Spike McRoy recorded his first career win after rallying from a seven-stroke deficit to post a one-shot victory over Fred Funk at the BC Open in New York.

McRoy, the 2000 Buy.com Tour Player of the Year, fired a seven-under-par 65 for a 72-hole total of 19 under on 269.

Prior to this tournament, McRoy's best finish in a PGA event was a tie for third at the 2001 Kemper Open.

His best performance this year had been a tie for sixth at the Tucson Open, after missing the cut in eight of his first 12 starts.

Funk, who won this event in 1996, birdied the final three holes for a five-under 67 to clinch second place.

"It was fun to get back in the hunt," said Funk. "Nice to finish birdie-birdie here."

Cliff Kresge, this year's leading money-winner on the Buy.com Tour, had a 10-under 62 to climb from a tie for 47th into a tie for third with Brian Henninger, Robert Gamez, Glen Day and third-round leader Shaun Micheel.

Micheel, who also was seeking his first PGA Tour win, took a three-shot lead into the final round but struggled to a two-over 74.

Collated final round scores, par 72 (US unless stated):

269 Spike McRoy 70 65 69 65

270 Fred Funk 71 66 66 67

271 Cliff Kresge 72 67 70 62, Glen Day 67 69 67 68, Robert Gamez 68 68 69 66, Brian Henninger 67 69 70 65, Shaun Micheel 65 65 67 74

272 Eduardo Herrera (Col) 69 68 67 68

273 Paul Gow (Aus) 67 66 67 73, John Rollins 71 69 65 68

274 Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 71 66 67 70, Dennis Paulson 69 72 66 67

275 Matt Peterson 68 69 66 72, Kevin Johnson 67 68 70 70, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 69 66 73 67, Notah Begay III 70 69 67 69, Tommy Tolles 69 68 69 69, Carl Paulson 69 69 69 68

276 Hank Kuehne 76 63 69 68, Brandt Jobe 72 67 65 72, Pat Bates 72 69 68 67, Kelly Gibson 70 68 68 70, Donnie Hammond 67 70 70 69, Dan Pohl 69 71 71 65

277 Tripp Isenhour 65 70 68 74, Glen Hnatiuk 69 69 72 67, Stephen Allan (Aus) 69 67 68 73, Joe Ogilvie 65 70 70 72, Tom Scherrer 69 71 71 66, Joey Sindelar 69 70 67 71, Mike Springer 70 71 68 68, Paul Claxton 65 69 73 70

278 Jess Daley 71 69 68 70, Brian Wilson 66 72 68 72, Bo Van Pelt 70 65 73 70, David Edwards 72 68 67 71, Scott Gump 69 71 70 68, John Morse 69 70 65 74, David Peoples 67 69 68 74

279 Heath Slocum 71 70 70 68, James Driscoll 71 67 69 72, Erik Compton 68 72 70 69, Michael Clark II 68 69 71 71, Carlos Franco (Par) 72 66 75 66, Phil Tataurangi (Nzl) 70 65 72 72, Robin Freeman 70 70 70 69, Dicky Pride 68 71 72 68

280 Michael Allan 74 67 72 67, Jeff Gove 73 66 72 69, David Morland IV 65 73 68 74, Gene Sauers 68 71 71 70, Greg Twiggs 68 70 72 70, Grant Waite (Nzl) 72 67 65 76, JP Hayes 67 70 71 72, Jim McGovern 71 67 67 75

281 Michael Long (Nzl) 71 67 70 73, Michael Muehr 68 69 70 74, Brian Watts 70 67 71 73, Dave Rummells 77 64 70 70, Jeff Sluman 72 67 71 71, Stan Utley 69 69 69 74, Jim Gallagher Jr 67 68 72 74, Bill Glasson 70 67 71 73, Jimmy Green 70 71 71 69, Mike Hulbert 68 70 70 73

282 Edward Fryatt (Gbr) 74 67 72 69, Craig Stadler 73 65 72 72, Brad Bryant 69 72 71 70, Barry Cheesman 69 70 72 71, Trevor Dodds (Nam) 69 71 72 70, Dave Barr (Can) 73 67 70 72

283 Mathew Goggin 74 66 73 70, Jerry Smith 71 69 74 69, Fred Wadsworth 71 70 72 70, Mike Heinen 70 70 74 69

284 Paul Goydos 70 70 74 70, Steve Pate 72 69 73 70

285 Jason Hill 72 68 71 74, Boo Weekley 70 70 75 70, Mark Carnevale 72 69 74 70

286 Mike Sposa 73 68 71 74

289 Mike Deuel 72 69 75 73