Jay Haas gains first senior vivtory

Jay Haas got hot at the right time and picked up his first Champions Tour victory.

Haas fired a 7-under-par 65 that included five birdies on his final seven holes to post a two-shot victory at the $1.6 million Greater Hickory Classic.

Splitting his time this season between the PGA and Champions Tours, Haas was playing in just seventh senior circuit event of 2005 and entered Sunday three shots off the lead.

He fired eight birdies and just one bogey to get to 16-under 202, two shots ahead of Dana Quigley, and earn $240,000.

"It's a great feeling to win again," Haas said. "My whole game hasn't been sharp this year but this week it was. I had a very good ball-striking week."

Haas birdied three of his first seven holes and suffered his lone bogey on the 7,087-yard, par-72 layout at No. 9. He started his back nine with a pair of pars before back-to-back birdies at 12 and 13. Three birdies in a row to close out his round capped the win.

"I knew I had to make some birdies coming in," Haas said. "I made the putts I needed to today. the course was set up good for my game."

Quigley started his final round with a one-shot lead at 12-under but managed just three birdies and a bogey Sunday and finished at 14-under 202.

"I didn't have it today," Quigley said. "I tried to talk myself into being more aggressive but I didn't play as well as I had the previous two days."

Looking for his third win of the season, Quigley was unable to make a move on the back nine, carding eight consecutive pars before a closing birdie.

Loren Roberts also signed for a 70 and finished third at 13-under.

Roberts got off to a good start with birdies on his first two holes and he added another on the fifth. The par-4 sixth proved to be his undoing as he carded a triple-bogey that ended his title hopes.

"One bad swing just happened on that hole," Roberts said of the sixth. "I played well but my putter let me down. Birdies were out there and I just didn't convert."

200 Jay Haas 68 67 65

202 Dana Quigley 68 64 70

203 Loren Roberts 68 65 70

205 Jerry Pate 73 65 67, Craig Stadler 70 67 68, Jim Thorpe 71 67 67, Tom Wargo 71 66 68, Don Pooley 68 71 66, John Harris 69 70 66, Tom McKnight 67 68 70

206 Gil Morgan 68 70 68, Lonnie Nielsen 66 70 70, Brad Bryant 69 67 70

207 Bruce Lietzke 70 70 67, John Bland (Rsa) 69 68 70, Mark McNulty (Irl) 70 69 68, Jim Ahern 69 66 72

208 Vicente Fernandez (Arg) 68 71 69, Bruce Fleisher 72 66 70, Graham Marsh (Aus) 67 72 69

209 Dan Pohl 69 71 69, Morris Hatalsky 74 68 67, Wayne Levi 65 72 72, Keith Fergus 66 72 71, Mike Sullivan 73 70 66

210 Bob Gilder 72 68 70, Mike McCullough 70 70 70, Bob Murphy 74 69 67, Des Smyth (Irl) 75 71 64

211 Bob Eastwood 69 70 72, Ron Streck 68 74 69, James Mason 69 71 71, Bobby Wadkins 73 68 70

212 John Ross 70 70 72, Jose Maria Canizares (Spa) 75 67 70

213 Danny Edwards 70 72 71, Howard Twitty 72 70 71, David Eger 72 73 68, Jim Colbert 76 68 69

214 Hajime Meshiai (Jpn) 75 70 69, Leonard Thompson 75 70 69, Mark Johnson 72 70 72, Don Reese 73 73 68, Doug Tewell 70 72 72

215 Andy Bean 73 71 71, Pete Oakley 75 69 71, Scott Simpson 78 69 68, R.W. Eaks 79 69 67, Rick Rhoden 71 69 75

216 Walter Hall 72 70 74, Rick Karbowski 72 71 73

217 Vance Heafner 77 69 71, Ed Dougherty 76 71 70, Gary Koch 73 71 73

218 Bruce Summerhays 75 71 72, Larry Nelson 75 72 71, Rocky Thompson 70 76 72, Jay Sigel 74 73 71

219 Jim Albus 74 72 73, Tom Jenkins 71 76 72, Dave Barr (Can) 78 70 71

220 Mark McCumber 74 73 73, Larry Ziegler 76 73 71, John Jacobs (Eng) 75 73 72

221 Hugh Baiocchi (Rsa) 74 74 73, Rodger Davis (Aus) 73 72 76, Jim Dent 71 76 74

222 Mike San Filippo 79 72 71, Dick Mast 76 73 73, Gary Player (Rsa) 78 69 75

223 Gibby Gilbert 77 71 75

224 Norm Jarvis 76 77 71

225 Lanny Wadkins 76 78 71

228 John Mahaffey 79 75 74

230 Lee Trevino 77 76 77

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