Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Brandt Jobe paired up with his former UCLA teammate Scott McCarron to post his best finish on PGA Tour Champions since August.
Jobe and McCarron (pictured) ended up ninth out of 36 teams on Sunday in the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf in Ridgedale, Mo. They recorded a 19-under-par 199 total, finishing five strokes behind winners Kirk Triplett and Paul Broadhurst, who beat Bernhard Langer and Tom Lehman in a playoff.
The last three days of the event were played on a par-3 layout at Top of the Rock.
Laird 11th at Valero Texas Open; ex-Buff Creel Makes Cut in First PGA Tour Event: Former Colorado State University golfer Martin Laird recorded his third top-11 finish of the PGA Tour season by placing 11th on Sunday in the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio.
Laird, the 2013 winner of the Texas Open, went 73-65-69-72 for a 9-under-par 279, leaving him eight strokes behind winner Andrew Landry.
Meanwhile, Cheyenne native Josh Creel, who started his college career at the University of Colorado before finishing up at Central Oklahoma, Monday qualified to earn a spot in the Texas Open, the first PGA Tour event of his career.
Creel not only made the field, but earned a check by making the cut. He finished 64th after rounds of 69-72-73-76 for a 290 total.
Clark, Hubbard, Knous in Top 25 at Web.com’s North Mississippi Classic: Three players who grew up in Colorado — Wyndham Clark, Mark Hubbard and Jim Knous — notched top-25 finishes Sunday in the rain-shortened North Mississippi Classic on the Web.com Tour.
Clark (71-70-71) was 17th at 4-under-par 212 while Hubbard (69-72-72) and Knous (72-66-75) shared 22nd place at 213.
