CARY, N.C. — Jerry Kelly closed with a 5-under 67 and gained the SAS Championship on Sunday after Padraig Harrington narrowly missed an 8-foot par putt that will have pressured a playoff, giving Kelly his first PGA Tour Champions title in two years.
Kelly was bogey-free and had a two-shot lead on the again 9 at Prestonwood Nation Membership till he did not birdie the par-5 seventeenth after which three-putted from 40 ft on the 18th, sending his first putt some 10 ft by the outlet.
He completed at 13-under 203 and was getting ready for a playoff when Harrington, who began the ultimate spherical with a three-shot lead, hit an excellent pitch to arrange birdie on the seventeenth.
They have been tied for the lead till Harrington went lengthy on the 18th from the green, chipped about 8 ft by and lipped out the par putt. Harrington shot 71.
Kelly gained for the twelfth time on the 50-and-older circuit, and the primary time because the Shaw Charity Basic in August 2022. He had spent most of this 12 months coping with a wrist harm and rheumatoid arthritis.
“It has been a very long time coming,” Kelly stated. “You surprise for those who’re ever going to do it once more when the accidents begin piling up.”
The SAS Championship was the ultimate match earlier than the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs begin subsequent week for the highest 72 gamers.
Woody Austin, regardless of a 75 within the remaining spherical, tied for seventeenth and moved up two spots to No. 71. Lee Janzen held down the 72nd spot. Ernie Els goes into the postseason because the No. 1 seed.
