May 23-26
Oak Hill CC, Rochester, New York
$3,250,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
Ken Tanigawa overturned a three-stroke deficit to win his first Senior Major at the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club.
“To say it's a dream come true may be an understatement to a big level. And to win at Oak Hill on such a storied venue just makes it that much more special, because you know all the great players have hit that tee shot off of one, and then to just be able to play here and compete and to pull off a victory of this magnitude is unbelievable. It's unreal.
“I played well at Pebble, another incredible venue. Being from California and having the, being fortunate enough to win there is pretty, pretty cool. But to validate it here under the pressure of a major and all the, everything that's going on around you, all the people in the stands and they're just hard shots and hard holes. I wish I could have hit some better shots. But it worked out and just try to kind of grit it out. Boy, I couldn't be more thrilled.”
The American returned to professional golf in 2018 after a 15-year absence. He had his amateur status reinstated in 2003 after quitting the game, but turned professional again after earning his card at PGA Tour Champions Qualifying School last year. That same season he won his first title on the PGA Tour Champions circuit and has now become the second consecutive first-time winner of a Senior Major, following Steve Stricker’s win at the Regions Tradition earlier this month.
Ken Tanigawa's clutch finish stood out as the top shots on Sunday at Oak Hill. pic.twitter.com/zeOnJmAVW0
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) May 27, 2019
The 51-year-old started the day three strokes behind defending champion and last year’s Staysure Tour Number One Paul Broadhurst, who reached a six under par total after three rounds on the formidable East Course.
Both Tanigawa and Broadhurst dropped shots on the par three third hole, with Broadhurst dropping another stroke on the next par three, the sixth hole, as the deficit was cut to two.
Tanigawa then birdied the 15th hole and followed with an incredible 20-foot putt for birdie on the 16th, just before Broadhurst carded a double bogey on the same hole, drawing level with Scott McCarron on two under par.
“We played at UCLA together," said McCarron. "We play practice rounds just about every Tuesday out here on Tour. I was happy he went through Qualifying School, made it through. Then Kenny to win last year at Pebble Beach was pretty amazing. He's a great player.
“I told him once he got out here he would be a top 10 player. And he is certainly proving that to me and everyone else. The guy can flat out hit it. Great short game. Really good putter. And you saw him make that putt at 18 to win the tournament. Really happy for him.”
After a bogey on the 17th hole, Tanigawa proceeded down the 18th hole with a one-stroke lead. After finding a fairway bunker with his drive, he laid up and then hit his third shot to eight feet, which he stroked in for par.
Broadhurst bogeyed the last, settling for third place on one under par, one stroke behind McCarron.
“I played well the front nine, hit some really good shots in. I knew I was struggling on the greens, didn't feel good. I was quite negative on the greens. And that cost me today. A poor drive off 16, granted, but if I would have made a few putts when it really mattered, I probably would have been quite a few clear.
“I knew it was going to be tough. It's a tough course any day of the week. You can shoot 75 anytime around there. A lead in a major, I knew it was going to be a tough day. This is a really tough course to be out there leading for a long period of time.
“I'm so pleased for him. He's a cracking guy. I mean, he's a lovely guy to play with. He's a great guy off the course. I'm really pleased for him. He's done really well since he came out on the Champions Tour. And for him to win a major, I'm sure he'll have a really good evening.”
Fellow Staysure Tour member Retief Goosen finished fourth on level par, while the quartet of David Frost, 2017 champion Bernhard Langer, Jesper Parnevik and Esteban Toledo shared 12th place on seven over par.
Pos. |
Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
1 |
Ken Tanigawa | -3 | 67 | 74 | 66 | 70 | 277 |
2 |
Scott McCarron | -2 | 72 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 278 |
3 |
Paul Broadhurst | -1 | 70 | 67 | 67 | 75 | 279 |
4 |
Retief Goosen | E | 67 | 72 | 67 | 74 | 280 |
5 |
Jerry Kelly | 1 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 69 | 281 |
6 |
Scott Parel | 2 | 66 | 73 | 74 | 69 | 282 |
7 |
John Riegger | 3 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 283 |
T8 |
Billy Andrade | 4 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 66 | 284 |
T8 |
Duffy Waldorf | 4 | 69 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 284 |
T8 |
Corey Pavin | 4 | 69 | 74 | 66 | 75 | 284 |
11 |
Woody Austin | 6 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 67 | 286 |
T12 |
Bernhard Langer | 7 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 69 | 287 |
T12 |
David Frost | 7 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 287 |
T12 |
Tommy Armour III | 7 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 287 |
T12 |
Rocco Mediate | 7 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 287 |
T12 |
Esteban Toledo | 7 | 70 | 67 | 74 | 76 | 287 |
T12 |
Jesper Parnevik | 7 | 68 | 74 | 70 | 75 | 287 |
T18 |
Brandt Jobe | 8 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 288 |
T18 |
Taichi Teshima | 8 | 69 | 77 | 69 | 73 | 288 |
T18 |
Mike Goodes | 8 | 72 | 69 | 71 | 76 | 288 |
T21 |
Jeff Maggert | 9 | 68 | 78 | 74 | 69 | 289 |
T21 |
Colin Montgomerie | 9 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 70 | 289 |
T21 |
Lee Janzen | 9 | 73 | 75 | 71 | 70 | 289 |
T21 |
Mark Brown | 9 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 289 |
T21 |
Paul Lawrie | 9 | 69 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 289 |
T21 |
Bob Sowards | 9 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 289 |
T21 |
Vijay Singh | 9 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 74 | 289 |
T28 |
Thaworn Wiratchant | 10 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 290 |
T28 |
Carlos Franco | 10 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 290 |
T28 |
Stephen Leaney | 10 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 290 |
T28 |
Steve Flesch | 10 | 78 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 290 |
T28 |
Bart Bryant | 10 | 74 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 290 |
T28 |
Tom Lehman | 10 | 75 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 290 |
T28 |
Kirk Triplett | 10 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 77 | 290 |
T35 |
Rafael Gómez | 11 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 72 | 291 |
T35 |
Stephen Ames | 11 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 291 |
T35 |
Marco Dawson | 11 | 67 | 74 | 77 | 73 | 291 |
T35 |
Doug Garwood | 11 | 70 | 73 | 75 | 73 | 291 |
T35 |
Peter Baker | 11 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 291 |
T35 |
Darren Clarke | 11 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 291 |
T41 |
Cliff Kresge | 12 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 292 |
T41 |
Steve Stricker | 12 | 76 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 292 |
T41 |
Peter Fowler | 12 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 292 |
T44 |
Shaun Micheel | 13 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 293 |
T44 |
Scott Dunlap | 13 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 293 |
T44 |
Gregory Meyer | 13 | 71 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 293 |
T44 |
Wes Short, Jr. | 13 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 293 |
T48 |
Dan Forsman | 14 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 70 | 294 |
T48 |
Billy Mayfair | 14 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 294 |
T48 |
Tim Petrovic | 14 | 71 | 73 | 77 | 73 | 294 |
T48 |
David McKenzie | 14 | 73 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 294 |
T52 |
Chad Proehl | 15 | 76 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 295 |
T52 |
Mark Brooks | 15 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 295 |
T52 |
Toru Suzuki | 15 | 77 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 295 |
T52 |
Paul Goydos | 15 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 76 | 295 |
T52 |
Prayad Marksaeng | 15 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 79 | 295 |
T57 |
Tom Pernice Jr. | 16 | 76 | 72 | 72 | 76 | 296 |
T57 |
Steve Pate | 16 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 78 | 296 |
T57 |
Jerry Smith | 16 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 79 | 296 |
T60 |
Bob May | 17 | 71 | 71 | 81 | 74 | 297 |
T60 |
Scott Hoch | 17 | 70 | 77 | 74 | 76 | 297 |
T60 |
Olin Browne | 17 | 73 | 75 | 73 | 76 | 297 |
T63 |
Paul Eales | 18 | 76 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 298 |
T63 |
Jay Haas | 18 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 298 |
T63 |
Gibby Gilbert III | 18 | 69 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 298 |
T66 |
Stuart Smith | 19 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 76 | 299 |
T66 |
Steve Jones | 19 | 77 | 71 | 72 | 79 | 299 |
T68 |
Larry Mize | 20 | 76 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 300 |
T68 |
Mike Miles | 20 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 82 | 300 |
T70 |
Mark Mielke | 21 | 73 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 301 |
T70 |
Paul McGinley | 21 | 73 | 72 | 81 | 75 | 301 |
T72 |
Jared Melson | 22 | 76 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 302 |
T72 |
Omar Uresti | 22 | 70 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 302 |
T74 |
Thomas Levet | 23 | 70 | 78 | 79 | 76 | 303 |
T74 |
John Huston | 23 | 69 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 303 |
76 |
Gary Hallberg | 24 | 72 | 74 | 79 | 79 | 304 |
CUT |
James Mason | 10 | 79 | 71 | -- | -- | 150 |
CUT |
Jeff Brehaut | 10 | 77 | 73 | -- | -- | 150 |
CUT |
Kohki Idoki | 10 | 75 | 75 | -- | -- | 150 |
CUT |
Tom Byrum | 10 | 72 | 78 | -- | -- | 150 |
CUT |
Mark Tucker | 10 | 77 | 73 | -- | -- | 150 |
CUT |
Mike Genovese | 10 | 76 | 74 | -- | -- | 150 |
CUT |
Rob Moss | 10 | 73 | 77 | -- | -- | 150 |
CUT |
Miguel Angel Jiménez | 10 | 73 | 77 | -- | -- | 150 |
CUT |
Mark O'Meara | 10 | 74 | 76 | -- | -- | 150 |
CUT |
Tommy Tolles | 11 | 73 | 78 | -- | -- | 151 |
CUT |
Ken Duke | 11 | 70 | 81 | -- | -- | 151 |
CUT |
Scott Verplank | 11 | 79 | 72 | -- | -- | 151 |
CUT |
Jim Estes | 11 | 77 | 74 | -- | -- | 151 |
CUT |
Glen Day | 11 | 78 | 73 | -- | -- | 151 |
CUT |
Dave McNabb | 11 | 74 | 77 | -- | -- | 151 |
CUT |
Chris Kaufman | 11 | 76 | 75 | -- | -- | 151 |
CUT |
Gus Ulrich | 11 | 76 | 75 | -- | -- | 151 |
CUT |
Miguel Angel Martin | 11 | 74 | 77 | -- | -- | 151 |
CUT |
Santiago Luna | 11 | 70 | 81 | -- | -- | 151 |
CUT |
Willie Wood | 12 | 76 | 76 | -- | -- | 152 |
CUT |
Frank Esposito Jr | 12 | 71 | 81 | -- | -- | 152 |
CUT |
Fred Funk | 12 | 72 | 80 | -- | -- | 152 |
CUT |
James Kingston | 12 | 76 | 76 | -- | -- | 152 |
CUT |
Joe Durant | 13 | 74 | 79 | -- | -- | 153 |
CUT |
Chris Williams | 13 | 74 | 79 | -- | -- | 153 |
CUT |
John Daly | 13 | 79 | 74 | -- | -- | 153 |
CUT |
Fran Quinn | 13 | 79 | 74 | -- | -- | 153 |
CUT |
Gene Fieger | 13 | 81 | 72 | -- | -- | 153 |
CUT |
Joey Sindelar | 13 | 73 | 80 | -- | -- | 153 |
CUT |
Mark Calcavecchia | 13 | 74 | 79 | -- | -- | 153 |
CUT |
Kevin Baker | 13 | 74 | 79 | -- | -- | 153 |
CUT |
Jarmo Sandelin | 13 | 71 | 82 | -- | -- | 153 |
CUT |
Markus Brier | 13 | 79 | 74 | -- | -- | 153 |
CUT |
Craig Bowden | 14 | 77 | 77 | -- | -- | 154 |
CUT |
Gene Sauers | 14 | 74 | 80 | -- | -- | 154 |
CUT |
Jeffrey Schmid | 14 | 77 | 77 | -- | -- | 154 |
CUT |
Jeff Sluman | 14 | 74 | 80 | -- | -- | 154 |
CUT |
Roger Chapman | 14 | 73 | 81 | -- | -- | 154 |
CUT |
Greg Kraft | 14 | 78 | 76 | -- | -- | 154 |
CUT |
Brad Lardon | 14 | 79 | 75 | -- | -- | 154 |
CUT |
Russ Cochran | 14 | 77 | 77 | -- | -- | 154 |
CUT |
Paul Streeter | 14 | 71 | 83 | -- | -- | 154 |
CUT |
Brian Kelly | 14 | 78 | 76 | -- | -- | 154 |
CUT |
Mauricio Molina | 14 | 79 | 75 | -- | -- | 154 |
CUT |
Frank Bensel Jr | 14 | 80 | 74 | -- | -- | 154 |
CUT |
Henrik Simonsen | 15 | 76 | 79 | -- | -- | 155 |
CUT |
Todd Hamilton | 15 | 77 | 78 | -- | -- | 155 |
CUT |
Michael Allen | 15 | 78 | 77 | -- | -- | 155 |
CUT |
Magnus Atlevi | 15 | 75 | 80 | -- | -- | 155 |
CUT |
Walt Chapman | 16 | 78 | 78 | -- | -- | 156 |
CUT |
Rick Morton | 16 | 79 | 77 | -- | -- | 156 |
CUT |
Rich Gilkey | 16 | 77 | 79 | -- | -- | 156 |
CUT |
Dan Olsen | 16 | 75 | 81 | -- | -- | 156 |
CUT |
Dave Bahr | 17 | 79 | 78 | -- | -- | 157 |
CUT |
Philip Golding | 17 | 82 | 75 | -- | -- | 157 |
CUT |
Jeff Hart | 17 | 79 | 78 | -- | -- | 157 |
CUT |
Clark Dennis | 17 | 77 | 80 | -- | -- | 157 |
CUT |
Phillip Price | 17 | 80 | 77 | -- | -- | 157 |
CUT |
Barry Lane | 17 | 76 | 81 | -- | -- | 157 |
CUT |
Stephen Dodd | 18 | 78 | 80 | -- | -- | 158 |
CUT |
Skip Kendall | 18 | 77 | 81 | -- | -- | 158 |
CUT |
Brent Studer | 18 | 83 | 75 | -- | -- | 158 |
CUT |
Dudley Hart | 18 | 77 | 81 | -- | -- | 158 |
CUT |
Bob Tway | 19 | 76 | 83 | -- | -- | 159 |
CUT |
Brian Cairns | 19 | 83 | 76 | -- | -- | 159 |
CUT |
Michael Campbell | 20 | 81 | 79 | -- | -- | 160 |
CUT |
Sandy Lyle | 20 | 79 | 81 | -- | -- | 160 |
CUT |
Jean-Francois Remesy | 21 | 84 | 77 | -- | -- | 161 |
CUT |
Bob Gilder | 22 | 79 | 83 | -- | -- | 162 |
CUT |
Chris DiMarco | 22 | 83 | 79 | -- | -- | 162 |
CUT |
Mike Reid | 22 | 82 | 80 | -- | -- | 162 |
CUT |
David Shacklady | 22 | 83 | 79 | -- | -- | 162 |
CUT |
Ken Green | 22 | 83 | 79 | -- | -- | 162 |
CUT |
Charlie Bolling | 23 | 77 | 86 | -- | -- | 163 |
CUT |
Thomas Vizina | 23 | 80 | 83 | -- | -- | 163 |
WD |
Tom Gillis | -- | 74 | 75 | -- | -- | 149 |
WD |
Michael Bradley | -- | 70 | 79 | -- | -- | 149 |
WD |
Paul Claxton | -- | 75 | 13 | -- | -- | 88 |
WD |
Peter Jacobsen | -- | 80 | -- | -- | -- | 80 |
WD |
Christopher Perry | -- | 86 | -- | -- | -- | 86 |