Comparing the Champions Skins Game participants

text size

This weekend's 24th Ka'anapali Champions Skins Game is well-represented with Hall of Famers and major champions in its field of four two-man teams. The defending champions, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson, have 112 PGA TOUR wins and 26 major titles between them. Not bad.

Here's a chart comparing the great eight (paired as they'll play this weekend) and their careers.

Champions Skins Game: The Field

Player Hometown Age Turned pro PGA TOUR wins Major titles Champions wins Career Earnings Jack Nicklaus North Palm Beach, Fla. 71 1961 73 18 5 $9,108,642 Tom Watson Kansas City, Mo. 61 1971 39 8 13 $23,470,713 Fred Couples Seattle, Wash. 51 1980 35 1 4 $24,089,751 Nick Price Durban, South Africa 54 1977 18 3 3 $24,828,432 Ben Crenshaw Austin, Texas 59 1973 19 2 0 $10,071,238 Fuzzy Zoeller New Albany, Ind. 59 1973 10 2 2 $10,239,177 Bernhard Langer Anhausen, Germany 53 1972 3 2 13 $17,362,984 Mark O'Meara Goldsboro, N.C. 54 1980 16 2 2 $18,056,021         Totals 213 38 42 $137,226,958