Cobb's rounds of 69 and 68 at St. Johns Golf and Country Club were about as steady as you could ask for. The local resident (St. Augustine, Florida) only recorded two bogeys during the rain-shortened 36-hole event, both during the first round.
Like Cobb, Branton was bogey free in the final round.
Michael Vallencourt
But something clicked on the back nine, and it not only produced what likely is the round of Vallencourt's life, but a run of birdies that most players will never see.
After pars at Nos. 10 and 11, Vallencourt went on the birdie train. And that's the kind of train you never want to get off. He made birdie on each of the seven remaining holes to card a 10-under 62.
That's number not often seen in senior golf, but one that set the mark at 6-under for the final players to catch.
"It was just one of those times when you see the line AND you hit the line," said Vallencourt of his red-hot putter. "It was so much fun having everything come together... Even the ball with my granddaughter's face on it."
Branton and Vallencourt, finishing a full hour in front of the leaders, waited patiently to see if they might get a chance to playoff for the title.
But Cobb was steady as she goes. After a birdie on No. 13 got him the solo lead at 7-under, Cobb did what he had to do, parring in for a one shot win.
