European Ryder Cup captains and teammates Darren Clarke and Thomas Bjorn won the American Family Insurance Championship on Sunday, shooting a 7-under 64 in better-ball play (Four-ball) for a four-stroke victory over four teams.
The tournament hosted by Steve Stricker — who tied for second with brother-in-law Mario Tiziani — switched to the team format this year, giving the PGA TOUR Champions its only team event. Clarke and Bjorn finished at 32-under 181 at TPC Wisconsin. They opened with a better-ball 59 and shot a 58 on Saturday in a Scramble round.
The 56-year-old Clarke, from Northern Ireland, won for the fifth time on the 50-and-over tour. The 54-year-old Bjorn, from Denmark, won his first Champions title. Striker and Tiziani closed with a 65 to match the teams of Alex Cejka-Soren Kjeldsen (59), Doug Barron-Dicky Pride (69) and Steve Flesch-Paul Goydos (64) at 28 under.
Stricker played through injuries. Bernhard Langer and Steven Alker were another stroke back after a 63. Ernie Els, the winner last year in individual play, teamed with Tim Herron for a 66 that left them 26 under.
Miguel Angel Jimenez wins Principal Charity Classic in playoff
Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday at Wakonda Club for his third PGA Tour Champions victory of the year, beating Soren Kjeldsen and Cameron Percy with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff.
Jimenez closed with a birdie on the 311-yard, par-4 18th for a 2-under 70, then made a 4-footer for another birdie on the extra hole. The 61-year-old Spanish star led wire-to-wire, opening with rounds of 63 and 66.
Jimenez has 16 career PGA Tour Champions victories, also winning the Trophy Hassan II in February in Morocco and the Hoag Classic in March in Newport Beach, California. Kjeldsen finished with a 63, and Percy shot 67 to match Jimenez at 17-under 199. Kevin Sutherland was a stroke back after a 68.
Nicolai Von Dellingshausen Hangs On To Win Austrian Alpine Open
Nicolai von Dellingshausen claimed his first DP World Tour title in his 110th attempt, winning the 2025 Austrian Alpine Open by two shots over Marcel Schneider and Kristoffer Reitan. The German closed with a brilliant five-under 65 to reach 19-under and outpace his final-round playing partner Schneider, as well as Reitan, who rocketed up the leaderboard with a sensational 60.
Reitan was briefly on 59-watch after a scorching back nine but narrowly missed a long eagle putt on the 18th. Despite the Norwegian’s charge, Von Dellingshausen remained in control, thanks to three front-nine birdies and a crucial eagle that steadied his nerves. He added another birdie on the back nine and produced key par saves, particularly a vital 12-footer on the 16th that all but sealed the win.
Overcome with emotion, Von Dellingshausen admitted he was nearly in tears. “It’s been a tough journey the last two-and-a-half years,” he said. “I’m trying really hard not to cry.” A hooked drive on 18 added late drama, but the ball stayed dry, and he closed with a par.
Denmark’s Jeff Winther finished solo fourth at 14-under, while Jayden Schaper, Callum Tarren, and Marcel Siem shared fifth. The DP World Tour continues next week at the KLM Open in the Netherlands.
Jennifer Kupcho Wins ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer
Jennifer Kupcho closed with an 8-foot birdie putt in light rain to hold off Ilhee Lee on Sunday in the ShopRite LPGA Classic, ending a drought of nearly three years without winning.
Kupcho, whose four LPGA Tour titles include a major at the Chevron Championship, birdied three of the last five holes for a 5-under 66. She took the lead with a 20-foot birdie putt from just off the green on the 14th, and avoided a playoff with the putt on 18.
Lee was the 36-hole leader going into the final round on a rain-soaked Bay Course at Seaview Hotel, so drenched that the par-3 17th was moved up to play only 76 yards. She had two early bogeys and shot 39 on the front to fall back.
But the South Korean finished strong, with five birdies on the back, including the last two holes, for a 68. It wasn’t enough to catch Kupcho, who was in her own world. Kupcho finished at 15-under 198 in one of only two LPGA events contested over 54 holes.
Carlota Ciganda Wins Meijer LPGA Classic for Her First LPGA Tour Victory in More Than 8.5 Years
In an emotional breakthrough at Blythefield Country Club, Carlota Ciganda ended her eight-and-a-half-year LPGA title drought by capturing the 2025 Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give. The Spanish star delivered a composed, clutch performance, finishing at 16-under-par after birdieing the final two holes to edge out South Korea’s Hyo Joo Choi by one shot.
Ciganda carded rounds of 69, 67, 69, and 67, her final-day 67 powered by seven birdies and two bogeys. Tied at 11-under to start the round, she surged ahead with poise, making birdies at the 17th and 18th to seal her third LPGA Tour victory. It was her first since 2016, making this win deeply meaningful.
Choi, who played flawlessly through the week, fell just short after a costly bogey on 17. “That’s the one I’m thinking about,” she admitted. Ciganda, meanwhile, hit 14 greens in regulation and needed only 28 putts in the final round, tying for the tournament lead with 23 birdies.
At 35, Ciganda became the oldest LPGA winner this season and the first Spaniard to win the Meijer. Her win comes as a boost ahead of next week’s KPMG Women’s PGA. With it, she passed $9.8 million in career earnings and helped raise $1.5 million for local food pantries.
Miguel Angel Jimenez wins 2025 Kaulig Companies Championship in playoff
Miguel Angel Jimenez put together a late charge on the final two holes and then in a playoff to win the 2025 Kaulig Companies Championship, leaving a plume of cigar smoke and several clutch birdies in his wake en route to being the last man standing on Firestone South’s 18th green.
Jimenez, a cigar-smoking star on the PGA Champions Tour and one of the most entertaining players to watch over the last few decades at any level, birdied the tournament’s 71st and 72nd holes — the 17th and 18th of the final round — to force a playoff with Steven Alker, who on the 17th tee held a two-stroke lead and seemingly a tight grip on the tournament.
Jimenez and Alker, each at 10 under for the tournament, needed two sudden-death playoff holes to settle the Kaulig Companies Championship, both played on the 18th hole. On the second playoff hole, Alker somehow navigated his second shot through some trees and onto the green from a difficult angle, forcing Jimenez to stick his own approach shot on the green and sink the putt to end the tournament.
Jimenez, 61, hit the 18th green in regulation for the third consecutive time and drained the final putt before lifting his putter in the air and sheathing it as if it were a sword, his signature celebration. “We had a battle,” Jimenez said. “And then we kept fighting, kept fighting there. Jimenez took home $525,000 for the victory, his first at Firestone.
