Doyle wins after final round washout

Allen Doyle won the Toshiba Classic Senior without hitting a shot today.

Doyle claimed his fifth title in two years when the final round of the scheduled 54-hole tournament was canceled because of rain. He shot a 4-under-par 67 on Saturday for a 6-under 136 total.

"When I woke up this morning and heard the weather forecast I had a pretty good idea this might happen," Doyle said. "I didn't go out on the course because the golf course superintendent said that four to six fairways were impassable.''

Doyle earned $195,000.

Jim Thorpe and Howard Twitty finished a stroke back. They each earned $104,000 in the $1.3 million event.

Today's round was scheduled to begin at 7:45 a.m. local time, but was delayed an hour by heavy rains. After a further delay, Senior PGA Tour official Bruce Sudderth officially canceled play at 9:30 a.m.

"The course was wet this morning," Sudderth said. "And there was a lot of water on the course. The course was totally unplayable and that's what made our decision. The golf superintendent said we would not have been able to get it playable."

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