Zach Johnson birdied four of the final seven holes to win the Principal Charity Classic in Des Moines. It capped an emotional week for the Iowa native who finished the tournament at 17-under par to capture his second win on the PGA Tour Champions this season.
The former Masters and British Open champion says he was able to manage his emotions as he returned to the city where he was a standout at Drake.
Johnson grew up in Cedar Rapids and had a huge gallery following him around the Wakonda Club course.
Johnson pockets 300 thousand dollars for the win and planned to celebrate Sunday night with some of his former Drake teammates.
Johnson finished four shots in front of South Africa’s Retief Goosen and Australia’s Richard Green. Goosen fired a final round of two-under 69.
For Goosen it was his fourth top ten finish in his last five tournaments.
Green held the lead for much of the final round but bogeys on 16 and 17 knocked him out of contention.
Green had to settle for a third straight top ten finish on the PGA Tour Champions.
