Michael Wright records best PGA Tour Champions finish
Michael Wright – file image
Queensland’s Michael Wright, now into his third season on the PGA Tour Champions, has recorded his best finish in 45 starts on that tour when sharing second place at the Chubb Classic in Naples in Florida, the soon to be 52 year old finishing just one shot from the winner, David Toms, after a final round of 71 saw him so nearly break through for a first win.
Wright began the final round three shots off the pace after Toms’ second round of 63 established a break on the field and was not helped when dropping three shots in two holes in the middle of his front nine, but he fought back to be just one behind playing the last.
Both he and Toms found greenside bunkers with their approaches to the par 5, leaving the door open for a possible playoff, but Toms’ bunker shot was outstanding, and the birdie was enough to hold out Wright, who also birdied to share second place with Boo Weekly and Justin Leonard.
Wright won a PGA Tour of Australasia event nearly twelve months ago, when successful in the WebEx Players Series Victoria, so he is displaying some of the best form of his career.
Wright earns US$132,000.
Rod Pampling finished in a share of 8th place, and Steven Allan 15th, as the next-best of the Australians.
