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Picture Bob Estes celebrates his victory. (Allsport)

CLASSIC WIN FOR ESTES

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Bob Estes won a birdie duel with Tom Lehman and Rory Sabbatini to win the Invensys Classic in Las Vegas - his second PGA Tour title since June.

Estes carded a bogey-free nine-under-par 63 at the TPC at Summerlin, which yielded 14 scores of 66 or better in the final round, including Davis Love III's course-record 61.

Lehman and Sabbatini shot 66 and 64 respectively, but missed birdie putts in the final group at the 18th hole and finished a stroke behind Estes, whose 30-under-par total of 329 matched the tournament record.

Estes grabbed the lead for good at the par-five 16th hole and ended up with his second win of the season and third of his 14-year career when he parred the final two holes.

"Sixty-three was the score I had in mind," said Estes, whose streak of 17 consecutive rounds in the 60s is the best on Tour.

Estes started five shots back but had broken 70 in each of his previous 16 rounds.

He got a break when Scott McCarron, who started the final round with a three-shot lead, stumbled and finished with a 71 to tie Love for fourth at 27-under 332.

The 16th hole decided the tournament, playing in the final threesome with Sabbatini and McCarron, Lehman put his second shot at the par-five in the water.

He scrambled for par but squandered his chance of tying Estes for the lead.

"It was like the club slipped in my hand," said Lehman. "It was pretty bizarre."

Cameron Beckman finished a career-best sixth on 26-under at 333, one shot better than John Daly, Scott Verplank, Australian Craig Parry and Chris Riley.

Collated scores after the fifth round of the US PGA Tour, Invensys Classic, Las Vegas (USA unless stated, Par 72)

329 B Estes 65 66 67 68 63

330 T Lehman 63 62 72 67 66, R Sabbatini (Rsa) 64 67 72 63 64

332 D Love III 69 65 68 69 61, S McCarron 68 65 65 63 71

333 C Beckman 67 67 69 66 64

337 C Riley 69 65 68 68 67, J Daly 67 62 72 69 67, S Verplank 67 67 71 65 67, C Parry (Aus) 64 66 66 70 71

338 K Perry 71 69 67 65 66, M Gogel 69 67 68 65 69

340 S Flesch 65 67 67 74 67, R Allenby (Aus) 66 65 71 71 67, B Gay 67 69 70 66 68, D Frost (Rsa) 69 67 69 66 69, C DiMarco 68 61 72 69 70

341 B Mayfair 70 66 68 71 66, J Gore 66 68 70 69 68

342 S Cink 71 71 67 66 67, C Howell III 66 68 72 69 67, K Yokoo (Jpn) 71 67 70 68 66, B May 69 66 65 72 70, S Kendall 66 70 69 67 70

343 K Triplett 69 66 70 70 68, W Austin 71 67 68 69 68, S Maruyama (Jpn) 67 68 72 70 66, A Magee 67 67 66 72 71

344 R Freeman 67 70 68 70 69, G Kraft 69 65 71 71 68, J Cook 68 68 71 70 67, R Cochran 67 66 76 64 71, G Waite (Nzl) 70 68 69 67 70, C Kanada 69 70 70 69 66, P Jordan 67 66 71 69 71, S Appleby (Aus) 70 69 68 72 65, L Janzen 67 67 68 67 75

345 B Tway 69 68 69 70 69, B Wilson 69 69 69 68 70, J Maggert 73 67 68 68 69, C Paulson 68 69 71 66 71, G Day 67 68 71 68 71, J Ogilvie 64 70 70 76 65, K Sutherland 69 67 72 73 64

346 J Edwards 71 63 71 71 70

347 F Funk 67 69 72 67 72, P Stankowski 69 66 71 69 72, O Browne 70 65 67 74 71, F Allem (Rsa) 68 69 66 69 75, F Couples 63 64 72 72 76, T Tryba 68 67 73 73 66

348 G Chalmers (Aus) 67 69 71 67 74

349 J Carter 65 69 73 71 71, D Peoples 69 70 68 71 71, A McLardy (Zim) 68 68 72 71 70, S Simpson 68 69 72 70 70, J Kaye 68 69 72 73 67

350 T Byrum 70 65 72 67 76, T Isenhour 68 68 69 72 73, D Morland IV (Can) 69 65 71 73 72, R Damron 67 68 71 73 71, J Parnevik (Swe) 69 69 70 71 71, J Leonard 71 68 70 70 71

351 J Coceres (Arg) 69 70 68 70 74, JJ Henry 70 71 67 71 72, P Goydos 72 69 67 72 71

352 J Hart 71 66 71 72 72

353 I Leggatt (Can) 68 67 74 73 71

354 B Burns 68 68 70 74 74

355 T Pernice Jr 64 69 75 72 75, JD Blake 70 68 71 71 75, M Muehr 68 66 75 73 73

359 B Henninger 72 64 73 76 74

360 S Ames (Tri) 68 70 69 79 74

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