BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Stewart Cink pulled away from the field with an astonishing stretch around the turn Sunday to close with a 9-under 63 for a six-shot victory in the Senior PGA Championship, his first senior major and third win of the year on the PGA Tour Champions.

Cink was one shot behind going into the final round at Concession Golf Club, and then he removed all drama with a remarkable run.

It started with an eagle on the par-5 seventh. He closed out the front nine with back-to-back birdies to seize control, and then he poured it on with a 35-foot birdie putt up the slope and with perfect speed that took the break and dropped for birdie on the par-3 11th.

He was 5-under par over that five-hole stretch, and then it was a matter of everyone else playing for second. Cink added an up-and-down birdie on the par-5 13th, and he rolled in an 18-foot birdie on the 14th hole.

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Keith Horne of South Africa overcame the nerves of not feeling comfortable with his swing by posting a 6-under 66 for a one-shot lead Saturday in the Senior PGA Championship, giving him a shot at the biggest win of his career.

Horne never contended in a regular major championship because he never played in one. He has nine Sunshine Tour wins in South Africa, none in the two decades he spent on the Asian Tour. His best world ranking was No. 173 in the world.

But he was holding his own against past major champions like Stewart Cink and Vijay Singh.

“There’s nothing better than playing in a big golf tournament and feeling in full control of your golf swing, but you know, that’s not the case this week,” Horne said. “It's not like it’s terrible or anything like that, but it’s enough to make me nervous about just standing up and swinging it at the target.”

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Brian Gay finally figured out how to play the par 5s at Concession Golf Club, making up ground with an eagle-birdie finish for a 4-under 68 to share the 36-hole lead with Scott Hend of Australia in the Senior PGA Championship on Friday.

Hend had five birdies over the last eight holes for a 65, a far more conventional round of eight birdies against only one dropped shot.

They were at 10-under 134, two shots ahead of major champions Stewart Cink (67) and Retief Goosen (69), with Ben Crane making his senior debut with a 69 to join them.

But it was quite the adventure for Gay. He fanned a 5-iron into the bushes on the par-5 13th after starting the second round on the back nine of Concession. He twice went into the bushes trying to take his drive over the bunkers on the par-5 17th and then lipped out and took double bogey.