Wes Short Jr claimed his first USPGA Tour victory when he defeated Jim Furyk
on the second play-off hole at the Tournament Players Club in Las Vegas to win
the Michelin Championship.
Short eagled the 16th and birdied the last to force the play-off and then
parred the par-three 17th for the win after Furyk had fired his tee shot into
the water.
Furyk finished his round of seven-under-par 65 with a bogey on the final hole,
allowing Short to tie him at 21 under with a 66.
Furyk had taken a two-shot lead with an eagle of his own on the 16th but Short
collected the first prize of £408,000 and a two-year Tour exemption.
After trading pars with Furyk on the first play-off hole, Short hit his tee
shot on 17 into a bunker right of the green but blasted out to two feet and
tapped in for the win.
Ted Purdy, aiming for a second win of the season, had a two-stroke lead
entering the final day but a triple-bogey at the 17th dropped him out of
contention.
He finished tied for third with Harrison Frazar (68) at 19 under.
Collated final round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour The Championship at Las Vegas, The TPC at Summerlin, Las Vegas, United States of America (USA unless
stated, par 72):
266 Wes Short jr. 67 67 66 66 (Wins at the second playoff hole), Jim Furyk 66
66 69 65
268 Ted Purdy 67 65 65 71, Harrison Frazar 68 63 68 69
269 Charles Howell III 63 69 67 70
270 Nick Watney 67 67 70 66, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 65 65 72 68
271 Briny Baird 62 66 78 65, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 66 68 68 69, Steve Lowery
67 68 64 72, Will MacKenzie 65 69 70 67
272 Stephen Leaney (Aus) 67 67 69 69, Daniel Chopra (Se) 70 67 70 65, Davis
Love III 68 67 71 66, Ryan Palmer 62 72 68 70
273 John Daly 68 67 70 68, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 67 64 74 68, Geoff Ogilvy
(Aus) 65 69 67 72, Bo Van Pelt 70 66 67 70, Ben Crane 67 65 72 69, Scott
Gutschewski 64 71 67 71, Bart Bryant 64 66 73 70, Ryan Moore 67 63 74 69, Tom
Pernice Jnr. 65 68 70 70
274 Scott Verplank 70 66 69 69, Kevin Sutherland 67 67 70 70, Lee Janzen 66 69
70 69, John Senden (Aus) 66 66 73 69
275 Olin Browne 67 65 75 68, Phillip Price (Wal) 68 66 68 73, Joe Durant 66 70
71 68, Fred Funk 67 68 70 70, Jason Gore 65 70 71 69, Jeff Sluman 67 69 66 73
276 Donnie Hammond 68 68 69 71, Fred Couples 69 67 71 69, Charles Warren 69 66
71 70, Michael Allen 64 68 73 71
277 Tjaart Van der Walt (Rsa) 64 71 68 74, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 69 67 72
69, Marco Dawson 68 67 73 69, Robert Allenby (Aus) 68 68 70 71, Ryuji Imada
(Jpn) 64 70 70 73, Billy Andrade 65 68 72 72, Omar Uresti 68 68 70 71, Paul
Azinger 71 66 67 73
278 Brian Gay 72 65 72 69, Jerry Kelly 67 69 67 75, Paul Goydos 65 65 73 75,
Tommy Armour III 69 66 75 68, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 68 69 70 71, Rory Sabbatini
(Rsa) 67 67 76 68, James Driscoll 69 68 70 71, Frank Lickliter II 67 69 69 73,
Dean Wilson 69 66 72 71, Paul Claxton 69 67 69 73, Bill Glasson 68 68 71 71
279 Robert Gamez 67 70 69 73, Scott Piercy 72 65 69 73, Corey Pavin 68 68 72
71, Duffy Waldorf 67 70 73 69, Bob Heintz 68 69 72 70, Billy Mayfair 68 69 76
66, Hunter Haas 65 69 73 72, Lucas Glover 66 66 73 74, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 67
70 71 71
280 Chad Campbell 71 65 74 70, J J Henry 66 70 70 74
281 Justin Leonard 63 70 71 77, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 72 63 74 72
282 Brent Geiberger 66 71 75 70, D.A. Points 67 70 72 73
283 John Huston 70 65 72 76, Gavin Coles (Aus) 68 69 72 74
285 Joe Ogilvie 67 68 70 80
286 John Rollins 67 69 76 74, Todd Fischer 70 66 78 72
287 Jonathan Byrd 67 69 70 81
290 Mark Hensby (Aus) 69 67 75 79
291 Tom Lehman 69 68 79 75, Gary Hallberg 69 67 75 80
296 Scott Hend (Aus) 68 69 76 83
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