BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Stewart Cink expanded his result in three strokes Saturday in tough wind situations as he cruised to his second consecutive senior main title at Areas Custom.
After beginning with a two-shot lead with two 7-under 65s at Greystone, Cink shot a 71 to enhance to 15-under 201 at his house state match. He received the Main Senior PGA Championship in Florida two weeks in the past, his third win of the 12 months on the over-50 tour.
“General right now was a really tough day to attain,” Sink mentioned. “I wasn’t as sharp as I used to be the primary couple of days both, however typically it might get a bit of windy on the golf course. The wind course on a variety of the holes was difficult and it was arduous to gauge the gusts in that course.”
With winds reaching 20 mph, the 52-year-old Sink made a double bogey on the par-5 fifteenth gap, however birdied the par-3 14th and par-5 18th holes.
“The birdie on the finish was nice,” mentioned Cink, who was introduced Saturday as assistant captain of the U.S. Ryder Cup staff. “I had some fairly good pictures, however the double on the fifteenth gap is what occurs if you hit a variety of unhealthy pictures on one gap. You get a foul rating.”
Colin Montgomerie, 62, took second place, ending with a bogey 67.
“The fantastic thing about the sport of golf is that age is only a quantity,” Montgomery mentioned. “If it have been every other sport, you would be passed by now.”
Doug Barron (69) and Steven Alker (71) have been 10 below.
Cink opened the season with a win on the Mitsubishi Electrical Championship in Hawaii in January and went on to win back-to-back races on the Hogue Traditional and Senior PGA in late March and April. He’s an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour and has seven titles in his senior profession, led by a playoff victory over Tom Watson on the 2009 British Open.
Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk introduced in a tv interview after the Kentucky Derby that he would title Cink and Justin Leonard as assistant captains. The match might be performed at Adare Manor in Eire subsequent 12 months.
Sink grew up in Florence, in northwestern Alabama.
