Longtime combatants Ernie Els and Stewart Cink couldn't decide things in 54 holes, so the duo went to a playoff at the 2025 Ally Challenge.

Els had a clean card with three birdies for a final-round 69 while Cink had three bogeys but seven birdies, four of them over a five-hole stretch late in the day.

But both golfers parred the par-4 18th, so off to bonus golf they went at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc, Michigan.

On the first playoff hole, par was all Cink needed to make quick work and eliminate Els.

Cink came into the Ally with two solo seconds and a solo third in his last four starts but finally finished on the right side of a tight battle to earn his second PGA Tour Champions win in 2025 and the third of his career.

"I haven't had time to collect myself yet to know that," he told John Cook on Golf Channel soon after winning. "I know it wasn't tee balls. There was one really good tee ball today and it was on the 70, no, the 55th hole just now, but there wasn't a whole lot of other good ones.

"My attitude was really good, it was probably the 15th club. Me and Chris both, we had a great attitude about being in the trees and hitting all kind of crazy shots and playing out of wrong fairways. It was an adventure, but that's golf sometimes. I was just pleased to make some really good putts down the stretch."

Cink is also now a repeat winner of the Ally, the first to win the event a second time in its eight-year history.

He's the fifth golfer with more than one win this season, alongside Miguel Angel Jimenez (4), Angel Cabrera (3), Steve Allan (3) and Padraig Harrington (2).

Cink opened his week with a 62 on Friday before carding a 71. The 62 matched his career low on the senior circuit.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Stewart Cink repeats at Ally Challenge after beating Ernie Els in playoff at Warwick Hills

Reporting by Todd Kelly, Golfweek / Golfweek

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