A three-way tie for the 54-hole lead became a three-horse race Sunday at the 2025 U.S. Senior Open. It just wasn’t the same three golfers. In the end, it was Padraig Harrington winning the event for a second time in front large galleries at the Broadmoor’s East Course in Colorado Springs.
Harrington, Stewart Cink and Mark Hensby were all at 8 under after three rounds at the fourth of five majors on the PGA Tour Champions. Late in the back nine Sunday, Cink and Harrington were joined in the pursuit by Miguel Angel Jimenez, where they moved up final round tee times by two hours because of inclement weather expected Sunday afternoon.
Harrington made birdies on three of his first five holes. He later answered bogeys on 7 and 10 with birdies on 9 and 11.
Meanwhile, Cink poured in four straight birdies on Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 to get to 11 under but a bogey on the 11th dropped him to 10 under, a shot back of Harrington, as the duo traded the lead five times on the front nine.
Jimenez made things interesting after he went 6 under through his first 14 holes to get 9 under. Jimenez already has one major win, the Kaulig Companies Championship, this season, and made another birdie on No. 16 to get to double digits under par.
While Jimenez was the first to post a score, signing for a final-round 64 to get to 9 under, he did take a bogey on the last hole with Cink was at 10 under and Harrington at 11 under at that time. Moments later, Cink missed a chance to tie for the lead, pushing a six-footer to the right, so he stayed at 10 under with a hole to go.
On 18, Harrington, with a one-shot lead, stuffed his approach to give him a birdie look. Cink then hit wedge into the green and after initially looking to be just outside Harrington’s ball, it spun away from the hole.
Cink would putt first, from about 30 feet away and he left it a foot outside. After Hensby putted, Harrington needed just two putts from eight feet for the win and he did just that, finally tapping in for his second U.S. Senior Open.
U.S. Senior Open leaderboard
- Padraig Harrington, 11 under
- Stewart Cink, 10 under
- Miguel Angel Jimenez, 9 under
- Thomas Bjorn, 5 under
- Mark Hensby, 5 under
- Steve Flesch, 4 under
- Steven Alker, 3 under
- Paul Stankowski, 2 under
- Jason Caron, 1 under
- Tim Petrovic, 1 under
- Cameron Percy, 1 under
- Dicky Pride, 1 under
Those were the 12 golfers who finished in red numbers for the week. Harrington and Cink were the only two golfers to shoot in the 60s all four rounds.
What Padraig Harrington gets for winning 2025 U.S. Open
- $800,000 first-place check
- Possession of Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy for one year
- Gold medal
- 10-year exemption into U.S. Senior Open
- Exemption into 2026 U.S. Open, which will be played at Shinnecock Hills
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