Charles Coody was wondering what happened to his golf game.
He wasn't making his shots. He certainly wasn't making any money. And maybe it was time to make a serious career adjustment.So he took last week off and talked things over with his wife.
"I figured I either had to start cutting back or I'm going to have to turn things around," Coody said. "I wasn't thinking of something so dramatic."
Coody shot a 5-under-par 65 Sunday to beat Larry Mowry by one stroke in the $1.1 million Canadian Senior Open, earning the biggest check of his career.
Coody was four strokes behind Mowry as the final round began and had five birdies at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club.
It was Coody's fifth win on the Senior PGA Tour, but his first since 1991, and was worth $165,000. Coody, who took home $25,000 for winning the Masters in 1971, had won $43,524 through 13 tournaments this year.
"You could be dead and win that," Coody said.
Mowry, the leader through the first three rounds, had a final-round 70 and posted his best finish since last winning in 1989, earning $96,800. He struggled through a bout of vertigo that cost him about three years on the tour.
John Bland, Don Bies and Jack Kiefer tied for third, two strokes behind Coody. Bland, the co-leader after the second round, finished with a 68, while Bies and Kiefer both had a 69.
Mowry had a final chance to force a playoff, but his 25-foot birdie putt on No. 18 fell short.