Brent Geiberger gains historic win

Brent Geiberger followed his father Al in winning the $4.8 million Greensboro Classic on Sunday, the first time ever that father and son have won the same PGA Tour event.

Geiberger, notching his second tour victory and securing his card for the next two years, was tied for the lead with Tom Lehman when the day began, but made a significant move early with consecutive birdies on his way to a final-round 66.

He was five-under-par 31 on the front nine and in control, making only one other birdie on the back nine to finish at 18-under, two shots ahead of Michael Allen and three in front of Chris Smith.

In three of his four rounds this week, Geiberger went around the Forest Oaks Country Club bogey free, including Sunday, and made a total of 20 birdies against just two bogeys, both coming in Saturday's third round.

Coming into the week, Geiberger was 144th on the PGA Tour money list and earned $828,000 for his win. It was considerably more than his father, who 38 years ago won the same championship but collected only $48,000.

It was also the first time the son of a tour player had won a PGA Tour event since Brent Geiberger's first career win at the Greater Hartford Open in 1999.

Allen was ranked 153rd when the tournament began, but a birdie at the last earned him $496,800 to secure his card for 2005.

Smith, ranked 152nd, had a stretch where he was five-under for four holes mid-way through the back nine to finish solo third, winning $312,800 to also secure his card for next year.

David Toms and Lehman finished at 14-under-par and tied for fourth.

India's Arjun Atwal finished at 13-under-par for solo sixth, his first top-10 ever on the PGA Tour and moved closer to keeping his card for 2005.

Defending champion Shigeki Maruyama of Japan shot a final round two-over-par 74 and finished tied for 19th.

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