Argentina’s Ángel Cabrera accomplished his weather-delayed ultimate spherical of 64 on Monday morning to say the primary main of the PGA Tour Champions season on the Areas Custom.
Cabrera was taking part in the par-4 sixteenth on Sunday and was tied for the lead with Jerry Kelly at 18 below when officers suspended the spherical as a consequence of darkness at Greystone Golf & Nation Membership in Birmingham, Alabama.
Cabrera birdied the par-4 sixteenth, made a pleasant par save on the par-3 seventeenth and birdied the par-5 18th on Monday to complete at 20 below, one shot forward of Kelly and two away from third-place finisher Y.E. Yang of South Korea.
“It was an amazing day,” mentioned Cabrera, 55, who received his first Champions main after amassing his first win on the seniors tour on the Corridor of Fame Invitational in April.
Cabrera resumed his profession after spending time in jail between 2021 and 2023 on costs of assault, together with threatening two of his ex-girlfriends.
Cabrera, who received the U.S. Open in 2007 and The Masters in 2009, mentioned he did not think about getting again to the extent of lifting trophies once more so quickly.
“No, I did not know I might get there so shortly,” Cabera mentioned after finishing his ultimate spherical with 9 birdies and one bogey. “I at all times thought I might, however I did not suppose it might be so quick.”
Kelly completed birdie-bogey-birdie Monday and carded a 68 to complete at 19 below. Yang additionally bogeyed No. 17 earlier than closing with a birdie and a 68 to maneuver to 18 below.
Steven Alker (68) got here in fourth at 17 below. Two pictures again and tied for fifth had been Chris DiMarco (69), Canada’s Stephen Ames (68) and South Korea’s Charlie Wi (70).
