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Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] This week began with history being made as President Donald Trump opened the new course at Trump International. It was a spectacular start to what promises to be an incredible week at our flagship event, the Stayhaw PGA Seniors Championship. [Music] [Music] Hello and welcome to the Stayhaw PGA Seniors Championship hosted by Colin Montgomery. I’m delighted to say I’m joined by le winner Amy Balden. Amy, this is your first look at this incredible piece of land. What do you make of it? Well, it is absolutely stunning and what a golf course. It’s very challenging. It’s challenging off the tea. You have to hit the fairway. There’s some really wellplaced bunkers out there, some long rough, but also the challenge is the approach shots into the green. The greens are very undulating. A lot of runoff areas. So, I’m excited to see how the players take that on this week. How much do you enjoy seeing Lynx golf on the schedule? Yeah, we don’t get to see it as often and I’m just excited to see how creative the players can be out here with them different types of shots that it asks of you. Well, we will get to see those creative shots later in the show. This old course opened in 2012 and earlier this week, President Donald Trump was here to open a brand new 18. Let’s go. One, two, three. Please welcome onto the team the 43rd and 47th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump. extraordinary. I mean, when have we ever seen this in history where a sitting US president has this level of investment, passion and and love for for golf and the home of golf and it of course is his his mother’s ancestral home. So, that is a pinch me moment to see him here. um sharing this moment with the whole of the Northeast community, people across Scotland, and it’s something that we will treasure for very many years to come. This is the third year that this magnificent venue has staged the flagship event on the Legends Tour. And this is how the Order of Merit looks at the halfway point of the season. Scott Hend has increased his lead to over 450 points with a fourth placed finish at last week’s ISPS Hander Senior Open. Thomas Bjorn is up to second after finishing tied second at Sunningale. And Keith Horn completes the top three. For the second year in a row, the Stayhaw PGA Seniors Championship is being hosted by eighttime DP World Tour number one and threetime senior major winner Colin Montgomery. and Amy caught up with him out on the links. Colin, how lovely is it to be here and and how proud are you to be hosting such a prestigious event this week? Well, yes, it is. It’s it’s very it’s very uh uh very much of an honor to uh to do this for the second year. The players love it coming up here uh to play in this magnificent links course and of course all the drama of the last few days, you know. Uh it’s all very exciting really, you know, and it’s and it’s put it’s put Trump International Golf Links on the map again. Well, Trump International is a fantastic venue. What would you say is the is the challenge out here? Well, it’s one of these modern links courses, you know, which is uh designed uh very very well. Uh Martin Horry has designed the two courses. the old this is now called the old course and the new course both together and uh simply fantastic the dunes the dunes are remarkable uh you don’t you don’t get this nowadays and be allowed to actually do this uh to build such such a golf course within these dunes the front nine not so dramatic but the back nine is is totally dramatic the 70 80 foot dunes which is incredible but you can see the way it’s been designed it’s designed for tournament play it’s a real challenge for us uh to get round and under par around here is Great. Thank you very much for your time today and best of luck this week. Not at all. Thank you. Thank you. It’s a busy week for Monty as host, but like all of the players in the field, he’ll be working hard to get his hands on this prestigious trophy that was first played for back in 1957. Coming up later in the show, another of the Scottish hopefuls, Greg Hutchin, will be sharing some tips with a promising local amateur player. and we’ll have all of the best action from the celebrity proam. But first of all, let’s check out the highlights from the early rounds with your commentary team, Paul Eels, and first of all, Michael McMullen. Thanks, Kit. And let’s start with our host. Montgomery had a birdie on his first hole, which turned out to be the only one he made in the tournament. A seven at the long 18th saw him start with a 79. And even this fine approach to the second on day two only led to a two-p par on the way to an 82. Montgomery missed the cut then by three. Playing in the same group, Paul McInley was in danger of a weekend off after bogey here at the second hole, his 11th on day two. Three more shots slipped away after that, but the Dubliner made it with one to spare. Scotland always a special place for him ever since he led Europe to victory over the US at Glenn Eagles 11 years ago. In fact, of the three RDER Cup captains in the field, Montgomery was the only one not to get through. Jose Maria Olaf’s first birdie came here at the third on day one rounds of 77 and 72 saw the Spaniard in for the weekend very comfortably. Now, Simon Khn has finished top five in both of the previous stages of this event on this course. Six off the lead at the halfway stage. He needed a big third round and Birdie here at 12 helped him get into the picture with a 69. Darren Fickart also had recovery work to do in round three and playing the first 12 holes in five under got him right into contention. A first drop shot arrived on 15, but par at the 16th was followed by another here on 17, then one more at the last in his round of 68. American Bo Vanpelt had been solid over the first two rounds, then stepped things up a bit. So nearly an eagle here at the seventh, but that was to be his second birdie of the day. It got him back to level par where he remained until his approach on 12 worked its way nicely back towards the hole to set up another birdie. And after Vanpelt had picked up one more shot at the 15th, paring in from there was good enough for a 68 and a 54hole total of two under par. The only other man in the red is Fickart, who trails by one. Andrew Marshall had been out in front at halfway, but fell away badly with 75. Lynx golf and wind, the number doesn’t really matter. You’re just, it’s all about trajectory and hitting the ball solid. And um probably the thing I’m most proud of this week, my uh my distance control with my irons has been good so far. So, just need to do it again tomorrow. The final group are ready to go and there are 14 players within six shots of the lead. 11 of them have never tasted victory on the Legends Tour before. We’ve had a lot of rain overnight and this morning and the forecast is for the wind to get up as the day unfolds. This is going to be a real grind. Yes, and K Fickart and Van Pelt are all among those looking for that breakthrough win. The same applies to Michael Lunberg, although he would have to come from half a dozen behind to do it. The Swede gave himself a birdie chance at the first. There’s one made up already. This year’s strong intake of newcomers includes Steven Gallagher. His first move was a positive one as a put for two at the short third just about got there. [Music] In the final group, Vanpelt and Fickart both parred the opener. So Khn had a chance to move a stroke closer and took it. That was followed by all three parring the second. The third hole is only 147 yd long. Played from an elevated T, but you do not want to miss this left. There is a runoff area that will take the ball closer to the hazard. Also, short right is a no-go. There is a bunker waiting to catch your ball. No matter where the pin position is this week, center of the green is the play. And great to be joined by Paul Eels after your own involvement in what’s been a tough tournament for everyone. Paul, yes, it really was the wind blowing across the links this week. 152 yards today. Back to this pin. And as Amy said, Bo listened middle of the green. That’s a good shot. Couple of pars to start for him and in good shape here at the short third. No wonder he’s smiling. Now Steve Webster coming in off the back of finishing just outside the top 20 at the senior Open. His best result so far. Pretty good result for that shot on number seven. Simon Kahn also found the center of the green at the dangerous par three third up the slope. Little bit of movement from right to left. He’ll be happy with that one. Stick a three on your scorecard. Yeah, looking to complete a double of course because he won the PJ championship on the regular tour 15 years ago. Almost won it again a few years after that. Now Peter Baker has a chance to make a big early move. This would be for an eagle to get him back within three of the lead. It would be a sensational put if he made it. So close, Paul. Wow. What a try. You can see the undulations on the greens here at Trump with that was a great example of it. And uh Peter will be happy with a birdie. Yeah, you can only hit a put like that so well. If you’ve played a lot of links golf in your life, Darren has played a lot of golf around the world, winning the order of merit down in South Africa on a couple of occasions. cozies it up to the edge of the hole. They’re nice ones to tap in for Par. That will be a trio of pars to start for. But the South African just reached 50 in May of this year. Likewise, Boan Pelt. Let’s see how he gets on. Well, they’ve had a good read off his two playing partners, so it’s always nice to go third, particularly if they haven’t hold their putts. What has he learned from here? It looked in a good pace. It’s a good pace. It’s a good line. Yes, he has. Thank you very much, lads. Looked like two territory all over and would have been happy with that. That is a big moment. And Vanpelt is now a couple clear of Fickart further down. Lundberg has already given back that shot he picked up at the first. Scottish fans have certainly earned that reputation as the most knowledgeable you’ll find anywhere. And there’s still so much for them to look forward to in the Stayhore PGA Seniors. [Music] Welcome back to Highlights of the Stayhaw PGA Seniors Championship hosted by Colin Montgomery here in Bonnie, Scotland. We’re always looking to invest in the future here on the Legends Tour and Ollie Black Adder, a promising local junior, got some tips from Legends Tour winner Greg Hutchin. Ollie, hi. Pleased to meet you. And congratulations on getting in the Scottish boys team. Thank you. And good luck with your upcoming trip to Tennessee. But let’s see if we can uh maybe teach you a thing or two in the bunker here. So, I generally on a bunker shot like this, I’m opening the face and I’m opening my stance. And I I generally use a baseball grip. I use a 10 finger grip. I find it gives me more wrist hinge and a little bit more speed through the ball. Oh, a little bit strong. Uh, if you could imagine the golf ball is the yolk of an egg. Yeah. And there’s the white. What you’re looking to do in effect really is take the white out of the take the white and the yolk just comes out naturally. There you go. Kind of like that. This is actually They’ve been They’ve been cruel to us here though. They’ve given us one of the deepest bunkers on the course here. That was nice. You see the spin there? But that’s why setup is so important. You obviously open up the face, open up your stance, and then just keep keep the speed up. That’s still not very good, but not too bad. Oh. Oh, you see this is why the kids are taking over. See, that’s got no problem carrying this lip. And this is fairly severe, fairly deep bunker here. So, and as you can see, I was able to pop that up. Probably the ball there was at the height of the flags. I remember when I was a boy, I was your age and I was starting off my career and I did the same thing as you went out to the States to a university and uh here I am at kind of the end of my career and uh I wish you all the best and you’re going to have great success. Thank you. And uh enjoy your time in America. Thank you very much. And Greg Hutchen, who started the week with an 81, has finished it with a 68. So he’s set to finish somewhere around the fringes of the top 20. Martin Lef Faber started the day with bigger ambitions in mind, only to run into early problems by dropping two shots at the fifth. This though gave him the chance to get one of those straight back, which he did. Such a difficult hole. The sixth into the wind off the left hand side. and Martin just dipping his toes into senior golf. Wasn’t really on his radar. Nice to see him out. All pars for Darren Fickart by the time he arrived at the fifth where a birdie put had the South African smiling as he moved to two under. But the big early mover was Bo Vanpelt. Having got up and running with a two at the short third, the American needed to get up and down for back-to- back birdies and really put the matter beyond doubt. I played with Bo in Greece earlier on in the year told me son crew was coming out to caddy for him and what a week they’re having together. So having led by one overnight, Vampelt is now two clear of Fickart. Simon Khn far from alone in finding problems at the fifth where a bogey has left him five back. Time to get out then to the sixth where we find the final trio. Playing 176 yds into the wind off the left hand side. You cannot go right here on the dangerous sixhole. Wonderful T-OT. Well controlled from Darren. Been around so long. Won five times on the DP World Tour on four different continents. Well, it’s great to see Sha Whiffin out playing who got his card at the tour school a couple of years ago. Couldn’t play last year through an injury, but this is by far his best tournament. Oh, and with shots like that, no wonder. Yeah, and he can obviously play a bit in the wind because in the really tough conditions of the opening day, he was one of only two players who managed to break par. Now Simon Khn in another of those classic links conundrums on number six Paul. Yes, definitely didn’t want to miss right and has overdone that. Gone well to the left there. This looks a bit tidy. Oh my word, what a recovery that is. Yeah, one or two signs from him that he’s struggling a bit. Seems to have a problem with his back. So, we’ll keep an eye on that as we get back to the formality for Wiffin looking to finish in the top 10 of a Legends Tour event for the first time. And that has certainly improved his chances. Darren Fickart with a tap in as well. I mentioned he’s won five times on the DP World Tour, but the Sunshine Tour has been his happiest hunting ground. 18 wins on that circuit over the years. Yeah, this certainly not going to phase him being in this position. Still been playing on the DP World Tour up until just recently. Now Bo after another wonderful T-shot finding the green here. Going to break from left to right as it gets to the hole. Will it make it? Oh, what a good try again. Great pace from Bo there. Front running presents a challenge of its own and he looks very comfortable with it at the moment. Winner on the PGA Tour winner in Asia and of course a DP World winner down in Australia. Yeah, his one PGA Tour win was in an alternate event which means it clashes with a major. In fact, it was on the day that Tom Watson almost won the Open at the age of 59. Well, Simon Kahn, this really would be stealing a shot against the course if he could knock this one in for a part. That’s how you keep your score going. That’s why you were up toward the top of the leaderboard. Well played, Simon. Now, the man who knows what it’s like to win the biggest title of them all, Paul Luri, the 1999 Champion Golfer of the Year, tied sixth at the Rainwood Legends last month. His best result of the season so far. Oh, and he almost hauled out. Wow. Both Paul and Sha making this beautiful dog leg left to right hole. The 12th look easy. [Music] The seventh hole is a drivable par four at only 281 yards. Players can either lay up or they can try and go for this green. But if they do, they have to be very wary of these deep swailes and grass bunkers that surround the green because that will leave a very difficult chip. If they do manage to find the putting surface, they will have an opportunity at Eagle. So, let’s see how the leading trio fare at this seventh hole. 293 yds from the T- box to the flag. You really need a bit of good fortune when the ball lands if you’re going to get on the green. Oh, and that just caught the roof, which took some sting out of it. The flag in a generous position today. He’s had a couple of top 10s already this season on the Legends Tour. Now, back to Paul Lori. Bit unlucky maybe to have a put of this distance left for Birdie after almost holding his second, but he’s made it count anyway. Three times a winner on the Legends Tour, but almost three years now since the last of those. Lori five over. Now back to Simon Khn at the seventh. An improvement this week coming in off the back of a missed cut in the senior open. And a good miss down there. Plenty of green to work with. Nicely struck. Got a couple of bounces and thank you very much. That’s going to be a kick in birdie three. So that’s how he is fairing on this short par4. What about the leader Bo Vanpelt? This is where he has put his T-shot. Yeah, not quite as much green to work with here. And that first bit of green is going to be downhill when the ball pitches. He got it to land nice and softly. Gives him a chance for a birdie. His dad was an American footballer. Played for the Philadelphia Eagles and he got the ball to make a nice touchdown there. Scotland had a great weekend at the senior open 64 and 65 to claim fourth spot. continuing his good form here in a wonderful and consistent season. Well, somebody who’s been a great putter all his career and his pace is always normally spot on. Oh, but he hasn’t got the line right there. But again, getting good pace means that you’re never going to be far away to tap it in. Now, Hend had his first bogey of the day at the ninth. He was in a bit of danger of back-to- back bogeies, but a lovely up and down there for the number one player on this year’s Order of Merit on the Legends Tour. Now, Fickart missing his put means Vampelt has this to go three clear and it’s a great chance, Paul. Not much movement in this one. Keep the pace up. Oh, there’s a little bit of right to left and he’s just shoved it. Good opportunity gone on Birdie Hull really. So completing the final trio. Simon Khn the Londoner. As I said, he’s done well in both of the years that this championship has been played here. Quality strike from a tight lie with a running wedge and finishes off. Yeah, and Kh, we can confirm has now had physio attention. That came on the eighth T. So, a commendable effort amid all that to make it two birdies in a row, taking him to a couple under for the day and into red numbers for the championship. Now, Steven Gallagher had made good progress by going out in 34 and having then picked up another birdie at the 11th, he got his T-shot, dancing round the flag on 13. And from there, he would go four under for the day. Still an outside chance of a home win for the only Scott ever to be part of a winning RDER Cup team in Scotland. But for that to have any chance of happening, he would need some help from Vanpelt. And there was still little sign of that happening as par at the ninth saw the leader complete his own bogey-free front nine of 34. Pars on eight and nine for fickart mean the gap stays at two. Can still battling away with par at the ninth keeping him in touch. The final group are making their way up the 10th hole behind us. Amy, do you think the winners coming from this final three ball now? I would say so. They’re the three players that are under par. The next best scores at plus two, six shots behind. So yeah, definitely coming up from one of these players I would say. Bo Vamp, the man in possession of that lead. Four under par, two clear. Do you think if he pars in and finishes on that number, it’s enough for the trophy. I think so. I think four under is a great score for the tournament so far. Um there’s a couple of tricky holes coming up for him. So if he can get through that, I think whoever gets to four under, I would say, would win this golf tournament. Great stuff. An intriguing back nine ahead of us. [Music] Welcome back to highlights of the Stayhaw PGA Seniors Championship. The day before the tournament began, we had lots of fun with the Celebrity ProAm and here’s what happened. It was a stunning day in Scotland for the celebrity proam and the fans were out in force to watch a fantastic lineup including Brian McFaden, Keith Duffy, Jean Franco Zola, Judy Murray and Robbie Fowler. There was plenty of competition for the bragging rights and more importantly the charity donations that the top three finishers would secure. Former England international Teddy Sheringham finished in third on 37 Stableford points including three birdies in his last four holes. He won 22,000 for Variety Manchester. Andre Chevchenko was the runner up with 38 points. The 2004 Balonor winner showed his skills on the golf course to earn £75,000 for the UAF Foundation. But it was former footballer Alan Stubs who took the honors on back nine countback after also scoring 38 points. He racked up a four-pointer and five threepointers plus a vital up and down on his final hole to snatch the victory and secure £10,000 for victims of the Southport attack. It’s a fantastic event. Really well organized. the people who who who run it and everyone involved here so welcoming and the course is is just off the charts. It really is, you know, so so yeah, it’s um I must admit I’m very happy. Yeah. Yeah. Alan Stubs well accustomed to finishing top of the table in Scotland from his Celtic days. A leaderboard which underlines what footballers of a certain age did with all those afternoons off. But now back to the big question of who will claim victory at one of the flagship events on the legends tour. Halfway leader Andrew Marshall had slipped out of the running and was three over for his final round by the time he reached the 13th where a long overdue first birdie of the day finally arrived. Scott Hend wasn’t going to get his second win of the season, but he was going along nicely and even more so after he holds a good birdie put on 12. [Music] An eventful day for Steve Webster had led him back to where he had started it at four over. This though gave him a chance for birdie at the short 13th and he would do the rest from there. Now apart from his birdie at the fifth, it had been all pars for Darren Fickart until this on number 11 got him back to only one behind. [Music] The final trio all then par the 12th. But at the following hole, Fickart had his first bogey of the day while Van Pelt with another delightfully struck iron shot set up the chance to make birdie at a potentially pivotal moment. With this put, it was a two-shot swing. And so Van Pelt would now have a three-stroke lead to take into the last five holes. And in all probability, it is between the top two now with KHN five shots behind after he like Fickart took four at the short 13th. The 14th hole is settled on the coastline and it is absolutely stunning. It’s a par four at 410 yards and we are on an elevated exposed tee which what could make that difficult is if the wind picks up hitting down into the valley. But if players do find the fairway here, they’ll only have a short iron in and that will be a good opportunity for a birdie. So let’s see now how the final three ball all play their approaches into this 14th starting with Simon Khn. the breeze into off the left hand side. That pin tucked right behind the bunker there which is a must avoid. Wow, he certainly has done. What a shot from Simon. He’s been playing some good golf already this year. Had a top five in Barbados back in the spring. Now Darren Fickart, who made his first ever cut in a major at the Open Championship last year at the age of 49. There’s a slope just left of this hole here that can help bring the ball back, but not down there, Darren. Oh, he’s right of the flag. Oh, that’s a mistake. An unforced error, as you would say. Wife Natasha just saying, “What did you do there?” Now up to the home green and Steven Gallagher. It’s not going to happen today, but soon enough you would think he might well join that club of players who have won on the hotel planner tour, the DP World Tour, and this tour. And of course, Paul, you were one of the first to do that. Yes, very lucky. Number seven, I think I was. Boan Peltz still looking very solid at the top of the leaderboard with only a few holes left. This is an awkward shot. Ball above his feet so it should go left. Left is okay. right as we saw is not okay. Oh, but not that far left. He got a bit of a flyer out of that lie as well. Bit of room to work with, but not ideal. Back to Gallagher with what he hopes will be his last stroke of the week. No, not quite. He’s having a really good rookie year on the Legends Tour, though. He’s already finished in the top 12 four times and that will be another one and it’s also the only time he’s broken 70 this week. Back to Vampel who as I said was looking very solid but he’s in a bit of a pickle here Paul. Yes, awkward downhill lie. Not going to be able to get any spin but he’s got plenty of green to work with but this all runs away from him. So got to be careful here once it gets onto the green. Go on. Keep going. He was just mindful of the fact there downhill down wind. He could have been right by Darren Ficard’s ball and off the other side of the green there. So, we’ll get back to him. But let’s return now to Scott Hend coming towards the end of his round. He’s played eight events this year and he’s finished in the top 20 of all of them. That’s remarkable. Yes. When you play alongside Scott, you realize it’s not just the power that he’s got, but what a great chipping and putting touch as well. That’s why you’re number one. Well, let’s go back a couple of holes to 14. Vanpelt still with a bit of work to do for his par. And likewise, Fickart’s got to get up and down from here. Oh, how about straight down? Well, brilliant. That’s the resilience after such a poor second. You recover with a magnificent chip like that. Wow. And all of a sudden from having a bit of pressure on himself going into that shot, Fickart has handed all the pressure to Vampelt who could find himself only one ahead after this. And this is not easy. Downhill, downwind, slow down now. Slow down. That’s not dead by any means. Facing the biggest challenge of his round so far, Michael Lunberg. Another player who you feel is very likely to win on this tour at some point in the near future. He’s been third already this year in Marba at the start of the season. He loves Link’s courses says Carni and Kings Barnes are amongst his favorites. How was that stopped? So no gravity on that green. Ouch. Shouldn’t count one though. Counts the same as a 400y drive. Now a chance for birdie for KH on 14. And if he makes it, there’s a possibility he might walk off this green. Only two off the lead. Oh, but not a great effort. Paul, it was a big swing. He couldn’t hit it too hard, but he had to go way wider to the right. It’s a tricky pin this one here. 26 on, six off the right here on 14. Now leader just tidy this one up. late on a Sunday afternoon. They don’t get any short of these. He’s made it and onto the difficult 15th. So, from one ahead to three ahead, back to just a single stroke in front for Vampelt. And after a very eventful couple of holes for the leading pair, they’re the only players currently winning the battle against Par. The finish is next. [Music] Welcome back to the final round of the Stayhore PGA Seniors Championship hosted by Colin Montgomery where a first ever Legends Tour winner awaits for someone. It won’t be Simon KHN who hasn’t been able to catch his playing partners today. Indeed, another shot slipped away here on 16. He’s actually been a bit of a lucky charm to have playing with you in the final round of this event. All three years it’s been here, he’s been in the final group and has witnessed someone else winning it. Now, in the race for placings, Michael Lundberg was a couple under for the day as he played the penultimate hole where he so nearly picked up a birdie in the quest for a third top five finish this season. Wow, incredible. One stays on the edge of the hole and one just goes by. It’s by fine margins that championships are won and lost. Scott Hend had started the day well and finished in similar fashion. The Australian had birdie at the 16th, then another here two holes later to be round in 69. Continuing his day-by-day improvement from an opening 76. Meanwhile, things were continuing to slip away for Bo Van Pelt as he followed his bogey at the 14th and another at the next hole. But this T-shot on 16 set up a safe and in the circumstances much needed. [Music] Darren Fickart, meanwhile, par 15 and 16, and he set up another par with this solid approach to the 17th. Vanpelt continued to steady things after his earlier mini slump. Parr also in 17 for the American. And so the remaining contenders come to the 72nd hole with nothing between them. Three bogeies in a row now for KHN. So unless he pulls off a final hole miracle, Scott Hend has won the battle to be best of the rest. with a good T-shot down the home hole. Players are faced with this a long carry down the right hand side. That bunker’s 48 yd short of the green that we can see there now. Plenty of room to lay up on the left, but only the bravers can get on into here on the 18th. And this is an awkward lie for Darren here. This ball will go left, right to left off this lie. Wind off the right 250 yards to the front of the green. pin cut on 30 yards today. And that’s a heck of a shot. Absolutely. A1 position. Just wonderful to look at all this, isn’t it? And this event since it moved here has really become part of the summer of links golf that we all look forward to so much this time of year. Nice layup for Bo around about 90 yards to the hole. Oh, gets the distance right, but unfortunately just spins away. There’s a little ridge there. His ball caught into it and moved away from the hole. Not what you would want from there. We said Simon Khn would need a final hall miracle to join Scott Hand in third place, but if he can get up and down from here, that would still give him a tie for fourth and that would be his best finish of the season. And he’s got a chance. A super pitch from Simon there. Stan Mercer running after the divot. Good caddy. Put the divot back. So Darren Fick putting from just off the green. If he can get down from here and two, chances are that will be enough to win. That was a really good second shot he’s hit to there. Can he hit this one hard enough up the green? No, he can’t. That was a long, long way. Almost one of those the only time that you possibly wouldn’t use a putter. Thick end of 100 feet or maybe more there. Robert Gordon’s college pipe band are guaranteed to be at the prize giving because they’ll be playing at it. Meanwhile, Fickart hasn’t lost his turnp. No. Still going over a little ridge up the hill. Wind off the right hand side. Can he reach? Can he reach? It’s good for pace again this time, but it’s only going to be a par. And that means that very early on in his Legends Tour career, Bo Vanpelt, whose best finish so far was fourth at Costa Navarino, will have a put to win. Yeah, great moment for Bow in front of these Hardy fans. Sun crew on the bag. He’s really been looking forward to playing over in Europe this for the championship. Well, never really got close. And it looks as though we’re heading into extra time. And it was in a playoff that he won his only title on the PGA Tour some 16 years ago. Simon Khn still has to finish off. It’s been a good effort for him. all the problems he had earlier on in the day needing the physio but he’s kept battling just wasn’t able to keep up with the pace this to finish with a birdie Simon Khan will end in sixth place after a closing 74 [Applause] Yes, with the strong winds on the first day, catching all the players out, they made sure the Greens were a little slower over rounds two, three, and four. Bow this to tie. We got ourselves a playoff. Yeah, Bo Vampelt was three clear at one stage. Things really started to get a bit turbulent around the middle of the back nine and it’s all culminated in a tie between Fickart and Vanpelt. Steven Gallagher finishes as the leading home player in a share of fourth. He’s one of two Scots in the top 10. And the chief referee Ashweller overseeing the proceedings to decide the order of play will be sudden death. They go back to the 18th T. [Music] It’s a really really daunting T-shot this 18th. The wind is helping a little off the right hand side. You perch well above the fairway. Bunkers at 265 to carry down the right. If you just turn it left, there’s a slope and a bunker to catch you down the left without water hazard. He’s giving it an extra stir. Has it gone left? Now it’ll kick away to the left. Stop now. St. That’s fine. That’s fine. Mission accomplished. Yeah, but Grimacing there and seems to have a problem with his wrist pull. Yeah, I thought I saw him earlier on the 13th T. Look at his wrist. Bovan Pelt was such a consistent player back in the day. Got into the top 20 in the world. Had a top 10 finish in the Masters. But he hasn’t had many wins for a player of his talent in his professional career. and he’s giving himself a good chance for one today. Towering ball flight that didn’t go forward. Wow. Pitch and stop. You don’t often see that on a links fairway. A playoff between two players who both became over 50s in the same week back in the spring. Bo who laid up on the 72nd hole. 285 to go here at 3wood. Good angle from here. He’s staring. He likes that one. Is it going to make the carry? Yes, it does. Wow, what a shot that is. Sets up an eagle opportunity, albeit a long one, but what a great shot that was. So, he’s in good shape in every sense. Fickart, we’re not sure what shape he’s in, even physically. We might learn from this. He’s got a lot more bunkers to carry from this angle as well. Oh, he’s topped that one and he’s looking at his wrist. We thought, Michael, back up on the tea. Something was wrong. Oh, and this could be a very sad end after all the work he’s put in to get into this position over the four days here in Scotland. And of course, it must be in his mind that he could be doing himself further damage by continuing to hit shots. And this not the sort of shot you want to be faced with, Paul, in that situation. No, in a bunker, you know, you got to hit down, which is going to jar the wrist again. And that hasn’t come out. That’s going to be in the rough again. Another situation where you know you’re going to have to hit the ground. Oh, this is so sad. What a time for it to happen. Just needed to keep it going a little longer and it struck at a really awful moment for him. So, this is fifth shot already. Remember, Vampelt is on the green in two. And like so many sudden death playoffs over the years, Paul, it looks like it’s all ending in anticlimax. Yes, they say every shot makes somebody happy, but I don’t think even Bo would have liked to have finished this way. But this is now a comfortable road home for him to collect the trophy. A little short as we’ve seen. A long way up that 18th green from the front. And Fick Art just in a hurry to get it done it looks like at this stage. He knows it’s gone and it’s such a shame because it’s been such a great battle. Fickart looked to be falling perhaps a bit too far behind to have that much hope, but he managed to get level and stayed there till the end. Two puts from here would leave him with a rather ugly seven on his 73rd and final hole of what’s been a memorable week here. The search for that first legends tour win will continue. Let’s hope there’s no long-term damage there for Darren. Yeah, the crowd acknowledging his efforts and persevering all the way up 18, showing their appreciation. But in all means, the American has three puts from here to close this out. But of course, after so much effort, you want to finish with a moment like that. Bo Van Pelt birdies the first playoff hole and at his first attempt has won the Stayhore PGA Seniors Championship. It’s a first win on the Legends Tour for a man who as I was saying only turned 50 a few months ago. He’s won tournaments in Australia, Malaysia, in his home country, the US, and now in the land which remains the home of golf. Time to receive the trophy then from Legends Tour chairman Ryan Houseam and our tournament host Colin Montgomery. It means a lot. You know, I didn’t realize it was the oldest senior championship in the world. It was just a tough week. I mean, this is an unbelievable golf course and you got to be super focused on every shot. 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. 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. And at all seas, Vanpelt moved to number nine in the Order of Merit with runner-up Fick Art one place ahead of him. Steven Gallagher moves up a spot into the top 10. What a finish to an incredible week here in Scotland. Amy, how impressive was that victory by Bo Vampelt? Absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, he was the leader going into the final round and he just didn’t let up today. He he gave himself a lot of chances out there and he got the job done in the end. An amazing maiden win at our flagship event. Next up for us, the Grass and Co. English Legends [Music]