PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Paul Broadhurst completed off his second PGA Tour Champions victory of the yr with a number 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 pictures. 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 ft 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 could be giving me stick. I used to be happy to gap the final one.”
Broadhurst, who completed at 14-under 202, obtained up-and-down for a troublesome par on the par-3 seventeenth that saved his lead at two pictures 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 number of wayward tee pictures 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 pictures to the proper, and then you definitely begin pondering a 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 pictures increased 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 the moment it was a special story,” he mentioned. “I used to be kind of hanging on — hit the greens, 30 ft, 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 yr within the Invited Celeb 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 adequate to maintain the lead within the Charles Schwab Cup.
