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Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii – Winning on the PGA TOUR is the only way to qualify for the 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions. Courtesy of their recent victories, Phil Mickelson, K.H. Lee, Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns, Marc Leishman, Cameron Smith and Stewart Cink became the latest players to qualify for the champions-only event and join 16 other TOUR winners this calendar year on Maui when the 2022 event returns to The Plantation Course at Kapalua in January.
PGA Championship
Phil Mickelson earned his sixth major championship title, and 45
th PGA TOUR victory, at the PGA Championship with a two-shot victory over Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen. With the win, Mickelson became the oldest major winner in TOUR history and first player to win a major after age 50. The California native became the fourth player to win TOUR events in four different decades and moved to T8 on the all-time TOUR wins list. The two-time Sentry Tournament of Champions winner qualified for a return trip to
Monday Finish: Five things from Wells Fargo Championship May 10, 2021
Golf is just better when Rory McIlroy is winning.
The two-time FedExCup champion busted free from a win drought some 553 days in the making to claim a third Wells Fargo Championship and 19th PGA TOUR win with a nervy, but ultimately clutch, bogey on the final hole.
It was his first win as a father, on Mother’s Day, and brought with it a special emotional response. And I have to give props to my colleague Cameron Morfit who might struggle in PGA TOUR fantasy from week to week – but who went in print pre-tournament with this predicted winner.
Billy Andrade reflects on playing as amateur with Arnold Palmer at the Masters April 07, 2021
Billy Andrade and Arnold Palmer at the 1987 Masters Tournament. (Courtesy of Billy Andrade)
Billy Andrade played in only six Masters. He never finished higher than a tie for 38th.
Still, he has managed to find his way into the lore of the most iconic of golf’s majors.
And he did it in his first trip to Augusta, before he even took a shot.
Andrade, now 57 and a member of PGA TOUR Champions, was an amateur playing in the 1987 Masters. His invite had come via being named to represent the United States in the World Amateur Team Championships in Venezuela.