Joe Durant wins fifth PGA TOUR Champions title at Cologuard Classic
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Joe Durant gets up-and-down for birdie at Cologuard
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TUCSON, Ariz. — Joe Durant took advantage of Stewart Cink's back-nine meltdown to win the Cologuard Classic on Sunday for his fifth PGA TOUR Champions victory, closing with a 4-under 67 to beat three players by two strokes.
The 59-year-old Durant rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 10th with an eagle on the par-5 11th and parred the final seven holes. He finished at 13-under 200 at La Paloma Country Club.
Joe Durant makes Eagle putt on No. 11 at Cologuard
The 50-year-old Cink, two strokes ahead entering the day after rounds of 62 and 69 in his sixth senior start, played a four-hole stretch in 5 over, making a triple bogey on par-4 13th and bogeys on the par-4 15th and par-5 16th. He had a 73 to tie for seventh at 9 under.
Steven Alker (65), Jerry Kelly (67) and 2020 winner Kevin Sutherland (68) tied for second. Past champion Steve Stricker had a 75 to drop into a tie for 32nd at 4 under.
Durant earned $330,000. He won four times on the PGA TOUR.
