By Roy J. Akers — www.skyviewsports.net and the Double Eagle Golf Podcast
Grand Blanc, Mich. The 8th edition of the Ally Challenge has found well-known PGA Tour names at the top of the leaderboard and Ernie Els, Stewart Cink and Retief Goosen are all in the top ten.
Plenty of former Ally Challenge winners are also in the field and are holding their own. Besides the 2024 winner Cink, Joe Durant, Paul Broadhurst, and in Vijay Singh the champs are coming back to Warwick Hills CC. World Golf Hall of Famers Padraig Herrington, Els, and Bernhard Langer are all in the mix and let’s do a drone flyover and check out the final day.
GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) — Stewart Cink successfully defended his title in The Ally Challenge for his second PGA Tour Champions victory of the year, beating Ernie Els with a par on the first hole of a playoff Sunday.
Cink closed with a 4-under 68, birdieing two of the last three holes, to match Els at 15-under 201 at Warwick Hills. Els parred the final five holes in a 69.
They Said It at the Ally… Ernie Els and Col. Dan Rooney (Folds of Honor)
The 52-year-old Cink won the Insperity Invitational in May in Texas, beating Retief Goosen in a playoff. He won eight times on the PGA Tour, topped by the 2009 British Open.
Cink opened with a 62 and shot a 71 on Friday to enter the final round a stroke behind Els.
Steven Alker (65), Cameron Percy (70) and Soren Kjeldsen (70) tied for third at 12 under. Goosen (71) and Thongchai Jaidee (69) were 11 under.
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