Funk takes Turtle Bay by 11 strokes
KAHUKU, Hawaii - Fred Funk had the most-lopsided victory ever in a 54-hole Champions Tour event, shooting his second straight 8-under 64 yesterday for an 11-stroke win in the Turtle Bay Championship.
KAHUKU, Hawaii - Fred Funk had the most-lopsided victory ever in a 54-hole Champions Tour event, shooting his second straight 8-under 64 yesterday for an 11-stroke win in the Turtle Bay Championship.
The 50-year-old Funk, still a regular on the PGA Tour, ended the suspense early with six birdies in a front-nine 30 and finished with a tournament record 23-under 193 total in the tour's first full-field event of the year.
"Probably my best three days of putting I've ever had," said Funk, the only player in the 78-player field without a bogey in three days.
Funk earned $240,000 for his second Champions Tour victory in five career starts.
He missed the cut in the PGA Tour's Sony Open and tied for 28th last week in the Champions Tour's 41-man MasterCard Championship.
Tom Kite, who tied for second last week in the MasterCard Championship, went double bogey-bogey on the last two holes to close with a 71, dropping him into a five-way tie at 12 under with 2006 winner Loren Roberts (66), Tom Purtzer (66), Denis Watson (68) and Kiyoshi Murota (72).
Funk, a seven-time PGA Tour winner, broke the 54-hole record of 195 set by Jim Colbert in 1991 when the event was played on Maui on a par-70 course.
European Tour
DOHA, Qatar - Retief Goosen eagled the final hole yesterday to win the Qatar Masters, beating Nick O'Hern by a stroke for his first title in more than a year.
The South African birdied the 17th and closed with a 3-under-par 69 to finish at 15-under 273 at Doha Golf Club.