McCarron wins Mitsubishi, moves to No. 1 in standings
Scott McCarron overcame a rocky start Sunday to post a wire-to-wire win by two shots at the Champions Tour's Mitsubishi Electric Classic in Duluth, Ga.
McCarron, 53, fired a final-round 1-under 71 and finished at 7-under 209 at TPC Sugarloaf, the site of his last two PGA Tour titles.
He beat out a foursome of players two shots back, including Jerry Kelly (67), Joe Durant (69), Kirk Triplett (69) and Kent Jones (69).
"To win here at a golf course that I've won twice at on the regular tour ... it's a place I love," said McCarron, who started the day with a three-shot lead. "It was a tough start today, but I really hung in there and I'm really happy with the victory."
McCarron saw his lead dissipate after opening with a roller-coaster bogey-birdie-double bogey start, but a birdie at the fourth helped settle the California native, who proceeded to card eight straight pars. He regained the lead by one with a two-putt birdie on 13 after driving the green at the 281-yard par 4, then made a 15-foot birdie putt on No. 15 to build a two-shot lead.
The win marked McCarron's ninth PGA Tour Champions victory and first since last September at the Shaw Charity Classic in Canada, where he bested Durant and Triplett by a shot. It also was his fourth top-five finish this year and moved McCarron from No. 6 to No. 1 in the Charles Schwab Cup rankings for the second time in his career (he led one week in 2018). The last three seasons, he has finished fourth (2016), third (2017) and second (2018) in the Charles Schwab Cup.
McCarron is the first wire-to-wire winner at a Champions Tour event since Bernhard Langer won the 2018 Insperity Invitational last May, and he was the only player to post three rounds under par this week.
Kenny Perry fired the low round of the day and of the tournament with a 6-under 66. He posted one bogey, five birdies and an eagle on the par-5 18th, finishing tied for sixth place at 4 under with Ken Duke, Jeff Sluman and Canadian Stephen Ames.
Defending champion Steve Flesch finished tied for 28th at 4 over after shooting 73.
--Field Level Media
