Toms aims to keep winning

HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. — David Toms is breathing a little easier.

Nothing like winning a major to toss a big weight off a golfer’s shoulders, particularly when he had gone more than seven years without a victory on either the senior or regular tours.

Now, Toms has a shot at another one.

He comes into the Constellation Senior Players Championship today looking to build on his win at the U.S. Senior Open at the Broadmoor two weeks ago.

“I was putting a lot of pressure on myself to try to win a tournament,” Toms said. “I felt like I had chances but wasn’t getting it done, and that’s when you think about when you go home at night away from the golf course.”

Toms is part of a loaded field at Exmoor Country Club featuring 49 of the top 50 senior golfers.

Winning the U.S. Senior Open gave him a spot in the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach next year. A victory this week would get him to the Players Championship, where he lost in a playoff in 2011.