Cameron Percy 7th behind Angel Cabrera at Senior PGA Championship
Angel Cabrera and son / caddie Angel Jr – image PGA of America
Australia’s Cameron Percy finished in a share of 7th place at the Senior PGA Championship at the Congressional Golf Club in Maryland. The 51-year-old Victorian produced a final round of 69 over the demanding layout to bounce back from a third round of 76 and record his best finish in a senior major championship.
Percy led after day one and shared the lead with Vijay Singh through 36 holes but his third round of 76 saw him slip outside the top ten before his impressive final round effort.
Percy finished just three shots from the winner, Angel Cabrera, who won his second major in succession and his third PGA Tour Champions event of the year in his first season on the tour despite now being 55 years old.
Percy earned US$99,750 for his placing.
Cabrera served 30 months in prison after being convicted of assault and threats against a former partner but the two time major winner on the regular tour, (Master and US Open) has quickly reestablished himself in world golf and having moved into second place in the Charles Schwab Cup standings this season his future on the PGA Tour Champions looks assured.
Cabrera held off challenges from Padraig Harrington, Thomas Bjorn and Jason Caron during the latter stages of the day, Harrington in fact taking a two-shot lead when he birdied the 14th hole to move to 7 under for the day.
Harrington would, though, double bogey the 15th, and when he bogeyed the last, he would share second place with Bjorn.
Of the other Australasians who made the cut, Steve Alker produced the round of the day 66 on Sunday to storm through the field and finish 14th after just making the cut, Scott Hend was 19th, Mark Hensby 21st, Richard Green and Brendan Jones 40th and Andre Stolz 55th.
