Steven Alker won the Insperity Invitational for the second straight year, closing with a six-under 66 for a four-shot victory over Steve Stricker and his first title of the year on the PGA Tour Champions in Texas.
The 51-year-old Kiwi pulled away from Stricker with five birdies in a seven-hole stretch for a 31 on the back nine, and he had an emotional moment of reflection when it was over on Sunday (Monday NZ time).
His former caddie, Sam Workman, was from the Houston area in Texas. Workman last caddied in January in Hawaii before being diagnosed with cancer. He died about a month later.
Alker was caddying with his son, Ben, at The Woodlands and pointed to the sky after his final putt on the 18th to pay tribute to Workman.