
Pavan won his fifth title on Europe’s Challenge Tour. Andrea Pavan of Italy closed with a 3-under 69 for a one-shot victory over Casey Jarvis of South Africa in the D+D Real Czech Challenge. Kanaya won his fourth Japan Golf Tour title, and fifth worldwide. Takumi Kanaya closed with an even-par 71 for a two-shot victory in the BMW Japan Golf Tour Championship Mori Building Cup.

He tied for third with John Augenstein, who had a 66.Īlena Sharp of Canada shot a 4-under 68 for a two-shot victory over Gigi Stoll in the Champions Fore Change Invitational on the Epson Tour. He then bogeyed three of the next five holes and birdied the 18th for a 71 to miss the playoff by one shot. Grayson Murray, playing before a home crowd in North Carolina with the 54-hole lead, shot 32 on the front and was in control until a double bogey on the par-5 12th. Phillips ran off four straight birdies on the back nine and closed with a 66 to get into the playoff at 13-under 267. 10 on the points list, with the top 30 at the end of the season earning PGA Tour cards for the 2024 season. The victory for the Argentine moved him to No. (AP) - Jorge Fernandez Valdes closed with 2-under 68 and made birdie on the first playoff hole to defeat Trent Phillips in the UNC Health Championship to capture his first title on the Korn Ferry Tour. Stricker now moves on to his native Wisconsin as the player-host of the American Family Insurance Championship. Stricker and Ames lead the PGA Tour Champions with three victories apiece this year, though Stricker kept his lead in the Charles Schwab Cup on the strength of his two majors. Rod Pampling (66) and Tim Petrovic (67) tied for fourth. Kelly had four straight birdies on the front nine and closed with two birdies over the last three holes, but he had to settle for par on the 18th that kept him out of a playoff. Stricker, coming off his second straight major title this year at the Senior PGA Championship, played bogey-free for a 68. Instead of playing it safe, McKibbin took a risk with his second shot on the 18th, playing a draw around a tree to hit the ball close to the pin for the eagle attempt.ĭES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Stephen Ames birdied the 17th hole and closed with a 5-under 67 on Sunday for a one-shot victory over Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly in the Principal Charity Classic, giving Ames his third PGA Tour Champions title this year.Īmes, Stricker and Tim Herron shared the 36-hole lead.

11 and 13 left him briefly tied with Siem and Kieffer before he recovered with a birdie on the 15th. McKibbin built a two-shot lead after the front nine but bogeys on Nos.
