GOLF ROUNDUP : BROOKS BEATS MAGGERT IN PLAYOFF.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Mark Brooks' 30-foot putt for birdie on the first hole of a playoff with hometown favorite Jeff Maggert Jeffrey Allan Maggert (born February 20, 1964) is an American golfer. Maggert was born in Columbia, Missouri. He attended Texas A&M University and turned professional in 1986. earned him a victory Sunday in the Shell Houston Open The Shell Houston Open is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It is currently played in March at Redstone Golf Club in the Houston suburb of Humble. Shell and the Houston Golf Association are the main sponsors of the tournament. in The Woodlands, Tex. Maggert, playing on his home Tournament Players Course, missed his attempt to send the event to a second playoff hole when his 18-foot birdie try Birdie Try is an overhead view golf arcade game released by Data East in 1988. from the fringe was a few inches to the left of the hole. For Brooks, from Fort Worth, the victory worth $270,000 was his second of the year, following his win earlier in the Bob Hope Classic. The playoff was the fifth of his career and three of his six tour victories have come in playoffs. It was Maggert's first playoff experience. Webb wins again: Karrie Webb Karrie Anne Webb (born 21 December 1974) is Australia's most successful female golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S. took her impressive rookie season to a new level, holding off some of the best players on the LPGA LPGA abbr. Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour with a 6-under-par 66 to win the Sprint Titleholders Championship in Daytona Beach, Fla. Webb tapped in for birdie on the 18th hole for a one-stroke victory over Kelly Robbins. Her 16-under 272 earned her $180,000 from the $1.2 million purse. Webb won the HealthSouth Inaugural earlier this year. She also has two second-place finishes and was no worse than seventh in her first six tournaments. Marsh wins seniors: Graham Marsh survived a wet tee shot on the next-to-last hole and won the PaineWebber Invitational by one shot over Brian Barnes and Tom Wargo in Charlotte, N.C. Marsh steadied himself after the bogey on No. 17 and parred the final hole at the Tournament Players Club Tournament Players Club (TPC) is a chain of American public and private golf clubs operated by the PGA Tour. Most of the courses either are or had been hosts for PGA Tour events, and even those that have never hosted an event on the main tour have frequently hosted events on the at Piper Glen to put the finishing touches on a 3-under-par 69 and his second Senior PGA Tour victory. Marsh, 52, of Dalkeith, Australia, finished three tours of Piper Glen's hilly layout in 10-under-par 206 and won $120,000. Arnold Palmer, seeking his first victory since 1988, began the final round three shots off the lead and birdied the second hole. But then his game began showing signs of wear. He bogeyed the seventh and double-bogeyed No. 10 on the way to a 3-over 75 that left him at 1-under 215. |
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