Stewart Cink birdied the first playoff hole to beat Miguel Angel Jiménez at the Boeing Classic, earning his fifth PGA TOUR Champions win of 2026.
Stewart Cink is turning the 2026 PGA TOUR Champions season into his own personal highlight reel.
Cink captured the Boeing Classic with a birdie on the first playoff hole, taking down Miguel Angel Jiménez at No. 18 after both players finished regulation at 12-under.
The victory was Cink’s fifth win of the season, making him the first PGA TOUR Champions player to reach that mark in a single year since Steve Stricker in 2023.
And Cink didn’t exactly cruise into Sunday with control of the tournament.
The 53-year-old began the final round four shots back and tied for 10th. Then he detonated.
Cink fired a 7-under 65, making eight birdies against just one bogey to post 12-under 204. When Jiménez matched him, Cink went right back to the par-5 18th and finished the job with a playoff birdie.
It was also Cink’s ninth career PGA TOUR Champions victory in just his 50th start and his third playoff win on the senior circuit.
His 2026 résumé is getting ridiculous.
Cink had already won the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, the Hoag Classic, the Senior PGA Championship and the Regions Tradition. Now he’s added the Boeing Classic, erasing a little unfinished business after finishing runner-up at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge a year ago.
Jiménez nearly stole the entire show.
The 62-year-old closed with an 8-under 64 and played the back nine in an absurd 8-under 28. He birdied his final six holes and set a tournament nine-hole scoring record while forcing the playoff.
That runner-up finish also moved Jiménez from No. 12 to No. 8 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
Søren Kjeldsen finished alone in third at 11-under after a bogey-free 68, while seven players tied for fourth at 10-under, including Ernie Els, Fred Couples, David Toms, Jerry Kelly and Steven Alker.
Els made one of Sunday’s biggest moves, shooting a bogey-free 64 and jumping 53 spots on the leaderboard.
Couples gave the Seattle crowd something to celebrate too. The 66-year-old hometown favorite closed with a 67 and finished tied for fourth.
But this week belonged to Cink.
Five wins in 14 starts is more than a hot streak. At this point, Stewart Cink isn’t merely having the best season of his PGA TOUR Champions career.
He’s putting together one of the defining seasons the tour has seen in years.
