That didn’t take long. Zach Johnson turned 50 just a couple weeks ago. On Sunday, playing in the final round of his PGA Tour Champions debut he shot a final-round 69 to cruise to victory in the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational at Broken Sound Club in Boca Raton, Fla.

The 12-time PGA Tour winner and two-time major champion shot 11-under 205 total to top Stewart Cink and George McNeill by four shots. He’s the 22nd player to win his debut on the senior circuit. His last PGA Tour victory came 11 years ago at the British Open at the Old Course in St. Andrews.

“Staying in modest shape to play with these guys because it’s still really good golf, highly competitive on a phenomenal track, I am humbled,” Johnson said. “I am extremely excited, and I have been excited. The first moment I stepped foot on this premises, I was like ‘hey, this is special.’ So well done. The guys have been amazing. To share it with my family, that’s everything.”

3884 days in the making 🏆

For the first time since the 2015 Open Championship, Zach Johnson is a champion!

He wins @JamesHardieInv in his PGA TOUR Champions debut. pic.twitter.com/MkubzPrYwB

— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) March 8, 2026

Johnson opened with a 70 in South Florida and ramped it up with a second-round 66 where he started eagle, birdie on his first two holes. He’d then make three more birdies to take the lead heading into the final round.

On Sunday, Johnson bogeyed the third hole but then rattled off four birdies the rest of the way to easily claim his first Champions Tour title.

Johnson has said that he plans to play a full Champions schedule this year and sprinkle in a few PGA Tour events. As a past champion he’s exempt into the Masters and British Open and has already committed to the Cologuard Classic in Tucson, Ariz., and the Hoag Classic on Newport Beach, Calif., on the Champions Tour.

“If my body’s willing and able, at this point that’s the half of it, I’m going to keep competing,” he said. “I’ve got the freedom at home to do so, my wife is amazing like that, so I’m going to keep working.”

This article was originally published on golfdigest.com