Another runner-up finish for Steve Alker on PGA Tour Champions
Steve Alker – file image courtesy of USGA
The first full-field event of the 2025 PGA Tour Champions schedule has resulted in a win for 61-year-old Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez who won his 14th PGA Tour Champions title and took his PGA Tour Champions earnings beyond US$15 million with victory at the Trophy Hassan 11 event in Morocco.
Tied with New Zealand’s Steve Alker through 36 holes, Alker led by one as the pair headed into the closing nine holes but Jimenez’s final nine of 3 under 34 including an eagle at the par 4 17th saw him home by two with Alker alone in second position.
It was Alker’s 15th runner-up finish in his PGA Tour Champions career to go with his 8 wins since playing his first event in August of 2021.
Alker’s runner-up finish follows his 5th place finish at the season opener in Hawaii two weeks ago and the New Zealander moves to third behind Jimenez and Ernie Els in the Schwab Cup standings for the season.
Alker is scheduled to return to New Zealand in two weeks for another tilt at the New Zealand Open title at Millbrook Resort in which he might well put a scare into the field of regular tour players.
Richard Green finished 9th this week, while Greg Chalmers and Scott Hend were the next best Australians in a share of 14th place.
