Mason masters Adare job

IT'S little wonder golfers can't wait to reach their 50th birthday these days. Carl Mason won just twice on the regular European Tour, but when he turned 50 at the end of June last year he quickly fattened up his pension fund.

Carl Mason won just twice on the regular European Tour between 1974 and 1998 but when he turned 50 at the end of June last year he quickly made good on his promise to fatten up his pension fund. He did so in style, winning four times and finishing second twice before the end of the year to become the most successful rookie in Seniors Tour history.

He started off this year with victory in Tobago and maintained the momentum at Adare Manor yesterday when he fought off a brave challenge from fellow Englishman Nick Job to capture the AIB Seniors Open with a splendid 10 under par aggregate of 206, the lowest in the three years at the Co Limerick venue.