Bob Kearney
ESTERO, Fla. (Jan. 7, 2015) — Bob Kearney, a decorated senior amateur from Houston, Texas, conquered the Jack Nicklaus design at Old Corkscrew Golf Club to take home the first senior major title of the calendar year.
Winning the Old Corkscrew Senior Invitational by a stroke over Bob Stephens of Indianapolis was Kearney, who of late has won the Harvey Penick Senior in 2013 before finishing runner-up the following year while also placing in the top-five at the 2013 Trans-Miss Senior.
Kearney posted rounds of 77-74-76 to edge Stephens, who had a nice 2014 season with runner-up finishes at the SOS Championship and the Society of Seniors' newest championship, The Vinny. Stephens, along with Sam Till and James Starnes, shot the lowest round of the final day, a 75.
Richard Pfeil of Lake Geneva, Wis. finished alone in third place at 232, five shots behind Kearney.
Ron Carter, the defending champion, finished tied for eleventh at 237 (79-81-77).
In the Super Senior division, Berger Warner Ocala, Fla. won a playoff over John Blank of Frostburg, Md. at 229. Berger got off to a great start with an opening-round 71, the only under-par round of the tournament, and managed to hold on for the win with 80-78 down the stretch.
ABOUT THE Old Corkscrew Senior
Opening "major" event of the Senior
season which earns players points in the
Golfweek and AmateurGolf.com senior
rankings.
The event is a 54 hole individual stroke play
tournament for amateurs fifty-five years and
over. The tournament includes a
Senior Division (age 55- 64); Super-Senior
Division (65 and over);
and a Legends Division (70 and over), the
Legends
Division plays from the same yardage and
tees as the Super-Senior Division.
Participants
must reach the minimum age requirement in
each division bracket by the first tournament
round.
Old Corkscrew Golf Club is a Jack Nicklaus
‘Signature Design’ that has received many
coveted awards.
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