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The '''Wendy's Champions Skins Game''' was an unofficial [[golf]] tournament on the [[Champions Tour]]. It was played annually in January/February in [[Maui, Hawaii]] at Kaanapali Golf Resort (Royal Kaanapali Golf Course). [[Wendy's]] was the main sponsor of the tournament.  Before that, from 2001 through 2007, it was played at the Wailea Golf Club in Maui on their Gold Course.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://waileagolf.com/Golf/Wailea-Gold/Champions-Skins-Game | title=Golf's Most Legendary Players | publisher=Wailea Golf Club | access-date=January 21, 2023}}</ref>

The tournament was founded in 1988 as the '''Senior Skins Game'''. It was played in a [[skins game]] format where each hole, and the money or "skin" associated with it, was won by one player only if they win that hole outright. If no player won the hole, the "skin" carried over to the next hole. From 1988 to 2005, it was played as an individual event with four players (five in 1991). Beginning in 2006, it was played as an alternate-shot two-man team event with four teams.

The tournament was discontinued in December 2011.<ref name="nomore">{{cite news |url=http://mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/556020/Kaanapali-officials--Champions-Skins-Game-off-for-2012.html |title=Kaanapali officials: Champions Skins Game off for 2012 |newspaper=[[Maui News]] |date=December 6, 2011 |accessdate=January 1, 2015}}</ref> The [[purse money|purse]] for the final tournament in 2011 was US$770,000.

==Winners==
;Team event (2006–2011)
{| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Winners!!Runners-up
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!colspan=4|Wendy's Champions Skins Game
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|2011 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]] and {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] || {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Bernhard Langer]] and {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark O'Meara]]
|-
|2010 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]] and {{flagicon|USA}}  [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Crenshaw]] and {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fuzzy Zoeller]]
|-
|2009 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Crenshaw]] and {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fuzzy Zoeller]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Greg Norman]] and {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jay Haas]]
|-
|2008 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Jacobsen]] and {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fuzzy Zoeller]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]] and {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]
|-
|2007 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]] and {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Gary Player]] and {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jay Haas]]
|-
|2006 ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Raymond Floyd]] and {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dana Quigley]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]] and [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]
|}

;Individual event (1988–2005)
{| class="wikitable"
!Year !! Winner !! Country !! Runner-up
|-
!colspan=4|Wendy's Champions Skins Game 
|-
|2005 || [[Jack Nicklaus]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Craig Stadler]]
|-
|2004 || [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arnold Palmer]]
|-
!colspan=4|ConAgra Foods Champions Skins Game
|-
|2003 || [[Lee Trevino]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hale Irwin]]
|-
!colspan=4|Senior Skins Game
|-
|2002 || [[Hale Irwin]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]]
|-
|2001 || [[Hale Irwin]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]]
|-
|2000 || [[Gary Player]] || {{ZAF}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]
|-
|1999 || [[Hale Irwin]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Raymond Floyd]]
|-
|1998 || [[Raymond Floyd]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hale Irwin]]
|-
|1997 || [[Raymond Floyd]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]]
|-
|1996 || [[Raymond Floyd]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Colbert]]
|-
|1995 || [[Raymond Floyd]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]]
|-
|1994 || [[Raymond Floyd]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arnold Palmer]]
|-
|1993 || [[Arnold Palmer]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|PRI}} [[Chi-Chi Rodríguez]]
|-
|1992 || [[Arnold Palmer]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|PRI}} [[Chi-Chi Rodríguez]]
|-
|1991 || [[Jack Nicklaus]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lee Trevino]]
|-
|1990 || [[Arnold Palmer]] || {{USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Nicklaus]]
|-
|1989 || [[Chi-Chi Rodríguez]] || {{PRI}} || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Gary Player]]
|-
|1988 || [[Chi-Chi Rodríguez]] || {{PRI}} || {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Gary Player]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/s550/ PGATOUR.com tournament site]

[[Category:Former PGA Tour Champions events]]
[[Category:Golf tournaments in Hawaii]]
[[Category:Sports in Maui]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1988]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2011]]
[[Category:1988 establishments in Hawaii]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in Hawaii]]