Alker Leads Cink by One Entering Charles Schwab Cup Finale
The New Zealander can clinch a third season title in four years if he converts his edge in a winner-takes-Cup showdown.
Overview
- Steven Alker is 17 under after a third-round 65, with Stewart Cink one back at 16 under following his own 65.
- With the next challengers four shots adrift, a win by Alker or Cink would also lock up the season-long Charles Schwab Cup.
- Light overnight rain has left Phoenix Country Club playing softer, and both players framed the day as an 18-hole birdie shootout.
- Alker is chasing his 11th PGA Tour Champions victory and a second consecutive win following the Simmons Bank Championship.
- Winning both the finale and the season title in the same year is uncommon, last accomplished by Kevin Sutherland (2017), Tom Lehman (2012) and Tom Watson (2005).