After winning twice on the Champions Tour in 2018, Augusta’s Scott Parel was unable to add to his victory total last year, letting a number of excellent opportunities elude him. Parel lost twice in playoffs, finished two shots behind the winner for a third runner-up finish and was unable to convert a pair of leads going to the final round into wins later in the season, one … [Read more...]
2020 Champions Tour Preview: Augusta’s Scott Parel Takes Over as State’s Top Senior
The 2020 Champions Tour began last month in Hawaii and includes a new early season event in Morocco before returning to the U.S. and a mostly familiar schedule beginning with a mid-February tournament in south Florida. The tour is back in the Atlanta area for its annual stop at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, scheduled for April 17-19. With two off weeks before the Mitsubishi … [Read more...]
Ex-Bulldog Tommy Tolles Second in Champions Tour Playoffs Event
Coming into last week’s Champions Tour Playoffs opener in Richmond, Va., former Georgia Bulldog Tommy Tolles needed a top-10 finish to advance to the second of three Schwab Cup events. Tolles did a little better than that, finishing second behind Miguel Angel Jimenez. Thanks to his runner-up finish, Tolles improved from 59 to 37 in the Schwab Cup standings, putting himself … [Read more...]
Billy Andrade Loses in Champions Tour Playoff at Pebble Beach
Atlanta’s Billy Andrade made a strong run at capturing his first Champions Tour title since 2015, but settled for second place after losing in a playoff Sunday to Kirk Triplett at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Triplett, who won the event for the third time – the first two in 2012 and ’13 – birdied the first playoff hole, the par-5 18that Pebble Beach. Both he and Andrade layed up … [Read more...]
Parel Loses Playoff in Biloxi, Andrade Takes Third After Late Bogeys
Augusta’s Scott Parel went seven holes and two days in a playoff to decide the Champions Tour tournament in Biloxi that was scheduled to end Sunday, but all it got him was a fourth runner-up finish over the past 12 months. Parel and eventual winner Kevin Sutherland went five extra holes late Sunday afternoon after tying at 7-under 209. The playoff was halted by darkness and … [Read more...]
Augusta’s Parel Closes with 63 for First Champions Tour Victory
There are few if any stories in professional golf that have followed similar career paths as that of long-time Augusta resident Scott Parel. Although Parel’s story arc is far from over, he experienced what is to this point the highlight of his 20-plus year career, winning the Champions Tour event Sunday in Seattle. Parel shot a final round 63 that included consecutive … [Read more...]