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.
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.
O’Meara expects to be emotional this week at Pebble. No matter what happens. Just because he’s ready to leave the stage doesn’t mean the finality of it all won’t hit him.
When Tiger Woods turns 50 at the end of 2025, he’ll be surrounded by friends, family, loved ones… and perhaps Rocco Mediate and Padraig Harrington with a tee-time all set up.
The only thing that will make this story better is if this bloke goes to follow Mark Calcavecchia at some point in the championship and realises it’s the guy from the sneaker shop.
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.
His last official start resulted in victory at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Phoenix in November, so this made two wins in a row for Alker, whose once-pedestrian golf life started anew at 50.
While playing in the pro-am at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship, Mike Weir struck a perfect tee shot on the par-3 17th hole and then watched as the whipping wind pushed his ball right into the cup.
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.
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