Cameron Beckman birdied three of the final five holes to claim his first PGA
Tour title with victory at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic in Mississippi.
A three-time qualifying school graduate and former Lone Star Player of the
Year, Beckman shot a five-under-par 67 to erase a three-shot deficit and finish
at 19-under 269.
Beckman birdied the 14th, 15th and 17th holes to hit top spot for the first
time at the Annandale Golf Club.
When overnight leader Chad Campbell parred the 18th in the final group,
Beckman had his first win in 85 PGA Tour starts.
Unlike several others at the event, Beckman didn't have to worry about keeping
his tour card.
By entering the week 80th on the money list, he did that for the first time in
four tries.
Beckman had held the longest active run of successful trips through the
National Qualifying Tournament, doing it in each of the previous three years.
A former NAIA champion, Beckman played the Buy.com Tour in 1997 and 1998 after
claiming Lone Star Player of the Year honours in 1994.
Campbell finished at 18-under 270. He led by three shots with 10 holes to play
but bogeyed the par-4 14th and parred out to finish a stroke off the pace.
It was still a good week for Campbell, who earned his tour card last week by
finishing at the top of the Buy.com Tour money list.
This was just his third career PGA Tour start.
Scores
269 C Beckman 66 69 67 67
270 C Campbell 70 64 65 71
271 F Funk 65 69 69 68
272 D Forsman 68 70 65 69
273 B Quigley 68 69 69 67
274 KJ Choi (Kor) 67 69 68 70, JJ Henry 69 67 68 70, C Paulson 67 66 70 71, D
Pride 66 68 67 73, L Roberts 70 71 67 66, C Smith 70 68 69 67
275 W Wood 71 65 68 71
276 N Lancaster 69 68 70 69, D Peoples 74 67 66 69, L Porter 72 63 72 69
277 R Cochran 70 69 66 72
278 B Baird 71 67 71 69, J Gallagher Jr 72 66 72 68, J Huston 70 71 66 71, T
Isenhour 71 70 70 67, M Kuchar 70 69 68 71, M Sposa 68 70 70 70
279 C Franco (Par) 72 66 72 69, D Gossett 71 70 67 71, C Tidland 71 67 72
69, K Triplett 67 69 70 73, R Zokol 69 70 68 72
280 T Byrum 71 71 68 70, J Edwards 69 71 69 71, J Green 68 70 74 68, C Howell
71 68 68 73, B Jobe 67 66 69 78, P Jordan 70 69 69 72, J Maggert 68 75 67 70, B
McCallister 69 71 67 73, E Toledo (Mex) 71 68 69 72
281 D Barron 70 69 70 72, B Burns 68 69 72 72, M Clark 72 69 69 71, J Cook 68
70 72 71, G Day 72 71 68 70, J Gore 71 71 68 71, L Janzen 72 68 69 72, J Kelly
71 69 69 72, C Riley 68 70 72 71, H Slocum 69 65 76 71, G Willis 72 68 69 72
282 B Elder 71 70 70 71, B Gay 70 70 67 75, G Hnatiuk (Can) 71 69 72 70, A
Magee 68 66 72 76, S Pate 67 74 72 69, T Tolles 73 65 76 68
283 R Coughlan 68 71 74 70, D Dunakey 69 72 71 71, T Tryba 71 69 70 73
284 K Clearwater 70 72 70 72, C Kanada 69 68 74 73, S Kendall 69 71 72 72,
G Waite 69 69 70 76
285 J Brehaut 70 73 66 76, S Dunlap 72 67 66 80, D Ellis 71 71 71 72, S
Micheel 71 72 69 73, D Morland IV 68 73 73 71, B Tway 68 68 71 78
286 B Ferguson 70 71 73 72, B Hughes (Aus) 72 70 70 74, T Pernice Jr 70 71 74
71
287 M Goggin 74 69 71 73
288 M Brooks 66 73 72 77, J Ogilvie 72 71 72 73
289 W Austin 71 70 72 76, L Mattiace 69 73 73 74
292 G Kraft 71 72 75 74
293 R Freeman 70 71 71 81
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