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Boston Globe
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Former Cape golfer Jason Caron continued improbable run by nearly winning Senior PGA Championship
'I feel very emotional,' said Cabrera, who Advertisement Cabrera spent 20 months in an Argentine prison after he was accused of making threats toward former partners. He was released on parole in August 2023 and won a PGA Tour Champions event last month before missing the cut at the Masters. 'I thought that I was going to fail, especially after being sitting without touching a club for a while,' Cabrera said. 'I've been working very, very hard and I feel that all the hard work pays off and this is what I'm having right now.' Advertisement Caron, a 1990 graduate of Dennis-Yarmouth who played on both the PGA Tour and developmental Korn Ferry Tour up through 2003, is the head golf professional at Mill River Club in Oyster Bay, Long Island. He played his way into last year's Senior PGA Championship and also tied for fourth. Through qualifying and sponsor's exemptions, Caron would up playing seven events during the PGA Tour Champions regular season in 2024, with a pair of further top fives qualifying him for the tour playoffs. A tie for third in the second of three playoff events landed him inside the tour's top 36 for the season — good enough for full membership in 2025. Caron opted to keep his full-time job at Mill River, but packed in events during the winter. The Senior PGA was his ninth, from which he's already earned more than $530,000. (In addition to tying for fourth this week, he had three top 10s in his first five starts, including losing in a playoff at the Cologuard Classic in March.) 'A year ago, I definitely would have said, 'Whoa, this can't happen,' ' Caron
Associated Press
10-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Steven Alker wins Cologuard Classic playoff for 9th PGA Tour Champions title
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Steven Alker won the Cologuard Classic on Sunday for his ninth PGA Tour Champions title, beating Long Island club pro Jason Caron with a 12-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff at La Paloma Country Club. Alker and Caron each shot 5-under 66 to finish at 12-under 201. Alker played the back nine in 5 under with an eagle on the par-5 11th and birdies on Nos. 15-17. Caron birdied the final three holes of regulation. Alker won the first playoff in the 11-year history of the event, moving the 53-year-old New Zealander into second place in the Charles Schwab Cup standings behind Ernie Els. The 52-year-old Caron is the head pro at Mill River in Oyster Bay, New York. He's winless in 13 career starts on the 50-and-over tour. Greg Chalmers, the leader after each of the first two rounds, missed a chance to join the playoff when his 8-foot birdie try on 18 slid past. He had a 71 to tie for third at 11 under with fellow Australian Rod Pampling (67). Els was fifth at 10 under after a 70. ___
