Senden rallies late to triumph at Innisbrook
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AUSTRALIAN John Senden birdied two of the last three holes in impressive fashion on Sunday to win the Valspar Championship in Florida, his first US PGA title in eight years.
The 42-year-old from Brisbane sank a 68-foot chip shot to birdie the 16th and a 22-foot birdie putt at 17 on his way to claiming the US$1.02 million top prize at the US$5.7 million event.
“I’m just so happy to come out on top,” Senden said. “I just went out there and felt comfortable throughout the first 10 or 12 holes.
“Then I started to make a few little errors and get a little uptight on the back nine, but made some really nice saves and putts coming down the stretch.”
Since his lone prior US PGA win at the 2006 John Deere Classic, Senden had played 205 events with four runner-up efforts his best showings.
Senden fired a one-under par 70 in the final round to finish 72 holes at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook on seven-under par 271, defeating American Kevin Na by one stroke.
Senden, who was second at this event in 2007 and 2008, booked a berth in next month’s Masters and became the first over-40 winner on the US PGA Tour since American Woody Austin last July.
American Scott Langley was third on 279, one stroke in front of England’s Luke Donald and Americans Will MacKenzie and Robert Garrigus.
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