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4 hours ago
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Steven Alker, Tim Petrovic join lead at Kaulig Companies Championship
Steven Alker plays his shot on the fourth hole during the second round of the Kaulig Companies Championship 2025 at Firestone Country Club on 20 June 2025 in Akron, Ohio. Photo: David Berding / Getty Images / AFP Tim Petrovic fired a 66 and New Zealand's Steven Alker posted a 67 to join Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina for the 36-hole lead at the Kaulig Companies Championship, the third major of the PGA Tour Champions season, in Akron, Ohio. Gonzalez was a first-round co-leader and shot 68 on Friday (local time) to stay in contention. The leading trio is 5-under-par 135 after two rounds, one ahead of Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez, whose 66 Friday brought him to 4 under. Sweden's Freddie Jacobson (67) is alone in fifth at 3 under. Petrovic balanced seven birdies against three bogeys Friday at Firestone Country Club, finishing by rolling in a birdie putt at the par-4 ninth to grab his share of the lead. Petrovic, 58, is the surprise of the week thus far. He has yet to win on the PGA Tour Champions and entered the week a pedestrian 38th in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. "I've been hitting it well the last few weeks and I just haven't had much to show for it because I haven't really had many putts," Petrovic said. Tim Petrovic of the US plays his shot on the sixth hole during the second round of the Kaulig Companies Championship 2025 at Firestone Country Club on 20 June 2025 in Akron, Ohio. Photo: David Berding / Getty Images / AFP "Then made a couple long putts early, I'm like, 'Oh, wait a second, maybe we've got something going here'." Alker, the 2022 and 2024 Schwab Cup winner, is hunting for his second senior major championship. He birdied four of his first six holes Friday before dropping off a bit, with two bogeys and a birdie the rest of the way. "If you get a good start around this golf course you kind of don't have to be as aggressive as you normally would be," Alker said. "Yeah, just pleased to get under par again out here." One of the rounds of the day belonged to Jimenez, the current Schwab Cup leader with three wins under his belt already in 2025. He was 5 under par through 16 holes before taking his only bogey of the round at No. 17. If not for that bogey, he'd be part of the tie at the top. "You need to have a lot of patience here," Jimenez said of Firestone. "It's a golf course that you have a couple slopes in the fairway, 4, 8, 9 ... It's a very fair golf course overall. You need to hit good, here is no luck, you need to hit good to score well." Angel Cabrera of Argentina, the PGA Tour Champions newcomer who won the first two majors of the season, is not far behind at 1 under after shooting 68 Friday. - Field Level Media
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8 hours ago
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Petrovic, Alker, Ricardo Gonzalez share lead at Firestone in PGA Tour Champions major
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Tim Petrovic shot a 4-under 66 on Friday for a share of second-round lead with Steven Alker and Ricardo Gonzalez in the Kaulig Companies Championship, the third major of the year on the PGA Tour Champions. Petrovic closed with a birdie on the par-4 ninth to match Alker and Gonzalez at 5-under 135 at Firestone South. Alker, from New Zealand, had a 66. Gonzalez, the Argentine player who shared the first-round lead with Soren Kjeldsen, shot 68. Advertisement Miguel Angel Jimenez was a stroke back after a 66. Freddie Jacobson was 3 under after a 67. Angel Cabrera, who already has won two majors this year at the Regions Tradition and the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional, was 1 under after a 68. The winner of the tournaments gets a spot in The Players Championship at the TPC Sawgrass next year. Firestone South previously hosted the World Series of Golf and then a World Golf Championship. It's a strong test for players who next go to the U.S. Senior Open in Colorado. ___ AP golf:
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8 hours ago
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Petrovic, Alker, Ricardo Gonzalez share lead at Firestone in PGA Tour Champions major
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Tim Petrovic shot a 4-under 66 on Friday for a share of second-round lead with Steven Alker and Ricardo Gonzalez in the Kaulig Companies Championship, the third major of the year on the PGA Tour Champions. Petrovic closed with a birdie on the par-4 ninth to match Alker and Gonzalez at 5-under 135 at Firestone South. Alker, from New Zealand, had a 66. Gonzalez, the Argentine player who shared the first-round lead with Soren Kjeldsen, shot 68. Miguel Angel Jimenez was a stroke back after a 66. Freddie Jacobson was 3 under after a 67. Angel Cabrera, who already has won two majors this year at the Regions Tradition and the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional, was 1 under after a 68. The winner of the tournaments gets a spot in The Players Championship at the TPC Sawgrass next year. Firestone South previously hosted the World Series of Golf and then a World Golf Championship. It's a strong test for players who next go to the U.S. Senior Open in Colorado. ___ AP golf:
