Alex Cejka made four birdies and an eagle in the second round of the SAS Championship, contested at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, North Carolina, en route to a bogey-free, 6-under 66. He takes a three-stroke lead into the final round at 8-under, tying the mark for largest 36-hole lead on PGA TOUR Champions in 2025, joining Matt Gogel (Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS) and Stewart Cink (Boeing Classic).

Alex Cejka, 70-66 – 136 (-8)

• This is his seventh time leading/co-leading after the second round on PGA TOUR Champions and his first time holding a share of the lead after 36 holes since the 2025 Stifel Charity Classic
  • Is 1-for-6 converting those into victories (win came at the 2021 Regions Tradition)
• The 54-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions since the 2023 Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex
• Has 39 career top 10s on PGA TOUR Champions, seven of which have come in 2025
• With a win, Cejka would move up from No. 12 to No. 10 in the Charles Schwab Cup Standings
• Cejka has finished T2 twice in 2025: the Mitsubishi Electric Championship and the American Family Insurance Championship, where he played with Søren Kjeldsen
• Cejka has two top-five finishes in four career starts at the SAS Championship (2020/T3, 2022/T5)
• Cejka hit 13 of 15 fairways on Saturday, and finished the second round T2 in driving accuracy

Other notes

• Thirty-one players carded under-par rounds on Saturday, and only 19 players will start the final round under par.
• Only six holes played under par in the second round at Prestonwood Country Club.
• World Golf Hall of Fame member and two-time SAS Championship winner Bernhard Langer (2018, 2012) is in solo-second heading into Sunday’s final round at 5-under, after a bogey-free, 2-under 70 on Saturday.
• After a 2-under 70 on Saturday, Charlie Wi sits at solo-third and is in the hunt for his 11th top-10 finish on PGA TOUR Champions.
• Charles Schwab Cup No. 1 Miguel Angel Jiménez is T20 after the second round.
• Three players sit at T4 after Saturday’s second round.
  • World Golf Hall of Fame member Retief Goosen sits T4, and is looking for his third top 10 at the SAS Championship in his fifth start at the event.
  • Defending Charles Schwab Cup champion Steven Alker (T4) is in pursuit of his fourth consecutive top-five finish at the SAS Championship (2024/T5, 2023/runner-up, 2022/runner-up).
  • If he remains inside the top 10, Robert Karlsson (T4) would record his 27th career top-10 finish on PGA TOUR Champions
• Mike Weir withdrew during the second round.

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