Alker goes back-to-back PGA Champions Tour titles
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New Zealand golfer Steven Alker has won back-to-back PGA Champions Tour titles..
The 52-year-old triumphed in the Ally Championshipat the Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Michigan by three shots after carding a final round 68 to go with his second 65 and opening 68.
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He started the third and final day two shots behind American Michael Block, but hit a birdie on the third and seventh holes followed by a bogey on the eighth.
He went on a birdie spree on his back nine, sinking four straight from the 12th to take the lead, although he did bogey the 18th. .
South African Retief Goosen finished second with Block, Stewart Cink of the US and Greg Chalmers of Australia another shot back in third.
Alker has won three times in 2026 including last week in Canada.
He admitted it took a while to get his game going this week.
"The putting obviously is the difference, that's the game maker and then I started driving it good and hitting my irons a little better and then you see some putts go in and away you go," Alker said afterwards.
It's the 11th victory on the Senior Tour for Alker since joining in 2011. It is Alker's 13th victory since joining the tour in 2021.
