Padraig Harrington wins season finale, Steven Alker hoists Schwab Cup

Padraig Harrington ran away with a seven-stroke victory at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship on Sunday in Phoenix, but that still wasn't enough to wrest the season-long Schwab Cup title from Steven Alker of New Zealand.

Alker, once a golfing journeyman who never won on the PGA Tour, came away with the biggest prize on the PGA Tour Champions Sunday.

Even though Alker finished eight shots behind Ireland's Harrington at