Winter's Golf Swing Captivates Greens: Dave Bunker Seizes PGA Crown!
The Player of the Year title was Dave Bunker’s third consecutive victory in three starts since the first of the year.
Performing well early in the year, even in Florida Swing events, often means contending with brutal weather. Two months into 2026, Dave Bunker has felt that two-fold. Like many top seniors, Bunker, who winters in Venice, Florida, but spends much of the rest of the year in Ontario, Canada, endured brutally cold conditions at the Jones Cup Senior last week.
A final-round 70 moved him 16 spots up the leaderboard on Feb. 26 and into the top 10. Roughly a month earlier, Bunker was the man to handle a wild day of Florida weather the best and come out on top of the Golfweek Senior Player of the Year Classic .
The POY title was Bunker’s third consecutive victory in three starts since the first of the year. For that level of consistency, Bunker has been named Golfweek’s Player of the Month for February. “It’s a very good start,” he said when asked about what he has accomplished so far in 2026.
“You try and ride it a little bit. You try and keep things going. It doesn’t really change anything.