Kenny Perry’s first Champions Tour victory Sunday came on a sad note. His sister Kay had died Saturday night of breast cancer, two years to the day after the death of their mother—also from cancer. From the New York Times:

“When I heard the news last night, it was a long night,” Perry said. “I didn’t sleep a lot, thought about just getting on a plane and heading home. “But Dad was great. He called me, he said, ‘Son, you just need to go out there and represent Kay today.’”

He did, making a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 17th en route to a 2-under 70 and a one-stroke victory over Jeff Sluman and John Huston.

“I was very calm all day. I had no nerves,” Perry said. “Normally, I’m a little jumpy, a little jittery, tense. Today, I was just — I felt like I was on a low. I was really down. I was kind of depressed, and my swing was in rhythm. It wasn’t fast, and I had great control of the golf ball.”

Condolences and Congratulations.

Corey Pavin has called for a Senior Ryder Cup

“You would think there would be a way to make the whole Ryder Cup experience that much better by including something for the former greats,” said the 51-year-old.
“People would love to watch Tom Watson tee it up in a singles match against Sandy Lyle or Bernhard Langer. That would be really fun for the fans to see.
“If it was part of the lead up to the actual Ryder Cup it would be a lot of fun. It would be competitive. It would be somewhat inspirational.
“There’s only one Ryder Cup and that’s for the young bucks.
“But to bring back some of the golden oldies - people would love to see their long-time heroes play in a Ryder Cup-type event, as long as it didn’t detract from the real thing. That always need to stay front and centre as the biggest event in golf.” 

I totally agree. There’s a crop of “senior” golfers out there (and coming up) with tremendous name and face recognition. It would be huge.

Here’s a guy to cheer for: Ken Green, who lost his brother, girlfriend, dog and leg last summer in a horrific RV crash, will return to the Champions Tour this week. To compound the guy’s tragedies, his son was found dead this past January in his dorm room at SMU.

Green will play with a prosthetic leg, and will be the first amputee to play a PGA Tour sanctioned event.

Here’s wishing him well.

Fred Couples won the Champions Tour’s Toshiba Classic this past weekend for his second in a row. That’s two wins in three starts; he finished second to Tom Watson in the other.

It’s hardly fair. Couple can still compete on the regular Tour. Boom Boom is going to be the new Hale Irwin on that tour.

Champions Tour member Ken Green lost both is brother, and his girlfriend in an RV crash last week. Now it appears that he will lose his leg.

Green’s agent said that the damage to the right leg was so extensive that doctors will be forced to amputate below the knee.

Very sad.

More here.

Bernhard Langer says he’s out to win on the Champions Tour—a lot.:

“My goal is to dominate”

“If I don’t prepare, why am I here?” he said. “I expect my best 100 percent of the time in most things in life. I’m not going to do 30 or 40 percent in anything.”

Langer’s not kidding This past weekend, he won the Ginns Championship for his second Champions Tour victory in three starts. He now leads the Schwab Cup points.

Bernhard Langer apparently will make his debut on the Champions Tour this weekend.

Lets hope his stay last longer than Seve Ballesteros’