Padraig Harrington, Stewart Cink, Rory Sabbatini tied for 36-hole lead at Portugal Invitational

Things to know

• Three players (Stewart Cink, Padraig Harrington and Rory Sabbatini) share the lead entering the final round of the inaugural Portugal Invitational as 18-hole leader Zach Johnson lurks one back.
• Cink, Harrington and Johnson, who claim the top three spots in the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup standings, have combined to win eight of the 16 events staged in 2026. Rookie Sabbatini seeks first win on PGA TOUR Champions.
  

Stewart Cink, 67-64 – 131 (-13)

• Played his first five holes in 6 under en route to 8-under 64 for the low round of the day
• The 53-year-old seeks his ninth win on PGA TOUR Champions (49th start)
• Seeks his fifth win of the 2026 season (13th start)
  • Previous wins in 2026:
    • Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (Jan. 22-24)
    • Hoag Classic (March 27-29)
    • Senior PGA Championship (April 16-19)
    • Regions Tradition (April 30-May 3)
• Has led the Charles Schwab Cup standings for all 16 weeks of the 2026 season
• Has top-10 finishes in 13 of his last 14 starts, dating back to last season when he won the Charles Schwab Cup
• Looks to become the first player to win five times in a season on PGA TOUR Champions since 2023 (Steve Stricker, six wins)
• Will play in the last group of the final round for the fifth time this season (3-for-4).
  • Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (won)
  • Hoag Classic (won)
  • Regions Tradition (won) – 72-hole event
  • U.S. Senior Open (second) – 72-hole event
• This is his 11th time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions (4-for-10)
• Competed in the only PGA TOUR-sanctioned event to be held in Portugal at the 2005 World Golf Championships World Cup (two-man team event), staged at Victoria Clube de Golfe; finished T17 with partner Zach Johnson

Padraig Harrington, 66-65 – 131 (-13)

• The 54-year-old seeks his 13th win on PGA TOUR Champions (75th start)
• Seeks his second win of the 2026 season (10th start)
  • Previous win: U.S. Senior Open (July 2-5)
  • Entered the week ranked No. 3 in the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup standings
• Looks to achieve his fifth consecutive multi-win season on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Wins by season: 2022 (four wins), 2023 (two wins), 2024 (three wins), 2025 (two wins), 2026 (one win)
    • Turned 50 years old on August 31, 2021
• With a win on Sunday, he would improve his winning percentage on PGA TOUR Champions to 17.3% (13-for-75)
  • His 16.2% winning percentage entering the week ranks No. 2 all-time among players with 10 or more wins behind Steve Stricker (21.6%)
• This is his 14th time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions (9-for-13)
• Will play in the last group of the final round for the fourth time this season (1-for-3).
  • Cologuard Classic (second) – lost in a playoff
  • DICK’S Open (second) – lost in a playoff
  • U.S. Senior Open (won) – 72-hole event
• Won the 2016 Portugal Masters (DP World Tour) at this course before the Ernie Els redesign (formerly known as Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course)
• Competed in the only PGA TOUR-sanctioned event to be held in Portugal at the 2005 World Golf Championships World Cup (two-man team event), staged at Victoria Clube de Golfe; finished T12 with partner Paul McGinley

Rory Sabbatini, 65-66 – 131 (-13)

• The 50-year-old seeks his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (10th start)
  • Best finish: third/T3 (two times)
    • 3rd (2026 Kaulig Companies Championship)
    • T3 (American Family Insurance Championship) – team event with partner Brian Gay
  • Turned 50 years old on April 2
• Entered the week ranked No. 23 in the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup standings
• Looks to become the fifth first-time winner of the 2026 season on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Previous instances:
    • Zach Johnson (James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational)
    • Boo Weekley (Insperity Invitational)
    • Scott Hend (Trophy Hassan II)
    • Ben Crane (American Family Insurance Championship) – team event with partner Darren Clarke
• This is his first time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Previous best position: T3 (two times)
    • 2026 American Family Insurance Championship (with partner Brian Gay) – finished T3
    • 2026 Mitsubishi Electric Classic (Modified Stableford scoring) – finished T22
• Will play in the last group of the final round for the second time this season (0-for-1)
  • Previous instance: Mitsubishi Electric Classic (Modified Stableford scoring) – finished T22
• Won six times during his PGA TOUR career, with his last victory coming at the 2011 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.
  • A victory on Sunday would end a winless drought of 15 years, 4 months and 27 days

Other notes

• Eighteen-hole leader and Charles Schwab No. 2 Zach Johnson (fourth) enters the final round one stroke behind the trio of leaders at 12-under par.
  • The 50-year-old looks to match Stewart Cink for the most wins of the 2026 season (four).
  • He looks to become the first PGA TOUR Champions rookie with four wins in his first season since Padraig Harrington in 2022.
• Two days before his 54th birthday, Tim O'Neal (T5) carded a bogey-free 66 and enters the final round at 10 under as he seeks his first win since the 2024 Dominion Energy Charity Classic.
• Sweden’s Mikael Lundberg (T5) sits 10 under after posting 68. The 52-year-old seeks his first win in a PGA TOUR Champions event (11th start).
  • Best finish: T37 (2024 ISPS HANDA Senior Open)
• Y.E. Yang (T7) and Doug Barron (T9) are the only two players in the field without a bogey or worse after 36 holes.
  • Last to play a 54-hole event without a bogey or worse: Bo Van Pelt (2026 DICK’S Open) – finished T5
• Tournament host, course designer and World Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els (T27) carded even-par 72 and enters the final round at 4 under.