Weekley by six shots at 15-under 265. It is the first senior major title of Johnson’s PGA Tour Champions career.
How Zach Johnson won the 2026 Kaulig Companies Championship
Johnson controlled the week on a rain-softened Firestone and then put it away in style, birdieing his last three holes to turn a comfortable lead into a six-shot runaway. Boo Weekley finished second at 9-under after a closing 66, and Rory Sabbatini took third at 8-under.
This one is a senior major, the biggest kind of prize on the PGA Tour Champions calendar, and it caps a rookie season on the over-50 tour that has gone about as well as it possibly could. Johnson turned 50 in February and already has multiple Champions titles this year.
What the win means for Zach Johnson
Johnson never needed to prove he could win. He owns a Masters and an Open Championship from his PGA Tour days. What this does is stamp him as a headline act on the senior circuit right away, and a major makes it official. He now looks like one of the players to beat at the rest of this year’s senior majors.
Betting and DFS angle on PGA Tour Champions
For Champions futures, Johnson is no longer a value play. He has been one of the best players on the over-50 tour all season, and a senior major win will price him near the top of the board at the next one, so the edge is gone if you were waiting on him to break through. The angle now is finding who can go with him, not backing him at a short number.
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Zach Johnson 2026 Kaulig Companies Championship FAQ
How much did Zach Johnson win at the 2026 Kaulig Companies Championship?
Johnson earned $525,000 as the winner’s share of the $3.5 million purse.
Is the Kaulig Companies Championship a senior major?
Yes. It is one of the PGA Tour Champions majors, and it was played this year at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.
What majors has Zach Johnson won?
He won the 2007 Masters and the 2015 Open Championship on the PGA Tour, and this is his first major on the senior tour.
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