Steven Alker leads by two at Mitsubishi Electric Championship

Things to Know

• Steven Alker, who has finished runner-up at Hualalai each of the last two years, holds a two-stroke lead over Harrison Frazar and reigning PGA TOUR Champions Player of the Year Steve Stricker, who won last year’s Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
• Alker and Frazar matched the low round of the day, each shooting 9-under 63

Steven Alker, 65-63 – 128 (-16)

• The 52-year-old seeks his eighth win on PGA TOUR Champions (54th start)
• With a win on Saturday, he would become the first player to win back-to-back tournaments on PGA TOUR Champions since Steve Stricker (2023 Regions Tradition, 2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship)
  • In his last start, Alker won the 2023 Charles Schwab Cup Championship
• This is his low 36-hole score on PGA TOUR Champions (128)
  • Previous: 129 (2022 Charles Schwab Cup Championship)
• This is his seventh time leading/co-leading entering the final round on PGA TOUR Champions
  • Is 4-for-6 converting those into victories
• Will play in the last group of the final round for the fifth time since the start of last season
  • Went 2-for-4 converting those into victories in 2023
• Making his third appearance at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, he finished runner-up in his first two starts (2022, 2023)
  • His scoring average at this event is 65.75 (eight rounds)

Other Notes

• Defending champion and reigning PGA TOUR Champions Player of the Year Steve Stricker sits T2 at 14-under after carding 64
  • The 56-year-old seeks his 18th win on PGA TOUR Champions (64th start)
    • Last win: 2023 Sanford International
  • With a win on Saturday, he would become the second player to go back-to-back at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship, joining Al Geiberger (1992, 1993)
    • Note: The tournament moved to Hualalai Golf Course starting in 1997
• First-timer at Hualalai Harrison Frazar matched Alker for the low round of the day with 63 and sits T2 at 14- under
  • The 52-year-old seeks his second win on PGA TOUR Champions (44th start)
    • Last win: 2023 Dominion Energy Charity Classic
• World Golf Hall of Fame member Ernie Els sits in fourth at 11-under after shooting 67
  • The 54-year-old seeks his fourth win on PGA TOUR Champions (82nd start)
    • Last win: 2023 Hoag Classic
• David Toms and Justin Leonard are T5 at 10-under
• 2018 champion Jerry Kelly (T16) is the lone player in the field without a bogey or worse after 36 holes
• The group sitting T21 at 3-under includes three-time champions Bernhard Langer (2009, 2014, 2017) and Miguel Angel Jimenez (2015, 2020, 2022)