RICHMOND, Va. — Justin Leonard persevered by way of his putts on a windy Sunday and watched him reap large rewards by profitable birdie-par-eagle and ending with a 4-under 68 for a one-stroke victory over Ernie Els on the Dominion Power Charity Basic.
Leonard received his second PGA Tour Champions this yr and moved into the highest 10 after the primary Charles Schwab Cup playoff occasion.
The highest 54 will advance to the second postseason occasion in Arkansas subsequent week.
Els took management on the again 9 of Virginia Nation Membership’s James River Course and gave the impression to be regular with birdies on the reachable par-4 fifteenth and par-5 sixteenth.
Nonetheless, on the seventeenth gap, Leonard made a bogey. After birdieing the sixteenth, Leonard pulled his hybrid 4-iron to about 20 ft and held the downhill eagle putt to submit at 12 below, 204.
Els could not make a 10-foot birdie putt on the ultimate gap that might have decided a playoff. He scored a 72 and shared second place with Thomas Bjorn (68).
Bernhard Langer, a 68-year-old German who has received the PGA Tour Champions yearly since he turned 50, was inside two pictures of the lead earlier than an extended three-putt bogey ended his hopes. He fired 72 pictures and completed with a again three, aiming for his first Champions League win of the yr.
Scott Parrell shot a 71 to tie for twenty first place, shifting up three spots to 53rd and advancing to subsequent week’s Simmons Financial institution Championship. David Brunsdon was eradicated.
The highest 36 finishers from subsequent week onwards will advance to the season finale, the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
