Playoff Push Resumes at CCV
“ We were excited that Phil decided to play last year , and at the same time disappointed we could not host spectators on site . The crowds would have been huge ,” Schoenfeld said . “ We are hopeful Phil will want to return to Richmond … so we are going to do everything we can to get him back here . Even if Phil does not make it , there are so many great players on the Champions Tour now , the field will be outstanding .”
This is the sixth edition of the DECC . The first four champions — Scott McCarron ( 2016 ), Bernhard Langer ( 2017 ), Woody Austin ( 2018 ) and Miguel Angel Jimenez ( 2019 )— know the CCV-James River layout well .
Eight rookies have won in this combined season : Jim Furyk , Mickelson , Ernie Els , Alex Cejka ( two majors ), Mike Weir ( DECC runner-up to Mickelson ), Cameron Beckman , Brett Quigley and Shane Bertsch .
Jerry Kelly won the Senior Players Championship , the only major played in 2020 . Cejka won the first two majors
Miguel Angel Jimenez won the DECC in 2019 .
of the 2021 season , the Regions Tradition and the Senior PGA Championship , in a three-week span . Furyk won the U . S . Senior Open , and Stephen Dodd was the surprise winner of The Senior Open Championship .
Kelly , Furyk , Els , Jimenez , Kevin Sutherland and Darren Clarke have won multiple times . Stephen Ames won for
the second time on Tour , and Dicky Pride recorded his first victory .
Cejka turned 50 in December 2020 and began the 2021 season with limited status . He changed his life by finishing tied for second in his first event and winning in his third and fifth starts .
He got into the Regions field as first alternate on the Monday of tournament
Alex Cejka won the first two senior majors played in 2021 .