Through The Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic and
The Constellation Furyk & Friends
October 14, 2026
 
Vaughn Taylor, just six months into his PGA Tour Champions career, won the Constellation Furyk & Friends in a playoff over Alex Cejka.

“I can't believe I'm standing here right now to be honest,” Taylor said after winning the playoff. “I was just trying to, you know, tell myself to hang in there. You know, don't give up; stay strong. You know, trying to calm my nerves.”

He was focused on not doing anything to give away the tournament.

Hip surgery in 2022 sidetracked his plans to play on the Korn Ferry Tour to get ready for playing on PGA Tour Champions. He wasn’t physically ready to play there. This year he got some help to understand what was going on with his body and how to work through it.   

“This is huge for me,” he added. “I really had a lot of thoughts of just not trying anymore and teaching, to be honest. Been thinking about how could I get certified as a teacher. This kind of changes that.”

Cejka finished so far ahead of Taylor that he had showered and changed and was in his car getting ready to leave.

“Today was a great day. Gave me a lot of chances,” Cejka said. “I started like, I don't know, eighth, tenth position, so to make it all the way to the playoff, I'm very satisfied. To lose against a birdie, there is nothing you can do.”

Changes in The Rankings:

Biggest Moves Up: Robert Karlsson, from 20th to 9th; Richard Green, from 25th to 14th; Tim O’Neal, from 30th to 26th.

Biggest Moves Down: Thomas Bjorn, from 12th to 18th; Retief Goosen, from 17th to 21st; Charlie Wi, from 16th to 25th; Cameron Percy, from 24th to 28th; Matt Gogel, from 26th to 31st; Bo Van Pelt, from 32nd to 36th.

Dropped for Insufficient Points: Vijay Singh  

Returning: Doug Barron

Debuting: Vaughn Taylor


Rankings are based on 12-month performances of Champions Tour players. When a tournament is played, the previous year’s results are dropped. Losing a high finish, dropping a low finish, adding a new high finish or a new low finish affects standings. Players must have a minimum number of points to be included in the rankings, but all players are tracked. 

In the chart:  Blue bold italic indicates change from last week. Shaded with yellow indicates largest changes. Orange for dropped players and Green is for returning or entering players. Red is for winners.  $$ column of numbers reflects position on Champions Tour money list.