Reigning Charles Schwab Cup winner and PGA TOUR Champions Player of the Year Stewart Cink and first timer at Hualalai Freddie Jacobson share the lead entering the final round of the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai.

Stewart Cink, 66-63 – 129 (-15)

• The 52-year-old seeks his fifth win on PGA TOUR Champions (37th start).
  • Wins by season: one win in 2024, three wins in 2025
• This is his low 36-hole score on PGA TOUR Champions (129).
  • Previous low: 130 (2024 Charles Schwab Cup Championship)
• This is his seventh time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions (1-for-6).
  • Is 1-for-5 in 54-hole events (won the 2024 Ally Challenge)
• Cink looks to become the first player to win back-to-back tournaments on PGA TOUR Champions since Ángel Cabrera (2025 Regions Tradition, 2025 Senior PGA Championship).
  • Cink won the 2025 Charles Schwab Cup Championship (final event of 2025 PGA TOUR Champions season).
• Making his third appearance at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, he has finished T5 (2024) and T8 (2025).
• Leads the field in driving distance (313.5 yards) and birdies (16).

Freddie Jacobson, 65-64 – 129 (-15)

• The 51-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (25th start).
  • Best finish: T2 (2025 Hoag Classic)
• A win on Sunday would be his first win on a PGA TOUR-sanctioned Tour since the 2011 Travelers Championship.
  • Would snap a winless streak of 5,326 days (or 14 years, six months, 29 days)
• This is his low 36-hole score in an individual stroke play event on PGA TOUR Champions (129).
  • Previous low: 131 (2025 Rogers Charity Classic)
• This is his first time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions.
  • Previous best 36-hole position in a 54-hole event: third (2025 Hoag Classic) – finished T2
  • Previous best 54-hole position in a 72-hole event: T3 (2025 Kaulig Companies Championship) – finished fifth
• Is one of seven players in the field making his debut at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
• Looks to become the seventh player to win in his debut at Hualalai since 1997.
• • Previous instances: John Jacobs (1999), Loren Roberts (2006), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2015), Duffy Waldorf (2016), Jerry Kelly (2018), Darren Clarke (2021)
• Looks to become the second player from Sweden to win on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Previous instance: Jesper Parnevik (2016 Insperity Invitational)
• Looks to become the first player to earn his first win on PGA TOUR Champions since Tommy Gainey (2025 Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS)

Other notes

• First timer at Hualalai, Ángel Cabrera (T3) carded the low round of the day with 10-under 62, which included a front-nine 29. The 56-year-old seeks his fourth win on PGA TOUR Champions (45th start).
  • o Last win: 2025 Senior PGA Championship
• Eighteen-hole leader Stephen Ames (T3) posted 66 and enters the final round at 14-under. The 61-year-old seeks his 10th win on PGA TOUR Champions (245th start).
  • Last win: 2024 Boeing Classic
• Sixty-six-year-old Fred Couples (fifth) carded 66 to shoot his age or better for the second consecutive day and fifth time overall on PGA TOUR Champions. The World Golf Hall of Fame member, who has finished runner-up four times at Hualalai (2010, 2014, 2017, 2020), seeks his 15th win on PGA TOUR Champions (163rd start).
  • Last win: 2022 SAS Championship
• Sixty-eight-year-old Bernhard Langer (T11) carded 64 to shoot his age or better for the 36th time on PGA TOUR Champions. The World Golf Hall of Fame member is a three-time winner of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (2009, 2014, 2017).
• Seventy-two-year-old Jay Haas (T15) posted 69 to shoot his age or better for the second consecutive day and 40th time overall on PGA TOUR Champions.
• Three players among the 42-player field have gone the first 36 holes without a bogey or worse: three-time champion (2015, 2020, 2022) Miguel Angel Jiménez (T8), Ricardo Gonzalez (T11) and David Duval (T11).
  • Last player to play a 54-hole event with a bogey or worse on PGA TOUR Champions: Ricardo Gonzalez (2025 Principal Charity Classic) – finished T8