ORLANDO, Fla. – The only player to compete in every PNC Championship proved, once again, what the family team event means to him.
Lee Trevino, alongside his son Daniel, made an eagle on the par-5 third hole on Sunday and followed with four straight birdies. But the 86-year-old legend made an even stronger statement with an approach shot on the par-4 13th.th hole which hunted in the hole for an eagle-2.
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“I was looking for worms. I have white birds following me and I got them so big they only followed me nine holes,” Trevino joked. “That (his approach shot at No. 13) was a 60-degree corner with a short draw. It was good.”
Trevino has played every PNC since the event began in 1995, and he told Todd Lewis of NBC Sports and Golf Channel after a final round 62 that his passion for the game had never been greater.
“The reason I’m doing this and the reason I’m promoting it and performing it the way I’m doing it now is because the Lord, for whatever reason, has given me a tremendous amount of talent, and I’m going to meet him real soon and I certainly don’t want him to be disappointed, because you know why? If he’s disappointed, I’m probably going to have to replace (Arnold Palmer),” Trevino said with a laugh. “He’s going to have to put me on Arnie’s bag, yeah.”
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In his 26 starts at PNC, Trevino has never won but has five top-10 finishes, including a tie for third in 2020.
