Perry & Huston win after shooting 59

Kenny Perry and John Huston won the Franklin Templeton Shootout on Sunday, combining for a 13-under 59 in the scramble format for a one-stroke victory over Fred Couples and Adam Scott.

Perry and Huston, who each earned $315,000, had a 30-under 186 total on the Tiburon Golf Club course. They opened the event with a 64 in modified alternate shot and had a 63 on Saturday in the best-ball round.

Couples and Scott finished with a 62.

Mark O'Meara and Nick Price (60) were third at 27 under. Tournament host Greg Norman, playing a month after minor knee surgery, and Steve Elkington shot a 17-under 55 to finish fourth at 26 under. They birdied every hole but two and eagled No. 17.

Perry and Huston birdied Nos. 11 and 12 to tie Couples and Scott, then passed them with a birdie on No. 14. They extended the lead to two with a birdie on No. 15, but Scott made a 60-footer on No. 16. Both groups had birdies on No. 17 and pars on No. 18

"`We're going to turn it around and win this thing.' That what I was thinking to myself the whole time," Perry said. "Sure enough, we birdied two holes, they let two get away, we caught them and ended up taking the lead on them and kind of cruised to victory."

Perry, slowed by a pinched nerve, credited Huston for the victory.

"I don't know what it was, even though my shoulder's killing me, my elbow, and my thumb's completely numb," Perry said. "I just kind of hung on to him and he drug me around this place."

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