The field scoring average for the final round was 78.515, the third-highest field scoring average in the final round of a PGA TOUR Champions event, dating back to 1980.
What made this victory more special was having his son, Ryan, as his caddie for the week. Ryan Ames is a PGA of Canada member and aspiring teaching pro.
Canada’s Stephen Ames, 58, picked up his third PGA TOUR Champions victory by going wire to wire at the Trophy Hassan II in Rabat, Morocco.
It was a bit of Ryder Cup revenge after Captain Stricker’s American team routed Captain Harrington’s European team last year at Whistling Straits.
“I’m getting closer now.” Langer said about Irwin’s record. “Years ago I thought, Well, that’s almost impossible to reach that.”
Jim Furyk came up a stroke short of capturing the season long points race.
PGA Tour Communications RICHMOND, VA — Bernhard Langer became the oldest winner in PGA TOUR Champions history Sunday at 64, beating Doug Barron with a 6-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic. The German star thrust both arms in the air after winning for the 42nd […]
“You do that on the regular tour, you just get eaten alive, you just can’t make those mistakes there and have a chance to compete and contend and win,” he said.
The competition will be a Ryder Cup style format debuting in 2022.
