Bob Estes shot a bogey-free one-under-par 70 to record a one-stroke victory
over Rich Beem in the Kemper Open in Potomac, Maryland.
It was the eighth time in his career that Estes has held or shared the lead
after 54 holes and gone on to win.
By avoiding the series of disasters that plagued his closest competitors,
Estes won his first PGA Tour event of the season after finishing at 11 under par
on 273.
Beem, Justin Leonard and Steve Elkington were all in contention before hitting
into the bunker at the par-three 17th.
All three did no better than a bogey, which worked out perfectly for Estes,
who recorded his lone birdie on the par-four 14th.
Bob Burns, the third-round co-leader with Estes, had a far more eventful, but
less successful, day.
He had a hole-in-one at the 11th but lost his chance of victory with a
double-bogey at the 16th.
Beem, the 1999 champion, shot a 69 and was alone in second at 274.
Elkington carded a 69 and Burns had a 72 to share third place on 275, while
Jonathan Kaye (69) and Leonard (70) finished tied for fifth on 276.
Collated final scores from the Kemper Insurance Open, Tournament Players Club,
Potomac, Maryland (Par 71, USA unless stated):
273 Bob Estes 65 69 69 70
274 Rich Beem 68 68 69 69
275 Bob Burns 68 66 69 72, Steve Elkington (Aus) 70 67 69 69
276 Jonathan Kaye 69 69 69 69, Justin Leonard 72 67 67 70
277 Harrison Frazar 69 66 72 70, Chris Smith 70 72 68 67
278 Duffy Waldorf 67 68 70 73, Jay Williamson 66 71 67 74, Olin Browne 70 70
69 69, Bart Bryant 72 70 66 70
279 Glen Hnatiuk (Can) 69 71 70 69, Bryce Molder 67 69 73 70, Brian Gay 66 69
73 71, Franklin Langham 63 72 70 74, Greg Norman (Aus) 67 65 74 73
280 Tim Clark 68 73 66 73, Chris DiMarco 66 71 72 71, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 71
71 66 72, Andrew Magee 67 68 70 75, Bob May 68 67 69 76
281 Hank Kuehne 69 69 70 73, Craig Barlow 67 67 73 74, Willie Wood 66 68 72
75, Joe Durant 67 69 73 72, JL Lewis 71 71 68 71, Blaine McCallister 70 68 71
72, Shaun Micheel 68 69 72 72, Craig Parry (Aus) 71 71 68 71
282 Charles Howell III 70 66 74 72, Luke Donald (Gbr) 68 69 74 71, Phil
Tataurangi (Nzl) 67 72 71 72, Pat Bates 73 68 72 69, Wayne Grady (Aus) 73 69 71
69, Dennis Paulson 71 70 66 75
283 Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 69 71 68 75, Stephen Gangluff 69 69 74 71, Joey
Sindelar 68 68 77 70, Dan Forsman 70 71 71 71, Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa) 70 70
73 70
284 Mike Sposa 72 69 70 73, Kirk Triplett 71 67 68 78, Mark Brooks 69 67 77
71, Tom Byrum 68 74 68 74, Fred Couples 72 69 69 74, Tommy Armour III 69 69 70
76, Brent Geiberger 73 69 72 70, JP Hayes 68 73 69 74
285 Mathew Goggin 71 69 69 76, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 69 70 71 75, Paul
Claxton 71 71 72 71, Jay Don Blake 71 70 75 69, Scott Dunlap 69 71 70 75, Donnie
Hammond 69 72 71 73
286 Deane Pappas (Rsa) 68 70 73 75, Tommy Tolles 71 70 72 73, Mark
Calcavecchia 71 67 72 76
287 Kent Jones 68 72 71 76
288 John Senden (Aus) 67 74 77 70, Michael Clark II 73 67 72 76, Gary
Nicklaus 70 71 76 71
289 Carlos Franco (Par) 70 68 73 78, Grant Waite (Nzl) 72 69 75 73, Brian
Henninger 69 71 77 72
290 Jerry Smith 68 72 73 77, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 67 72 81 70, Tim Herron
69 71 81 69, Brett Quigley 73 66 77 74
291 Brian Watts 66 74 78 73, Jeff Brehaut 71 71 80 69, Woody Austin 72 69 71
79
293 Russ Cochran 73 66 78 76
294 Mike Hulbert 72 70 77 75
295 David Hutsell 68 72 76 79, Glen Day 72 69 79 75
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