Alker’s outright third-place showing was good enough to stay atop the final standings in the year-long Charles Schwab Cup points race and cap a storybook season.
Thanks to three birdies in his final six holes at Firestone Country Club, Jerry Kelly pulled away from playing partner Steve Stricker and Schwab Cup leader Steven Alker to capture his second Bridgestone Senior Players Championship in three years.
To think that Alex Cejka would be in line to win the calendar year Grand Slam on the PGA Tour Champions in 2021 was all sorts of preposterous at the start of May.