Vijah Singh among trio at top after Round 2 of SAS Championship, Charles Schwab Cup regular-season finale

Three players (Tim O'Neal, Vijay Singh, Freddie Jacobson) share the lead at 6 under entering the final round of the SAS Championship following a wet and windy Saturday in Cary, North Carolina.

The 138 total is the highest 36-hole score to lead a PGA Tour Champions event in 2026. The previous high of 136 came at two events: James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational with Zach Johnson leading and PURE Insurance Championship with Henrik Stenson, Ryan Armour and Y.E. Yang tied at the top.

Tim O’Neal, 70-68 – 138 (-6)

• The 54-year-old seeks his second career win on PGA Tour Champions (104th start)
  • Previous win: 2024 Dominion Energy Charity Classic
• Making his 25th start of the 2026 season; he has four top-10 finishes
  • Best finish of 2026: fourth (Portugal Invitational)
  • Entered the week ranked No. 27 in the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup standings
• Making his fourth appearance at the SAS Championship; he has finished T27 (2023), T17 (2024) and T4 (2025).
• This is his first time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA Tour Champions
  • Previous best 36-hole position: third/T3 (three times)
    • Third (2025 Trophy Hassan II) – finished T19
    • T3 (2026 American Family Insurance Championship) – finished T13 (team event with partner Alex Cejka)
    • T3 (2023 Regions Tradition) – finished T11 (72-hole event)

Vijay Singh, 69-69 – 138 (-6)

• The 63-year-old World Golf Hall of Fame member seeks his sixth career win on PGA Tour Champions (193rd start)
  • Last win: 2023 Ally Challenge
• Making his 16th start of the 2026 season; his best finish is T11 (Kaulig Companies Championship)
  • Entered the week ranked No. 57 in the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup standings
• Would be the seventh-oldest winner in PGA Tour Champions history (63 years, 7 months, 26 days)
  • The top six spots on the oldest winners list are all held by Bernhard Langer
  • Oldest winner of 2026: Jerry Kelly (ISPS HANDA Senior Open/59 years, 8 months, 3 days)
• This is his second 36-hole lead/co-lead in a 54-hole event on PGA Tour Champions (0-for-1 in converting into a win)
  • Previous instance: Co-led at the 2022 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (finished T3)
• Making his ninth appearance at the SAS Championship; he has three top-10 finishes
  • Previous top 10s: T2 (2017), third (2020), T5 (2023)

Freddie Jacobson, 68-70 – 138 (-6)

• The 52-year-old seeks his first win on PGA Tour Champions (43rd start)
  • Best finish: T2 (2025 Hoag Classic)
• Making his 19th start of the 2026 season; he has eight top-10 finishes
  • Best finish of 2026: T4 (two times)
    • Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
    • Hoag Classic
• Entered the week ranked No. 20 in the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup standings
• Looks to become the sixth first-time winner of the 2026 season on PGA Tour Champions
  • Zach Johnson (James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational)
  • Boo Weekley (The Insperity)
  • Scott Hend (Trophy Hassan II)
  • Ben Crane (American Family Insurance Championship) – team event with partner Darren Clarke
  • Vaughn Taylor (Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS)
• Earned one win on the PGA Tour in 331 starts (2011 Travelers Championship)
• With a victory on Sunday, he would snap a winless streak of 5,593 days (or 15 years, 3 months, 22 days) on PGA Tour-sanctioned Tours dating back to the 2011 Travelers Championship
• This is his second time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA Tour Champions (0-for-1 in converting into a win)
  • Previous instance: Co-led at the 2026 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (finished T4)
• Making his second appearance at the SAS Championship; he finished T17 in 2025

Other notes

• Chad Campbell and Søren Kjeldsen, both seeking their first win on PGA Tour Champions, each sit T4 at 5 under entering the final round.
• Y.E. Yang (T29) carded the low round of the day by three strokes (65), beating the second-round average (74.159) by more than nine strokes.
• The 18-hole leader and World Golf Hall of Fame member Retief Goosen (T29) did not make any birdies or better in a Saturday 79.
• Doug Barron withdrew after the second round.

Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs bubble watch

Sprint to St. Louis presented by Compliance Solutions

• The SAS Championship is the fifth and final points-based event in the Sprint to St. Louis presented by Compliance Solutions before the three finalists head to St. Louis.
• The three highest Charles Schwab Cup Points earners among the final five regular-season events will be deemed finalists following the conclusion of the SAS Championship.
• The three finalists will head to next week’s Stifel Charity Classic, with the best finisher among them claiming the $200,000 winner-take-all prize.

Sprint to St. Louis standings (entering SAS Championship)