Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Brandt Jobe finished a season-best second Sunday in his first PGA Tour Champions event since late July.
Jobe, who held the solo lead after day 1, shot rounds of 65-71-67 for a 13-under-par 201 total in The Ally Challenge in Grand Bland, Mich., where Paul Broadhurst won by two after a final-hole birdie.
After parring nine straight holes on the front nine on Sunday, Jobe (left) shot a bogey-free 5-under-par 31 on the back side.
It was Jobe’s ninth top-three finish in 59 starts on PGA Tour Champions. He’s won once, placed second twice and third six times.
“It’s frustrating because you only get so many chances, right?” Jobe said. “I had a good chance today, especially the way I played the back nine. Gosh, I mean, 18 I’ve got L-wedge in, I hit it 15 feet on 17. So every hole I had a great chance on the back nine; that’s all you can ask for. I just didn’t get it done, which is frustrating.”
With the showing, Jobe jumped up to 16th on the 2018 PGA Tour Champions money list. His long layoff was due primarily to problems with his left shoulder.
Knous’ Status Hangs in Balance Heading into Season Finale: Whether Jim Knous of Littleton joins Colorado native Wyndham Clark in earning a PGA Tour card through the 2018 Web.com Tour season will come down to the final event of the year.
Clark landed his PGA Tour playing privileges by finishing in the top 25 on the Web’s regular-season money list. Now Knous, a former Colorado School of Mines golfer, is trying to do likewise by placing in the top 25 on the cumulative money list for the four-event Web Finals.
Knous came into the week 16th on the Finals money list, but dropped a a spot by placing 24th Sunday in the penultimate event of the season, the Albertsons Boise Open in Idaho.
Knous carded scores of 69-67-69-69, but bogeyed his final two holes on Sunday for a 10-under-par 274 total, which left him nine strokes behind winner Sangmoon Bae.
So Knous’ goal will be to remain in the top 25 on the Web Finals money list at the conclusion of the Web.com Tour Championship, which is set for Thursday through next Sunday in Atlantic Beach, Fla.
Boulder Native Cunningham Earns Web.com Tour Card: Boulder native and former Louisville resident George Cunningham assured himself of his Web.com Tour card for 2019 on Sunday by placing in the top three for the second straight week on PGA Tour Canada.
Cunningham — grandson of the late Chuck Melvin, who played in six Colorado Cup matches — earned his promotion by finishing in the top five on the PGA Tour Canada’s season-long money list (second in his case, with $102,167).
Cunningham, winner of the GolfBC Championship in June, tied for second Sunday at the season-ending Freedom 55 Financial Championship in London, Ontario., a week after placing third in the Mackenzie Investments Open. This week, he shot scores of 67-66-66-64 for a 17-under-par 263 total, which left him two strokes behind champion Danny Walker.
“I’ve learned a ton this year,” Cunningham said. “I’m such a different player, I feel like, from when I was in college, and I thought I was playing really well in college. Every single thing I’ve learned this year is off the charts.”
