The math this week during the first stop on the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs, as it relates to Mario Tiziani, hinges somewhat on what others do at the Stifel Charity Classic in the third-to-last event of the PGA Tour Champions season.
At the end of the day Saturday, however, the Madison golfer took dead aim at the elephant in the room at Norwood Hills Country Club in St. Louis and reminded everyone, himself included, that he controls his own destiny.
Tiziani matched his career low on the senior circuit by shooting 63, the low round of the week, and his 8-under-par effort moved him into a tie for the lead with five-time European Ryder Cup member Henrik Stenson (64) at 9-under 133 entering the final round. Tiziani, at No. 49 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings, needed a top-25 finish to stay among the top 54 and advance to next week’s second leg of the Champions Tour postseason at Little Rock, Ark…