Peter Jacobsen paid tribute to Craig Stadler after shooting a three-under-par 67 for a two-stroke victory in the Greater Hartford Open - a tournament he won 19 years ago.

As a 30-year-old in 1984, Jacobsen won this event in the first year it was played at the TPC of Connecticut.

Jacobsen got a phone call from Stadler on Saturday night urging him on to victory so the pair could play together at the Mercedes Championship in January.

Jacobsen revealed: "He said, 'Look, if you win, we'll be paired together in January at the Mercedes Championship, because they pair you in order of your victories.'

"I actually thought about that all day. I love Craig Stadler.

"He's one of my great pals all the way back from college days. I actually thought about that. I said, 'All right, playing with Stads at Kapalua'."

Jacobsen had a solid, but unspectacular final round, as many of his challengers started slowly or faltered late on.

He finished the tournament on 14 under at 266 - two shots clear of Chris Riley.

Todd Fischer claimed third place after a final round of 65 left him on 269, with Craig Barlow, Steve Pate and Kenny Perry tied for fourth a further stroke back.

"He didn't make a mistake," Riley said. "That's what you have to do to win. You have to make some shots that you normally wouldn't make."

Leading final-round scores at the Greater Hartford Open, Connecticut (USA unless stated a-amateur Par 70

266 Peter Jacobsen 63 67 69 67

268 Chris Riley 72 65 63 68

269 Todd Fischer 66 69 69 65

270 Craig Barlow 65 68 68 69, Steve Pate 67 68 68 67, Kenny Perry 66 68 67 69

271 Briny Baird 72 65 68 66, Robert Damron 69 64 69 69, Joe Durant 68 69 66 68

272 Shaun Micheel 71 68 68 65

273 Glen Hnatiuk (Can) 70 69 67 67, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 70 64 69 70, Darron Stiles 69 63 70 71, Kevin Sutherland 68 68 68 69, Jay Delsing 69 68 68 68, Bill Glasson 70 68 69 66, Mike Heinen 67 67 70 69

274 Heath Slocum 69 66 68 71, KJ Choi (Kor) 66 72 65 71, Willie Wood 66 66 68 74

275 JJ Henry 66 67 69 73, Joey Sindelar 68 67 71 69, Mark Brooks 67 68 70 70, Stewart Cink 72 67 71 65, Frank Lickliter II 71 67 69 68

276 Jonathan Byrd 67 71 69 69, Mathew Goggin 67 71 67 71, Stan Utley 71 67 68 70, Robin Freeman 69 69 67 71, Jay Haas 63 68 75 70, Steve Lowery (Aus) 69 68 70 69, Patrick Sheehan 70 67 71 68

277 Paul Gow 71 69 68 69, Notah Begay III 73 66 69 69, Jay Williamson 72 66 65 74

278 Tim Petrovic 68 70 72 68, Tom Gillis 71 67 72 68, Mike Sposa 68 71 67 72, Brad Faxon 67 73 72 66, Jonathan Kaye 66 72 67 73, Dennis Paulson 64 70 72 72

279 Brian Bateman 67 71 71 70, Danny Ellis 68 70 68 73, Per Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 69 68 68 74, Neal Lancaster 67 72 73 67, Carl Paulson 72 66 71 70

280 Chris M Anderson 73 67 70 70, Jay Don Blake 72 68 69 71, Paul Goydos 67 65 74 74, Tom Pernice Jr 70 65 71 74, Mike Grob 68 70 70 72

281 Matt Gogel 67 71 74 69, Brian Gay 68 69 73 71, Mark Calcavecchia 70 69 71 71, Billy Andrade 68 69 74 70, Brian Henninger 69 64 70 78, Garrett Willis 67 72 75 67

282 Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 72 67 73 70, Olin Browne 69 70 74 69, Robert Gamez 70 69 70 73, Phil Mickelson 67 73 70 72, Akio Sadakata (Jpn) 68 69 68 77

283 Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 71 68 72 72, Hank Kuehne 72 67 75 69, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 69 70 75 69, Tom Scherrer 70 70 72 71, Joel Edwards 69 70 71 73

284 Aaron Baddeley 67 72 70 75, John Morgan 69 71 71 73, Gavin Coles 70 67 73 74

285 a-D.J. Trahan 73 67 74 71, Brett Quigley 68 69 73 75

286 Jason Caron 69 70 70 77, Stephen Allan 71 68 72 75, Mike Standly 67 73 74 72

287 Richard S. Johnson 69 70 69 79