VICTORIA, B.C. – Canadians Stephen Ames, Rod Spittle and Jim Rutledge have committed to play the 2016 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship at Bear Mountain Golf Resort’s Mountain Course in Victoria from September 19-25, 2016. The event will feature a US$2.5 million purse, with 81 players competing for a winner’s share of $440,000.

Ames, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, but owns dual citizenship in Canada as well, starred on the PGA TOUR through the mid-2000s, earning four titles – including a breakthrough win at THE PLAYERS Championship in 2006, when he dominated the world-class field to the tune of a six-shot victory.

The 52-year-old made his Champions Tour debut in 2014, and has made 34 additional starts since, racking up nine top-10 finishes and career-best, T4 efforts at the 2015 Mitsubishi Electric Classic and 2016 Tucson Conquistadores Classic.

Ames, who resides in Vancouver, turned professional in 1987 before winning on the Web.com Tour in 1991, and later adding European Tour victories in 1994 and 1996 before earning his PGA TOUR card at Q-School in 1997.

Spittle, a native of St. Catharines, Ont., took the road less traveled to the Champions Tour. After playing college golf at famed Ohio State alongside the likes of fellow Tour players Joey Sindelar and John Cook, the two-time Canadian Amateur champion took a job in the insurance industry, where he worked for 25 years in his adopted home state of Ohio.

In 2004, Spittle turned professional in advance of his 50th birthday, then earned status on on the Champions Tour via a T3 finish at the annual Qualifying Tournament in 2006. Since that point, the 61-year-old has made 151 career starts, collecting 19 top-10 finishes, including a playoff win at the 2010 AT&T Championship. The three-time Ohio Mid-Amateur champion has earned over $3.3 million on the golf course since leaving the insurance industry 11 years ago.

Rutledge will be making a hometown appearance at the Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship after growing up in Victoria.

The 56-year-old won six times on the Canadian Tour – now Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada- including three victories in the British Columbia Open. Rutledge’s professional career, which began in 1978, took him through the Web.com Tour, the European Tour and the Asian Tour before settling on the Champions Tour – where he has competed since the 2010 season.

Over the past seven years, Rutledge has recorded nine top-10 Champions Tour finishes, earning more than $1.3 million in earnings.

“Canada is a golf-rich country that has consistently cheered for its own through the years at PGA TOUR-sanctioned events,” said Tournament Director David Skitt. “The addition of these three players not only adds to the strength of our field, but also to the excitement heading into tournament week, as Canadian golf fans will have genuine passion in supporting Stephen Ames, Rod Spittle and Jim Rutledge.”

The announcement is the latest in a string of player commitments for the event, including World Golf Hall of Fame members Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomerie, Sandy Lyle and Tom Kite, as well as PGA TOUR Champions winners Rocco Mediate, Lee Janzen and Jesper Parnevik.

Tournament week in Victoria will begin with Pro-Ams on Wednesday and Thursday, followed by 54 holes of championship play from Friday through Sunday, with no cut. All three competitive rounds will be broadcast live by Golf Channel to more than 200 million homes in 84 countries and 11 languages around the world.

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio – Gene Sauers closed with a 1-under 69 and took advantage of another collapse by Miguel Angel Jimenez to win the rain-delayed U.S. Senior Open on Monday for his first senior victory.

The 53-year-old from Georgia finished with three straight pars to go from a one-shot deficit to a one-shot victory over Jimenez and Billy Mayfair at Scioto Country Club.

It capped a remarkable comeback for Sauers, who nearly died from a rare disease 10 years ago and was out of golf for seven years with pain so severe there were times he couldn’t even get off the couch.

“It hasn’t sunk in yet,” he said. “It’s been a long time, and I’m at a loss for words right now.”

He finished at 3-under 277.

Jimenez had a one-shot lead going into the final round, but blew a lead at a second straight major. The Spaniard regained the lead with a birdie on the 15th hole, a two-shot swing when Sauers made bogey, only to bogey the 17th hole.

They were tied on the 18th, but Jimenez missed the green and made a second straight bogey. Sauers made a 5-foot par putt to win it.

Sauers, who once thought he might never play again, now is exempt into the U.S. Open next year at Erin Hills.

Ten years ago, he was incorrectly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, ended up in the hospital for seven weeks and was given a 25 percent chance of survival. Eventually he was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare disorder of the skin and mucous membranes that causes the skin on his extremities to burn from the inside out. He was out of the game for seven years

“Being back to playing with these guys, it’s a pleasure,” he said. “I didn’t think I’d ever be here. I told my wife, when I was in the hospital, I didn’t think I was ever coming out. She kept me strong.”

He had 17 top-10 finishes in five years on the senior tour but hadn’t managed a win. He last won a PGA Tour event in 2002.

For Jimenez, it was the third consecutive tournament he let a lead slip away.

Three weeks ago at Carnoustie in the Senior British Open, the 52-year-old Spaniard took a four-stroke lead into the last day, then shot 75 and tied for third – three strokes behind winner Paul Broadhurst. Last week in the 3M Championship, he was a stroke ahead entering the final round and ended up losing when Joe Durant shot 63 and eagled the first hole of a playoff.

He led by a stroke after the third round at Scioto on Saturday but double-bogeyed the second hole to let Sauers overtake him, then couldn’t get it done at the end after Sauers let him back in it.

“I’m human, you know?” Jimenez said. “I’m going to make bogeys. I’m going to make birdies. It’s the way it’s coming. That moment is not on my side.”

Mayfair carded four birdies against a single bogey for a 3-under 67. Ian Woosnam was the only other player under par, finishing fourth at 1-under after a 68.

“All four days we saw different golf courses,” Mayfair said. “Kind of medium on Thursday. It wasn’t all that bad, that windy, but it was still hard to play on Friday. Of course, Saturday the wind started blowing. It was blowing all over the place. Today it was wet and soft and hardly any wind. We got to see Scioto in four different ways on four different days.”

Calgary’s Stephen Ames finished as the top Canadian in the field with a T24 6-over 286 tournament total, and St. Catharines, Ont., native Rod Spittle finished T51 following a 14-over 294 performance.

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio – The final round of the U.S. Senior Open was postponed Sunday because of heavy rain, giving Miguel Angel Jimenez another night to sleep on the third-round lead.

The course at the Scioto Country Club absorbed 2.36 inches of rain late Saturday and Sunday, leading to the decision late Sunday afternoon. The USGA had hoped to get at least the first groups through during a break in the rain on Sunday, but the course was too wet to play.

Rain was forecast for Monday, too. The first groups are scheduled to off at 7:30 a.m.

“We’re going to have a drying period overnight, and we think we’ve got a shot to get it in tomorrow,” said John M. Bodenhamer, the USGA’s senior managing director of rules, competitions & equipment standards.

Jimenez was at 3-under 207 on Jack Nicklaus’ boyhood course, a stroke ahead of Gene Sauers, and in position to win after blowing leads in his last two tournaments.

Three weeks ago at Carnoustie in the Senior British Open, the 52-year-old Jimenez took a four-stroke lead into the last day, only to shoot 75 and tie for third – three strokes behind winner Paul Broadhurst. Last week in the 3M Championship, The Spanish player was a stroke ahead entering the final round and ended up losing when Joe Durant shot 63 and eagled the first hole of a playoff.

He said the delay in finishing the tournament is inconvenient more than anything else.

“I think all the people have the same effect, you know?” he said. “And everybody wants to finish a tournament on Sunday. That’s with everything. It will affect hotels, flights and everything. So anyway, we have to do what we have to do.”

Ian Woosnam, Loren Roberts and senior newcomer Billy Mayfair were tied for third at 1 over.

The 53-year-old Sauers said a delay and a soggy course won’t change how he’ll approach his round Monday.

“You have to just keep hitting fairways and greens and give yourself opportunities,” Sauers said. “I’m going to the range a bit right now and try to work out things, try to work the ball left to right, vice versa, and try to figure out how I feel today,” he said. “I wasn’t too comfortable yesterday. So I’m going to try to see where I feel today and hopefully continue it into tomorrow, just kind of not think about things and just kind of relax and clear my mind of all what’s been happening today, because I was ready to play today.”

Bernhard Langer, tied for sixth place at 2 over, said some adjustments will be necessary Monday after the dry, hard course they played in the first three rounds.

“It will play quite different because it was pretty firm,” Langer said. “So (we’ll) probably get plugged balls in the fairways, mud balls. So don’t know if they’ll play preferred lies or not, and the greens will be softer, might spin balls back off the green instead of going over. So things like that. It will be different.”

Stephen Ames of Calgary is tied for 15th at 4-over, while Rod Spittle from St. Catharines, Ont., is T51 at 12-over.

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio – Miguel Angel Jimenez handled gusty winds and shot a 1-under 69 Saturday to grab the lead after the third round of the U.S. Senior Open Championship.

Despite three bogeys on the windy back nine, the 52-year-old Spaniard finished as one of just four players under par for the day. He’s at 3-under 207 through 54 holes at Scioto Country Club in suburban Columbus.

Jimenez started the day three shots off the lead. After two birdies on the front nine, he birdied the 12th before carding bogeys on the 13th and 14th, a birdie on the 15th and another bogey on the 16th. He finished with a pair of pars just as sheets of driving rain rolled in.

“The conditions, they are tough today, especially because of the wind,” Jimenez said. “The greens were softer on the first two rounds, but it’s the gusting wind there that (makes it) not easy to choose the club, the right club. Sometimes it will go a place that you don’t (want) to, you know?”

Gene Sauers also battled the wind and had an up-and-down day with four birdies and five bogeys, finishing with a 71 to put him in second place, one stroke off the lead. He shot a 68 on Thursday and 69 Friday.

“The heat, the wind, the rain on the last hole – it was a brutal day,” said the 53-year-old Sauers, who has never won a senior tournament in five seasons but has 17 top-10 finishes.

Ian Woosnam, Loren Roberts and Billy Mayfair were in a tie for third at 1-over par.

The leader after Friday’s round, Joey Sindelar, shot at 77 Saturday and slipped to 2-over and into a tie for sixth place.

“Golf’s hard,” he said. “U.S. Open’s harder. And I thought for the most part, I was pretty happy with the way I played. It wasn’t horrible. Just a couple of uglies, and it played hard out there. Problem is, we’ve got a pretty good guy out there in the lead and a couple more really good ones right behind him.”

Jimenez finished in the top 10 in six of the seven senior events he’s played in this year, winning the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic in April. He finished second at three others. He lost the 3M Championship in a playoff with Joe Durant, who made a double eagle on the first playoff hole.

As for Sunday, Jimenez said he’ll “just keep playing golf and give myself patience. That’s the main thing. Whatever happens happens.

“Of course,” he added, “you have to enjoy yourself.”

Calgary’s Stephen Ames holds a share of 15th at 4-over after carding a third-round 76, while St. Catharines, Ont., native Rod Spittle sits T51 at 12-over.

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio – Joey Sindelar, one of four former Ohio State players in the U.S. Senior Open at Scioto Country Club in suburban Columbus, has felt the support of the hometown crowd all week.

It apparently was a big help Friday. The 58-year-old Sindelar shot a 4-under 66 on a hot and humid day to take the second-round lead. He had five birdies, including two in a row after a bogey on No. 5. After finishing the first round with a 69, he was at 5 under overall.

“I’ve never been unconvinced that that many people in your corner, as the four of us have witnessed this week, cannot somehow kind of talk you into what might happen,” Sindelar said.

His highlight was a 40-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th, after pars on the six previous holes.

“I’m seeing the line very well, and I seem to be able to hit the ball where I’m looking, and so far it’s been a fun week with the putter,” said Sindelar, whose best finish in a senior event was a second in 2009.

Billy Mayfair, making his first senior start after turning 50 last Saturday, was a stroke back after a 67. He had four birdies and a bogey.

“Any time you put the words USGA in front of a tournament, first of all, they’re going to be the best venues you’re ever going to find, and they’re going to be set up very difficult,” Mayfair said. “You’ve got to drive the ball well. You’ve got to hit good, smart iron shots, and you’ve got to position the ball on the green really well. Usually, that’s below the hole. The greens will get firmer and firmer.”

Calgary’s Stephen Ames collected five birdies on the day en route to a 68. The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member holds a share of fourth alongside Glen Day of Little Rock, Ark. Rod Spittle of St. Catharines, Ont., posted a 70 and is T58 at 7-over.

First-round leader Vijay Singh followed his opening 66 with a 75 to drop into a tie for eighth at 1 over.

“I didn’t hit that many fairways,” Singh said. “It was a lot windier today. I got some bad breaks, didn’t putt as well. But all in all, I managed. I didn’t play as bad as what the score reads.”

Defending champion Jeff Maggert also was 1 over after a 71. He won last year at Del Paso in California.

Sindelar said stamina has been factor for the 50-and-over players in the blistering heat and high humidity. For one thing, Sindelar said he also had trouble keeping his hands dry on the club. The conditions also have worked in their favor, with the course playing hard and fast.

“Some of us have aged way different than others,” he said. “I’m extremely arthritic so the heat is good for me. It keeps me loose so I’m kind of enjoying it. But, boy, at night we’re cramping no matter how much you drink. Everybody got beat down a little. It’s just tough physically to go through that out there.”

John Daly had an 81 to miss the cut. He had three double bogeys, six bogeys and a birdie.

Bernhard Langer was tied for 23rd at 3 over after a 70.

Because of the threat of rain Saturday, the players will play in threesomes starting at about 7:30 a.m.

UPPER ARLINGTON, Ohio – Vijay Singh rebounded from a bad shot on the 17th to birdie the final hole Thursday and take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the U.S. Senior Open.

Still playing full-time on the PGA Tour at age 53, the big Fijian shot a 4-under 66 on a hot and humid afternoon at Scioto Country Club, the suburban Columbus course where Jack Nicklaus learned to play.

Singh pushed his tee shot right and bogeyed the par-3 17th. On the par-4 18th, he hit his second shot to 4 feet. The three-time major champion hit 13 of 14 fairways and 16 of 18 greens.

“I’m driving the ball well,” said Singh, coming off a tie for 56th on Sunday in Connecticut in the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship. “I’m hitting my irons good. Playing the regular tour, I’ve been playing pretty decent out there too. I came here (and) obviously expected to play well, and I just played well today.”

Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jeff Gallagher, Michael Allen, Gene Sauers and Glen Day shot 68.

“The weather is good. It’s perfect. It’s hot, humid,” Jimenez said. “This heat is going to drain a lot from you and probably (make things) more difficult, not because the course is more difficult, but the situation for the players that will be there at the end of the weekend.”

Singh is winless in nine career starts on the 50-and-over tour

“Every time I tee it up (in senior events), if I don’t win, I’m really disappointed,” Singh said. “So I put a lot more pressure on myself, and that’s not very good. I force myself to play well over here instead of just playing. So my attitude this week is just go and play and see what happens.”

Singh finished second this year in the PGA Tour’s Quicken Loans National in June, but missed the cut at the British Open and the PGA Championship. He said the dry, hard course at Scioto was a tough test.

“It was really firm,” Singh said. “Couldn’t stop even a sand wedge. Nothing was spinning. If you missed a green, it was very difficult to get up and down.”

The hot, dry conditions aren’t supposed to last, with rain forecast Friday and Saturday.

Defending champion Jeff Maggert had a 70. He won last year at Del Paso in California.

“The course is playing great, very difficult,” Maggert said. “Just every hole is demanding. You got to keep the ball on the fairway and pay attention to what you’re doing around the greens, make sure you’re giving yourself some opportunities to putt for birdies. Missing the greens here can really hurt you pretty bad too. It’s a ball striker’s course, and I’m hitting the ball well. So hopefully, the putter will cooperate over the next three days, and I can finish it off with a good tournament.”

Calgary’s Stephen Ames and John Daly also shot matching 70s.

“I actually hit the ball decent today,” Daly said. “I made a few putts, but nothing special. It was cool to play pretty much 16 holes bogey-free. I made a few 5- and 6-footers for pars as well, which helped. I had not been putting very good.”

Bernhard Langer opened with a 73. Woodbridge, Ont., native Dave Bunker follows one stroke behind, and Rod Spittle of St. Catharines, Ont., completes the Canadian contingent at 77.

BLAINE, Minn. – Joe Durant made a 10-foot eagle putt on the first hole of a playoff with Miguel Angel Jimenez on Sunday to win the PGA Tour Champions’ 3M Championship.

The 52-year-old Durant won on the par-5 18th after closing with a birdie on the hole in regulation for a 9-under 63. After a double bogey on the par-4 14th, Jimenez birdied the last four holes for a 67 to match Durant at 19-under 197 at TPC Twins Cities.

Jimenez birdied the 18th in the playoff, too, before Durant rolled in the right-to-left winner.

Durant won for the second time on the 50-and-over tour and the first by himself after teaming with Billy Andrade to win the Legends of Golf last year. Durant won the last of his four PGA Tour titles at Walt Disney World in 2006.

Durant opened with a 70 and shot a 64 on Saturday to begin the final round four strokes behind leader Jimenez. Durant birdied Nos. 1-2, 4-5 and 7-8 in a front-nine 30, and added birdies on Nos. 10 and 12. He dropped a stroke on the par-3 13th and got it back with a birdie on the par-4 14th.

Jimenez shot 67-63 to take a one-stroke lead over Kevin Sutherland into the final round.

Two weeks ago at Carnoustie in the Senior British Open, Jimenez took a four-stroke lead into the last day, only to shoot 75 and tie for third – three strokes behind winner Paul Broadhurst.

Jimenez won in Mississippi in March for his third career PGA Tour Champions victory. The 52-year-old Spanish player has 15 regular European Tour victories, the last in the 2014 Spanish Open at a tour-record 50 years, 133 days.

Two-time winner Bernhard Langer had a 64 to tie for third with Sutherland (68) at 17 under. Langer has broken par in all 24 of his rounds in the event.

David Frost (66) and Monday qualifier Glen Day (68) followed at 16 under.

Two-time defending champion Kenny Perry had a 68 to tie for 37th at 7 under.

John Daly tied for 71st at 3 over after a 75.

BLAINE, Minn. – Miguel Angel Jimenez made a 17-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th hole Saturday for a 9-under 63 and the second-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ 3M Championship.

The 52-year-old Spanish player had five straight birdies on Nos. 6-10 and also birdied the par-3 17th in good scoring conditions at generous TPC Twins Cities. He had a 14-under 130 total.

“I played very solid all day long,” Jimenez said. “Finished with four birdies on the front nine and another at 10, then stopped making putts. Nice way to finish.”

Two weeks ago at Carnoustie in the Senior British Open, Jimenez took a four-stroke lead into the final round, only to shoot 75 and tie for third – three strokes behind winner Paul Broadhurst.

“I’m confident with my game right now,” Jimenez said. “Just play my game right now.”

Jimenez won in Mississippi in March for his third career PGA Tour Champions victory. He has 15 regular European Tour victories, the last in the 2014 Spanish Open at a tour-record 50 years, 133 days.

“This year, my goal was to make the Olympics,” Jimenez said. “I put too much pressure on myself early this year.”

Kevin Sutherland was a stroke back after a 64. He tied for second last year.

“I putted unbelievable well,” Sutherland said. “Struggled with my irons today … I think someone will have go low tomorrow. It’s going to take a good score tomorrow, maybe something like I shot today.”

First-round leader Glen Day was 12 under, following his opening 65 with a 67. He played his way into the field Monday, topping the five qualifiers with a 7-under 64 at nearby Victory Links.

Colin Montgomerie and Jeff Maggert each shot 67 to get to 11 under.

Doug Garwood had the round of the day with a 62 to join the group at 10 under. He used a TPC Twin Cities youth caddie Saturday after his regular caddie fell ill Friday.

“It all kind of came together,” said Garwood, one off tying the course record. “I kept making putts. I made so many, I lost track. … It was the putter today. Hit it decent, nothing great.”

Two-time champion Bernhard Langer was tied for 10th at 9 under after a 68. He has broken par in all 23 of his rounds in the event.

Two-time defending champion Kenny Perry had a 68 to move into a tie for 45th at 3 under.

John Daly had his second 72, leaving him tied for 62nd at even par.

Local favourite Tom Lehman shot his second 73.

BLAINE, Minn. – Monday qualifier Glen Day shot a 7-under 65 in perfect conditions Friday to take the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ 3M Championship.

“Yes, I have a little more motivation as a Monday qualifier,” Day said. “I didn’t play as well today as I did Monday. I had no expectations this week. I just wanted to get into the tournament.”

On Monday, he topped the five qualifiers with a 7-under 64 at nearby Victory Links.

On Friday playing in the first group off the first tee at TPC Twin Cities, the 50-year-old Day had four straight late birdies in his bogey-free round.

“I made some putts and avoided mistakes,” Day said. “The greens are great. I was first out and they were perfect. Think first group out is an advantage.”

Jeff Maggert and Rod Spittle shot 66, and two-time champion Bernhard Langer was at 67 along with Colin Montgomerie, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Woody Austin, Kevin Sutherland, Carlos Franco, Scott Dunlap, Bart Bryant and Monday qualifier Jean-Francois Remesy.

Langer closed with a 20-foot eagle putt. He has broken par in all 22 of his rounds in the event.

Montgomerie had nine birdies and three bogeys.

“Nine birdies and three mistakes,” the Scot said. “We know this course isn’t one of the most difficult. The fairways are quite generous and the greens are super. You’ve got to holing putts. I was doing that today. We’ll see how it does the next two days.”

Day made a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-4 second and ran in a 10-footer on the par-5 third. He holed a 6-footer on par-4 11th, and made four straight on Nos. 14-17 – holing putts of 4, 25, 8 and 10 feet.

“There are a lot of birdie holes on the back nine. It’s a horse race out here, especially on this course.”

Day won the 1999 MCI Classic for his lone PGA Tour title. On the senior tour, he tied for sixth in Mississippi in April and last month in Endicott, New York.

Larry Nelson shot his age with a 68, the third time he was accomplished the feat. The World Golf Hall of Famer also bettered his age last year in the event with a second-round 66 at age 67.

John Daly opened with a 72, and two-time defending champion Kenny Perry and local favourite Tom Lehman shot 73. Lehman teamed with Arnold Palmer to design TPC Twin Cities.

Fred Funk withdrew after 12 holes because of a back injury.

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland – Paul Broadhurst won the Senior British Open on Sunday at Carnoustie for his first senior major title, closing with a 4-under 68 for a two-stroke victory over Scott McCarron.

The 50-year-old Broadhurst overcame an opening 75 to become the third English player to win a PGA Tour Champions major, joining Mark James and Roger Chapman. Broadhurst also is the first player to win the event in his debut since Fred Couples in 2012 at Turnberry.

“It’s massive, absolutely massive,” Broadhurst said. “I’m not aware of how big it is yet, honestly. I’m trying not to think about it. Beyond my wildest dreams to be honest. This sort of thing doesn’t happen to players like me normally. I’ve won a few tournaments over the years, but nothing anywhere near as big as this event. I feel very, very privileged to have won this event.”

Broadhurst shot a 66 on Friday and a 68 on Saturday to enter the final round four strokes behind leader Miguel Angel Jimenez. The winner birdied the par-5 sixth, par-4 10th, par-3 13th and par-4 15th in his bogey-free round in mostly cloudy conditions with 8-16 mph wind and occasional drizzle. He finished at 11-under 277.

McCarron bogeyed the par-3 16th and par-4 18th in his 69.

“I didn’t really have everything this week,” McCarron said. “I had a bad neck all week and was kind of playing around that a little bit. I just didn’t putt all that well all week long but I kind of hung in there. I had a chance with a couple holes to go, so that’s all you can ask for. Unfortunately, the bogeys on 16, 18, cost me the tournament.”

Jimenez had a 75 to drop into a tie for third with Magnus Atlevi (67) at 8 under.

“The 75 today was the other side of the coin from yesterday,” Jimenez said. “I was a little bit tense, not loose in the beginning of the round, and then didn’t play as well as yesterday.”

Broadhurst earned $279,144, a full PGA Tour Champions exemption through the 2017 season, a spot in the 2017 British Open at Royal Birkdale and a five-year exemption into the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hawaii. The 1991 Ryder Cup player won six times on the European Tour and also took the European Senior Tour’s Scottish Senior Open.

Where does this victory rank?

“Bigger than all of them, I think – a lot, lot bigger,” Broadhurst said. “I played some of my best golf this week. I really hit the ball nicely. My iron play today I thought was really good. I hit some top iron shots into 10 and 15. Yeah, the hard work I’ve put in paid off this week.”

Broadhurst played his final 45 holes in 14 under after going 3 over on his first 27. His final 54-hole total in relation to par of 14 under matched Carl Mason and Bruce Summerhays – both in 2003 – for the lowest in the history of the event. Broadhurst’s opening 75 was the highest start by a winner since Tom Watson also had a 75 in 2005.

Brandt Jobe (66) and Tom Byrum (72) were 7 under, and Joe Durant (73) and Wes Short Jr. (73) were another stroke back.