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Name:
Stewart Ernest Cink
Country:
USA
Born:
May 21, 1973 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama.
Original/Home Club:
Huntsville, Alabama
Occupation:
Professional golfer
Turned Pro:
1995

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Roll of Honour

MAJORS (1): The Open (2009). Ryder Cup player (2002, '04, '06, '08, '10). Presidents Cup player (2000, '05, '07, '09). Multiple wins on the PGA Tour (8) and PGA Tour Champions. Charles Schwab Cup winner (2025). PGA Tour Champions leading money winner (2025).

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Stewart Cink graduated from Georgia Tech in Atlanta in 1995 with a degree in Management; he turned professional as a golfer in the same year. Cink will forever be remembered for his playoff win in the 2009 Open Championship, which denied his opponent Tom Watson the opportunity of becoming the oldest golfer ever to win The Open (Watson was aged 59).

Top tournaments won by Stewart Cink

Year

Category

Tournament

Winner (holder)

Venue

Score

Prizemoney

Titlesponsor

Info

2026 America Mitsubishi Championship Cink, Stewart Hualalai (Hualalai) 193 (-23) $340,000 Mitsubishi

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Hualalai (Hualalai)

Score

193 (-23)

Prize money

$340,000

Title sponsor

Mitsubishi

Played as the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (Jan 22-24; PGA Tour Champions 2026 season-opener). Second-placed Ángel Cabrera (Arg) finished 3 shots behind Stewart Cink (USA), who recorded his fifth PGA Tour Champions win. This win came back-to-back with Cink's win in the Tour's final event of the 2025 season, the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. [Hualālai course, Hualālai Resort, Big Island, Hawaii].

2025 Awards Charles Schwab Cup Cink, Stewart 3,968,040 pts $1,000,000 Charles Schwab

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Score

3,968,040 pts

Prize money

$1,000,000

Title sponsor

Charles Schwab

52-year-old Stewart Cink (USA) won the PGA Tour Champions 2025 season-long points chase, to capture the Charles Schwab Cup and $1 million annuity. Steven Alker (NZ) was second with 3,846,962 pts; Miguel Ángel Jiménez (Esp) was third with 3,297,248 pts.Note: prior to the three Schwab Cup playoff events, the season-long Money List was converted into points ($1 = 1 point). Earnings from the playoff events provided additional "double points" ($1 = 2 points).

2025 Awards Money Winner - US Snr Tr Cink, Stewart $3,247,147 see Score PGA Tr Champions

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Score

$3,247,147

Prize money

see Score

Title sponsor

PGA Tr Champions

Stewart Cink (USA) won the Arnold Palmer Award as the PGA Tour Champions leading money winner. His Tour earnings for 2025 totalled $3,247,147. Miguel Ángel Jiménez (Esp) was second with $3,171,998 and Steven Alker (NZ) third with $3,169,266.

2025 America Ally Challenge Cink, Stewart Warwick Hills 201 (-15) $330,000 Ally Financial

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Warwick Hills

Score

201 (-15)

Prize money

$330,000

Title sponsor

Ally Financial

Played as the Ally Challenge presented by McLaren (Aug 22-24). Defending champion Stewart Cink (USA) beat Ernie Els (RSA) with a par at the first playoff hole (par-4 18th), to record his third PGA Tour Champions win. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].

2025 America Charles Schwab Cup Ch'ship Cink, Stewart Phoenix CC, AZ 264 (-20) $528,000 Charles Schwab

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Phoenix CC, AZ

Score

264 (-20)

Prize money

$528,000

Title sponsor

Charles Schwab

Played as the Charles Schwab Cup Championship (Nov 13-16; PGA Tour Champions 2025 season-ending event and last of three Charles Schwab Cup playoff events). Second-placed Steven Alker (NZ) finished 2 shots behind 52-year-old Stewart Cink (USA), who recorded his fourth PGA Tour Champions win. [Phoenix CC, Phoenix, AZ].Note: Cink's win also gave him enough points to capture the season-long Charles Schwab Cup points race, and push defending champion Steven Alker into second place.

2025 America Insperity Invtl Cink, Stewart Woodlands CC, TX 205 (-11) $450,000 Insperity

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Woodlands CC, TX

Score

205 (-11)

Prize money

$450,000

Title sponsor

Insperity

Played as the Insperity Invitational (May 2-4). Stewart Cink (USA) beat Retief Goosen (RSA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole (par-4 18th), to record his second PGA Tour Champions win. [Tournament course, The Woodlands CC, nr Houston, TX].

2024 America Ally Challenge Cink, Stewart Warwick Hills 199 (-17) $330,000 Ally Financial

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Warwick Hills

Score

199 (-17)

Prize money

$330,000

Title sponsor

Ally Financial

Played as the Ally Challenge presented by McLaren (Aug 23-25). Second-placed Kyoung-Ju "KJ" Choi (S Kor) finished 4 shots behind 51-year-old Stewart Cink (USA), who recorded his first PGA Tour Champions win in his 10th start on the Tour. [Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Michigan].

2021 America Heritage Classic Cink, Stewart Harbour Town 265 (-19) $1,278,000 RBC

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Harbour Town

Score

265 (-19)

Prize money

$1,278,000

Title sponsor

RBC

Played as the RBC Heritage (Apr 15-18). Second-placed Harold Varner III (USA) and Emiliano Grillo (Arg) finished 4 shots behind 47-year-old Stewart Cink (USA), who, with his son Reagan on the bag, claimed his third win in this event. [Harbour Town Links, Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head, SC].

2020 America Procore Championship Cink, Stewart Silverado (North) 267 (-21) $1,188,000 Safeway

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Silverado (North)

Score

267 (-21)

Prize money

$1,188,000

Title sponsor

Safeway

Played as the Safeway Open (Sept 10-13; PGA Tour 2020/21 season opener). Second-placed Harry Higgs (USA) finished 2 shots behind 47-year-old Stewart Cink (USA), who won for the first time since his 2009 victory at the Open Championship. [North course, Silverado Resort, Napa, CA].

2013 America PNC Championship Cink, Stewart Ritz-Carlton, Grande Lakes 121 (-23) $200,000 PNC

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Ritz-Carlton, Grande Lakes

Score

121 (-23)

Prize money

$200,000

Title sponsor

PNC

Played as the PNC Father/Son Challenge (Dec 14/15; post-season 36-hole scramble event). Second-placed Steve & Sam Elkington (Aus) and Vijay & Qass Singh (Fiji) finished 3 shots behind Stewart & Connor Cink (USA). [Ritz-Carlton GC, Grande Lakes, Orlando, FL].

2009 Majors The Open Cink, Stewart Trump Turnberry (Ailsa) 278 (-2) £750,000 R&A

Category

Majors

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Trump Turnberry (Ailsa)

Score

278 (-2)

Prize money

£750,000

Title sponsor

R&A

The Open Championship (138th) (July 16-19). First-time major championship winner Cink (USA) beat Tom Watson (USA) in a 4-hole playoff: Cink 14 (-2), Watson 20 (+4). Watson's bogey at the 72nd hole cost him the chance to become the oldest Open Champion and Major winner at 59-years old. [Ailsa course, Turnberry Resort, Ayrshire].

2008 America Travelers Ch'ship Cink, Stewart TPC River Highlands 262 (-18) $1,080,000 Travelers

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

TPC River Highlands

Score

262 (-18)

Prize money

$1,080,000

Title sponsor

Travelers

Played as the Travelers Championship (June 19-22). Second-placed Tommy Armour III (USA) and defending champion Hunter Mahan (USA) finished 1 shot behind Stewart Cink (USA), who recorded his second win in this event and fifth PGA Tour win overall. [TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, CT].

2004 WGC WGC - Invitational Cink, Stewart Firestone CC 269 (-11) $1,200,000 NEC

Category

WGC

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Firestone CC

Score

269 (-11)

Prize money

$1,200,000

Title sponsor

NEC

Played as the WGC-NEC Invitational (Aug 19-22). Second-placed Tiger Woods (USA) and Rory Sabbatini (RSA) finished 4 shots behind Cink (USA), who recorded his first win in a World Golf Championships event. [South course, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio].

2004 America Heritage Classic Cink, Stewart Harbour Town 274 (-10) $864,000 MCI

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Harbour Town

Score

274 (-10)

Prize money

$864,000

Title sponsor

MCI

Played as the MCI Heritage (April 15-18). Cink (USA) beat Ted Purdy (USA) with a birdie at the fifth playoff hole. Cink shot a final round 64 to set-up the playoff. [Harbour Town Links, Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head, SC].

2000 America Heritage Classic Cink, Stewart Harbour Town 270 (-14) $540,000 MCI

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Harbour Town

Score

270 (-14)

Prize money

$540,000

Title sponsor

MCI

Played as the MCI Classic (April 13-16). Second-placed Tom Lehman (USA) finished 2 shots behind Cink (USA). [Harbour Town Links, Sea Pines Resort, Hilton Head, SC].

1999 America Mexico Open Cink, Stewart Mexico GC 271 x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Mexico GC

Score

271

Prize money

Title sponsor

Played as the Mexican Open (Abierto Mexicano de Golf). Oscar Serna (Mex) finished in second place behind Cink (USA), who claimed his second win in this event. [Club de Golf Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico].

1997 Awards Rookie of Yr - PGA Tr Cink, Stewart $809,580 see Score PGA Tour

Category

Awards

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Score

$809,580

Prize money

see Score

Title sponsor

PGA Tour

Cink (USA) won the PGA Tour 1997 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished 29th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $809,580.

1997 America Travelers Ch'ship Cink, Stewart TPC River Highlands 267 (-13) $270,000 Canon

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

TPC River Highlands

Score

267 (-13)

Prize money

$270,000

Title sponsor

Canon

Played as the Canon Greater Hartford Open (July 24-27). Second-placed Tom Byrum (USA), Jeff Maggert (USA) and Brandel Chamblee (USA) finished 1 shot behind 24-year-old Stewart Cink (USA), who recorded his first PGA Tour win. [TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, CT].

1996 America Mexico Open Cink, Stewart Mexico GC 272 x

Category

America

Winner (holder)

Cink, Stewart

Venue

Mexico GC

Score

272

Prize money

Title sponsor

Played as the Mexican Open (Abierto Mexicano de Golf). Bob Tway (USA) finished in second place behind Cink (USA). [Club de Golf Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico].

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