Stewart Cink takes three-stroke lead entering final round at Boeing Classic

Stewart Cink, ranked No. 4 in the Charles Schwab Cup, matched the low round of the day with a bogey-free 64 to take a three-stroke lead over Steven Alker (No. 3 in Charles Schwab) and Paul Goydos entering the final round of the 20th Boeing Classic.

Stewart Cink, 68-64 – 132 (12 under)

• The 52-year-old seeks his third win on PGA TOUR Champions (28th start)
  • Previous wins (two): 2024 Ally Challenge, 2025 Insperity Invitational
• Seeks his second win of the 2025 season (13th start)
  • Has nine top-10s in 12 starts this season
  • Entered the week No. 4 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings
• Looks to become the fifth multiple winner of the 2025 season, joining Miguel Angel Jiménez (four), Ángel Cabrera (three), Padraig Harrington (two) and Steve Allan (two)
• Matched his low 18-hole score of the 2025 season (39th round)
  • Cink’s previous round of 64 in 2025: Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (final round)
• His three-stroke lead is the largest 36-hole lead of the 2025 season on PGA TOUR Champions. The previous largest 36-hole lead of 2025 was two strokes (Miguel Angel Jiménez, 2025 Principal Charity Classic; Ángel Cabrera, 2025 James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational)
• This is his fifth time leading/co-leading, entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions (1-for-4)
  • Led at the 2024 Cologuard Classic (finished T7)
  • Led at the 2024 Ally Challenge (won)
  • Co-led at the 2024 Stifel Charity Classic (finished third)
  • Co-led at the 2025 U.S. Senior Open (finished second) – 72-hole event
• Will play in the last group of the final round for the third time this season (0-for-2)
  • Cologuard Classic (finished T8)
  • U.S. Senior Open (finished second)
• Is making his tournament debut at the Boeing Classic

Other notes

• Charles Schwab No. 3 Alker posted 68 and sits T2 at 9-under. Making his fifth appearance at the Boeing Classic, Alker has finished (chronologically) T7 (2021), fifth (2022), T3 (2023) and T2 (2024).
  • The 2021 Boeing Classic was Alker’s PGA TOUR Champions debut after Monday qualifying into the field.
• 61-year-old Goydos (T2) posted 69 and enters the final round at 9-under. Goydos seeks his sixth win on PGA TOUR Champions (248th start).
  • Last win: 2017 3M Championship
• First-round, co-leaders Jerry Kelly and Matt Gogel each carded 1-under 71 and sit T4 at 8-under along with Steve Allan. Allan seeks his third win of the 2025 season after capturing The Galleri Classic (March 28-30) and DICK’S Open (July 11-13).
• World Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els is one of four players sitting T7 at 7-under.
• 2022 champion and Charles Schwab Cup leader Miguel Angel Jiménez is T11 at 6-under.
• Two-time defending champion Stephen Ames is T19 at 5-under.
• Y.E. Yang matched Cink for the low round of the day (64) to move from T69 to T19 on the leaderboard.