Aug 15 (Reuters) - Five years after defying the odds and surviving a rare and potentially fatal skin disease, Gene Sauers clinched the biggest victory of his golfing life, a one-shot win at the U.S. Senior Open in Ohio on Monday.
Sauers suffered the heartbreak of losing in a playoff to Colin Montgomerie in the same event in 2014, but the diminutive American went one better this time when he sank a short par putt on the last hole to edge Miguel Angel Jimenez and Billy Mayfair.
Sauers carded a closing 69 to finish on three-under-par 277 at Scioto Country Club in Columbus.