Stolz took his first Tour victory (Getty Images).
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Andre Stolz claimed his first PGA Tour title with a bogey-free five-under-par
67 to capture the Michelin Championship at the TPC at Summerlin.
A 34-year-old from Australia, Stolz won £400,000 and earned a two-year
exemption in his 21st start on the tour.
His total of 21-under 266 was one stroke better than rookie Tag Ridings,
Harrison Frazar and Tom Lehman.
Stolz's best finish this season was a tie for 34th at the HP Classic of New
Orleans and he came in ranked 217th on the money list with £49,236 - nowhere
near the top 125, who receive one-year exemptions.
Ridings began the final round tied for 54th but shot a tournament-record
bogey-free 11-under 61 to get within one shot of a play-off.
Frazar, who began his season with a second at the Sony Open in Hawaii, also
shot a 67 despite a bogey on the 10th hole.
Lehman was gunning for his first win since the 2000 Phoenix Open. But after
chipping within three feet of the pin on the 17th, he rimmed his par putt and
dropped to 19 under. He birdied 18 and joined Frazar and Ridings in second
place.
Dicky Pride and Carl Pettersson finished two shots back at 19-under 268.
Pride's tee shot at the 18th ended up near some rocks off the left side of the
fairway, leading him to slam his cap to the turf in anger.
Lee Janzen, Danny Ellis, Tim Petrovic and David Frost were three shots off the
pace at 18 under. Frost fired a 10-under 62, which included an eagle at the
third hole.
Final collated totals (USA unless stated, par 72):
266 Andre Stolz (Aus) 67 67 65 67
267 Tag Ridings 67 66 73 61, Tom Lehman 64 68 66 69, Harrison Frazar 64 68 68
67
268 Dicky Pride 66 67 66 69, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 68 68 65 67
269 David Frost (Rsa) 69 71 67 62, Tim Petrovic 66 66 68 69, Danny Ellis 63 70
73 63, Lee Janzen 68 66 70 65
270 Brian Gay 68 70 65 67, Bob Estes 67 65 68 70, Jim Furyk 67 67 70 66, Duffy
Waldorf 65 66 69 70
271 Jay Williamson 69 62 74 66, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 69 67 64 71, Scott
Verplank 64 72 66 69, Ben Crane 68 65 69 69, Kent Jones 64 68 70 69, Lucas
Glover 68 68 67 68, Jose Coceres (Arg) 66 68 69 68, Mark Wilson 68 73 63 67
272 Justin Leonard 65 70 67 70, Jason Bohn 63 70 70 69, Dan Briggs 65 71 68
68, Omar Uresti 67 65 72 68, Olin Browne 67 64 69 72, Pat Perez 70 68 66 68,
J.L. Lewis 67 63 70 72, Briny Baird 72 63 70 67, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 69 67 69
67
273 Billy Mayfair 64 69 71 69, Tom Byrum 66 70 65 72, Alex Cejka (Ger) 65 65
72 71, Scott McCarron 66 71 67 69, Dudley Hart 69 70 65 69
274 Chris Smith 70 66 67 71, Robert Gamez 67 66 70 71, Billy Andrade 68 68 68
70, Woody Austin 74 66 66 68, David Duval 67 68 68 71, Paul Azinger 69 65 71 69,
Bo Van Pelt 72 68 65 69, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 66 67 70 71
275 Rich Barcelo 69 66 72 68, Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 68 68 70, Donnie Hammond
68 65 71 71, Corey Pavin 68 70 68 69, Tom Pernice Jnr. 66 72 69 68, Craig Barlow
66 71 69 69, Steve Allan (Aus) 67 70 68 70
276 Jonathan Kaye 65 71 69 71, David Branshaw 67 66 71 72, Richard S Johnson
(Swe) 66 69 71 70, Glen Day 68 64 72 72, Paul Goydos 66 68 70 72, Ryan Palmer 71
71 65 69, Craig Perks (Nzl) 69 70 66 71, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 74 70 63 69, Dean
Wilson 68 64 72 72, Cameron Beckman 67 66 69 74
278 Ted Purdy 71 67 69 71, Steve Stricker 68 72 67 71, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72
64 70 72, Jeff Sluman 70 67 68 73
280 John Rollins 72 65 69 74
281 Spike McRoy 66 70 70 75, Frank Lickliter II 69 69 69 74, Skip Kendall 66
72 66 77
282 Kris Cox 68 71 67 76
283 Mark Brooks 70 73 64 76
290 Chez Reavie 66 64 75 85
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