Published July 17, 2008 on May 27, 2019

Tanigawa Completes Fairytale Comeback to be Crowned King of Oak Hill

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Ken Tanigawa overturned a three-stroke deficit to win his first Senior Major at the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club.

The American returned to professional golf in 2018 after a 15-year absence. He had his amateur status reinstated in 2003 after quitting the game but turned professional again after earning his card at PGA Tour Champions Qualifying School last year. That same season he won his first title on the PGA Tour Champions circuit and has now become the second consecutive first-time winner of a Senior Major, following Steve Stricker’s win at the Regions Tradition earlier this month.

The 51-year-old started the day three strokes behind defending champion and last year’s Staysure Tour Number One Paul Broadhurst, who reached a six under par total after three rounds on the formidable East Course.

Both Tanigawa and Broadhurst dropped shots on the par three third hole, with Broadhurst dropping another stroke on the next par three, the sixth hole, as the deficit was cut to two.

Tanigawa then birdied the 15^th hole and followed with an incredible 20-foot putt for birdie on the 16^th, just before Broadhurst carded a double bogey on the same hole, drawing level with Scott McCarron on two under par.

After a bogey on the 17^th hole, Tanigawa proceeded down the 18^th hole with a one-stroke lead. After finding a fairway bunker with his drive, he laid up and then hit his third shot to eight feet, which he stroked in for par.

Broadhurst bogeyed the last, settling for third place on one under par, one stroke behind McCarron.

Fellow Staysure Tour member Retief Goosen finished fourth on level par, while the quartet of David Frost, 2017 champion Bernhard Langer, Jesper Parnevik and Esteban Toledo shared 12^th place on seven over par.