Well before I was a senior, I was captured early on by the senior tour for its cavalcade of living golf history and for the artful swings and the shots. That affinity has grown deeper with the years.
New Zealand’s Steven Alker was the last man standing at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the finale of the 2023 season on the PGA Tour Champions, where he held off Stephen Ames and Ernie Els by a shot.
Alker’s outright third-place showing was good enough to stay atop the final standings in the year-long Charles Schwab Cup points race and cap a storybook season.
Bernhard Langer’s hold on the Charles Schwab Cup was never tenuous, at least until he tripped on the final lap and caused the PGA Tour Champions to stumble as well.