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Tommy Armour III claimed his first PGA Tour win in 13 years and set a scoring
record at the same time in the Texas Open at San Antonio.
The 43-year-old, who lives in nearby Dallas, finished with a Tour-record
72-hole aggregate total of 26 under par on 254.
Armour said: "It's nice, I guess, to have the all-time record. I didn't
really think about it until about five or six holes to go."
Armour eclipsed Mark Calcavecchia's aggregate record of 256 - established at
the 2001 Phoenix Open - at the par-70 LaCantera Golf Club.
Calcavecchia finished the Phoenix Open at 28 under, blistering the par-71 TPC
of Scottsdale.
Armour also broke Donnie Hammond's PGA Tour record in relation to a par-70
course. Hammond finished the 1989 Texas Open at 22 under.
Ernie Els' 31 under - on a par-73 course - at this year's Mercedes
Championships is the all-time record for a 72-hole event.
Armour's 254 total also broke the tournament mark of 257 set by Mike Souchak
at Brackendridge Park Golf Club in 1955.
Armour had 28 birdies and only two bogeys for the week, shooting rounds of
64-62-63-65.
Defending champion Loren Roberts and Bob Tway shared second place at 19 under
on 261.
Duffy Waldorf started the day second, six shots behind Armour, and birdied the
first three holes to cut the margin to three.
But he could not keep up the pace and faded to fourth place on 262.
Aaron Baddeley of Australia shot a 62 and took fifth spot.
Collated final scores (USA unless stated, *=amateur, Par 70):
254 Tommy Armour III 64 62 63 65
261 Loren Roberts 64 66 69 62, Bob Tway 61 69 67 64
262 Duffy Waldorf 64 69 62 67
263 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 62 70 69 62
264 Dan Forsman 64 63 70 67
265 KJ Choi (Kor) 67 62 69 67, Steve Flesch 67 66 68 64, Paul Goydos 65 64 68
68, Glen Hnatiuk (Can) 65 68 64 68, Richard Johnson (Swe) 66 67 66 66, Frank
Lickliter II 68 69 64 64
266 Stewart Cink 65 66 67 68, Kent Jones 68 65 66 67, Arron Oberholser 66 66
66 68
267 Tom Lehman 66 63 70 68
268 Chad Campbell 71 66 67 64, Ben Crane 66 69 68 65, Mike Heinen 67 65 69 67,
Neal Lancaster 65 70 65 68, *Hunter Mahan 70 67 67 64, Carl Paulson 66 69 68 65,
Garrett Willis 67 65 68 68
269 Olin Browne 67 64 71 67, Tom Byrum 63 71 69 66, Tim Clark (Rsa) 65 63 71
70, David Peoples 65 67 69 68, Tim Petrovic 67 68 65 69
270 Cameron Beckman 63 67 71 69, Marco Dawson 67 68 70 65, JJ Henry 68 66 66
70, Scott Laycock 66 66 69 69, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 65 68 67 70
271 Billy Andrade 68 67 68 68, Luke Donald (Gbr) 65 66 69 71, Robert Gamez 65
72 66 68, Paul Gow (Aus) 70 67 69 65, John Huston 64 68 69 70, Shigeki Maruyama
(Jpn) 69 68 69 65, John Senden (Aus) 67 69 68 67, David Toms 66 66 70 69
272 Mark Brooks 66 70 70 66, Patrick Sheehan 66 68 71 67
273 Notah Begay III 71 63 72 67, Mark Calcavecchia 68 69 68 68, Greg Kraft 66
71 69 67, John Riegger 70 66 69 68, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 63 68 72 70, Akio
Sadakata (Jpn) 67 64 71 71, Heath Slocum 61 70 70 72, Hal Sutton 66 63 69 75
274 Briny Baird 67 70 69 68, Charles Howell III 65 64 70 75, Brandt Jobe 67 67
71 69, Andrew Magee 67 69 69 69, Scott McCarron 66 68 68 72, Craig Perks (Nzl)
71 65 69 69, Jay Williamson 68 69 68 69
275 Bob Burns 69 67 68 71, David Edwards 68 69 70 68, Brian Henninger 67 68 72
68, Jeff Maggert 69 68 71 67, Corey Pavin 68 69 69 69, Scott Verplank 68 66 67
74
276 David Frost (Rsa) 65 69 70 72, JL Lewis 65 71 68 72, Stan Utley 70 67 69
70
277 Jose Coceres (Arg) 67 68 70 72, Danny Ellis 67 67 71 72, Jason Gore 65 68
72 72, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 68 67 71 71, Ian Leggatt (Can) 67 69 68 73,
John Maginnes 72 65 68 72, Dennis Paulson 69 68 68 72
278 Cliff Kresge 63 72 72 71
279 Donnie Hammond 69 68 70 72, Tim Herron 69 67 71 72, Hank Kuehne 67 69 66
77
280 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 68 69 68 75
282 Blaine McCallister 65 71 73 73
283 Mike Grob 69 67 75 72
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