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Jeff Sluman battled Tour rookie Paul Gow all the way before making an
eight-foot birdie putt in sudden death to win the B.C. Open.
It was a first career play-off win for Sluman who had lost the first five
times he had gone to extra holes.
His 0-6 record in play-offs was the second-worst in PGA Tour history,
surpassed only by Ben Crenshaw's 0-8.
"It makes me feel good to win a play-off," said Sluman, who blew a
two-stroke lead on the final hole of regulation play.
"I was 0-6 here and also lost one in Japan as well."
The 43-year-old, whose first tour victory in 1988 came when Gow was 17 years
old, began the final round tied with Gow and ended it the same way after both
players fired six-under-par 66s and set records at the En-Joie Golf Club.
Jonathan Kaye shot a 67 and was alone in third at 19-under 269, one shot
better than Jay Haas, who carded a 68.
Steve Pate shot a 66 and was fifth at 17-under 271, one stroke better than
Stephen Ames and Jim McGovern.
Ames fired a 63 for the best round of the day.
Amateur Ty Tryon, a 17-year-old high school junior, shot a 70 and tied for
37th at nine-under 279.
Collated final scores and totals from the B.C. Open, En-Joie Golf Course,
Endicott, New York: (USA unless stated, par 72)
266 J Sluman 67 68 65 66 (won play-off), P Gow 69 65 66 66
269 J Kaye 67 65 70 67
270 J Haas 68 68 66 68
271 S Pate 69 69 67 66
272 S Ames (Can) 70 70 69 63, J McGovern 67 66 68 71
273 B Quigley 67 62 72 72, B Watts 66 72 67 68
274 T Dodds 74 67 69 64, B Fabel 66 71 69 68
275 R Black 67 69 69 70, E Fryatt (Gbr) 65 68 73 69, C Howell 70 71 68 66, T
Thelen 73 66 68 68, T Tryba 68 68 69 70
276 M Bradley 71 68 68 69, B Elder 72 65 69 70, D Forsman 70 68 68 70, J
Riegger 71 64 69 72, J Smith 69 66 71 70, DA Weibring 67 69 72 68
277 B Bates 70 69 68 70, C Kresge 70 69 70 68, E Toledo (Mex) 69 69 70 69,
O Uresti 70 69 69 69
278 B Bryant 68 71 69 70, B Cheesman 70 70 69 69, K Clearwater 69 71 67 71, J
Edwards 73 66 68 71, E Fiori 69 67 74 68, M Hensby 66 66 70 76, B Hughes 70 69
68 71, I Leggatt (Can) 73 66 69 70, C Parry (Aus) 69 68 69 72, C Riley 70 71 69
68
279 J Anderson 71 69 69 70, J Byrd 69 70 70 70, M Carnevale 67 73 65 74, D
Dunakey 67 70 70 72, M Muehr 68 70 72 69, G Sauers 68 73 67 71, D Stockton Jr 71
65 71 72, B Wilson 72 68 70 69, T Tryon 65 72 72 70
280 B Curtis 68 73 68 71, JJ Henry 71 66 73 70, S Randolph 68 72 70 70, W Wood
71 69 71 69
281 J Delsing 70 69 71 71, P Jordan 71 70 71 69, B McCallister 71 68 72 70, M
Sposa 67 67 72 75, C Tidland 67 73 70 71, B Wadkins 71 70 71 69
282 S Gump 71 68 74 69, N Henke 71 69 70 72, G Hnatiuk (Can) 73 66 71 72, M
Hulbert 67 73 71 71, D Pride 73 68 68 73
283 S Allan (Aus) 74 67 71 71, A Bean 68 69 73 73, D Ellis 71 70 69 73, D
Hammond 69 70 68 76, K Jones 72 66 73 72, B Lohr 69 69 73 72
284 W Austin 69 70 70 75, J Hart 66 73 72 73
285 S Murphy 68 68 72 76, B Bryant 69 69 74 73, M Hatalsky 75 64 72 74, D Mast
70 71 68 76
286 D Barron 69 68 73 76, W Levi 69 69 73 75, J Morse 72 69 72 73
287 D Barr 69 71 72 75, R Freeman 67 72 72 76, M Heinen 68 68 72 79
288 T Conley 68 70 74 76
289 J Gore 69 72 74 74
290 M Dawson 70 71 75 74, J Julian 71 69 72 78, G Twiggs 71 66 76 77, S Utley
73 68 74 75
300 E Gonzalez 68 73 76 83
DQ G Willis
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