Jason Bohn won his first PGA Tour event, closing with a second straight 6-under 66 for a one-stroke victory and a tournament record total at the B.C. Open.
Bohn finished with a 24-under 264 in becoming the 13th player to make this tournament his first triumph. He had six birdies in a bogey-free round and edged J.P. Hayes (66), John Rollins (66), Ryan Palmer (67) and Australian rookie Brendan Jones (68). Jones, who held a one-shot lead entering the day, rallied with four straight birdies on the back nine but his erratic play early cost him a shot at the title.
The previous tournament record in relation to par was 22 under, set in 2001 by Jeff Sluman and Paul Gow. The tournament record score was 265 by Calvin Peete in 1982. He finished 19 under when the course at the En-Joie Golf Club in Endicott, N.Y., played to a par of 71.
LPGA Tour
Meena Lee became the LPGA Tour's record-tying fourth straight first-time winner, closing with a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over playing partner Katherine Hull in the Canadian Women's Open in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Lee finished at 9-under 279 and earned $195,000 to jump from 13th to seventh on the money list with $643,933. The top player on the money list in the field, she opened with rounds of 73, 68 and 69.
Janice Moodie, the leader after each of the first three rounds, needed a birdie on the par-5 18th to force a playoff, but three-putted for a double bogey for a 75 that left her three strokes back.
Nationwide Tour
Jason Gore won his second straight Nationwide Tour event, closing with a 3-under 67 Sunday for a four-stroke victory over Bill Haas at the Nationwide Tour's Scholarship America Showdown in Hudson, Wis.
Gore, a U.S. Open fan favorite who was coming off a victory at the National Mining Association Pete Dye Classic, finished at 14-under 266 at Troy Burne Golf Club. He is the first Nationwide player to record back-to-back wins twice.
He won his fifth career Nationwide Tour title four weeks after shooting a 14-over 84 in the final round of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst to drop from a tie for second to a tie for 49th in the major championship.
Gore earned $94,500 for the win, giving him $202,500 in his last two starts and a career-high $244,079 for the season, good enough for third place on the money list and ensuring a return to the PGA Tour next season. The top 20 at the end of the season will earn 2006 PGA Tour cards.
Haas, the son of PGA Tour star Jay Haas, had a final-round 67 and was at 10 under. Matt Bettencourt (69), Jon Mills (71) and Jason Dufner (74) finished eight shots back at 6 under.
-- From wire reports
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