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.
Thanks to three birdies in his final six holes at Firestone Country Club, Jerry Kelly pulled away from playing partner Steve Stricker and Schwab Cup leader Steven Alker to capture his second Bridgestone Senior Players Championship in three years.
The magical mystery tour continued for Steven Alker on Sunday, when the man who came from nowhere added a Major championship to his inexplicably remarkable PGA Tour Champions run.
Phil Mickelson has the ability to make golf look easy, even when he’s making it hard on himself. Case in point: the par save Lefty made on the 16th hole Sunday (Monday morning AEDT) en route to victory at the Constellation Furyk & Friends.
The primary school maths teacher from Michigan will be making his PGA Tour Champions debut at the Sanford International. And he got there by schooling a lot of seasoned tour pros.
Dodd’s immediate future remains unclear, but it would be something of a surprise if his hope is not to parlay this victory into at least a few years on the lucrative senior circuit in the United States.
Australian Golf Digest
