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Zach Johnson takes four-shot lead into Sunday at Kaulig Companies Championship
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Things to know
- PGA TOUR Champions rookie Zach Johnson posts a bogey-free, 7-under 63 to take a four-shot lead into the final round of the Kaulig Companies Championship as he seeks his first PGA TOUR Champions major title and third win of the 2026 season.
- Defending champion Miguel Angel Jiménez matches the tournament’s low 18-hole score of 62 to move into second entering the final round.
Zach Johnson, 67-67-63 – 197 (-13)
- Posts a bogey-free, 7-under 63 in the third round, playing his opening nine in 5-under 30
- The 50-year-old rookie seeks his third win on PGA TOUR Champions (ninth start) since turning 50 on February 24
- Previous wins: 2026 James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational, 2026 Principal Charity Classic
- Has finished in the top 10 in each of his eight starts in 2026
- The 12-time PGA TOUR winner seeks his first senior major title (second start)
- Previous senior major finish: T8 (2026 Senior PGA Championship)
- Won two majors on the PGA TOUR (2007 Masters Tournament, 2015 Open Championship)
- Seeks his first 72-hole victory on PGA TOUR Champions; both of his 2026 wins came in 54-hole events
- Marks his fourth time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions (2-for-3)
- Led at the 2026 James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational – won
- Led at the 2026 Mitsubishi Electric Classic (Modified Stableford scoring) – finished third
- Co-led at the 2026 Principal Charity Classic – won
- Looks to become the second three-time winner of the 2026 season on PGA TOUR Champions, joining Stewart Cink (four wins)
- Entered the week ranked No. 3 in the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup standings
- Making his first appearance at the Kaulig Companies Championship
- Made 15 appearances at Firestone Country Club on the PGA TOUR (2004-18) and earned five top-10 finishes; best finish: second (2017 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational)
- In last week’s PGA TOUR event (John Deere Classic), he finished T9.
Other notes
- Defending champion Miguel Angel Jiménez (second) matches the tournament’s low 18-hole score with 62 and enters the final round at 9-under; marks the first time the 62-year-old shot his age or better as he seeks his 18th win on PGA TOUR Champions (223rd start) and fourth senior major title (51st major start).
- Previous instances of 62 (three times): Retief Goosen (2019, Round 2), Fred Couples (2013, Round 2), Olin Browne (2012, Round 2)
- Last win on PGA TOUR Champions: 2025 Kaulig Companies Championship, defeated Steven Alker on the second playoff hole
- Previous senior major wins: 2018 Regions Tradition, 2018 ISPS HANDA Senior Open, 2025 Kaulig Companies Championship
- Looks to become the first player to successfully defend his title at this event since Bernhard Langer (2014-16)
- Thirty-six-hole leader Cameron Percy (third) cards an even-par 70; seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (51st start) and looks to become the fifth first-time winner on Tour this season; the Australian owns three career runner-up finishes and is 0-2 in playoffs; entered the week ranked No. 28 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
- Darren Clarke (T4) and Tag Ridings (T4) card matching 2-under 68s to enter the final round at 6 under.
- Charles Schwab Cup leader Stewart Cink (T6), who won the 2004 World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational (played at Firestone Country Club), posts a 2-under 68 and enters the final round at 5 under; seeks his ninth win on PGA TOUR Champions (47th start), fifth win of the 2026 season (11th start), and third senior major title of the 2026 season (Senior PGA Championship, Regions Tradition); runner-up finish to Padraig Harrington at last week’s U.S. Senior Open, and has led the Charles Schwab Cup standings for all 14 weeks of the 2026 season.
- A win would make him the fifth player to win three senior majors in the same year (Gary Player/1988, Jack Nicklaus/1991, Bernhard Langer/2017, Steve Stricker/2023) and the first with five wins in a season since Steve Stricker won six times in 2023.
- Akron, Ohio, native Ryan Armour, who turned 50 years old on February 27, sits T36 at 2 over.
- World Golf Hall of Fame member and 68-year-old Bernhard Langer (T14)shoots his age-or-better for the 45th time (ninth time in 2026), carding a 3-under 67; his three wins at the Kaulig Companies Championship are the most in tournament history (2014, 2015, 2016).
