Fran Quinn came to Newport Beach Country Club at 11-under-par Sunday morning, with the Hoag Classic under his thumb.

He was a four-time champion on the Triple-A Tour, back when it was named Nationwide, and he had two Asian Tour trophies and a couple of state open championships in New England, back in the previous century.

Here, he was going for his first title on PGA Tour Champions, without the dress rehearsals. He would learn, if he didn’t already know, that there are two types of days on this level: Sunday and all others..