PHOENIX >> Bernhard Langer won for the 18th straight year on the PGA Tour Champions, holing a 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole to hold off Steven Alker in the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship on Sunday at Phoenix Country Club.
The 67-year-old Langer closed with a 5-under 66 — shooting his age or better for the third straight day and 23rd time on the tour — for a one-stroke victory over defending champion Alker — who won the season points title and a $1 million bonus — and Richard Green.
Langer pushed his tour victory record to 47, just over eight months after tearing his left Achilles playing pickelball.
Eckroat takes 2nd PGA Tour title>> Austin Eckroat won the World Wide Technology Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico, for his second PGA Tour title of the year, shooting a 9-under 63 for a one-stroke victory over Justin Lower and Carson Young.
Waring wins at Abu Dhabi >> Paul Waring of England picked up the biggest win of his career when he closed with a 6-under 66 to win the Abu Dhabi Championship,
The victory was the second of his career for Waring, who was No. 229 in the world ranking. It moves him high enough in the Race to Dubai to earn one of 10 PGA Tour cards for 2025.