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Steve Flesch made his 37th birthday a special one.
Cheered on by his wife and two young daughters, Flesch carded a
three-under-par 67 to post a one-shot victory over Chad Campbell at the
Colonial.
It was the second career win for the Cincinnati native, who completed 72 holes
at 11-under 269. His other victory came at the HP Classic of New Orleans last
year.
Flesch, overcoming a bogey at number 17, became the first player to win on his
birthday since David Edwards in 1993. His previous best finish this year was a
tie for third at the FBR Open in early February. Flesch tied for fifth last week
at the Wachovia Classic.
Campbell began the final round tied for the lead with Flesch and Brian Gay,
but faltered down the stretch, playing the 12th through 17th holes in two-over.
With no chance to win, he birdied number 18.
Stephen Ames finished alone in third at 271, two strokes ahead of Craig Perks.
Robert Gamez, Skip Kendall, Tim Petrovic and Bo Van Pelt tied for fifth at 274.
Gray struggled to a 75 and dropped into a tie for 14th, eight shots behind
Flesch.
Collated final scores and totals (USA unless stated, par 70):
269 Steve Flesch 66 69 67 67
270 Chad Campbell 70 71 61 68
271 Stephen Ames (Tri) 70 69 68 64
273 Craig Perks (Nzl) 64 71 70 68
274 Robert Gamez 71 64 71 68, Tim Petrovic 66 71 69 68, Skip Kendall 68 71 68
67, Bo Van Pelt 68 69 72 65
275 Mark Brooks 71 68 67 69, Jeff Maggert 66 69 73 67, John Senden (Aus) 66 74
70 65
276 Kenny Perry 67 71 70 68, Loren Roberts 68 70 71 67
277 Justin Leonard 70 64 72 71, Brian Gay 70 67 65 75, Tom Byrum 68 69 71 69,
Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 65 72 68 72, Brian Bateman 69 69 68 71, Tim Clark 68 70 69
70, Kirk Triplett 69 69 71 68, Joe Ogilvie 71 70 68 68, Stewart Cink 66 70 71
70, Chris Riley 67 71 69 70, Zach Johnson 71 65 68 73, Lee Janzen 70 66 71 70
278 Fred Funk 70 72 65 71
279 J.L. Lewis 68 66 75 70, Bob Tway 70 69 68 72, Stephen Leaney (Aus) 70 68
71 70, Peter Lonard (Aus) 71 71 67 70
280 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 72 69 67 72, Dennis Paulson 67 70 71 72, Corey Pavin
70 70 72 68, Glen Day 72 71 67 70
281 Scott Verplank 72 68 67 74, Phil Mickelson 71 66 70 74, Sergio Garcia
(Spa) 72 67 73 69, Joe Durant 70 73 69 69, Davis Love III 74 67 72 68, Brett
Quigley 70 68 68 75
282 Joey Sindelar 71 69 72 70, Hal Sutton 71 67 73 71, Dudley Hart 73 70 66
73
283 David Toms 72 70 68 73, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 72 71 69 71, Frank Lickliter
II 68 70 68 77, Chris DiMarco 69 71 72 71, Todd Hamilton 72 71 70 70, Tommy
Armour III 69 74 71 69
284 Briny Baird 71 69 71 73, Kent Jones 70 69 73 72, Brad Faxon 70 68 75 71,
Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 68 71 74 71
285 Robert Allenby (Aus) 67 76 73 69, Matt Gogel 70 73 76 66, Neal Lancaster
73 70 70 72, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 70 70 71 74, Steve Elkington (Aus) 71 71 73
70, Rocco Mediate 72 71 71 71, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 67 74 73 71
286 Scott Hend (Gbr) 69 74 72 71, Mike Weir (Can) 68 73 71 74
287 Patrick Sheehan 71 70 69 77, Hunter Mahan 70 71 71 75, Tim Herron 69 72 72
74, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 74 69 69 75, Luke Donald (Gbr) 69 74 73 71
288 Dan Pohl 71 72 72 73, Steve Lowery 69 74 75 70, Jeff Sluman 72 70 74 72
289 Len Mattiace 71 71 74 73, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 73 70 72 74
290 Mark Calcavecchia 72 68 75 75
291 Bob Estes 68 74 72 77
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