Live updates from the final round of the Senior Players Championship – Canton Repository
Jerry Kelly and Alex Čejka finished the third round Saturday sharing the lead in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship at Firestone Country Club.
Kelly and Čejka are at 9-under-par for the tournament on Firestone’s South Course.
Steve Stricker and Steven Alker are tied for third at 7 under.
Ernie Els is fifth on the leaderboard at 6 under.
Kelly, the 2020 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship champion, carded a 5-under 65 Saturday.
Čejka posted a 67 Saturday.
Stricker, the 2021 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship champion, carded a 68 Saturday.
Alker and Els each shot a 69 Saturday.
K.J. Choi, Rob Labritz, Marco Dawson and David Toms are tied for sixth at 5 under.
Cameron Beckman, Shane Bertsch and Woody Austin are tied for 10th at 4 under.
Choi and Beckman each carded a 65 Saturday to get inside the top 10.
The final round features the past two winners (Stricker and Kelly) in the final group. Will one of them become two-time winners at Firestone or will Cejka, or someone outside of the final group, prevail?
To keep up with final round as it happens, check back here often during the day Sunday:
Alex Čejka takes lead in fourth round at Firestone Country Club in Akron
Alex Čejka has played four holes Sunday on the South Course and has taken the lead at 10-under-par for the tournament, as of 11:30 a.m.
Čejka made a birdie on No. 2 to vault to the top of the leaderboard in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship at Firestone Country Club.
Steven Alker has played five holes Sunday and is second at 9-under for the tournament.
Wisconsin natives Jerry Kelly and Steve Stricker have played four holes and are tied for third at 8-under for the tournament.
David Toms and Ernie Els are through five holes and are tied for fifth at 7-under for the tournament.
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How to watch
Television: Sunday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (Golf Channel), 12 p.m.-3 p.m. (CBS).
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Round 4 Tee Times
No. 1 Tee
8:20 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Davis Love III, Miguel Angel Jiménez
8:30 a.m.: Thongchai Jaidee, Bernhard Langer, Scott Parel
8:40 a.m.: Kevin Sutherland, John Senden, Paul Broadhurst
8:50 a.m.: Colin Montgomerie, Tom Byrum, Tim Herron
9 a.m.: Y.E. Yang, Bob Estes, Brandt Jobe
9:10 a.m.: Michael Allen, Rod Pampling, Rocco Mediate
9:20 a.m.: John Huston, Wes Short, Jr., Paul Goydos
9:30 a.m.: Stephen Ames, Retief Goosen, Vijay Singh
9:40 a.m.: Tim Petrovic, Ken Duke, Joe Durant
9:50 a.m.: Cameron Beckman, Shane Bertsch, Woody Austin
10 a.m.: Rob Labritz, Marco Dawson, David Toms
10:10 a.m.: Steven Alker, Ernie Els, K.J. Choi
10:20 a.m.: Jerry Kelly, Alex Cejka, Steve Stricker
No. 10 Tee
8:20 a.m.: Dicky Pride, Gene Sauers, Ken Tanigawa
8:30 a.m.: Brian Gay, Mike Weir, Lee Janzen
8:40 a.m.: Brett Quigley, Steve Flesch, Mark Walker
8:50 a.m.: Paul Stankowski, Doug Barron, Tom Pernice Jr.
9 a.m.: Tom Gillis, Duffy Waldorf, Glen Day
9:10 a.m.: David Frost, Jesper Parnevik, Scott Dunlap
9:20 a.m.: Mark Hensby, Carlos Franco, David Duval
9:30 a.m.: Jay Haas, Scott McCarron, Kent Jones
9:40 a.m.: Joey Sindelar, David McKenzie, Billy Andrade
9:50 a.m.: Corey Pavin, Justin Leonard, Chris DiMarco
10 a.m.: David Branshaw, Jeff Maggert, Fred Funk
10:10 a.m.: Billy Mayfair, Kirk Triplett, Olin Browne
10:20 a.m.: Robert Allenby, Dan Forsman. Frank Lickliter II
Senior Players Championship winners at Firestone
2021: Steve Stricker
2020: Jerry Kelly
2019: Retief Goosen