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Jonathan Kaye put together a run of four birdies on the back nine to keep pace
with Chris DiMarco and watched his playing partners crash on the bogey rocks in
the final round of the FBR Open.
"Everybody is out here to win," said Kaye after his second career win. "And
I was fortunate enough to get some of the bounces that made a difference. I am
just ecstatic to be on top."
DiMarco moved into contention with birdies on the first six holes on the back
nine. But Kaye matched the last four and went on to par the final three holes
for a four-under-par 67 that gave him a four-round total of 18-under 266.
That was enough to hold off DiMarco, who bogeyed the 16th and 17th holes for a
two-under 69 that left him at 268. It also was plenty to turn back Phil
Mickelson, who led with seven holes to play but bogeyed four of the last five
holes for a one-over 72.
"It is dejecting when you have a chance to win and you don't," said
Mickelson, who won last week's Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.
"But I would rather be in that position (to win). Even though I didn't come
through, it was a lot of fun."
DiMarco was not nearly as understanding. "I played absolutely miserable the
first nine," he said.
"I was two-over, and then I kind of got hot on the back nine, six birdies in
a row. And on the 16th hole I hit a nine-iron as pure as I can and it comes up
short and goes in the bunker on the down slope. The best I could do was knock it
30 feet past the hole."
Kaye won for the first time since the 2003 Buick Classic, and moved to the top
of the money list for the first time in his career.
"I hit all the shots that I needed to and Chris played awesome," Kaye said.
"He had just one bad shot at the same time on 16 and it kind of opened the door
for me."
Defending champion Vijay Singh shot a 66 to finish tied for third at 269 with
Steve Flesch, who also shot 66. Singh recorded his 11th consecutive top-10
finish, the longest active streak on the PGA Tour.
"It's nice to be finishing in the top 10," Singh said.
"But it's also nice to win. I just want to win and maybe that's why I am
playing so well."
Duffy Waldorf fired a 65 and tied Masters champion Mike Weir for fifth at
271.
The FBR Open set an attendance record for Super Bowl Sunday with 90,768 fans,
surpassing the 1995 mark of 74,369.
Final-round scores and totals (USA unless stated, par 71):
266 Jonathan Kaye 65 68 66 67
268 Chris DiMarco 68 67 64 69
269 Vijay Singh (Fij) 71 69 63 66, Steve Flesch 66 69 68 66
271 Duffy Waldorf 70 68 68 65, Mike Weir (Can) 65 69 68 69
272 Phil Mickelson 64 68 68 72, Scott Verplank 63 70 70 69
273 Justin Leonard 69 67 66 71, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 68 68 67 70, Retief
Goosen (Rsa) 70 68 68 67, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 71 67 65 70, Kevin Sutherland 72
65 68 68
274 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 66 71 69 68, Robert Allenby (Aus) 71 68 68 67, Bo
Van Pelt 66 69 70 69, Ricky null Barnes 67 67 68 72, Heath Slocum 71 69 67 67,
Stewart Cink 69 70 67 68, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 66 70 70 68, Stephen Ames (Tri)
72 64 69 69, Alex Cejka (Ger) 70 67 68 69
275 Tom Lehman 71 69 66 69
276 Tim Herron 72 70 68 66, Bob Tway 69 71 67 69, Charles Howell III 68 71 68
69
277 Brandt Jobe 70 65 71 71, Marco Dawson 71 69 68 69, Bob Estes 68 72 66 71,
Bernhard Langer (Ger) 69 67 66 75, Glen Hnatiuk (Can) 68 71 69 69, Jeff Sluman
66 67 71 73
278 Mark Calcavecchia 71 66 70 71, Chris Riley 66 69 75 68, Glen Day 72 68 67
71, Paul Azinger 71 66 70 71, Kent Jones 67 70 68 73, Jay Haas 68 72 67 71
279 Brent Geiberger 71 66 70 72, Chad Campbell 70 70 70 69, Lee Janzen 68 67
70 74
280 Joey Sindelar 70 70 69 71, Tom Byrum 71 69 67 73, Jim Carter 72 69 69 70,
Mark O'Meara 68 68 71 73
281 Carl Pettersson (Swe) 73 69 70 69, Arron Oberholser 75 66 70 70, J.P.
Hayes 72 70 66 73
282 Tim Petrovic 68 73 70 71, Paul Stankowski 70 70 69 73, Jesper Parnevik
(Swe) 70 72 70 70, Carlos Franco (Fra) 68 70 70 74, Steve Elkington (Aus) 69 68
72 73
283 John Daly 71 70 71 71, Notah Begay III 68 70 73 72, Steve Lowery 70 70 70
73, John Senden (Aus) 69 71 73 70
284 Briny Baird 70 69 70 75
285 Tom Pernice Jnr. 69 72 70 74, John Riegger 71 69 71 74, Jeff Brehaut 70 70
73 72, Scott McCarron 66 72 68 79
286 John Rollins 72 68 72 74, Esteban Toledo (Mex) 69 72 77 68, Steve Stricker
69 73 71 73, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 73 66 77 70
287 Tommy Armour 70 70 72 75
290 Chris Smith 69 72 70 79, Fred Funk 69 73 76 72
291 David Gossett 70 72 74 75
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