Alker wins on Champions Tour, Hillier, Voke down order
New Zealand golfer Steven Alker has won his 14th tournament on the PGA Champions Tour from 115 starts with a one-shot victory in Pennsylvania.
Alker sunk two of his six birdies on the last two holes to finish on 13-under at the Jefferson Lehigh Valley Classic in Pennsylvania, edging past American Tag Ridings by one shot.
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Along the way he overcame a one-stroke 54-hole deficit to Michael Block. Drew even with an opening birdie, trailed by one after a bogey at No. 3, then took the lead for good with birdies at Nos. 4 and 5; a bogey at No. 8 cut the margin to one before birdies at Nos. 11, 16 and 17 took him home.
He has won three of his last four Tour starts and finished second in the other tournament.
Added to that, he also tasted victory in a rare appearance on the European Legends Tour in Northern Ireland - meaning he's won four of his last five tournaments.
It was Alker's 14 career Tour win and he was thrilled to match his personal best record of four Tour victories in a season.
"It's pretty special, I haven't done it since '22," he said on the Sky Sport coverage
"So kind of a little bit surprised. I mean, I've just crushed it the last six weeks. The scoring got better, my putting got better, just doing everything better.
"So I didn't have my A game today. We didn't have our A game in the last group, but it's just good to get it done. And just so happy with number four."
The 55-year-old picked up prize money of over $600,000, taking his Tour season tally to just under $4 million.
He remains third on the Charles Schwab tour rankings, behind Americans Stewart Cink and Zach Johnson, both of whom won Majors on the PGA Tour.
On the DP World Tour at the Alfred Dunhill Links tournament at St Andrews Daniell Hillier hit a par round 72 to finish tied 30th and 10-under for the tournament which was won by Pland's Adrian Meronk at 20-under.
Fellow Kiwi Nick Voke finished tied tied 51st at seven-under after a final round 71.
