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Jay Haas claims two shot victory Jay Haas won his second Champions Tour title in three weeks, shooting a second straight 5-under 66 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory over Tom Purtzer at the SBC Championship.
Haas finished at 14-under 199 and won for the third time in his career at Oak Hills Country Club, site of his Texas Open victories in 1982 and 1993, two of nine PGA Tour wins.
``I just feel like I'm going to shoot a good round when I come out here,'' said Haas, who won the Greater Hickory Classic two weeks ago and was tied for fifth last week at the Administaff Small Business Classic.
Haas, who has also competed in 16 PGA Tour events this season, earned $232,500 for the win and raised his Champions Tour earnings to $744,653 in nine tournaments.
Purtzer, who began the final round tied for 20th, had eight birdies, including four straight starting at No. 3, and closed with a 63 to reach 12 under.
Former European Ryder Cup captain Mark James had a final-round 70 and was third at 11 under. Dana Quigley (72) and R.W. Eaks (66) tied for fourth another stroke back, and Tom Kite (67), Jerry Pate (68) and Gil Morgan (69) finished five strokes behind the winner.
Haas bean the final round two strokes behind Quigley, the 2002 winner. But the Champions Tour's leading money winner fell out of contention on the back nine, making bogey on the last three holes.
``My putter failed me, but I probably failed my putter,'' said Quigley, who missed short putts on each of the last three holes. ``I think I got a little flat after the bogey on 16.''
Haas closed out the front nine with birdies on four of the last five holes, tying Quigley at 13 under at the turn. He then had five straight pars.
Quigley moved a stroke ahead with a birdie on the 450-yard, par-4 11th, but he gave the shot back on the next hole. The players were tied at 13 under with four holes to play.
Haas pitched within 2 feet at No. 15 and made the birdie, and closed with three pars.
``I wasn't flawless out there,'' said Haas, who missed several short putts. ``I was just fortunate that Dana made a couple of mistakes and paid for them.''
Quigley, who had only two bogeys in the first two rounds, putted past the hole from 4 feet on No. 12 and two-putted from 15 feet at the 16th.
On the 367-yard 17th, Quigley hit a tree with his drive, but recovered well enough to have a 6-foot putt for par. But, he ran the putt past the hole and made a bogey. At the 18th, he missed a par putt from 11 feet.
``Winners capitalize and losers shake their heads and wait for next week,'' Quigley said.
| Jay Haas ($232,500) |
-14 (67-66-66=199) |
| Tom Purtzer (136,400) |
-12 (72-66-63=201) |
| Mark James (111,600) |
-11 (66-66-70=202) |
| Dana Quigley (83,700) |
-10 (67-64-72=203) |
| R.W. Eaks (83,700) |
-10 (68-69-66=203) |
| Tom Kite (55,800) |
-9 (72-65-67=204) |
| Gil Morgan (55,800) |
-9 (64-71-69=204) |
| Jerry Pate (55,800) |
-9 (65-71-68=204) |
| Dan Pohl (41,850) |
-8 (65-69-71=205) |
| Bruce Fleisher (41,850) |
-8 (68-66-71=205) |
| Fuzzy Zoeller (34,100) |
-7 (70-69-67=206) |
| Mark McNulty (34,100) |
-7 (65-72-69=206) |
| Morris Hatalsky (34,100) |
-7 (66-69-71=206) |
| D.A. Weibring (26,350) |
-6 (69-70-68=207) |
| Gary Koch (26,350) |
-6 (72-66-69=207) |
| Dick Mast (26,350) |
-6 (71-70-66=207) |
| Don Pooley (26,350) |
-6 (68-70-69=207) |
| Andy Bean (26,350) |
-6 (68-68-71=207) |
| Scott Simpson (19,879) |
-5 (72-63-73=208) |
| Lonnie Nielsen (19,879) |
-5 (65-70-73=208) |
| John Bland (19,879) |
-5 (70-70-68=208) |
| Hale Irwin (19,879) |
-5 (70-69-69=208) |
| Jim Thorpe (15,531) |
-4 (71-65-73=209) |
| Bobby Wadkins (15,531) |
-4 (71-66-72=209) |
| Tom Jenkins (15,531) |
-4 (70-66-73=209) |
| Mike McCullough (15,531) |
-4 (71-72-66=209) |
| Keith Fergus (15,531) |
-4 (71-69-69=209) |
| Bill Rogers (11,021) |
-3 (72-67-71=210) |
| Craig Stadler (11,021) |
-3 (67-72-71=210) |
| Bruce Summerhays (11,021) |
-3 (69-72-69=210) |
| Tom McKnight (11,021) |
-3 (70-70-70=210) |
| Larry Nelson (11,021) |
-3 (70-71-69=210) |
| Rodger Davis (11,021) |
-3 (75-67-68=210) |
| Ed Dougherty (11,021) |
-3 (67-73-70=210) |
| Vicente Fernandez (11,021) |
-3 (70-70-70=210) |
| Bob Gilder (11,021) |
-3 (72-67-71=210) |
| John Harris (11,021) |
-3 (62-72-76=210) |
| J.C. Snead (7,750) |
-2 (74-67-70=211) |
| Mike Sullivan (7,750) |
-2 (71-70-70=211) |
| Tom Wargo (7,750) |
-2 (70-72-69=211) |
| Bruce Lietzke (7,750) |
-2 (71-70-70=211) |
| Ben Crenshaw (7,750) |
-2 (70-73-68=211) |
| Hubert Green (7,750) |
-2 (74-67-70=211) |
| Wayne Levi (6,355) |
-1 (70-68-74=212) |
| Gary McCord (6,355) |
-1 (70-71-71=212) |
| Jose Maria Canizares (6,355) |
-1 (70-68-74=212) |
| Mark Johnson (5,425) |
E (73-70-70=213) |
| Raymond Floyd (5,425) |
E (73-68-72=213) |
| Joe Inman (5,425) |
E (72-70-71=213) |
| Doug Tewell (4,340) |
+1 (70-72-72=214) |
| Howard Twitty (4,340) |
+1 (71-71-72=214) |
| John Mahaffey (4,340) |
+1 (72-70-72=214) |
| Dave Barr (4,340) |
+1 (71-66-77=214) |
| Denis Watson (3,565) |
+2 (72-69-74=215) |
| John Jacobs (3,565) |
+2 (75-69-71=215) |
| Walter Hall (3,565) |
+2 (73-70-72=215) |
| Lanny Wadkins (3,178) |
+3 (73-68-75=216) |
| James Mason (3,178) |
+3 (74-71-71=216) |
| Pete Oakley (2,945) |
+4 (73-70-74=217) |
| Don Reese (2,635) |
+5 (75-72-71=218) |
| Mike Reid (2,635) |
+5 (72-70-76=218) |
| Graham Marsh (2,635) |
+5 (72-74-72=218) |
| Bob Murphy (2,248) |
+6 (72-70-77=219) |
| Jim Colbert (2,248) |
+6 (72-71-76=219) |
| Chuck Westergard (1,783) |
+7 (75-72-73=220) |
| Jim Ahern (1,783) |
+7 (72-74-74=220) |
| Dale Douglass (1,783) |
+7 (73-72-75=220) |
| Bob Eastwood (1,783) |
+7 (72-73-75=220) |
| Ron Streck (1,364) |
+8 (72-75-74=221) |
| Rocky Thompson (1,364) |
+8 (75-70-76=221) |
| Jim Dent (1,364) |
+8 (73-71-77=221) |
| Leonard Thompson (1,132) |
+9 (76-70-76=222) |
| Lee Trevino (1,132) |
+9 (74-75-73=222) |
| Rod Spittle (992) |
+10 (73-73-77=223) |
| Jim Albus (992) |
+10 (75-71-77=223) |
| Dave Stockton (899) |
+12 (75-77-73=225) |
| Charles Coody (837) |
+18 (78-74-79=231) |
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