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Almost three decades after being named Rookie of the Year on the PGA Tour, Stewart Cink had a career year on the PGA Champions Tour in 2025.

Last week, the Alabama native won the Jack Nicklaus Award, which is annually given to the tour’s Player of the Year.

“I am thrilled to be named PGA TOUR Champions Player of the Year and to receive the prestigious Jack Nicklaus Award. It is humbling to think of some of the game’s all-time greats who have earned this honor before me, and to know it came by a vote of my peers makes it even more special. I began the 2025 season with the lofty goal of winning the Charles Schwab Cup. Realizing that goal and now being voted Player of the Year will rank among the very top of my career achievements. I am incredibly blessed to compete on PGA TOUR Champions and excited to begin the 2026 season.”
Stewart Cink

Stewart Cink

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Cink won three times on PGA TOUR Champions in 2025, including the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship. His season included:

2025 Charles Schwab Cup Champion
2025 Jack Nicklaus Award (Player of the Year)
2025 Arnold Palmer Award (season money winner)
Scoring average: 68.77 (2nd)
Winnings: $3,247,147 (1st)
3 victories (Insperity Invitational, The Ally Challenge, Charles Schwab Cup Championship)
15 top-10 finishes in 21 starts

Cink, who was born in Huntsville and went to Bradshaw High School in Florence, won his first professional event in 1996. He had eight PGA Tour wins including one Major, winning The Open Championship in 2009.

He joined the PGA Champions Tour in 2024.

Mitsubishi Electric Championship

Cink didn’t take much time to celebrate his 2025 season, immediately playing in the tour’s first event of 2026. And it was Cink once again at the top of the leaderboard.

The 52-year-old shot 8-under in the final round and finished at 23-under 193 at Hualalai, winning by three strokes.