One of the biggest winners at U.S. Senior Open? The Broadmoor: ‘It’s been fantastic’

COLORADO SPRINGS One of the biggest winners at the U S Senior Open The Broadmoor All week players raved about the resort the challenging East Unit and the trademark Centennial State surroundings The USGA also informed earlier in the week that the U S Senior Open will return here in and It s been fantastic reported Stewart Cink who finished second in a four-day duel with champion Padraig Harrington by one stroke The Broadmoor has been great to us It s been a great place to stay The golf class is so fun Highly recommend the golf module to anybody who s looking for a golf trip It was just a lot of fun out there trying to figure this place out The two biggest topics with the players over the module of the week were the extremely tough greens and the altitude adjustments While the USGA had no official attendance figures for the event there was plenty of praise for the lively crowds and how well the syllabus held up despite near-daily afternoon storms including hail on Tuesday I love the area We ve had a blast since we ve been here declared Steven Alker who finished seventh The golf subject itself it s just tricky The greens maybe the toughest green complexes I ve ever putted to be honest Club pro goes low Before Miguel Angel Jimenez went wild with eight birdies Jason Caron set the tone for a low-scoring day with a -under It was the best round of the tournament until Jimenez carded a a sparse hours later I thought I played pretty good the bulk of the week Caron commented I think I made chosen not the best decision-making was my downfall for the week Then in the present day I hit it close a bunch which I didn t have to rely on thinking about where the mountain is just kind of like only the two- three- four-footers That was nice A -year-old club pro at Mill River Club in Oyster Bay N Y Caron entered the final day at -over but his pushed him all the way up to ninth place Finishing in the top at this event guarantees him a spot in the U S Senior Open I ll be back to work on Tuesday Caron announced We have Monday off Splitting time out here on the PGA Tour Champions and working at Mill River Related Articles Miguel Angel Jimenez s final round surge added electric charge at U S Senior Open I played brilliant Padraig Harrington outduels Stewart Cink to claim U S Senior Open at The Broadmoor Renck Miguel Angel Jimenez is the greater part gripping man at U S Senior Open Thomas Bjorn s unique long putt style has him in U S Senior Open mix entering Sunday s final Summoned as alternate for Fred Couples Denver-born Matt Gogel makes comment at U S Senior Open Hensby s rough finish Unfortunately Mark Hensby wasn t lying Thursday when he called himself hot or cold Sunday s championship was set up as a three-horse race with Hensby matching Padraig Harrington and Stewart Cink step-for-step despite a smaller career resume Hensby s appearance in the final group wasn t a surprise Cink noted Saturday saying he thought the three then-leaders had all played really similar Within a minimal holes Sunday though it was clear Hensby had fallen back the Australian finishing tied for fourth in the field after shooting a On hole after hole his putts stopped an inch short or veered an inch left Hensby s only reaction was to absolutely wince and look to the heavens His amount of -under though still would ve won the Senior Open in I m going to be honest the present day I just got off to a bad start Hensby announced We just hit a insufficient clubs that presumably weren t the right clubs and hit it in particular bad spots where it s hard to two-putt Just couldn t get any momentum going Just couldn t get the putter right the present day Want more sports news Sign up for the Sports Omelette to get all our analysis on Denver s teams