Fred Funk showed that you shouldn't write off the old guys when he won the Mayakoba Golf Classic on the second hole of a play-off on Sunday.
"I think I validated how good the players are on the Champions Tour," Funk said after becoming only the second man to triumph in a PGA Tour event after victory on the Champions Tour.
Funk was always in command of the event at the El Camaleon course, the PGA Tour's first in Mexico, after posting a course record eight-under 62 in the opening round on Thursday.
He never relinquished it, but found himself tied at the top of the leaderboard on several occasions during the four days, including from the 14th hole - until he sank the birdie putt that won him the play-off against Jose Coceres at the second extra hole.
This after closing with a one-over 71 that allowed Argentinian Coceres, with a 69, to catch him on the closing stretch with a 14-under 266 total.
Australian Peter Lonard was a shot back on 13 under, American Ryan Armour shot a final round 66 to finish on -12, while fellow American Bill Haas ended on -11.
Collated final round scores and totals in the USPGA Mayakoba Classic at Riviera Maya, El Camaleon GC, Cancun, Mexico
(USA unless stated, par 70):
(Fred Funk wins play-off at 2nd extra hole)
266 Jose Coceres (Arg) 67 65 65 69, Fred Funk 62 69 64 71(wins at 2nd extra hole)
267 Peter Lonard (Aus) 65 68 67 67
268 Ryan Armour 68 65 69 66
269 Bill Haas 66 66 70 67
270 Boo Weekley 64 67 70 69
271 Cameron Beckman 64 67 69 71
272 Stephen null Marino 68 68 69 67
273 Brendon De Jonge 69 71 68 65, Gavin Coles (Aus) 69 66 70 68, Skip Kendall 69 69 63 72, Larry Mize 71 66 71 65
274 Pat Perez 71 69 65 69, Kevin Stadler 66 69 71 68, Jeff Sluman 67 70 69 68, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 68 68 69 69, Mark Brooks 69 65 68 72
275 Paul Gow (Aus) 68 68 72 67, Chris Riley 69 66 71 69, Paul Stankowski 70 68 68 69, Joe Ogilvie 72 66 68 69, Matt Kuchar 71 68 70 66, Parker McLachlin 69 68 69 69, Steve Elkington (Aus) 69 71 69 66, Bob Tway 71 63 69 72
276 Jerry Kelly 68 69 71 68, John Cook 68 66 73 69, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 71 63 70 72, Craig Kanada 67 68 71 70, Douglas Labelle 70 67 67 72
277 Tim Herron 70 68 69 70, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 70 66 72 69, Jim Rutledge (Can) 69 71 67 70, Brian Bateman 71 67 67 72
278 Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 72 65 71 70, Michael Putnam 66 68 72 72, Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn) 71 67 70 70, Brent Geiberger 73 62 70 73, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 69 67 73 69, Tommy Armour III 69 66 73 70
279 Esteban Toledo (Mex) 66 70 72 71, Nathan Green (Aus) 72 65 70 72, Mark Calcavecchia 70 69 74 66, Brian Gay 65 67 70 77, Darron Stiles 70 67 66 76, Scott Gutschewski 66 69 72 72, Danny Ellis 72 67 74 66
280 Dudley Hart 68 69 72 71, Anders Hansen (Den) 69 71 68 72, John Merrick 64 69 73 74, Ted Purdy 67 71 71 71, Bubba Dickerson 68 67 70 75, Tripp Isenhour 68 70 70 72, Brandt Snedeker 72 68 69 71
281 Vaughn Taylor 65 71 73 72, Scott Gump 71 69 69 72, Steve Allan (Aus) 72 67 72 70, Steve Wheatcroft 68 68 71 74, Michael Boyd 67 72 69 73, B.J Staten 70 68 72 71, Dicky Pride 69 71 68 73, Jason Schultz 69 70 69 73
282 Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 67 70 72 73, Pablo Martin-Benavides (Spa) 70 69 70 73, Briny Baird 70 67 71 74
283 Robert Gamez 69 69 70 75, DJ Brigman 67 69 71 76, Bob Heintz 70 67 73 73, Mark Wilson 74 66 69 74
284 Vance Veazey 71 69 70 74, Glen Day 67 69 77 71
285 George McNeill 64 70 75 76, Neal Lancaster 69 68 74 74, John Huston 67 69 71 78
286 Chris Tidland 72 67 72 75
287 Steve Jones 68 68 72 79
288 Grant Waite (Nzl) 71 69 72 76
289 Michael Allen 71 69 73 76
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