Stephen Ames capped off his dominant week on the TPC Sugarloaf with a 4-under 68 on Sunday that gave him the tournament scoring record and a four-shot triumph in the Mitsubishi Electric Classic in Duluth, Ga.
The Vancouver resident joined David Toms as the only multiple winners on the PGA Tour Champions this year. He previously collected the Trophy Hassan II in Morocco.
Ames had a three-shot lead going into the final and was never seriously challenged. He drove into the water on the final hole and still made a 30-foot par putt to finish at 19-under 197. Ames broke his own 54-hole record at Sugarloaf by four shots. He also won in 2017.
Miguel Angel Jimenez birdied the final hole for a 68 to conclude alone in second.
Brett Quigley tried to make a run at Ames and got within three shots until a bogey-double bogey finish for a 69 to finish alone in fourth.
Ames won $300,000 US and moved up four spots to No. 4 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. What made this victory more special was having his son, Ryan, as his caddie for the week. Ryan Ames is a PGA of Canada member and aspiring teaching pro.
“The fact I ended up winning was icing on the cake,” Ames stated.
Steve Stricker didn’t make a birdie until the back nine and then shot 32 to tie for seventh, keeping his lead in the Charles Schwab Cup. He has concluded in the top 10 in all seven of his PGA Tour Champions events this week, and 11 in a row dating to last August.
