HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Stewart Cink shot a gradual, stress-free 70 to cap off a dominant, record-breaking week that resulted in his third RBC Heritage title on Sunday.
The 47-year-old Cink completed at 19-under 265 at Harbour City, four photographs higher than Emiliano Grillo and Harold Varner III. Grillo shot a 68 whereas Varner, who had the very best end of his profession, fired a 66.
Cink hugged his son and caddie, Reagan, after his closing par on the 18th inexperienced. Cink, his spouse, Lisa, and their different son, Connor, all had their arms round one another to rejoice.
“I do not even know if I’ve the phrases,” Cink mentioned.
He received for the second time this season — solely he and Bryson DeChambeau have carried out that — and continued his resurgence on the PGA Tour at a time when many execs his age are looking forward to the PGA Tour Champions.
Not Cink, who broke a 12-year winless streak on the Safeway Open in September and added 5 extra top-20 finishes, together with a tie for 12th final week on the Masters.
He received $1.278 million, almost as a lot because the $1.404 million for his two earlier victories at Harbour City mixed.
Cink can also be simply the fourth participant to win twice in the identical PGA Tour season after turning 47. Sam Snead, Julius Boros and Kenny Perry, who completed it twice, are the others.
Cink placed on a present for the ages — shattering the bottom 36-hole rating at Harbour City of 13-under 129 shared by Jack Nicklaus and Phil Mickelson. Cink additionally broke the 54-hole scoring mark of 16-under 197 that Justin Leonard had in his 2002 win.
Cink carried a 5-shot lead into the ultimate spherical and dared all chasers to return get him. No person made a run at Cink, who led by at the least Three photographs all through.
PGA Championship winner Collin Morikawa, paired with Cink, opened with a birdie. However bogeys on the second and fourth holes took Morikawa out of the combo.
Maverick McNealy had 5 birdies on the entrance 9 to climb to 14 below, four again of Cink, in the course of the spherical. Consecutive bogeys on the 11th and 12th ended McNealy’s surge.
Grillo and Varner got here the closest at 15 below and have been simply Three again till Cink’s last birdie on the par-Three 17th, which made all of it however sure he would add one other plaid winner’s jacket to those he received right here in 2000 and 2004.
Cink made 17 birdies and two eagles the primary three rounds. He had solely two birdies Sunday, however that was greater than sufficient to assert his eighth profession victory.
McNealy (67), Canada’s Corey Conners (68) and England’s Matt Fitzpatrick (68) tied for fourth at 13 below. Morikawa slipped to seventh after a 72, tied with Chris Kirk (67) at 12 below.
High-ranked Dustin Johnson closed along with his finest spherical of the match at 66 to complete tied for 13th at 10 below. Johnson was the November Masters champ, but missed the minimize there final week and was by no means in competition at Harbour City.
“I simply really feel like I made method too many errors,” he mentioned. “Round right here, you make errors, they penalize you fairly massive.”