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Team Clarke/Crane makes birdie on No. 16 at American Family Insurance Championship
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Written by Staff Format: The American Family Insurance Championship was played in a two-man team format. The winning team shared $600,000 ($300,000 per player) of the $3 million purse.Round 1: Best ballRound 2: ScrambleRound 3: Best ball
Darren Clarke/Ben Crane, 62-54-67 – 183 (-30)
Fifty-seven-year-old Clarke earned his sixth win on PGA TOUR Champions (160 starts)Last win: 2025 American Family Insurance Championship (with partner Thomas Bjørn)Note: Bjørn is recovering from spinal surgery and not in the 2026 fieldClarke earned his first win of the 2026 season (10 starts)Previous best finish: T3 (Insperity Invitational)Moves up to No. 10 in the 2026 Charles Schwab Cup standingsClarke earned his second win at the American Family Insurance Championship (fifth appearance; second appearance as team event)Previous win: 2025 (with partner Thomas Bjørn)Clarke becomes the second two-time winner of the American Family Insurance Championship, joining Jerry Kelly (2019, 2021)Note: The American Family Insurance Championship was an individual event from 2016 to 2024Clarke’s position by round in the team era of the American Family Insurance Championship (chronologically): first-first-won-T6-first-wonClarke achieves the second successful title defense of the 2026 season on PGA TOUR ChampionsClarke improved to 5-for-7 when leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions (4-for-6 in 54-hole events)Fifty-year-old Crane earned his first win on PGA TOUR Champions (eight starts)The rookie turned 50 years old on March 6Previous best finish: second (Senior PGA Championship)Crane snapped a winless streak of 11 years, 11 months, 30 days (or 4,382 days) dating back to the 2014 FedEx St. Jude ClassicNote: The 2014 FedEx St. Jude Classic ended on June 8, 2014, one day shy of 12 years agoCrane becomes the 25th player to win on the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions and Korn Ferry TourCrane’s wins by Tour: five wins (PGA TOUR), one win (PGA TOUR Champions), two wins (Korn Ferry Tour)Previous instance: Zach Johnson (accomplished at the 2026 James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational)Crane becomes the fourth first-time winner of the 2026 season on PGA TOUR ChampionsPrevious instances: Zach Johnson (James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational), Boo Weekley (Insperity Invitational), Scott Hend (Trophy Hassan II)This marks the third consecutive event with a first-time winner on PGA TOUR ChampionsPrevious instance: Mike Weir (2021 Insperity Invitational), Alex Cejka (2021 Regions Tradition), Dicky Pride (2021 Mitsubishi Electric Classic)Last two event winners entering this week: Boo Weekley (Insperity Invitational), Scott Hend (Trophy Hassan II)Crane improved to 1-for-1 when leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR ChampionsKenny Perry/George McNeill carded the low round of the day (9-under 62 in Best Ball) en route to a runner-up finish at 29 under.This is Perry’s first top-two finish on PGA TOUR Champions since the 2020 Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge (T2 – lost in playoff).This is McNeill’s second top-two finish and fifth top-10 finish on PGA TOUR Champions (nine starts).Previous instance: T2 (James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational).Note: Rookie McNeill turned 50 years old on October 2, 2025.The teams of Rory Sabbatini/Brian Gay and Cameron Percy/Greg Chalmers each finished T3 at 28 under.The duo of Charles Schwab Nos. 1 and 2 Stewart Cink/Zach Johnson are among the five teams that finished T5 at 27 under.Tournament host Steve Stricker, playing alongside Mario Tiziani, finished T17 at 23 under.