Padraig Harrington stored his hopes of profitable the PGA Tour Champions Charles Schwab Cup alive when he claimed his third win of the season within the Simmons Financial institution Championship in Arkansas.
After carding rounds of 67 and 65 to share the 36-hole lead with New Zealander Steven Alker on 12-under, the 53-year-old Irishman birdied the final for a five-under 67 and a two-shot win over South Korea’s YE Yang on 17-under-par.
It was Harrington’s ninth win in 48 begins on the PGA Tour Champions and essential for his hopes of profitable the season-long factors race on the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, which is being held in Phoenix from November 7-10.
The three-time main winner went into the penultimate occasion in Little Rock ranked eleventh within the standings needing a win to offer himself an opportunity of profitable the factors race and he pulled it off by making six birdies on the ultimate day.
The Dubliner received $365,000 to take his season’s earnings on the PGA Tour Champions this season to $1.63m.
The win catapults him to fourth place on the factors checklist behind Ernie Els, Alker, and Stephen Ames, which suggests his future is now in his personal fingers.
“It’s not going to get any simpler to win the Schwab Cup as there’s youthful gamers becoming a member of the tour yearly, so I’ll definitely be concerned to take my likelihood this yr,” mentioned Harrington, who nonetheless competes on the principle excursions and is at the moment 301st on the planet rating.
Harrington, who final win on the principle excursions got here on the Portugal Masters in 2016, is clearly relishing the prospect to win titles once more and compete towards his personal age-group. He mentioned: “You’re popping out right here, you’re enjoying together with your friends, you’re enjoying in entrance of nice crowds, it will get thrilling.
“Being in rivalry and attempting to hit the photographs underneath strain, it’s such as you’re again as a younger lad, it’s such as you’re again within the good previous days. It is extremely a lot out right here on the Champions Tour, you’re reliving the previous glories, you’re hitting these photographs. What different sport offers you that chance to really feel like a star once more?”
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