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Golf Roundup: Cook wins tourney
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Published: October 19, 2009
Administaff Small Business Classic: John Cook won his third career Champions Tour title and first of the season, closing with a 4-under 68 to hold off Jay Haas and Bob Tway by two strokes yesterday in The Woodlands, Texas.
Cook, an 11-time winner on the regular PGA Tour, finished at 11-under 205 on The Woodlands Country Club's Tournament Course.
Haas, bidding for a victory in his third consecutive start and one stroke off the lead at the start of the final round, shot a 71. He had three birdies on the back nine, but couldn't offset at early double bogey. He had late chances to tie, but a putt for birdie at the 17th lipped out.
At 18, his drive landed in the rough just short of the water guarding the green, then his shot to the green wound up long on the back fringe. When his long birdie attempt slid past the hole, Cook was the winner.
Tway, who shot a 70, started the round two shots off the lead, got close but never could catch the leaders. He had one bogey and three birdies, and closed with four straight pars.
Shriners Hospital for Children Open: Scotland's Martin Laird beat George McNeill with a par on the third hole of a playoff for his first PGA Tour title yesterday in Las Vegas.
Laird closed with a 3-under 68 to match McNeill (67) and former UNLV player Chad Campbell (69) at 19-under 265. Campbell was eliminated on the second extra hole.
Laird, a former Colorado State player, earned $756,000 and a two-year tour exemption for the breakthrough victory at TPC Summerlin in his 53rd tour star. He jumped from 134th to 62nd on the money list with $1,271,254.
Jim Furyk (62) and Jeff Klauk (68) tied for fourth at 18 under.
, and former UNLV player Charley Hoffman (68) followed at 17 under.
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