Daly makes quintuple-bogey 9 at Senior PGA Championship
John Daly on Thursday at the Senior PGA Championship signed for a quintuple-bogey nine. Daly made the score on the par-4 16th hole at Harbor Shores Golf Club, his seventh of the day.
Rocco Mediate Leads Senior PGA Championship After Record 62
Rocco Mediate played the first 13 holes in 9 under and closed with five pars for a 62 to match the Senior PGA Championship and Harbor Shore records Thursday.
Taking advantage of greens softened by overnight rain, Mediate matched the marks set by Kenny Perry in the 2012 final round.
Rocco Mediate shot an even-par 71 in tricky wind conditions Saturday in the Senior PGA Championship presented by KitchenAid to take a two-stroke lead over two-time defending champion Colin Montgomerie into the final round.
Four strokes ahead at a tournament-record 14 under entering the day, Mediate had three birdies and three bogeys -- his first of the week -- at Jack Nicklaus-designed Harbor Shores. He matched the course and tournament records with an opening 62 and had a 66 on Friday.
Rocco Mediate holed out from a greenside bunker for birdie on the par-3 17th to wrap up a record-setting, wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the Senior PGA Championship.
Smoking cigars during the round, the 53-year-old Mediate closed with a 5-under 66 — holing a 15-footer for par on the last at Jack Nicklaus-designed Harbor Shores, for a three-stroke victory over two-time defending champion Colin Montgomerie.