Jerry Kelly wins PGA Tour Champions playoff in Iowa

He broke out of a placing hunch with assist from Steve Stricker, his Madison, Wisconsin, pal and neighbor who tied for eighth.

“It felt good all week. I simply needed to preserve my endurance in there. That was what despatched me via, apart from clearly Steve’s placing lesson once more. However actually is the endurance. Due to that, as a result of I used to be capable of make some putts, that basically carried me via.”

Kelly and Triplett every shot 5-under 67 to complete at 18-under 198 at Wakonda Membership, two strokes forward of Steven Alker and Corridor of Famer Bernhard Langer.

Kelly returned from a lightning delay to play the ultimate three holes of regulation, making a birdie on the par-3 seventeenth. Triplett birdied the par-4 sixteenth and closed with two pars.

“Only a good old style afternoon Midwest thunder boomer pop-up,” Kelly stated in regards to the storm. “It didn’t final lengthy, fortunately. Didn’t even assume we had been going to want to hit balls, however I’m glad I did as a result of I discovered simply how previous I’m on that first drive within the playoff.”

The 60-year-old Triplett received the final of his eight senior titles in 2019.

Alker adopted his second-round 64 with a 69. The Senior PGA Championship winner final week in Michigan, the 50-year-old New Zealander has 4 victories in his final 13 occasions.

The 64-year-old Langer had 4 back-nine birdies in a 68.

Brett Quigley was fifth at 15 underneath after a 70.

Paul Goydos (65) and Brandt Jobe (67) had been 14 underneath, and Stricker (67) and Kevin Sutherland (67) had been 13 underneath.

Stricker returned after having to withdraw from the Senior PGA due to a constructive COVID-19 check consequence. He received the most important in Alabama in his earlier begin.

Stricker will host the American Household Insurance coverage Championship subsequent week in Madison. Kelly is the two-time defending champion.