Karlsson (71) and Gene Sauers (68) followed at 14 under. Miguel Angel Jimenez was fourth at 15 under after a 66. Langer, the 63-year-old German star who won the event in 20, shot 67.
He won this year in his first two starts on the senior tour. The 50-year-old Furyk also closed with a 68. The 52-year-old major champion from Northern Ireland had a 17-under 199 total at the The Old Course at Broken Sound.Ĭlarke shot a 62 - with a penalty stroke for picking up his ball on the second fairway - Saturday for a share of the lead with Robert Karlsson. After Furyk missed a 15-foot eagle try, Clarke tapped in for a 4-under 68 and the breakthrough victory. Gregory Shamus/GettyĬhampions - Darren Clarke won the TimberTech Champions for his first PGA Tour Champions title, two-putting for birdie on the par-5 18th for a one-stroke victory over Jim Furyk and Bernhard Langer in Boca Raton, Fla.Ĭlarke hit his second shot on 18 to 35 feet and rolled his eagle try to 1 1/2 feet. Wyndham Clark reacts after missing a birdie putt to lose the playoff in Bermuda. He took a short back swing and barely got the ball out of the sand, and Clark did well to get up-and-down for bogey to tie for the lead. Then, he hit a gap wedge that took a big hop off the right side of the green to 4 feet for birdie to get within one.Ĭlark had not missed a green the entire final round until hitting into a bunker on the par-3 16th. Gay, the 48-year-old who finished his final year of college at Florida six months after Clark was born, hit his best drive on the 14th hole - a tee shot that gave him fits in the opening round - that set up a 9-iron he converted for birdie. It was a lost opportunity for Clark, who birdied seven of his opening 11 holes to take a three-shot lead. I had chances, I just didn’t capitalize.”
I thought I made that putt on 17 and same on 18. He made par for a 65 and a playoff.īack to the 18th, Gay holed his birdie putt and Clark missed from about 7 feet, which would have extended the playoff. His approach to 18th was 10 feet behind the hole, and the birdie putt for the win just skirted the right edge. In the final group behind him, Clark had a birdie putt that stopped a turn shot on the 17th. It settled 3 feet away for birdie to finish at 15-under 269 overall.
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