Sunday, October 16, 2016

Langer's four-birdie finish for two-stroke seniors' lead, heads for fifth win of season
 
CARY, North Carolina (AP) Bernhard Langer birdied the final four holes for his second straight 5-under 67 and a two-stroke lead Saturday in the US PGA Senior Tour Champions' SAS Championship.
Langer had a bogey-free round at Prestonwood in the regular-season finale. The 59-year-old Florida-based German star leads the tour with four victories and earnings of $2,512,659. He won the 2012 event and tied for third the last two years.
''I played pretty steady golf throughout the whole day,'' Langer said. ''Had to be very patient in the middle of my round because just the putts didn't go in. I didn't hit my irons really close, had a few chances here and there, but just didn't make anything. Then toward the end I hit the ball really well. Hitting irons a little closer and finally made some good putts coming in.''
Langer is tied for second with Lee Trevino with 29 career victories on the 50-and-over tour. Hale Irwin is the leader with 45.
''Two shots is nothing,'' Langer said. ''You can lose two shots in one hole. You make a bogey and the other guy makes a birdie and it's gone. You still have to have the mindset of going out and playing hopefully the best round or one of the best rounds of the day.''
Larry Mize and first-round leader Doug Garwood were tied for second at 8 under. Mize had a 69, and Garwood followed his opening 65 with a 72. Jeff Sluman (67) and Senior British Open winner Paul Broadhurst (69) were 7 under.
The top 72 players on the money list after the tournament - and one player in the top 10 in the event but outside the top 72 for the season - will get spots in the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs opener - the PowerShares QQQ Championship at Sherwood in California on Oct. 28-30.
Langer began the late with a 12-footer on the par-4 15th, and got up-and-down for birdie from over the green on the par-5 16th.
''Driver, 3-wood straight at the pin and rolled through the green into the rough and had a very tough pitch because it was straight downhill,'' Langer said. ''Played it pretty decent, got it to about 5 feet.''
He added 14-footers on par-3 17th par par-4 18th.
''That was nice because I hit a good putt, but it didn't turn until the very, very end and just snuck in on the high side,'' Langer said about 17. ''That was nice to see that one turn in. And then 18 was a perfect putt, went right in the middle.''
Defending champion Tom Lehman was tied for 10th at 4 under after a 68.


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Colin Montgomerie is T10 with a pair of 70s for four-under-par 140



SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2x72)

1Bernhard Langer 67  67



134
T2 Doug Garwood 65 71



136
T2 Larry Mize 67 69



136
T4 Jeff Sluman 70 67



137
T4 Paul Broadhurst 68 69   



137
T6 Joe Durant 69 69



138
T6 Billy Mayfair 68 70



138
T8 Jesper Parnevik 71 68



139
T8 Dan Forsman 70 69



139
T10   Tom Lehman* 72 68



140
T10   Scott Dunlap 71 69



140
T10 Colin Montgomerie  70 70



140
T10 Steve Pate 70 70



140
T10 Glen Day 70 70



140
T10 Tom Byrum 69 71



140
T16 Billy Andrade 72 69



141
T16 Kevin Sutherland 70 71



141
T16 Miguel Angel Jimenez 69 72



141
T16 Wes Short Jr. 69 72



141
T16 Michael Bradley 68 73



141
T16 Brad Faxon 66 75



141
T22 Michael Allen* 72 70



142
T22 Joey Sindelar* 73 69



142
T22 Fred Funk 71 71



142
T22 Brian Henninger 70 72



142
T26 Carlos Franco 72 71



143
T26 Jim Carter 72 71



143
T26 Scott Hoch 72 71



143
T26 Kenny Perry 72 71



143
T26 Jeff Hart 71 72



143
T26 Olin Browne 71 72



143
T26 Bart Bryant* 73 70



143
T26 Mark Calcavecchia* 74 69



143
T26 Jerry Smith 71 72



143
T26 Tom Pernice Jr.* 74 69



143
T26 Esteban Toledo 70 73



143
T26 Stephen Ames* 75 68



143
T26 Mark Brooks 70 73



143
T26 Steve Lowery* 77 66



143
T26 Brandt Jobe 68 75



143
T41 P.H. Horgan III* 72 72



144
T41 Scott Verplank* 73 71



144
T41 Rod Spittle* 73 71



144
T41 Lee Janzen 71 73



144
T41 Gene Sauers 71 73



144
T41 Bob Tway* 74 70



144
T41 Jay Haas* 74 70



144
T41 Ian Woosnam 71 73



144
T41 Loren Roberts* 76 68



144
T50 Woody Austin 72 73



145
T50 Mike Grob 71 74



145
T50 Willie Wood 71 74



145
T50 Guy Boros* 73 72



145
T50 Duffy Waldorf* 73 72



145
T50 Bob Gilder* 74 71



145
T50 Craig Parry 71 74



145
T57 Scott McCarron* 75 71



146
T57 Tom Kite* 77 69



146
T59 Grant Waite* 73 74



147
T59 Gary Hallberg 71 76



147
T59 Tom Purtzer* 75 72



147
T59 James Mason 70 77



147
T59 Jay Don Blake* 77 70



147
T59 Jerry Haas* 77 70



147
T65 Mike Goodes* 73 75



148
T65 Paul Goydos* 73 75



148
T65 Bobby Wadkins* 73 75



148
T65 Tommy Armour III* 74 74



148
T65 Todd Hamilton* 75 73



148
T65 Gil Morgan* 75 73



148
T65 Tim Petrovic 69 79



148
72 Wayne Levi* 73 76



149
73 Marco Dawson* 76 74



150
74 Kirk Triplett* 78 73



151
T75 Mark Wiebe* 78 74



152
T75 Hal Sutton* 79 73



152
T77 Neal Lancaster* 77 76



153
T77 Scott Simpson* 78 75



153
79 Mike Springer* 82 74



156
80 Craig Stadler* 79 79



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