Padraig Harrington wins PGA Tour Champions Dick’s Sporting Goods Open by three shots over Thongchai Jaidee, Mike Weir
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ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Padraig Harrington took care of company in blemish-no cost style Sunday in the 2022 Dick’s Sporting Goods Open.
The PGA Tour Champions newcomer, 50, produced 5 birdies in a round of 67 at En-Joie Golf Class to finish 16-less than for a 3-shot victory above Thongchai Jaidee (66) and 36-gap leader Mike Weir (71).
The sky over En-Joie scowled most of the afternoon, but on completion of a yard-variety two-putt at the last, Irish eyes twinkled as the 50-12 months-old from Dublin rang up his second victory of the period to go with the U.S. Senior Open.
Sunday introduced Harrington a sixth best-3 finish in his most latest eight PGA Tour Champions starts.
With playing competitor Weir stuck mainly in neutral, Harrington designed 3 front-facet birdies and an additional few at 11 and 12.
Harrington’s 3-stroke margin of victory is the premier on the PGA Tour Champions considering that Steven Alker won the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship by three in May. Harrington gets to be the fourth various winner on tour this season, signing up for three-time champions Steven Alker, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Jerry Kelly.
Jaidee shot 66. It was his seventh leading-10 of the year for the 52-calendar year-aged from Thailand and winner of the mid-June American Loved ones Insurance plan Championship. In truth, Sunday brought the fifth leading-8 in his most new 7 begins. He performed the entrance aspect in 4 beneath and his lone deviation from par on the back came via a pitch-in for eagle 2 at the 16th.
“I performed good right now. I get started really effectively, begun make birdie on first hole, 2nd hole we have a few-putt. I consider the important for me, I putting very well and the golfing study course is very good condition,” he said. “I really like the golf class, the greens are wonderful. I not skip just about anything, good up-and-down a couple holes, that is why the key make me a great deal assured.”
Jim Furyk shared fourth with Vijay Singh on the strength of a closing 68, marking a audio return from an extended stint absent from competition induced by COVID-19.
“You know, I’m however not _ I nonetheless really do not have a ton of vitality,” he claimed. “I in fact rode this week, 1st time I’ve ever completed it, but I feel really good. Pleased with the way I played. I assume it’s my greatest end of the time so considerably, so to form of have that substantially time off and then occur back again and play that well is a ton of enjoyment.
“There’s still some points I want to work on in my match, but thrilled to play effectively listed here at Dick’s and I appreciate the study course at Warwick Hills following 7 days at Ally, so fired up to type of get there and with any luck , carry some of this momentum into next 7 days.”
Furyk’s most current start off just before the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open arrived in the late-June U.S. Senior Open (T-25).
Bernhard Langer, 2014 Dick’s Sporting Items Open up champion and before long to change 65, took a share of sixth pursuing a bogey-cost-free spherical of 68 that featured an eagle 3 at the 12th.
John Daly, enjoying a program on which he won in 1992 (B.C. Open up, forerunner to the senior event) performed his final 36 in 7-under and concluded T-24, his 3rd ideal finish this period.
Defending winner Cameron Beckman finished T68 (2-more than 218).
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