Bo Van Pelt: “It means a lot.”

Your 2025 SPGA Champion speaks after an incredible sudden-death playoff win over Darren Fichardt on the final hole at Trump International.
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Bo, congratulations. How does it feel to win this historic and prestigious trophy? Man, it’s uh it means a lot. You know, I didn’t realize it was the oldest senior championship in the world, but um yeah, it was just a tough week. I mean, this is an unbelievable golf course and you got to be super focused on every shot cuz there’s disaster around the corner. And um can’t say enough things about Darren. He’s a world-class player and he played really good today. And um yeah, just I played solid all week. I knew my game was in pretty good shape, but you know, there’s a lot of good players out here and so to come out on top and my son said, you know, next year I’ll have better parking. How difficult was it to get this one over the line and an incredibly difficult week? Yeah. No, I mean, you know, I knew Darren wasn’t going away. He was such a solid player and um was able to hit a good shot and get up by three and kind of made one little miscue on a club there on 14 and you know, he chips in all of a sudden it’s like it gets real tight again. Um Yeah. No. And then, you know, but going into a playoff, it’s new life. And, you know, I hit my 3-wood one time all week. And sure enough, in the playoff, I’m like, well, it’s a 3-wood. And, uh, you know, I didn’t even hit a shot with a 3-wood on the range today and just happened to pull off a pretty good shot and put it on the green and, um, was able to come away with a win. So, yeah, it feels great. Just going back to those last few holes in regulation when Darren had tied it up, what’s going through your mind going into a really difficult closing stretch? You know, I just tried to all week I’ve just been trying to really get into my process, you know, my pre-shot routine and um you know, it’s easy to get ahead of yourself, but this golf course, you really can’t do it. And I I probably did as good a job this week as I’ve ever done in my career. And I just told myself um get back to that. My son was great. Uh his first week on the bag, but he said a lot of good things at the right time. And you know, uh it wasn’t looking very good for me on 18, you know, when he’s right there in front and two. And so, you know, playoff it was a fresh start and I hit a really good drive and um yeah, but yeah, there at the end, you know, you just kind of got to not think about, hey, I just gave up a three- shot lead. It’s like focus on the shot at hand and I was able to do that. You mentioned your son caddying for the very first time for you. How special is it to share this moment with him? Yeah, you know, my other son’s been caddying on the Champions Tour and so um you know, I feel like like I told you the luckiest guy in the world. I mean, when I started out as a pro golfer, my dad cattied for me my first Q school when I got on the PJ tour. So now to, you know, win on this continent and win a major on the EU Legends Tour with your son on the bag is, you know, you just got to pinch yourself. A wonderful victory. Congratulations. Thank you.