Pernice pips Monty to win first leg of USA Senior Tour's Charles Schwab Cup Play-offs

By Golfweek Staff

Tom Pernice captured his first victory since 2014 with a win at the PowerShares QQQ Championship. (Getty Images)

Tom Pernice junior. earned his first USA Senior  Champions victory since 2014 with a one-shot win in the first leg of the Charles Schwab Cup Play-offs, the PowerShares QQQ Championship.
Pernice Jr. edged Colin Montgomerie by one shot, closing with a 2-under 70 to finish at 13-under 203. Pernice Jr. had a two-shot lead heading to 17, but a bogey dropped his lead to one. He managed to par the last to save himself from a playoff.
Pernice's prizemoney was $305,000. Montomerie earned $180,000 
Scott Dunlap finished third at 10 under after a 5-under 67 Sunday.
The victory vaults Pernice to 17th in the Schwab Cup play-offs. Schwab Cup leader Bernhard Langer withdrew from the event due to a knee injury, but had such a large lead on Miguel Angel Jimenez in second, that he maintained his position in first.
The field now will be cut to 54 for the Dominion Charity Classic

FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)

1	Tom Pernice Jr.	69	64	70			203	$305,000
2	Colin Montgomerie	65	69	70			204	$180,000
3	Scott Dunlap	72	67	67			206	$144,800
4	Olin Browne	68	66	73			207	$119,000
5	Ian Woosnam	74	66	68			208	$95,000
T6	Joe Durant	70	69	70			209	$68,000
T6	Marco Dawson	69	69	71			209	$68,000
T6	Scott McCarron	67	69	73			209	$68,000
T6	Rocco Mediate	69	65	75			209	$68,000
T10	Scott Parel	69	70	71			210	$46,000
T10	Jeff Maggert	68	69	73			210	$46,000
T10	Doug Garwood	69	68	73			210	$46,000
T10	Brandt Jobe	67	66	77			210	$46,000
14	Jay Haas	69	67	75			211	$38,000
T15	Jim Carter	67	76	69			212	$35,000
T15	Joey Sindelar	67	70	75			212	$35,000
T17	Mark O'Meara	69	74	70			213	$25,875
T17	Kenny Perry	73	70	70			213	$25,875
T17	Tommy Armour III	70	72	71			213	$25,875
T17	Esteban Toledo	68	71	74			213	$25,875
T17	Kevin Sutherland	71	68	74			213	$25,875
T17	Fred Funk	67	71	75			213	$25,875
T17	Jeff Hart	69	68	76			213	$25,875
T17	Jerry Smith	67	68	78			213	$25,875
T25	John Riegger	73	72	69			214	$18,240
T25	Lee Janzen	72	71	71			214	$18,240
T25	Michael Allen	72	70	72			214	$18,240
T25	Tom Byrum	72	69	73			214	$18,240
T25	Larry Mize	71	68	75			214	$18,240
T30	Carlos Franco	74	71	70			215	$14,133
T30	Todd Hamilton	75	69	71			215	$14,133
T30	Scott Verplank	72	71	72			215	$14,133
T30	Mike Goodes	72	69	74			215	$14,133
T30	Miguel Angel Jimenez	71	69	75			215	$14,133
T30	Willie Wood	70	68	77			215	$14,133
36	Fran Quinn	71	74	71			216	$12,000
37	Fred Couples	68	72	77			217	$11,400
T38	Roger Chapman	73	76	69			218	$9,800
T38	Rod Spittle	75	74	69			218	$9,800
T38	Billy Andrade	72	75	71			218	$9,800
T38	Greg Kraft	71	73	74			218	$9,800
T38	Jesper Parnevik	73	70	75			218	$9,800
T38	Paul Broadhurst	71	71	76			218	$9,800
T38	Miguel Angel Martin	69	72	77			218	$9,800
T45	Brad Bryant	74	74	71			219	$7,800
T45	Duffy Waldorf	72	73	74			219	$7,800
T45	Billy Mayfair	70	70	79			219	$7,800
T48	Jay Don Blake	69	79	72			220	$6,600
T48	Mark Calcavecchia	77	71	72			220	$6,600
T48	Mark Brooks	73	69	78			220	$6,600
T51	Steve Pate	76	72	73			221	$5,400
T51	Jeff Sluman	76	71	74			221	$5,400
T51	Stephen Ames	68	72	81			221	$5,400
T54	Woody Austin	77	70	75			222	$4,300
T54	Kirk Triplett	71	75	76			222	$4,300
T54	Paul Goydos	74	72	76			222	$4,300
T54	Gary Hallberg	71	74	77			222	$4,300
T54	Jose Coceres	72	72	78			222	$4,300
T54	Wes Short Jr.	71	70	81			222	$4,300
T60	Gene Sauers	74	73	76			223	$3,400
T60	Grant Waite	75	72	76			223	$3,400
T60	David Frost	69	73	81			223	$3,400
T63	Loren Roberts	75	74	75			224	$2,900
T63	Glen Day	74	74	76			224	$2,900
65	Steve Lowery	78	76	71			225	$2,600
66	John Daly	71	76	82			229	$2,400
67	Brian Henninger	76	81	74			231	$2,200