{"id":58313,"date":"2025-10-23T00:11:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T04:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/leonard-beats-els-at-dominion-energy-charity-classic-pga-champions-golf-5\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T00:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T04:11:24","slug":"leonard-beats-els-at-dominion-energy-charity-classic-pga-champions-golf-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/golf\/leonard-beats-els-at-dominion-energy-charity-classic-pga-champions-golf-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonard Beats Els at Dominion Energy Charity Classic: PGA Champions Golf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND, Va. \u2013 Justin Leonard showed patience and precision in <em>putting<\/em>, earning him a crucial victory at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard finished with an impressive streak of birdie, par, and eagle, sealing a round of 68 strokes, four under par. This performance secured him a one-stroke victory over Ernie Els.<\/p>\n<p>This triumph marks Leonard&#8217;s second victory on the PGA Tour Champions this year, propelling him into the top 10 in the standings after the first playoff event for the Charles Schwab Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament was key, as the first 54 players advance to the next postseason event, which will be held next week in Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p>Els, who seemed to be in control in the second half of the course at the Country Club of Virginia, made birdies on holes 15 and 16. However, a bogey on 17 opened the door for Leonard.<\/p>\n<p>After a birdie on the 16th, Leonard shone with a 4-iron hybrid and a 20-foot eagle putt, setting a total of 12 under par, with 204 strokes.<\/p>\n<p>Els couldn&#8217;t make a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole, which would have forced a playoff. He finished with 72 strokes, sharing second place with Thomas Bjorn, who also turned in a card of 68.<\/p>\n<p>Bernhard Langer, at 68 years old, stayed two strokes off the top until a long three-putt bogey frustrated his aspirations. With a round of 72, he finished three strokes behind the leader, seeking his first victory in the Champions this year.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Parel, with a round of 71, tied for 21st place, moving up three positions to number 53, which secures him a place in next week&#8217;s Simmons Bank Championship, while David Bransdon was left out.<\/p>\n<p>The top 36 players after next week will advance to the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, which closes the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND, Va. \u2013 Justin Leonard showed patience and precision in putting, earning him a crucial victory at the Dominion Energy Charity Classic. Leonard finished with an impressive streak of birdie, par, and eagle, sealing a round of 68 strokes, four under par. This performance secured him a one-stroke victory over Ernie Els. This triumph marks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2874,163,6387,626],"class_list":{"0":"post-58313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-golf","7":"tag-ernie-els","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-justin-leonard","10":"tag-pga-tour"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}