Things to know

• Steven Alker and Miguel Angel Jiménez post matching rounds of 7-under 63 to share the 18-hole lead at the Rogers Charity Classic. Tommy Gainey, making his PGA TOUR Champions debut, posts 6-under 64 to sit one back with two rounds to play.

Steven Alker, 33-30 – 63 (-7)

• Making his third career start at the Rogers Charity Classic, where he owns one top-10 finish (sixth/2024)
• 53-year-old seeks his 10th win on PGA TOUR Champions (90th career start)
• Seeks his second win of the 2025 season (15th start)
  • Previous win: Cologuard Classic
  • Would be his third multi-win season on PGA TOUR Champions (four/2022; two/2023)
• Looks to become the fifth multiple winner of the 2025 season, joining Miguel Angel Jiménez (four wins), Ángel Cabrera (three wins), Steve Allan (three wins) and Padraig Harrington (three wins)
• This is his 15th time leading/co-leading after the first round on PGA TOUR Champions (4-for-14)
  • Led at the ISPS HANDA Senior Open (finished seventh)

Miguel Angel Jiménez, 32-31 – 63 (-7)

• Owns two top-10 finishes in six career starts at the Rogers Charity Classic, including a career-best runner-up effort in 2017
• The 61-year-old seeks his 18th win on PGA TOUR Champions (202nd start)
  • Seeks his fifth win of the 2025 season (18th start)
  • Previous wins in 2025: Trophy Hassan II; Hoag Classic; Principal Charity Classic; Kaulig Companies Championship o Entered the week atop the Charles Schwab Cup standings
• This is his 21st time leading/co-leading after the first round on PGA TOUR Champions (6-for-20)
  • Co-led at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (finished T2)
  • Co-led at the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational (finished 6th)
  • Led at the Principal Charity Classic (Won)

Additional notes

• Open qualifier and former PGA TOUR winner Tommy Gainey posts 6-under 65 (T3); making his PGA TOUR Champions debut after turning 50 on August 13, would become the youngest winner in Champions Tour history (50 years, 4 days) with a win; seeks to become the first player since Richard Bland (2024 Senior PGA Championship) to win in his Tour debut; lone TOUR win came at the 2012 RSM Classic, where he defeated David Toms by one stroke; owns three wins on the Korn Ferry Tour, with his last coming at the 2020 Bahamas Great Exuma Classic; posted a 6- under 65 to finish T2 in the open qualifier, earning one of three spots in the event.
• Making his fourth career appearance at the Rogers Charity Classic, Shane Bertsch opens with 6-under 64 (T3); has earned two top-10 finishes in three career starts at this event, including a career-best T7 in 2024; entered the week at No. 51 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings with a season-best T9 coming at the DICK’S Open; seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions since claiming the 2020 Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge in his second career start on Tour.
• Defending champion Ken Tanigawa opens with 2-under 68 (T22); seeks to become the first player since Scott McCarron (2017, 2018) to successfully defend his Rogers Charity Classic title.
• Canadian players in the field: Wes Martin (67/T17), Mike Weir (70/T48), Stephen Ames (71/T57), Gordon Burns (71/T57).
  • Ames holds the best career finish by a Canadian at the Rogers Charity Classic, T5/2015
  • Martin, a Calgary resident, open qualified after taking time away from his job as a full-time pipe fitter at nearby Furlong Steel