Justin Leonard overcame a three-stroke deficit in the final round to capture his second victory of the 2025 PGA TOUR Champions season with a one-stroke win over Thomas Bjørn and 36-hole leader Ernie Els. This week’s Dominion Energy Charity Classic is the first of the three Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs events and featured 69 of the top 72 available in the standings. The top 54 after this week advanced to next week’s Simmons Bank Championship in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Justin Leonard

• 53-year-old cards a final round 4-under 68 with an eagle on the par-5 18th to capture his second win of the 2025 PGA TOUR Champions season
  • Chubb Classic
• First player since Ken Tanigawa (2018 PURE Insurance Championship) to make eagle on the last hole of the final round to win by one stroke (54- and 72-hole individual stroke play events). A winner has now made eagle on the last hole of the final round three times since Tanigawa in 2018. The others:
  • Thomas Bjorn (2025 American Family Insurance Championship) – team event; won by four strokes
  • Stephen Ames (2023 Boeing Classic) – won by seven strokes
• Moves from 17th to No. 9 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings
  • Best finish in Charles Schwab Cup: 27th (2023)
• First victory at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic in his third career start
  • Previous best finish: T13 (2023)
• Three-stroke deficit matches the largest come-from-behind victory in the history of the Dominion Energy Charity Classic
  • Fifth occurrence (last: Tim O’Neal/2024)
• Becomes the seventh multiple winner on PGA TOUR Champions this season

Other notes

• Second-round leader Ernie Els (T2/-11), who moves from No. 4 to No. 3 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings, records his best finish and fifth top-10 at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic (six starts).
  • Previous best finish: T4 (2021)
• Thomas Bjørn (T2/-11), a two-time winner on PGA TOUR Champions this season, with a final-round 4-under 68, records his second top-three finish over his last three starts.
  • Constellation FURYK & FRIENDS (T3)
• Freddie Jacobson (fourth/-10), who made his first start at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic this week, makes eagle on the par-5 18th for a 4-under 68 and records his fourth top-five finish on PGA TOUR Champions (22 starts).
  • Best finish: 2025 Hoag Classic (T2)
• World Golf Hall of Fame Members Retief Goosen and Bernhard Langer both log top-five finishes.
• Tag Ridings (T5/-9) makes birdies on two of his final three holes (Nos. 16, 17) for a 3-under 69 in the final round. The 51-year-old records the second-best finish of his Champions Tour career (14 starts).
  • Best finish: 2025 The Galleri Classic (runner-up)
• Four-time PGA TOUR Champions winner Scott Parel (T21/-4) cards a final round 1-under 71 and moves from outside the top 54 of the Charles Schwab Cup standings (56th) to 53rd, earning a start in this week’s Simmons Bank Championship.