PGA Tour Champions : Portugal Invitational Leaderboard
The Champions Tour goes through phases of domination as 50 year olds step down from the tougher courses and competition on the PGA Tour to their old peers again, who may be older than them by then and not as good.
Forgetting the years Arnie, Jack, Gary and Lee were and dominating, more recently the Boss of the Moss Loren Roberts went from an above average 8 victory PGA Tour to 13 victories featuring 4 majors on the Senior circuit.
Steve Stricker took charge for a while then a relative unknown Kiwi, Steve Alker came along in 2021 and amassed 11 wins, a major and 2 Charles Schwab Cup titles, with over $13.8m.
Now Paddy Harrington and Stewart Cink have joined a fading Alker as the top guns, joined this year by rookie Zach Johnson who already has 3 wins.
Leaders
Harrington 66 65 -13, Cink 67 64 and Rory Sabbatini 65 66 -13 all lead this inaugural Portugal Invitational, with Zach Johnson right behind 64 68 -12.
Host
Ernie Els, the host, has redesigned an old Arnold Palmer design, Dom Pedro Victoria GC, and renamed it the Els Club at Vilamoura and after a lifetime of holidaying and playing in the Algarve, he told the media " I'm very excited, very thankful, it's taken a long time but the Champions Tour is finally in Portugal!"
Canadian
Stephen Ames T18 69 69 -6
Bryan Angus
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