Cameron Percy followed up a career best finish in a senior major last week with a heartbreaking playoff loss on the US Champions Tour this week in Ohio.
The 51 year old Victorian shot a final round 3-under 69 at the Senior PGA Championship at the Congressional Country Club for his first top ten finish in any major championship.
Co-leader through 36 holes, Percy lost ground with 4-over 76 in Round 3 but responded with 3-under in the final round as Argentine Angel Cabrera won a second straight senior major championship in as many weeks.
One-over through his first four holes on Sunday, Percy was within two strokes of the lead on the back of four birdies in the space of six holes around the turn.
That run of birdies would end with par at the par-4 12th, Percy unable to make any further inroads as he parred his way to the clubhouse and 5-under total.
That was enough to finish outright seventh, bettering his previous best of a tie for 11th at the 2024 Kaulig Companies Championship.
Kiwi Steven Alker surpassed Percy for low round of the week with a 6-under 66 to finish tied 14th, Scott Hend (69) and Mark Hensby (72) finishing tied for 19th and 21st respectively.
PGA TOUR Champions
Senior PGA Championship
Congressional Country Club, Bethesda, Maryland
1 Ángel Cabrera 72-69-70-69—280 $US540,000
7 Cameron Percy 67-71-76-69—283 $99,750
T14 Steven Alker (NZ) 75-73-72-66—286 $51,412
T19 Scott Hend 70-74-74-69—287 $38,490
T21 Mark Hensby 71-74-71-72—288 $30,572.50
T40 Richard Green 71-76-74-72—293 $10,317.50
T40 Brendan Jones 71-74-75-73—293 $10,317.50
T55 Andre Stolz 73-73-78-73—297 $5,216.67
67 Mick Smith 72-73-79-79—303 $3,930
MC Rod Pampling 72-78—150
MC Stuart Appleby 70-81—151
MC David Bransdon 72-79—151
MC Michael Wright 75-78—153
MC Michael Campbell (NZ) 77-81—158
This week Percy Lost in a playoff on the PGA TOUR Champions to legendary Spaniard Miguel Angel Jiménez.
Percy finished the Principal Charity Classic on 17-under tied with Jiménez and Søren Kjeldsen. Jiménez took the title with a birdie on the first extra hole.
For Percy, the T2 finish in Iowa marks a third top-10 finish this year in his quest for a maiden Tour victory.
PGA TOUR Champions
Principal Charity Classic
Wakonda Club, Des Moines, Iowa
1 Miguel Angel Jiménez 63-66-70-199 $US300,000
T2 Cameron Percy 64-67-68-199
T6 Michael Wright 66-68-68-202
T8 Mark Hensby 72-68-63-203
T18 Steve Allan 69-66-71-206
T24 Greg Chalmers 73-70-65-208
T32 David Bransdon 70-69-70-209
T62 Richard Green 70-69-75-214
T69 Brendan Jones 74-72-71-217
T72 John Senden 76-70-73-219