Zach Johnson fired a bogey-free 65 to beat Stewart Cink by two shots, claiming his fourth win of 2026 and third victory in his last four starts.
Zach Johnson’s PGA TOUR Champions rookie season has officially gone from impressive to ridiculous.
Johnson erased a one-shot deficit with a bogey-free, 7-under 65 on Sunday, finishing at 19-under 197 and beating Stewart Cink by two strokes.
The victory was Johnson’s fourth of the 2026 season and his third across his last four starts.
He’s only been eligible for the circuit since turning 50 in February.
Johnson attacked immediately, opening his final round with three consecutive birdies and never giving the field much room to breathe.
His 65 matched Justin Leonard for the lowest score of the day and transformed a tight leaderboard into another statement victory.
The two-time major champion now joins Cink as the only four-time winners on PGA TOUR Champions this season.
Johnson remains second in the Charles Schwab Cup standings, but his current form suggests that race could tighten quickly.
His season has been almost impossibly consistent.
Johnson owns 11 top-10 finishes in 11 starts, with his worst result being a tie for eighth at the Senior PGA Championship.
He’s also collected a runner-up finish at the Hoag Classic and two third-place results.
When Johnson wins, he hasn’t exactly been sneaking across the finish line.
He captured the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational and Principal Charity Classic by four shots apiece, then dominated the Kaulig Companies Championship by six.
Sunday’s two-shot victory was his closest margin yet.
Johnson also became the first Champions Tour rookie to win four times in a season since Padraig Harrington accomplished the feat in 2022.
Cink strengthened his position atop the Charles Schwab Cup standings with another runner-up finish, his third of the year.
He also surpassed $3 million in season earnings for the second straight year, reaching $3,120,808.
Harrington finished third, continuing his own strong run with a third top-three result in four starts.
Tim O’Neal placed fourth on the eve of his 54th birthday, while Sweden’s Mikael Lundberg tied for fifth to earn his first career top-10 on PGA TOUR Champions.
Rory Sabbatini entered the final round tied for the lead and chasing his first Champions Tour victory, but a 4-over 76 sent him sliding into a tie for 13th.
Tournament host and course designer Ernie Els closed with a 68 and tied for 17th.
Johnson won 12 times on the PGA TOUR, including the 2007 Masters and 2015 Open Championship. Now he’s building a second act that looks every bit as relentless.
