Shigeki Maruyama led throughout the final round on his way to a five-stroke
victory at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro.
Maruyama teed off with a three-shot lead over Brad Faxon, who never cut the
margin to fewer than two shots on a delightful autumn afternoon at Forest Oaks.
Displaying a cool nerve with the putter, Maruyama recorded six birdies and one
bogey for a five-under-par 67.
He finished at 22-under 266, a stroke off the tournament record, while Faxon
shot a 69 for second place at 271.
Maruyama, 34, has now won three times on the PGA Tour. He won nine times in
Japan before coming to the United States in 2000.
Faxon was the only player to exert any sort of pressure on Maruyama.
Matt Gogel (68) won the battle for third place, a distant seven shots back.
Maruyama is by far the most successful Japanese player ever on the PGA Tour.
Isao Aoki is the only other Japanese winner, claiming the 1983 Hawaiian Open.
Maruyama also is one of only four players to win on the PGA Tour each of the
past three years, along with Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk and Justin Leonard.
Collated final scores (USA unless stated, Par 72):
266 Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 65 64 70 67
271 Brad Faxon 67 67 68 69
273 Matt Gogel 70 67 68 68
274 Robert Allenby (Aus) 70 70 66 68
275 Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 71 68 70 66, Jonathan Byrd 66 70 71 68, K.J. Choi
(Kor) 68 69 68 70, Jeff Brehaut 69 70 68 68, Stephen Ames (Tri) 64 71 71 69, Jay
Haas 69 68 70 68, John E Morgan (Gbr) 66 72 70 67
276 David Gossett 70 72 66 68, Briny Baird 69 72 67 68, Dave Stockton Jr 68 69
71 68, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 68 70 68 70, Mike Heinen 73 66 73 64
277 Kevin Sutherland 72 70 69 66, Robert Gamez 71 70 67 69
278 Chris M Anderson 68 75 68 67, Jeff Sluman 73 66 70 69, John Huston 67 71
70 70, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 71 66 70 71
279 David Sutherland 71 66 69 73, Peter Lonard (Aus) 68 70 67 74, Kent Jones 73 68 70 68, Skip Kendall 69 70
72 68, Tom Lehman 70 72 69 68, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 70 72 72 65, Scott Laycock
72 70 70 67
280 Brian Gay 71 72 68 69, Joey Sindelar 70 71 70 69, Billy Andrade 71 69 70
70, Peter Jacobsen 63 74 70 73, Corey Pavin 69 73 66 72, Tom Carter 70 66 72 72
281 Tim Petrovic 74 68 67 72, Paul Gow (Aus) 66 69 72 74, Retief Goosen (Rsa)
68 73 72 68, Brad Elder 68 72 70 71, Brandt Jobe 70 70 72 69, David Toms 65 74
68 74, Carl Paulson 68 70 72 71, Tom Pernice Jr 69 72 69 71, Kenichi Kuboya
(Jpn) 67 73 69 72
282 Cliff Kresge 70 71 70 71, Tom Byrum 68 68 72 74, Jim Furyk 69 69 74 70
283 Todd Fischer 70 73 69 71, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 72 70 72 69, Brent
Schwarzrock 71 71 73 68, Darron Stiles 70 69 72 72, David Frost (Rsa) 71 71 71
70, Jeff Gallagher 73 70 67 73, Jerry Kelly 68 75 72 68, Dicky Pride 66 70 71
76
284 Ben Crane 70 72 73 69, Loren Roberts 70 71 71 72, Mark Brooks 71 72 73 68,
Bernhard Langer (Ger) 69 73 75 67
285 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 68 69 74 74, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 73 70 67 75, Greg
Chalmers (Aus) 72 71 72 70, Olin Browne 72 70 68 75, Jim Carter 69 73 70 73,
Robert Damron 71 72 70 72, Fred Funk 70 72 72 71, Kelly Mitchum 68 74 72 71
286 Pat Perez 72 71 72 71, Neal Lancaster 75 68 69 74, Andrew Magee 74 69 70
73
287 Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 70 73 69 75, Donnie Hammond 70 72 72 73, J.P. Hayes
72 70 68 77, Kenny Perry 69 70 73 75
288 Gavin Coles 70 73 72 73
289 Glen Hnatiuk (Can) 71 69 75 74
290 Heath Slocum 69 70 78 73, Esteban Toledo (Mex) 71 72 71 76, Anthony
Painter (Aus) 67 75 74 74
291 Hank Kuehne 72 70 71 78, Jim Gallagher Jr 72 70 76 73
292 Aaron Barber 69 74 76 73, Thomas Levet (Fra) 74 69 75 74
293 Vance Veazey 70 73 79 71
294 Carl Pettersson (Swe) 70 70 79 75
295 Aaron Baddeley 71 71 76 77
296 Brandel Chamblee 70 73 77 76
297 Ty Tryon 73 70 80 74
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