Perez oldest winner of Malaysian feature

Pat Perez holds the trophy aloft after winning on the PGA Tour in Malaysia at the age of 41

Pat Perez became the oldest player at age 41 to win the CIMB Classic in Malaysia last month.
The tournament had been won in the previous two years  by young gun Justin Thomas and although he returned to make an attempt at a hat-trick of wins, it was Perez at many years his senior that prevailed in dominant fashion.
The putter was Perez’s most lethal weapon.
“I didn’t even hit that many good shots,’’ Perez said after his win.
“I putted unbelievably, really. I didn’t hit it that great, I just made a whole lot of putts and that saved me. If I didn’t putt well I probably would have finished 40th.”
Perez, from the United States, has been on the PGA Tour since 2002.  Last season he was one of just five players to win on the PGA Tour aged in their 40s.
He won the CIMB Classic by four shots which was the largest on the PGA Tour since Marc Leishman won last season’s BMW Championship during the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Perez was coming off his best season on the PGA Tour, recording six top-10 finishes, including a win at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba, a tied third finish at the Sentry Tournament of Champions and a joint second finish at the Wells Fargo Championship.
His strong play qualified him for the season-ending Tour Championship, and he finished 15th in the final FedEx Cup standings.
Perez’s berth in the Tour Championship was the first of his career, coming on the back of a tied sixth finish at the Dell Technologies Championship, his 400th start on the PGA Tour. He began last season on a major medical exemption, and his win at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba was good enough to earn full Tour status.