Rod Pampling of Australia cruised to a final-round 67 and won the SAS Championship on Sunday in Cary, N.C. Pampling finished at 15-under 201, two shots better than Steven Alker of New Zealand, at the PGA Tour Champions' regular-season finale.
Rain dominated the second round of the SAS Championship on Saturday in Cary, N.C., preventing any player from finishing the round, with 12 holes the most any player was able to complete.
Rod Pampling of Australia caught fire on the back nine in order to post a 6-under 66 and take the first-round lead at the SAS Championship on Friday in Cary, N.C.
Australia's Rod Pampling opened with two birdies and went on to hold a two-shot lead after the first round of the U.S. Senior Open on Thursday in Stevens Point, Wis.
Rod Pampling won the Boeing Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions victory when Jim Furyk and Woody Austin failed to get up-and-down for birdie from greenside bunkers on the par-5 18th.
For the eighth time in the history of the grand event, Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland will play host to the Open Championship. Considered by many a golfer to be the toughest course among courses in the Open rotation, Carnoustie's daunting track can humble even the best in the world.