Green again runner-up on Champions Tour – Wright 5th
Another near miss for Richard Green – image PGA of America
Richard Green fell just short of a first PGA Tour Champions victory when losing out in a playoff to Steve Stricker at the Sanford International Classic in Sioux Falls this morning.
A stunning birdie from the rough by Stricker at the 4th playoff hole sealed the win, his third consecutive win in this particular event.
The US$184,000 Green earned for his runner-up finish takes his season’s earnings to US$1,845,000 and he remains in 4th place in the Schwab Cup standings.
Green began the final round one shot behind his fellow countryman Michael Wright who would eventually finish in a share of 5th place with New Zealand’s Steve Alker and through nine holes actually led the tournament but bogeys at his 13th and 14th holes would prove costly, as, even though he birdied the last, he fell one short of winning outright.
For Green it was his fourth runner-up finish of the season and 9th top ten.
Wright dropped four shots in his first ten holes but rallied with two late birdies to finish in 5th place, his best PGA Tour Champions finish of his rookie year and a cheque for US$92,000.
