PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Paul Broadhurst completed off his second PGA Tour Champions victory of the 12 months with a couple of nervous moments Sunday, closing with an even-par 72 at Pebble Seaside for a three-shot win within the Pure Insurance coverage Championship.
Broadhurst was staked to a five-shot lead going into the ultimate spherical and expanded that to as many as six photographs. However the lead shrunk to 2 when Alex Cejka shot a 64, and the Englishman held his nerve to the top.
He made birdie on the well-known par-5 18th gap, hitting wedge to six toes for his second birdie. It mattered just for the ultimate margin, although it was necessary to Broadhurst for different causes.
“I did not need to shoot over par and win,” Broadhurst mentioned. “My youngsters can be giving me stick. I used to be happy to gap the final one.”
Broadhurst, who completed at 14-under 202, acquired up-and-down for a tricky par on the par-3 seventeenth that saved his lead at two photographs taking part in the ultimate gap.
Cejka holed out from the thirteenth fairway for eagle as he tried to make up an 11-shot deficit. Broadhurst tried to maintain it easy, however a couple of wayward tee photographs after he made the flip gave him some pause. He bogeyed the thirteenth and fifteenth, and the lead was down to 2.
“I’ve by no means been in that place, having a five-shot lead,” he mentioned. “I attempted to play stable, and I felt like I did for 9 holes. I hit a few poor photographs to the correct, and you then begin pondering a little bit bit.”
Broadhurst seized management with a 64 at Pebble Seaside on Saturday — he opened with a 66 at Spyglass Hill — that gave him the massive lead. He was eight photographs larger on the ultimate day, a results of defending an enormous lead.
“Yesterday I simply hit it rather well, hit it shut and made some putts. At this time it was a special story,” he mentioned. “I used to be kind of hanging on — hit the greens, 30 toes, two putts, get out of there and never try to make too many foolish errors. That was the distinction.”
However he was all smiles when it was over, including to his victory earlier this 12 months within the Invited Movie star Basic exterior Dallas. Broadhurst, a 59-year-old from England, has two senior majors amongst his seven profession PGA Tour Champions titles.
He moved as much as No. 8 within the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
Rocco Mediate (69), Doug Barron (70) and Vijay Singh (71) tied for third. Ernie Els closed with a 68 and tied for twenty second, nevertheless it was ok to maintain the lead within the Charles Schwab Cup.
