McNULTY WINS HIS FIRST MAJOR ON THE
US SENIORS TOUR JUST WHEN HE NEEDED

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Mark McNulty claimed his first Major title on the US Champions (Seniors) Tour by capturing the JELD-WEN Tradition at Crosswater Golf Club, Oregon, finishing five shots ahead of American David Edwards.
The Zimbabwean-born Irishman, who led after the first and third rounds, closed with a final round of 68 for a 16 under par total of 272. The six time Champions Tour winner led Edwards by three shots at the turn and birdied the 11th and 15th.
By the last, he was seven ahead of the field but a double bogey took some of the gloss off his victory as a potential seven-stroke victory became five.
McNulty said: "My putting all week was fantastic except for the last hole, but my concentration had gone out the window by then."
McNulty, renown for his brilliance on the greens, added: "Guys who putt well through the ages are born with it. And whether it's [Ben] Crenshaw, whether it's Tiger [Woods], you are born with it and you putt well," he explained.
"You have times when you go through poor putting rounds, tournaments, times, but it always comes back because you have it, because it's inbred, it's inside."
"I can attest, he is a very good putter," said Edwards, who finished runner-up to McNulty. "I played with him the last three days and he played very solid. He didn't miss very many shots.”
As well as picking the right time on Sunday to charge ahead, he also picked the right time in his career to notch a win. McNulty needed a top 30 finish on the 2007 Champions Tour Money List to be fully exempt for 2008.
Upon first joining the Over-50s Tour, he earned three wins and Rookie of the Year honours in 2004 before following that up with two wins in 2005, but a lack of wins since put him in a precarious position on the exemption list.