Fred Funk entered the final round of the Southern Farm Bureau Classic with a
one-stroke lead and, thanks to a birdie on the final hole, that is how he ended
it.
Funk birdied the par-five 18th to cap a six-under-par 66 and edge Ryan Palmer
by one stroke to claim his first title for six years.
The 48-year-old had seven birdies, including three in the final four holes,
and one bogey to finish at 22 under on 266.
Funk, who entered the event 40th on the money list, had not won a tournament
since winning here in 1998 when it was known as the Deposit Guaranty Golf
Classic.
He birdied the third, fifth, seventh, 11th, 15th, 16th and 18th, with his only
hiccup occurring at the eighth.
Palmer, 28, who has never won a PGA event, fired an eight-under 64 and birdied
an astonishing 10 holes, including every even numbered hole from six to 18, but
also bogeyed 13 and 15.
Four golfers finished two strokes back at 20 under - Kevin Na, JJ Henry, Loren
Roberts and Glen Day, who shot a nine-under 63.
Day, who began the fourth round tied for 18th, had seven birdies and an eagle
in a bogey-free round.
Collated final scores and totals (USA unless stated, par 72):
266 Fred Funk 69 67 64 66
267 Ryan Palmer 69 68 66 64
268 Glen Day 65 70 70 63, Loren Roberts 66 69 68 65, Kevin Na (Kor) 71 65 66
66, J J Henry 70 67 66 65
269 Kirk Triplett 69 69 65 66
270 Tim Clark 68 69 67 66, Jonathan Byrd 70 69 66 65
271 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 68 67 67 69, Pat Bates 69 66 68 68, Chris Couch 70 63
68 70, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 67 69 67 68
272 Dan Briggs 72 65 69 66, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 71 68 64, Steve Allan
(Aus) 69 69 67 67, John Senden (Aus) 65 68 69 70
273 Heath Slocum 70 67 70 66
274 Ted Purdy 69 69 66 70, Tom Carter 69 69 67 69, Patrick Sheehan 66 67 72
69, Brent Geiberger 71 66 72 65, Craig Barlow 67 71 68 68, Bill Glasson 66 70 68
70, Robert Damron 70 65 71 68
275 Steve Pate 67 65 69 74, Woody Austin 72 64 70 69, Richard S Johnson (Swe)
73 66 68 68, Lucas Glover 73 67 64 71, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 70 70 66 69, Aaron
Barber 69 68 71 67
276 Chris Smith 67 71 69 69, Joe Durant 68 69 70 69, 277 Jay Williamson 68 71
68 70, Jason Bohn 69 71 68 69, Billy Andrade 67 70 71 69, Omar Uresti 70 70 70
67, Camilo Villegas (Col) 72 64 68 73, Shaun Micheel 70 68 69 70, David Morland
IV (Can) 68 67 70 72, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 66 70 70 71, Harrison Frazar 65 67 73
72
278 Dan Forsman 69 69 70 70, Cameron Beckman 72 68 66 72, Brad Bryant 69 70 69
70
279 David Frost (Rsa) 71 69 66 73, Joey Sindelar 70 69 69 71, Jay Delsing 73
67 72 67, Olin Browne 69 68 71 71, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 66 72 72 69
280 Jay Don Blake 68 67 71 74, Matt Gogel 71 66 70 73, Garrett Willis 69 70 71
70, Kent Jones 68 71 69 72, Brad Lardon 70 70 66 74, Tommy Tolles 71 67 72 70
281 Rich Beem 70 67 72 72, Dicky Pride 72 67 72 70, Larry Mize 68 71 72 70
282 Kris Cox 70 69 73 70, David Sutherland 66 73 69 74
283 Craig Perks (Nzl) 72 68 71 72, Jeff Brehaut 68 69 74 72, J.P. Hayes 71 69
73 70
284 Grant Waite (Nzl) 72 68 72 72, Paul Azinger 71 68 74 71, Brian Bateman 71
66 73 74
285 David Peoples 71 69 71 74
286 Ken Duke 70 69 73 74, Kelly Gibson 71 69 70 76
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