Pádraig Harrington eagled the par-5 1st hole and went on to fire three birdies and two bogeys for a 67 to win the ISPS HANDA Senior Open by three shots at 16-under.
This was the Irishman’s second consecutive major title on PGA Tour Champions this year having won the US Senior Open last month. He becomes the fifth player to win the Open Championship (2007, 2008) and ISPS HANDA Senior Open, joining Bob Charles, Gary Player, Tom Watson and Darren Clarke.
Harrington is the only player on PGA Tour Champions with multiple wins in each season since 2022; 4 wins (2022), 2 wins (2023), 3 wins (2024), 2 wins (2025).
“As you get older you realise a lot of things, [including] legacy,” said Harrington.
“You want to win on a great golf course like Sunningdale, you want to do things that stand out and having won The Open, and now winning the Senior Open it does give some validation. It is certainly satisfying to do it, extend your career that way.
“There are some great names on the trophy. I was looking at the board inside with all the winners and it’s a deep sense of satisfaction knowing that I’ve done both.”
Third Major win in the senior ranks for @padraig_h…
2022 US Senior Open
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American Justin Leonard made two bogeys and closed with a 68 to post 13-under and finish runner-up. The 53-year-old, who finished T59 at last week’s Open Championship, earned his best finish in a major on PGA Tour Champions.
Denmark’s Thomas Bjørn tied for second after carding a 67 for the second consecutive day. This is his fourth top-4 finish in his last six starts.
For the second consecutive day, Australia’s Scott Hend matched the low round, shooting 64-65 on the weekend and finishing fourth at 12-under.
18-hole leader Steven Alker of New Zealand carded a 68 having made two bogeys and finished seventh at 10-under. He notched his 11th top-10 finish of the season (13 starts) to match Charles Schwab Cup leader Miguel Angel Jiménez (T24) for the most top-10s among all players in 2025.

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| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig Harrington | -16 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 67 | 264 |
| T2 | Thomas Bjørn | -13 | 70 | 63 | 67 | 67 | 267 |
| T2 | Justin Leonard | -13 | 69 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 267 |
| 4 | Scott Hend | -12 | 68 | 71 | 64 | 65 | 268 |
| T5 | Cameron Percy | -11 | 69 | 65 | 70 | 65 | 269 |
| T5 | Ernie Els | -11 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 66 | 269 |
| 7 | Steven Alker | -10 | 63 | 73 | 66 | 68 | 270 |
| T8 | Steve Allan | -9 | 68 | 67 | 70 | 66 | 271 |
| T8 | Kevin Sutherland | -9 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 69 | 271 |
| T8 | Greg Chalmers | -9 | 70 | 66 | 66 | 69 | 271 |
| 11 | Y.E. Yang | -8 | 70 | 66 | 71 | 65 | 272 |
| T12 | Richard Green | -7 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 66 | 273 |
| T12 | Stephen Gallacher | -7 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 67 | 273 |
| T14 | Paul Lawrie | -6 | 69 | 67 | 71 | 67 | 274 |
| T14 | Alex Cejka | -6 | 72 | 65 | 70 | 67 | 274 |
| T14 | Keith Horne | -6 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 70 | 274 |
| T17 | Simon Griffiths | -5 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 66 | 275 |
| T17 | Bo Van Pelt | -5 | 73 | 67 | 69 | 66 | 275 |
| T17 | Jerry Kelly | -5 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 275 |
| T17 | Michael Wright | -5 | 72 | 65 | 68 | 70 | 275 |
| T17 | Darren Fichardt | -5 | 68 | 70 | 66 | 71 | 275 |
| T22 | Steve Webster | -4 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 276 |
| T22 | Clark Dennis | -4 | 70 | 68 | 64 | 74 | 276 |
| T24 | Bradley Dredge | -3 | 73 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 277 |
| T24 | K.J. Choi | -3 | 66 | 67 | 75 | 69 | 277 |
| T24 | Arjun Atwal | -3 | 67 | 72 | 69 | 69 | 277 |
| T24 | Miguel Angel Jiménez | -3 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 277 |
| T24 | Ricardo Gonzalez | -3 | 67 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 277 |
| T24 | Bernhard Langer | -3 | 72 | 68 | 66 | 71 | 277 |
| T24 | Mark Hensby | -3 | 64 | 72 | 69 | 72 | 277 |
| T31 | Stephen Ames | -2 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 67 | 278 |
| T31 | Tim Petrovic | -2 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 278 |
| T31 | Tim O'Neal | -2 | 67 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 278 |
| T31 | Ángel Cabrera | -2 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 278 |
| T31 | Colin Montgomerie | -2 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 278 |
| T31 | J.J. Henry | -2 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 278 |
| T31 | Shane Bertsch | -2 | 70 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 278 |
| T31 | Retief Goosen | -2 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 278 |
| T31 | John Rollins | -2 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 278 |
| T40 | Tag Ridings | -1 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 279 |
| T40 | Bob Estes | -1 | 70 | 68 | 73 | 68 | 279 |
| T40 | Jason Caron | -1 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 68 | 279 |
| T40 | Corey Pavin | -1 | 68 | 68 | 74 | 69 | 279 |
| T40 | Matt Gogel | -1 | 71 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 279 |
| T40 | Charlie Wi | -1 | 67 | 71 | 68 | 73 | 279 |
| T40 | Paul Goydos | -1 | 71 | 68 | 67 | 73 | 279 |
| T47 | Mark Brown | Par | 70 | 69 | 74 | 67 | 280 |
| T47 | Ken Tanigawa | Par | 69 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 280 |
| T47 | Maarten Lafeber | Par | 68 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 280 |
| 50 | Peter Baker | +1 | 71 | 70 | 74 | 66 | 281 |
| T51 | Matthew Cort | +2 | 70 | 69 | 76 | 67 | 282 |
| T51 | Joakim Haeggman | +2 | 69 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 282 |
| T51 | Joe Durant | +2 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 282 |
| T51 | Darren Clarke | +2 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 282 |
| T51 | Chad Campbell | +2 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 73 | 282 |
| T56 | Jeev Milkha Singh | +3 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 69 | 283 |
| T56 | David Drysdale | +3 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 283 |
| T56 | Paul Stankowski | +3 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 283 |
| T56 | James Kingston | +3 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 283 |
| T56 | Phillip Price | +3 | 69 | 71 | 68 | 75 | 283 |
| T61 | Anthony Wall | +4 | 68 | 71 | 75 | 70 | 284 |
| T61 | Mikael Lundberg | +4 | 74 | 66 | 74 | 70 | 284 |
| T61 | Stuart Appleby | +4 | 70 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 284 |
| T61 | Jyoti Randhawa | +4 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 284 |
| T61 | Mark Wilson | +4 | 73 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 284 |
| T61 | Tom Pernice Jr. | +4 | 68 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 284 |
| T61 | Steve Flesch | +4 | 72 | 69 | 68 | 75 | 284 |
| T61 | Greg Owen | +4 | 71 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 284 |
| 69 | Billy Mayfair | +5 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 285 |
| T70 | Robert Coles | +6 | 71 | 69 | 75 | 71 | 286 |
| T70 | Ariel Cañete | +6 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 286 |
| T70 | Ian Woosnam | +6 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 286 |
| T73 | Euan McIntosh | +7 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 287 |
| T73 | Thomas Gögele | +7 | 70 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 287 |
| 75 | Billy Andrade | +10 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 77 | 290 |
| CUT | Mario Tiziani | +2 | 70 | 72 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Andrew Marshall | +2 | 71 | 71 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | David Duval | +2 | 73 | 69 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Søren Kjeldsen | +2 | 75 | 67 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Paul McGinley | +2 | 72 | 70 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Scott McCarron | +2 | 74 | 68 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Scott Dunlap | +2 | 74 | 68 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Bryan Hoops(a) | +2 | 70 | 72 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Brian Gay | +2 | 71 | 71 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Scott Drummond | +2 | 72 | 70 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Rod Pampling | +2 | 68 | 74 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Simon Khan | +2 | 72 | 70 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Phillip Archer | +2 | 72 | 70 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Ken Duke | +2 | 73 | 69 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Markus Brier | +2 | 73 | 69 | - | - | 142 |
| CUT | Rob Labritz | +3 | 71 | 72 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Michael Long | +3 | 71 | 72 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Fred Funk | +3 | 71 | 72 | - | - | 143 |
| CUT | Shinichi Yokota | +4 | 72 | 72 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Greig Hutcheon | +4 | 73 | 71 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Miguel Angel Martin | +4 | 71 | 73 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Gordon Burns | +4 | 70 | 74 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Paul Broadhurst | +4 | 70 | 74 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Chris DiMarco | +4 | 72 | 72 | - | - | 144 |
| CUT | Doug Barron | +5 | 69 | 76 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Ik Jae Jang | +5 | 72 | 73 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Brian Davis | +5 | 75 | 70 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Van Phillips | +5 | 76 | 69 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Robert Karlsson | +5 | 72 | 73 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Jeff Maggert | +5 | 70 | 75 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Gary Orr | +5 | 74 | 71 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Adilson da Silva | +5 | 69 | 76 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Anders Hansen | +5 | 72 | 73 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Brad Adamonis | +5 | 74 | 71 | - | - | 145 |
| CUT | Gary Evans | +6 | 72 | 74 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Hiroyuki Fujita | +6 | 74 | 72 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Shaun Micheel | +6 | 71 | 75 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Stephen Dodd | +6 | 75 | 71 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | David Howell | +6 | 73 | 73 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Lionel Alexandre | +6 | 74 | 72 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Michael Campbell | +6 | 70 | 76 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Emanuele Canonica | +6 | 72 | 74 | - | - | 146 |
| CUT | Jeff Williams | +7 | 71 | 76 | - | - | 147 |
| CUT | Rafael Benitez | +7 | 72 | 75 | - | - | 147 |
| CUT | Thomas Levet | +7 | 74 | 73 | - | - | 147 |
| CUT | Patrik Sjöland | +7 | 74 | 73 | - | - | 147 |
| CUT | José María Olazábal | +7 | 74 | 73 | - | - | 147 |
| CUT | Jarmo Sandelin | +7 | 72 | 75 | - | - | 147 |
| CUT | Niclas Fasth | +7 | 71 | 76 | - | - | 147 |
| CUT | Felipe Aguilar | +8 | 74 | 74 | - | - | 148 |
| CUT | Andre Bossert | +8 | 76 | 72 | - | - | 148 |
| CUT | Rodrigo Lacerda Soares(a) | +8 | 75 | 73 | - | - | 148 |
| CUT | Tom Kalinowski | +9 | 79 | 70 | - | - | 149 |
| CUT | Jeff Sluman | +9 | 76 | 73 | - | - | 149 |
| CUT | Philip Golding | +10 | 74 | 76 | - | - | 150 |
| CUT | Michael Jonzon | +10 | 70 | 80 | - | - | 150 |
| CUT | Freddie Jacobson | +11 | 78 | 73 | - | - | 151 |
| CUT | Richard Warburton(a) | +11 | 75 | 76 | - | - | 151 |
| CUT | Carlos Balmaseda | +11 | 75 | 76 | - | - | 151 |
| CUT | Carl Suneson | +11 | 74 | 77 | - | - | 151 |
| CUT | David Bransdon | +11 | 75 | 76 | - | - | 151 |
| CUT | Rich Beem | +11 | 76 | 75 | - | - | 151 |
| CUT | Paul Streeter | +12 | 75 | 77 | - | - | 152 |
| CUT | Gary Wolstenholme | +12 | 79 | 73 | - | - | 152 |
| CUT | Paul Smith | +12 | 77 | 75 | - | - | 152 |
| CUT | John Kennedy(a) | +13 | 80 | 73 | - | - | 153 |
| CUT | Ryan Dreyer | +13 | 74 | 79 | - | - | 153 |
| CUT | Graham Laing | +21 | 79 | 82 | - | - | 161 |
| W/D | Nobuhiro Masuda | - | - | - | - | - | - |
