Wake Forest Athletics
Jay Haas Wins Second Senior PGA Championship
5/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 27, 2008
Wake Forest Hall of Fame golfer Jay Haas shot a seven-over 287 to win his second Senior PGA Championship in the past three seasons.
The victory marks the 11th Champions Tour win for Haas, who collected $360,000 for the first-place prize. The win also makes Haas the 13th golfer to win at least two Senior PGA titles.
Haas shot a final-round 74 at Oak Hill Country Club's East Course in Rochester, N.Y. to hold-off Bernhard Langer by one stroke.
Haas is the second Demon Deacon to record multiple wins at the Senior PGA Championship. Former Deacon great Arnold Palmer won the event in 1980 and 1984. Lee Trevino was the last to become a multiple winner, adding his second Senior PGA Championship victory in 1994.
Haas' seven-over was the highest winning score to par in the 69-year history of Senior PGA, shattering the previous high of two-over set by Sam Snead in 1970 at PGA National at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. It also marked the second-highest winning score in Champions Tour history, two short of Arnold Palmer's nine-over at the 1981 Senior Open at Oakland Hills.
A link to Associated Press' story on the PGA website can be found here.
