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Who will win Senior PGA Championship 2022 at Harbor Shores? 12 players to watch

john fineran
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Padraig Harrington

Padraig Harrington plays his shot from the seventh tee during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Southern Hills Country Club, May 20, 2022 in Tulsa.
Padraig Harrington plays his shot from the seventh tee during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Southern Hills Country Club, May 20, 2022 in Tulsa.

Age: 50 | Height: 6-1 | Weight: 189

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

College: Dublin Business College

Resides: Dublin, Ireland

Turned pro: 1995

2022 scoring average: 69.75 (7th)

2022 money won: $504,416 (7th)

2022 Top 10 finishes: 3 (2nd Regions Tradition; T2nd Rapiscan Systems Classic; T2nd Mitsubishi Electric Classic)

Career victories: 29 (6 PGA Tour including 2007 Open Championship, 2008 Open Championship and 2008 PGA Championship; 20 International including five Irish PGA and 1 Irish Open)

Career earnings: $26,010,438

Major assets: 2021 European Ryder Cup team captain. … 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 European Ryder Cup team member. … 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Steven Alker

Steven Alker plays from the rough on the ninth hole during the final round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship golf tournament at Phoenix Country Club, Nov. 13, 2021.
Steven Alker plays from the rough on the ninth hole during the final round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship golf tournament at Phoenix Country Club, Nov. 13, 2021.

Age: 50 | Height: 5-11 | Weight: 155

Birthplace: Hamilton, New Zealand

Resides: Fountain Hills, Arizona and Hamilton, New Zealand

Turned pro: 1995

2022 scoring average: 67.96 (1st)

2022 money won: $1,183,961 (1st)

2022 Top 10 finishes: 6 (1st Rapiscan Systems Classic; 1st Insperity Invitational; 2nd Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai; T2nd ClubCorp Classic; T3rd Regions Tradition; T5th Chubb Classic)

Career victories: 14 (3 PGA Tour Champions, 4 Korn Ferry Tour, 7 International)

Career earnings: $4,608,392

Major assets: His ultimate foursome would include Peter Jacobsen, David Feherty and Harbor Shores designer Jack Nicklaus. … Supporter of First Tee and breast cancer awareness.

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Miguel Angel Jimenez

Age: 58 | Height: 5-10 | Weight: 180

Birthplace: Malaga, Spain

Resides: Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic

Turned pro: 1982

2022 scoring average: 68.68 (2nd)

2022 money won: $952,708 (2nd)

2022 Top 10 finishes: 6 (1st Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai; 1st Cologuard Classic; T3rdRegions Tradition; T5th Chubb Classic; T8th Rapiscan Systems Classic; T8th Insperity Invitational)

Career victories: 38 (12 PGA Tour Champions include 2018 Regions Tradition and 2018 Senior Open Championship; 21 European Tour; 5 others including two Dunhill Cup victories for Spain)

Career earnings: $20,985,302

Major assets: 1999, 2004, 2008, 2012 European Ryder Cup team member. … member of 14 World Cup teams and 10 Dunhill Cup teams. … One of seven brothers, he started playing golf at age 15.

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Retief Goosen

Retief Goosen tees off on hole 12 during round one of the U.S. Senior Open on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at Notre Dame's Warren Golf Course in South Bend. Thursday, June 27, 2019, in South Bend.
Retief Goosen tees off on hole 12 during round one of the U.S. Senior Open on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at Notre Dame's Warren Golf Course in South Bend. Thursday, June 27, 2019, in South Bend.

Age: 53 | Height: 5-11 | Weight: 185

Birthplace: Polokwane, South Africa

Resides: Orlando, Florida; Virginia Water, Surrey, England; Polokwane, South Africa

Turned pro: 1990

2022 scoring average: 69.29 (T4th)

2022 money won: $760,749 (3rd)

2022 Top 10 finishes: 6 (1st Hoag Classic; 3rd Chubb Classic; T5th Rapiscan Systems Classic; T5th Insperity Invitational; T6th Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai; T10th Mitsubishi Electric Classic)

Career victories: 36 (7 PGA Tour victories include 2001 U.S. Open, 2004 U.S. Open, 2004 Tour Championship; 2 PGA Tour Champions include 2019 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship; 27 International victories include two Dunhill Cup team victories with Ernie Els and David Frost)

Career earnings: $35,950,185

Major assets: 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011 Presidents Cup International team member. … survived lightning strike playing as an amateur in South Africa.

Bernhard Langer

Bernhard Langer drives on the ninth hole of his practice round Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at Warren Golf Course in South Bend.
Bernhard Langer drives on the ninth hole of his practice round Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at Warren Golf Course in South Bend.

Age: 64 | Height: 5-9 | Weight: 160

Birthplace: Anhausen, Bavaria, Germany

Resides: Boca Raton, Florida and Anhausen, Germany

Turned pro: 1972

2022 scoring average: 69.29 (T4th)

2022 money won: $578,873 (5th)

2022 Top 10 finishes: 5 (1st Chubb Classic; T2nd Cologuard Classic; T8th Hoag Classic; T8th Insperity Invitational; T10th Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai)

Career victories: 112 (3 PGA Tour including 1985 and 1993 Masters; 43 PGA Tour Champions victories include 2010 Senior Open Championship, 2010 U.S. Senior Open Championship, 2014 Constellation Senior Players Championship, 2014 Senior Open Championship, 2015 Constellation Senior Players Championship, 2016 Regions Tradition, 2016 Constellation Senior Players Championship, 2017 Regions Tradition, 2017 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, 2017 Senior Open Championship, 2019 Senior Open Championship; 61 International victories include 15 German Open titles; 5 other titles including four Father-Son Challenge Challenges with sons Stefan and Jason)

Career earnings: $64,321,910

Major assets: Member of World Golf Hall of Fame. … 2004 European Ryder Cup team captain. … 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2002 European Ryder Cup team member.

Ernie Els

Nov 11, 2021; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Ernie Els warms up on the practice range during the first round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship golf tournament at Phoenix Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 11, 2021; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Ernie Els warms up on the practice range during the first round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship golf tournament at Phoenix Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports

Age: 52 | Height: 6-3 | Weight: 210

Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa

Resides: Wentworth, Surrey, England; George, Western Cape, South Africa; West Palm Beach, Florida

Turned pro: 1989

2022 scoring average: 69.40 (6th)

2022 money won: $462,808 (9th)

2022 Top 10 finishes: 5 (T3rd Regions Tradition; 5th Mitsubishi Electric Classic; T6th Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai; 7th Hoag Classic; T10th Chubb Classic)

Career victories: 74 (19 PGA Tour include 1994 U.S. Open, 1997 U.S. Open, 2002 Open Championship, 2012 Open Championship; 2 PGA Tour Champions victories; 47 International victories; 6 other victories include two Dunhill Cup and two World Cup)

Career earnings: $52,420,420

Major assets: Member of World Golf Hall of Fame. … Member of International team in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 Presidents Cup competitions.

Alex Cejka

Age: 51 | Height: 5-10 | Weight: 170

Birthplace: Marianske Lazne, Czechoslovakia

Resides: Munich, Germany and Las Vegas, Nevada

Turned pro: 1989

2022 scoring average: 70.58 (21st)

2022 money won: $354,502 (17th)

2022 Top 10 finishes: 2 (T2nd Rapiscan Systems Classic; 4th Insperity Invitational)

Career victories: 15 (1 PGA Tour; 2 PGA Tour Champions victories include 2021 Regions Tradition and 2021 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship; 1 Korn Ferry Tour; 11 International)

Career earnings: $15,422,582

Major assets: Fled Communist Czechoslovakia at age 9 by foot, train, swimming and biking with father. … Played hockey as youth but switched to golf after watching Bernhard Langer. … Played in 2016 Summer Olympics for Germany which he has represented in 12 World Cup competitions.

David Toms

6/28/2019: Tribune Photo/ROBERT FRANKLINDavid Toms tries to put some body English on his shot on hole No. 12 during the opening round of the U.S. Senior Open golf tournament, Thursday at Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Ind.
6/28/2019: Tribune Photo/ROBERT FRANKLINDavid Toms tries to put some body English on his shot on hole No. 12 during the opening round of the U.S. Senior Open golf tournament, Thursday at Warren Golf Course in South Bend, Ind.

Age: 55 | Height: 5-10 | Weight: 160 | Birthplace: Monroe, Louisiana

College: Louisiana State

Resides: Shreveport, Louisiana

Turned pro: 1989

2022 scoring average: 69.24 (3rd)

2022 money won: $502,500 (8th)

2022 Top 10 finishes: 6 (T2nd Mitsubishi Electric Classic; 5th Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai; 7thInsperity Invitational; T9th Regions Tradition; T10th Chubb Classic; T10th Hoag Classic)

Career victories: 18 (13 PGA Tour including 2001 PGA Championship; 2 PGA Tour Champions including 2018 U.S. Senior Open; 2 Korn Ferry Tour; 1 other)

Career earnings: $48,277,713

Major assets: 2002, 2004, 2006 Ryder Cup U.S. team member. … 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011 Presidents Cup U.S. team member.

Scott Parel

Scott Parel hits the ball during the Chubb Classic's final round on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla. Ndn 20220220 Chubb Classic Final Round 0794
Scott Parel hits the ball during the Chubb Classic's final round on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 at the Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Fla. Ndn 20220220 Chubb Classic Final Round 0794

Age: 57 | Height: 5-5 | Weight: 170

Birthplace: Pontiac, Michigan

College: Georgia (1986)

Resides: Augusta, Georgia

Turned pro: 1996

2022 scoring average: 70.29 (T14th)

2022 money won: $531,835 (6th)

2022 Top 10 finishes: 3 (1st ClubCorp Classic; 5th Cologuard Classic; T5th Chubb Classic)

Career victories: 5 (4 PGA Tour Champions victories, 1 Korn Ferry Tour)

Career earnings: $13,992,332

Major assets: Did not play golf in college, earning computer science degree and working in that field until turning pro at 31.

Colin Montgomerie

Colin Montgomerie chips out of the rough during the opening round of the U.S. Senior Open on Thursday, June 27, 2019 at Notre Dame's Warren Golf Course in South Bend.
Colin Montgomerie chips out of the rough during the opening round of the U.S. Senior Open on Thursday, June 27, 2019 at Notre Dame's Warren Golf Course in South Bend.

Age: 58 | Height: 6-1 | Weight: 210

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland

College: Houston Baptist

Resides: Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland and Naples, Florida

Turned pro: 1987

2022 scoring average: 70.68 (T24th)

2022 money won: $176,625 (33rd)

2022 Top 10 finishes: 1 (T7th Mitsubishi Electric Classic)

Career victories: 83 (7 PGA Tour Champions including 2014 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, 2014 U.S. Senior Open, 2015 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship; 42 International victories including 35 on European Tour; 44 others)

Career earnings: $21,694,683

Major assets: Member of World Golf Hall of Fame. … 2010 Ryder Cup Europe team captain. … 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006 Ryder Cup Europe team member. … 10-time World Cup participant for Scotland. … 1998 Member of British Empire from Queen Elizabeth II.

Paul Broadhurst

Paul Broadhurst tees off during the 40th Senior Open Championship on Monday, June 24, 2019, in South Bend at Notre Dame's Warren Golf Course.
Paul Broadhurst tees off during the 40th Senior Open Championship on Monday, June 24, 2019, in South Bend at Notre Dame's Warren Golf Course.

Age: 56 | Height: 5-11 | Weight: 172

Birthplace: Walsall, England

Resides: Atherstone, Warwickshire, England

Turned pro: 1989

2022 scoring average: 69.89 (9th)

2022 money won: $329,299 (18th)

2022 Top 10 finishes: 3 (T8th Rapiscan Systems Classic; T7th ClubCorp Classic; T7th Mitsubishi Electric Classic)

Career victories: 14 (5 PGA Tour Champions including 2016 Senior Open Championship, 2018 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship; 3 International; 6 others)

Career earnings: $10,903,577

Major assets: Shot final-round 63 to turn two-shot deficit into four-shot victory at Harbor Shores and his 265 total matched the lowest 72-hole total in the tournament’s history.

Jerry Kelly

7/2/2019: Tribune Photo/ROBERT FRANKLINJerry Kelly blasts out of a bunker on the fifth hole during the final round of the U.S. Senior Open golf tournament Sunday in South Bend
7/2/2019: Tribune Photo/ROBERT FRANKLINJerry Kelly blasts out of a bunker on the fifth hole during the final round of the U.S. Senior Open golf tournament Sunday in South Bend

Age: 55 | Height: 5-11 | Weight: 165

Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin

College: Hartford

Resides: Madison, Wisconsin

Turned pro: 1989

2022 scoring average: 69.82 (8th)

2022 money won: $402,055 (12th)

2022 Top 10 finishes: 3 (4th Cologuard Classic; T5th Chubb Classic; 6th ClubCorp Classic)

Career victories: 16 (3 PGA Tour; 8 PGA Tour Champions including 2020 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship; 2 Korn Ferry Tour; 3 others)

Career earnings: $38,106,312

Major assets: Member of United States team for 2003 Presidents Cup.

Lee Janzen

Age: 57 | Height: 6-0 | Weight: 175

Birthplace: Austin, Minnesota

Resides: Orlando, Florida

Turned pro: 1986

2022 scoring average: 70.43 (17th)

2022 money won: $377,855 (14th)

2022 Top 10 finishes: T 3rd at Hoag Classic with his 9-under 204; 4th at ClubCorp Classic with his 10-under 203 total.

Career victories: 11 (8 on PGA Tour, including 1993 U.S. Open, 1995 Players Championship and 1998 U.S. Open; 2 on PGA Tour Champions, 1 in 2000 Franklin Templeton Shootout with Florida Southern teammate Rocco Mediate)

Career earnings: $21,030,834

Major assets: U.S. Ryder Cup teams 1993 and 1997. … Played with Aaron Stewart, the late Payne Stewart’s son, in the 2004 Father-Son Challenge. … Remaining a Baltimore Orioles fans from his childhood days in Maryland, he turned to golf when the family moved to Orlando when he was 14.

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Senior PGA Championship at Harbor Shores: 12 players to watch