The Irishman, 53, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, prevailed in a veritable 18-hole match race with Stewart Cink on the East course at The Broadmoor in Colorado.
Aussie duo Cameron Percy and Mark Hensby were among just nine players who broke par on day one of the Kaulig Companies Championship at Firestone Country Club in Ohio.
He admittedly left a few cards on the table, yet Victorian Cameron Percy did enough in Round 2 to retain a share of the lead at the Senior PGA Championship in Maryland.
Extenuating circumstances, to put it delicately, put his PGA Tour Champions career on hold for 2 ½ years, but now at 55, Angel Cabrera is rapidly making up for lost time.
He wasn’t even supposed to be in the field, yet Melbourne’s Steve Allan converted a late call-up into a popular and poignant victory at the PGA Tour Champions’ Galleri Classic in California.
Brendan Jones is the latest Australian to earn playing rights on the PGA Tour Champions, and he will begin his life as a 50-something on the most lucrative senior tour in the world.
A host of Aussie greats will seek to extend their country’s recent dominance when the final stage of the PGA Tour Champions Qualifying Tournament tees off in Arizona tonight, Australian time.
And after his latest accomplishment, the 53-year-old revealed that he has earned a hilarious – and appropriate – new nickname from his colleagues. It just has nothing to do with his play on the course.
Jay Green will be on the bag for a different golfer and on an entirely different tour this week after getting the job at the last minute thanks to a confluence of events.
He knows little of the golf course and has played one competitive round this year, yet Cameron Percy believes he can make an immediate impression on the over-50s circuit at this week’s KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship.
The sexagenarian recapped his “miraculous comeback journey” and went so far as to state that he has plenty of good golf left to play, hopefully including one more competitive go at Augusta National.
Chalmers was already exempt into the Puerto Rico Open on the PGA Tour but, in typical Chalmers style, is instead embracing his new status as a rookie on tour.