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Choi, 51, entered Sunday leading by two shots. With a
final-round, 4-under 68, he finished at a 13-under 203 and kept
his distance over Germans Bernhard Langer and Alex Cejka, who
also carded rounds of 68.
It was Choi's first professional victory of any kind since 2012,
when he prevailed at the CJ Invitational on the Asian Tour. The
2011 Players Championship was the last of his eight PGA Tour
victories.
"You know, any winning is very special," Choi said. "Anybody
strong in the mind could play (the Champions Tour). ... And the
mindset, many good players here. So I am enjoying Champions and
so happy."
The tournament was spread between Pebble Beach Golf Resort and
Spyglass Hill Golf Course. Golfers played each course once over
the first two days, and after a 36-hole cut, the remaining
players all played Pebble Beach on Sunday.
Choi made all five of his birdies on the front nine to bound
ahead, but went just 1 over on his back nine. It was still
enough of a cushion to hold off Langer, who birdied three of his
final five holes for a late run.
Langer will take the No. 1 spot in the Charles Schwab Cup
standings following his T2 finish.
"It's fun to be in contention for the Schwab Cup once more,"
Langer said. "That's what really everybody wants to be at here,
I think. And especially we didn't have one last year. If we had,
I would have won that one maybe."
Scott Dunlap's 6-under 66 was the low round of the day and
lifted him to a fourth-place finish at 10 under. Paul Stankowski
(68) and New Zealand's Steven Alker (67) tied for fifth at 9
under.
--Field Level Media
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