Darren Clarke, Ben Crane win American Family Insurance Championship

Things to Know

• Format: The American Family Insurance Championship was played in a two-man team format. The winning team shared $600,000 ($300,000 per player) of the $3 million purse.
  • Round 1: Best ball
  • Round 2: Scramble
  • Round 3: Best ball

Darren Clarke/Ben Crane, 62-54-67 – 183 (-30)

• Fifty-seven-year-old Clarke earned his sixth win on PGA TOUR Champions (160 starts)
  • Last win: 2025 American Family Insurance Championship (with partner Thomas Bjørn)
    • Note: Bjørn is recovering from spinal surgery and not in the 2026 field
• Clarke earned his first win of the 2026 season (10 starts)
  • Previous best finish: T3 (Insperity Invitational)
  • Moves up to No. 10 in the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup standings
• Clarke earned his second win at the American Family Insurance Championship (fifth appearance; second appearance as team event)
  • Previous win: 2025 (with partner Thomas Bjørn)
• Clarke becomes the second two-time winner of the American Family Insurance Championship, joining Jerry Kelly (2019, 2021)
  • Note: The American Family Insurance Championship was an individual event from 2016 to 2024
• Clarke’s position by round in the team era of the American Family Insurance Championship (chronologically): first-first-won-T6-first-won
• Clarke achieves the second successful title defense of the 2026 season on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Previous instance: Steven Alker (Cologuard Classic)
• Clarke improved to 5-for-7 when leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions (4-for-6 in 54-hole events)
• Fifty-year-old Crane earned his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (eight starts)
  • The rookie turned 50 years old on March 6
  • Previous best finish: second (Senior PGA Championship)
• Crane snapped a winless streak of 11 years, 11 months, 30 days (or 4,382 days) dating back to the 2014 FedEx St. Jude Classic
  • Note: The 2014 FedEx St. Jude Classic ended on June 8, 2014, one day shy of 12 years ago
• Crane becomes the 25th player to win on the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions and Korn Ferry Tour
  • Crane’s wins by Tour: five wins (PGA TOUR), one win (PGA TOUR Champions), two wins (Korn Ferry Tour)
    • Previous instance: Zach Johnson (accomplished at the 2026 James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational)
• Crane becomes the fourth first-time winner of the 2026 season on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Previous instances: Zach Johnson (James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational), Boo Weekley (Insperity Invitational), Scott Hend (Trophy Hassan II)
• This marks the third consecutive event with a first-time winner on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Previous instance: Mike Weir (2021 Insperity Invitational), Alex Cejka (2021 Regions Tradition), Dicky Pride (2021 Mitsubishi Electric Classic)
  • Last two event winners entering this week: Boo Weekley (Insperity Invitational), Scott Hend (Trophy Hassan II)
• Crane improved to 1-for-1 when leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions

Other notes

• Kenny Perry/George McNeill carded the low round of the day (9-under 62 in Best Ball) en route to a runner-up finish at 29 under.
  • This is Perry’s first top-two finish on PGA TOUR Champions since the 2020 Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge (T2 – lost in playoff).
  • This is McNeill’s second top-two finish and fifth top-10 finish on PGA TOUR Champions (nine starts).
    • Previous instance: T2 (James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational).
    • Note: Rookie McNeill turned 50 years old on October 2, 2025.
• The teams of Rory Sabbatini/Brian Gay and Cameron Percy/Greg Chalmers each finished T3 at 28 under.
• The duo of Charles Schwab Nos. 1 and 2 Stewart Cink/Zach Johnson are among the five teams that finished T5 at 27 under.
• Tournament host Steve Stricker, playing alongside Mario Tiziani, finished T17 at 23 under.