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12. CONSTELLATION SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Feb 2, 2023 0:08:14 GMT

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Round 1

It was a wet, breezy start to the week today with some tricky pin positions, so scoring was surprisingly pretty good. Randy Grant had an up and down round and a 71 was slightly disappointing for him. Bob Fletcher and Ian McKinley fared a little better, posting a pair of 70's, the former enjoying a great eagle on the 5th, but on the following hole made a glaring course management error that cost him three strokes. Les Souter's campaign got off to a super start with eagles on the 2nd and 5th holes, but a series of missed putts and a characteristic run of pars on the back nine restricted Les to a 68, not at all bad but disappointing considering his scoring on the first few holes. The Reverand Green course is one of Jared Kingsley's favourites, and he utilised his accumulated knowledge to great effect in this opening round. Showing great restraint to control his naturally aggressive play, Jared reaped the rewards and headed the field by shooting a fantastic 63 to leave him with a two-shot lead.

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12. CONSTELLATION SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Feb 3, 2023 21:23:03 GMT

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Round 2

A dry, windless day with the course in perfect condition was an open invitation to score low today. Unfortunately for Les Souter, he appears to have had one of those rounds where if something could go wrong, it did go wrong, and his 80 ended any interest he had in this tournament. A triple-bogey and a few single bogeys didn't help Randy Grant's cause and his 74 left him not far from the foot of the leaderboard. Ian McKinley bogeyed the 1st and recovered reasonably well to card a 68, but he knew his score should have been lower. Ian is in a share of 10th at halfway, but is a long way back and unlikely to add to his trophy haul this week. In 5th spot is Hans Kunok after impressive rounds of 69 and today's 65 but even he needs something extraordinary to happen if he is to win. Bob Fletcher has been toying with his swing timing and he seems to have stumbled across a method that works really well, as his incredible 61 demonstrated. If not for a solitary bogey and a few missed putts Bob could have easily been posting a sub-60 score. I think many expected First round pacesetter Jared Kingsley to come back into the pack today, but he kept the pedal to the metal by shooting another superb 63 to increase his lead to four strokes. Can his game hold up under the pressure of increasing expectation over the next two rounds?!

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12. CONSTELLATION SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Feb 5, 2023 17:27:25 GMT

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Round 3

The opening round breeze was back and the greens had quickened, making putting a little more problematic. Strangely, all but one of the guests posted a round of 71 today. Les Souter, Randy Gran and Ian McKinley were all left treading water, while Hans Kunok's 71, his worst round so far, saw him enter into a tie for 5th place. Bob Fletcher's 71, not too bad considering he registered a triple-bogey on the 10th, was still good enough to keep him in 3rd spot, albeit a mile behind the leader. And that leader is still Jared Kingsley who really turned the screw by carding a fantastic 61, giving him a ten shot lead going into the final round!! The only thing that can deny Jared the win now is a collapse of Norman-esque magnitude but, somehow, I don't see that happening...

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12. CONSTELLATION SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Feb 6, 2023 13:03:40 GMT

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Final Round

Only a breath of wind today, but the greens were completely dry and super-fast. Randy Grant started well enough, birdying the first 2 holes, but things soon turned sour and his eventual 74 enabled Les Souter to leapfrog and demote him into last place with a round of 70. Ian McKinley ended the week as he had started it, with a nondescript 70 to conclude the event in mid-leaderboard. Hans Kunok had played consistently well, if unspectacularly, all week and a closing 68 earned him a five-way share of 4th place along with Bob Fletcher whose 72 was his worst round of the tourney. However, they at least were able to pocket valuable Charles Schwab Cup points for their efforts. Overnight leader Jared Kingsley held a 10-shot lead going into today and, as expected, there was no last round collapse to give hope to his closest rivals. In fact he increased his advantage over Bernhard Langer, his nearest challenger, to 11 strokes by carding a very convincing 67, and Jared's crushing victory will give him every confidence for next week's fourth Major of the season, the Senior U.S. Open...

12. CONSTELLATION SENIOR PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

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