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Edmonton Journal
3 days ago
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
'Life's good today': Calgary's Wes Martin highlight of emotional start to Rogers Charity Classic
The qualifiers came to play for Friday's first day of the 2025 Rogers Charity Classic. Article content Calgary's Wes Martin and American Tommy Gainey didn't just show up to the PGA Tour Champions party with late invites. Article content They crashed it. Article content 'Dream come true,' said Martin, who opened with birdies on four of the first five holes and felt the support of family, friends and Calgarians in emotionally making his way around the 7,086-yard track at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club. Article content 'A total dream start,' continued the 52-year-old, of his 3-under 67 debut on the circuit for the world's best golfers age 50-plus. 'And honestly, it was all foggy. I was just swinging, and it was going right where I wanted, and the putts were falling. Article content Article content 'Two Gloves' from South Carolina put together a 6-under-64 round. Only co-leaders Miguel Angel Jiménez and Steve Alker carded better scores with matching 7-under 63s through 18 holes. Article content 'It has been an awesome week to turn 50 and be out here with these legends,' said an amped-up Gainey, who plays with two wet- weather black gloves no matter the conditions. 'I mean … this is fun. This is fun! Had a blast, played good, hit a few loose shots … but, you know what? It was so much fun being out here with some of the guys I grew up idolizing and watching. And then I have a chance to play with them? And it's been so many years now (waiting for this). Article content Article content 'I've been counting it down for the longest time. It has been on countdown for at least five years.' Article content Article content And as he crept into his 50s age-wise, the idea of taking a few shots at a golf tournaments kicked into his life again.
USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
50 for two days now, Tommy 'Two Gloves' Gainey is contending on PGA Tour Champions
Two days after turning 50, Two Gloves is contending on the PGA Tour Champions. Tommy Gainey, known for wearing golf gloves on both hands, celebrated his 50th birthday on Aug. 13, just 48 hours before he teed it up in his first senior event. And so far, so good, as Gainey shot 6-under 64 at the 2025 Rogers Charity Classic. Gainey was tied for the clubhouse lead with Shane Bertsch at Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club in Calgary before Steve Alker also shot 63. Charles Schwab Cup points leader Miguel Angel Jimenez later matched Alker's 63. Still, Gainey will start his second round Saturday just a single stroke off the pace. Tommy Gainey won a PGA Tour event in 2012 Gainey played in four PGA Tour tournaments this year, all opposite-field events, and posted finishes of T75, T53, T61 and MC. In his PGA Tour career, he has one career win, the 2012 McGladrey Classic, and three Korn Ferry Tour wins, two coming in 2010 and the third in 2020. Gainey played in only five PGA Tour events in 2024 and was among those who had to go to PGA Tour Q-School last winter but he came up short of a fully-exempt card for 2025. He only made $21,000 in 2024 after missing five of six cuts. His last full season was 2023, where he missed 11 of 16 cuts. But now he's starting a new journey on the Champions circuit and so far, so good.
