Steven Alker of New Zealand posted a 3-under-par 69 as he cruised to a seven-shot victory at the Simmons Bank Championship on Sunday in Little Rock, Ark.

At the penultimate event of the PGA Tour Champions season, Alker vaulted from fourth to first place in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup standings. He's now in position to win his third Schwab Cup in four years.

Alker won the season-long title in 2022, his first full year on the tour, and again in 2024 when he held off South Africa's Ernie Els in points late in the year.

"Obviously you want to be as far ahead as you can," Alker said. "I know there's not much gap, there's probably five, six guys who can win it. So again, it happens every year apart from (Steve) Stricker a couple years ago. I've been there, I know what it feels like and

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