SAS Championship

SAS Championship
Tournament information
Location	Cary, North Carolina
Established	2001
Course(s)	Prestonwood Country Club
Par	72
Length	7,137 yards (6,526 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$2,100,000
Month played	October
Tournament record score
Aggregate	194 Bernhard Langer (2018)
To par	−22 as above
Current champion
	Jerry Kelly
Location map
	Prestonwood CC Location in the United States Prestonwood CC Location in North Carolina

The SAS Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour Champions. It is played annually in the autumn in Cary, North Carolina at the Prestonwood Country Club. SAS Institute is the main sponsor of the tournament.

The purse for the 2023 tournament was US$2,100,000, with $315,000 going to the winner. The tournament was founded in 2001.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
2024	Jerry Kelly (2)	203	−13	1 stroke	Pádraig Harrington
2023	Rod Pampling	201	−15	2 strokes	Steven Alker
2022	Fred Couples	196	−20	6 strokes	Steven Alker
2021	Lee Janzen	204	−12	Playoff	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
2020	Ernie Els	204	−12	1 stroke	Colin Montgomerie
2019	Jerry Kelly	200	−16	1 stroke	David McKenzie
2018	Bernhard Langer (2)	194	−22	6 strokes	Scott Parel
2017	Colin Montgomerie	200	−16	3 strokes	Doug Garwood Vijay Singh
2016	Doug Garwood	200	−16	4 strokes	Bernhard Langer
2015	Tom Lehman	204	−12	1 stroke	Joe Durant
2014	Kirk Triplett	202	−14	3 strokes	Tom Lehman
2013	Russ Cochran (2)	199	−17	1 stroke	David Frost
2012	Bernhard Langer	203	−13	2 strokes	Jay Don Blake
2011	Kenny Perry	205	−11	1 stroke	John Huston Jeff Sluman
2010	Russ Cochran	202	−14	2 strokes	Tom Pernice Jr.
2009	Tom Pernice Jr.	203	−13	1 stroke	David Frost Nick Price
2008	Eduardo Romero	201	−15	3 strokes	Tom Kite
2007	Mark Wiebe	198	−18	3 strokes	Dana Quigley
2006	Tom Jenkins	134^[a]	−10	1 stroke	Chip Beck Loren Roberts
2005	Hale Irwin	203	−13	2 strokes	Bob Gilder Tom Jenkins
2004	Craig Stadler	199	−17	6 strokes	Tom Jenkins
2003	D. A. Weibring	203	−13	1 stroke	Tom Kite Bobby Wadkins
2002	Bruce Lietzke (2)	202	−14	4 strokes	Gil Morgan Sammy Rachels Tom Watson
2001	Bruce Lietzke	201	−15	3 strokes	Allen Doyle Gary McCord

Sources:^[2]^[3]

^ "SAS Championship: Course". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 2010-09-27. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
^ "SAS Championship Past Winners". PGA Tours Championship. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
^ "History of Champions". SAS Championship. Retrieved 2019-03-16.