PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Thongchai Jaidee received his second PGA Tour Champions title, beating Justin Leonard on the fourth playoff gap within the Pure Insurance coverage Championship on Sunday when Leonard hooked his tee shot right into a penalty space abutting the Pacific Ocean on the par-5 18th at Pebble Seashore.
Jaidee completed with a two-putt par whereas Leonard needed to play his third shot from the tee field and made a double-bogey 7.
The 53-year-old from Thailand has 19 worldwide wins, together with six on the European tour. He picked up his first win on the over-50 tour final 12 months in Wisconsin.
The 51-year-old Leonard, who received the British Open in 1997, has but to win on the PGA Tour Champions, the place he returned to competitors after working as a tv commentator.
Jaidee closed with a 5-under 67 and Leonard shot 68 to complete at 14-under 202 within the 54-hole occasion. They every parred the 18th on their first attempt within the playoff and traded birdies after they performed it once more. Jaidee acquired up-and-down from a greenside bunker on the par-3 seventeenth to increase the playoff.
Arjun Atwal (69) was third, three photographs again, and Paul Stankowski (70) was fourth at 10 beneath.
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