By RNZ
Veteran Kiwi golfer Steven Alker has won on the US Champions Tour for the first time scoring a two-shot victory at the TimberTech Championship in Florida.
Alker started the day in a tie for third and fired a final-round four-under-par 68 to finish two shots ahead of golfing legends Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez and American Jim Furyk.
It marks Alker's first win on the over-50 Tour since joining in July and sees the 50-year-old pocket NZ$429,000 in prize money.
"I guess it's just been building," Alker says.
"I've been having chances and it's - you have a bunch of top-10s and you get in the thick of it and just try to get a W.
"Not that the top-10s aren't any good, it's just that you (want to) get that win, and just glad I hung on today."
In that time the former New Zealand PGA Champion has had eight top-ten finishes and is now set to play the season-ending Charles Schwab Championship this week.
It also gives him full playing rights for next year.
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