Willie Mack III is now a three-time APGA Player of the Year.
Mack shot an 8-under 64 on Tuesday in the final round of the Advocates Professional Golf Association’s Mastercard APGA Tour Championship at TPC Sugarloaf to claim the circuit’s top prize. He opened with a 65 on Monday.
Mack have five birdies on the back nine to seize control of the 36-hole tournament. With it, he claims the season-long Lexus Cup Point Standings title. He pocketed a total of $27,500 in prize money, combining the tournament winner’s purse of $10,000 with a $17,500 bonus pool prize for performance over eight regular-season events, and he won the use of a Lexus car for a year.
Mack also earned a spot in the Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying School in September.
“Everything came together pretty well again today,” said Mack. “Including the PGA Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour, these are the biggest events I’ve played, so this would be one of the top stretches of my career, for sure. I’ve been able to play better with the opportunities that came along. Knowing I can play out there (on the PGA Tour) definitely helps my confidence.”
Mack played the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in January and Genesis Invitational in February on sponsor exemptions. He later made the cut at both the Rocket Mortgage Classic and the John Deere Classic.
Patrick Newcomb finished second at TPC Sugarloaf, two strokes back. Tim O’Neal and Aaron Beverly tied for third, four shots back. Landon Lyons was fifth.
Mastercard joined as title sponsor of the APGA Tour Championship on Monday.
The APGA Tour next has an event Sept. 20-22 at Bluestone Country Club in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, called the APGA Tour Valley Forge.
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