Chubb leader Langer looks to tie Irwin's record for wins
Bernhard Langer, the ageless one — though his Florida driver’s license states he is 65 — will enter the final round of the Chubb Classic today with a shot at history, looking to tie Hale Irwin’s mark for all-time PGA Tour Champions victories (45) at Tiburon Golf Club’s Black Course in Naples, Fla.
Langer won at Chubb a year ago, and already is the oldest winner in PGA Tour Champions history, having won last fall’s TimberTech Championship after his 65th birthday.
With winds blowing steadily beyond 15 mph in Saturday’s second round, Langer had to work hard for his 2-under 70, and will take a one-shot lead over a quartet of players into the final round.
Langer stands at 10-under 134, a stroke better than 2022 Charles Schwab Cup winner Steven Alker (65), Jerry Kelly (66), Dicky Pride (70) and Paul Goydos (71). At 8-under 136, two shots back, are Fred Couples, who shot 69, and Steve Stricker (69), who is seeking a record fourth consecutive PGA Tour Champions victory.
In all, 10 players will begin the final round within three shots of Langer.
“To win with this kind of leaderboard, you’ve got to play a near-flawless round of golf, I think,” Langer said. “You’ve got to have a pretty low score, one of the lowest scores tomorrow, and that’s got to be my goal.”
DP World Tour
Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark moved a step
closer to his seventh European tour victory when he shot an 8-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead at Thailand Classic in Chonburi.
Olesen made eight birdies in a bogey-free third round at Amata Spring Country Club to reach 18-under 198 overall, two shots in front of countryman Nicolai Hojgaard (64) and Germany’s Yannik Paul (66).
Joost Luiten of the Netherlands was a further shot back.
LIV Golf
New Zealand’s Danny Lee, Belgium’s Thomas Pieters and American Brendan Steele will jump to LIV Golf League for the season that begins next week, according to multiple reports.
ESPN reported PGA Tour players Lee and Steele will join DP World Tour standout Pieters in jumping to the Saudi-backed series, which has lured top talent with $25 million purses and 54-hole events.