Kirk Triplett pulled off an improbable rally at the Reno-Tahoe Open, shooting a season-best nine-under-par 63 en route to his second win in 14 years on the PGA Tour.

After shooting a 73 in the third round, Triplett began the final round in a tie for eighth, but he came from five strokes off the pace to earn his second title in 360 PGA Tour starts.

The 41-year-old's only other victory came at the 2000 Nissan Open, where he made a clutch four-foot par putt on the 72nd hole to edge Jesper Parnevik by a stroke.

The win was even more surprising considering Triplett had withdrawn from the US PGA Championship, missed the cut at The International and tied for 60th at the Greater Milwaukee Open in his three previous starts.

Triplett finished the 72-hole event at 17-under 271, matching the tournament record reached three times over the previous two seasons. He moved into the top 15 on the money list.

Tim Herron and Craig Barlow held a share of the 54-hole lead but shot 71 and 75, respectively. Herron was alone in second at 14-under 274, a shot better than Dennis Paulson and Rod Pampling of Australia.

Collated final round scores and totals from the USPGA Tour, Reno-Tahoe Open, Reno, Nevada (Par 72, USA unless stated):

271 Kirk Triplett 67 68 73 63

274 Tim Herron 69 65 69 71

275 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 67 73 67 68, Dennis Paulson 68 66 73 68

277 Harrison Frazar 69 72 70 66

278 Craig Barlow 70 65 68 75, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 71 71 67 69

279 J.P. Hayes 68 68 71 72

280 David Sutherland 70 67 72 71

281 Paul Stankowski 67 72 69 73, Guy Boros 71 66 70 74, Scott McCarron 71 72 70 68, Dicky Pride 71 68 72 70, Mike Grob 69 74 68 70, Nick Watney 72 66 70 73

282 J.J. Henry 66 75 68 73, Thomas Levet 71 70 73 68, Brian Gay 69 69 73 71, Paul Goydos 72 70 70 70, David Peoples 70 71 69 72

283 Cameron Beckman 68 69 70 76, Tom Scherrer 72 71 72 68, Chris Smith 69 72 72 70, Duffy Waldorf 71 69 71 72, Neal Lancaster 72 69 72 70, Jeff Maggert 69 72 71 71, Billy Mayfair 69 72 71 71

284 John Riegger 71 70 70 73, Paul Gow 69 69 74 72, Jason Buha 71 72 71 70, Jason Gore 70 74 72 68, Kevin Sutherland 72 71 73 68, Bob Tway 67 73 70 74, Grant Waite 74 69 74 67, Woody Austin 69 72 69 74

285 Luke Donald 68 75 71 71, Patrick Sheehan 70 75 73 67, Garrett Willis 70 73 70 72

286 Andy Miller 67 73 74 72, Arron Oberholser 71 71 72 72, Darron Stiles 75 70 72 69, Mark Brooks 71 71 72 72, David Frost (Zim) 69 73 71 73, Shigeki Maruyama 70 69 72 75, Carl Paulson 66 76 76 68

287 John Senden 69 73 71 74, Chris M Anderson 75 69 74 69, Todd Fischer 73 72 72 70, Richard Zokol 72 71 69 75

288 Cliff Kresge 71 74 70 73, Brad Elder 69 75 72 72, Mike Standly 74 70 74 70, Bart Bryant 70 69 72 77, Tommy Armour III 74 71 72 71, Robin Freeman 67 75 74 72, Mike Heinen 73 71 74 70

289 Aaron Barber 69 74 74 72, Pat Bates 71 74 70 74, Jay Don Blake 72 70 76 71, Steve Pate 67 73 79 70

290 Richard S. Johnson (Swe) 73 68 77 72, Jose Coceres 73 68 76 73, Jay Delsing 70 72 74 74, Greg Kraft 72 71 72 75

291 Jason Caron 69 73 73 76, Deane Pappas 70 73 75 73, Corey Pavin 72 72 75 72

292 Pat Perez 69 76 74 73, Akio Sadakata (Jpn) 72 69 78 73, Gavin Coles 70 71 74 77

293 Jeff Klein 75 69 75 74

294 Frank Lickliter II 72 71 73 78

295 Mathew Goggin 73 71 80 71

296 Gary Hallberg 70 75 79 72

297 David Ogrin 71 74 75 77

298 Anthony Painter 71 72 80 75