Past SW Am player Ken Tanigawa wins 3rd Champions Tour title

Chris Brauner

Ken Tanigawa won the Rogers Charity Classic on Sunday for his third career PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 6-under 64 to beat Richard Green by two shots.

Two strokes behind Green after matching the Canyon Meadows record with a career-best 61 on Saturday, the 56-year-old Tanigawa birdied the par-5 15th and 17th holes to pull away.

Tanigawa finished at 17-under 193. On Saturday, he made a hole-in-one in the 210-yard 16th with a 5-iron. The victory was his first since the 2019 Senior PGA Championship.

Tanigawa, who played in several Southwestern Amateurs, was the rare amateur to make it to the Champions Tour via qualifying school, turning pro in 2018.