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Vijay Singh secures first PGA Tour Champions win since 2023 at SAS Championship
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Vijay Singh makes birdie on No. 10 at SAS Championship
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World Golf Hall of Fame member Vijay Singh, who held a share of the 36-hole lead, captured the SAS Championship to become seventh-oldest winner in PGA Tour Champions history.
Vijay Singh, 69-69-69 – 207 (-9)
- The 63-year-old World Golf Hall of Fame member earned his sixth win on PGA Tour Champions (193 starts)
- 2017 Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge (team event with partner Carlos Franco)
- 2018 Hoag Classic
- 2018 Kaulig Companies Championship
- 2018 Charles Schwab Cup Championship
- 2023 Ally Challenge
- 2026 SAS Championship
- Earned his first win of the 2026 season (16 starts)
- Becomes the seventh-oldest winner in PGA Tour Champions history (63 years, 7 months, 26 days)
- Improved to 1-for-2 when holding a 36-hole lead/co-lead in a 54-hole event on PGA Tour Champions
- Previous instance: Co-led at the 2022 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (finished T3)
- Earned his first win at the SAS Championship
- This is the highest winning score of a 54-hole event on PGA Tour Champions during the 2026 season (207)
Other notes
- On the day after his 57th birthday, 2020 champion and World Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els carded a bogey-free 69 to finish runner-up at 7 under.
- This is his third top-2 finish of the season as he moves up to No. 6 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
- Defending champion Alex Cejka and Tag Ridings each finished T3.
- Cejka has finished inside the top 3 in back-to-back weeks after finishing runner-up at last week's Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS.
- Ridings earned the third and final spot in the Sprint to St. Louis presented by Compliance Solutions.
- Mario Tiziani (T5) and World Golf Hall of Fame member Padraig Harrington (T18) matched the low round of the day (68).
- 2017 champion and World Golf Hall of Fame member Colin Montgomerie withdrew during the final round.
Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs bubble watch
| Rank Entering the Week | Current Rank |
| 70. Shane Bertsch | 70th – IN |
| 71. Heath Slocum | 73rd – OUT |
| 72. Harrison Frazar | 72nd – IN |
| 73. Fred Couples | 75th – OUT |
| 74. Mathew Goggin | 69th – IN |
| 75. Tom Pernice Jr. | 74th – OUT |
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.
- Zach Johnson, Steven Alker and Tag Ridings earned the three finalist spots.
- The best tournament finisher among those three players at next week's Stifel Charity Classic will claim the $200,000 winner-take-all prize.
Sprint to St. Louis finalists
| Ranking | Player |
| 1 | Zach Johnson |
| 2 | Steven Alker |
| 3 | Tag Ridings |
