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SPORTS Monday 3 July 2017

Perry wins U.S. Senior Open

by 2 strokes over Triplett

By JIMMY GOLEN yard Donald Ross-designed
AP Sports Writer course, which also hosted
PEABODY, Mass. (AP) — the tournament in 2001.
Kenny Perry claimed his That year, Bruce Fleischer
second U.S. Senior Open won at even par.
on Sunday, pulling away But overnight rain before
from Kirk Triplett at Salem the first three rounds soft-
Country Club to finish at ened the greens, and
16 under and win by two Triplett and Jobe each took
strokes. advantage with rounds of
The 56-year-old Perry 62 — matching the lowest
closed with a 2-under 68 score in a PGA Tour Cham-
for a record score of 264. pions major.
Perry also won the event in “Today was probably
2013 in Omaha, Nebraska. how they wanted the golf
It is his fourth major victory course to play all week,”
on the senior tour. said Jobe, who played his
Perry started the day a other three rounds at a
stroke behind Triplett but combined 1 under. “It was
five ahead of the next- hard out there.” Kenny Perry raises the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy during ceremonies after winning the
closest contender, Brandt Triplett started the final day U.S. Senior Open golf tournament, Sunday, July 2, 2017, in Peabody, Mass. Associated Press
Jobe. Triplett, who tied the with a one-stroke lead but
tournament record with a it didn’t last long. Perry bird- PGA Tour. He lost a playoff PGA Championship at Val- Kentucky.q
62 in the opening round, ied the first hole and then to Mark Brooks in the 1996 halla in his home state of
had five bogeys Sunday took the lead for good
and shot 71. when Triplett dropped
Jobe had a 70 to finish sev- a stroke on No. 5. By the
en strokes back. Tom Lehm- ninth hole, Perry’s lead was
an and Fred Couples each four strokes, and Jobe had
shot 69 to tie for fourth at 8 closed within two shots of
under. second place.
Perry’s 264 total was three Triplett, who only had two
strokes better than the U.S. total bogeys in the first
Senior Open record set by three rounds, had five
Hale Irwin at Saucon Val- on Sunday. Perry played
ley in 2000 and matched bogey-free, with a pair of
by Perry in 2013. Perry was birdies.
the only player to shoot Perry has nine overall victo-
under par in each of the ries on the 50-and-over tour
four rounds at the 6,815- after winning 14 times on