Champions – Rocco Mediate shot an even-par 71 in windy conditions in the Senior PGA Championship to take a two-stroke lead over two-time defending champion Colin Montgomerie into the final round.
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The 53-year-old Mediate capped a front-nine 29 with an eagle on the par-5 ninth and added birdies on the par-3 11th and 13th holes at Jack Nicklaus-designed Harbor Shores.
Langer tied for third at 13 under in a failed bid to become the first player to win all five PGA Tour Champions majors.
Mediate, beaten by Tiger Woods in a play-off for the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines, completed a wire-to-wire win at Benton Harbor in MI to claim his first over-50s major. Playing No. 16 at Harbor Shores in the first round of the Senior PGA Championship, Daly found the water with his tee shot. Colonial member Ryan Palmer and Webb Simpson tied for third.
Mediate also became the first wire-to-wire victor of the Senior PGA Championship in 25 years.
John Daly practices at Harbor Shores Golf Club in Benton Harbor the day before the start of the Senior PGA Championship.
Play was stopped at 8:21 p.m. time with 61 of the 121 players still on the course. He had a 9 on the par-4 16th, a double bogey, three bogeys and six bogeys.
“You know how much this tournament championship means to me”, Montgomerie said after attaining his target score of 68. “But today I got off to a nice start and continued to play really good golf”. “I just got to congratulate Rocco and go home and come back again and see if we can win this again”. “I made everything. I tried the old one-shot at a time thing and it works sometimes”. DalCorobbo is the golf coach at Speedway High School and the assistant golf pro at Brickyard Crossing, the golf course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
“I won with the putter this week”. He got into the tournament by winning last October’s Senior PGA National Championship.
Chasing a fourth major victory in the senior ranks, Montgomerie covered the first 10 holes in the final round in four-under. The 22-year-old Dallas native was a stroke out of the lead after two rounds last week at the Byron Nelson, and was alone in second going into the final round before a closing 74 that left him tied for 18th.
At 17-under 263, Spieth finished three strokes ahead of Harris English (66) at the Dean & Deluca Invitational.
Trying to become the first to win three straight LPGA Tour events since Inbee Park in 2013, the 20-year-old Jutanugarn shot a 1-over 73 to reach 10-under 206.
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Jessica Korda and Christina Kim were tied for second.
