Loren Roberts bogeyed the second playoff hole but still won The Tradition on Sunday in Aloha, Ore., beating Dana Quigley, who double-bogeyed the par 4 and failed again to win his first major.
Quigley’s 3 1/2-foot putt for bogey on No. 17 at the Reserve Vineyards & Golf Club lipped out, while Roberts’ fell.
“It’s just not my turn yet,” Quigley said.
Roberts, who turned 50 this year, was playing in his third event on the Champions Tour.
“I’m sorry I won with a bogey, but that’s the way it goes,” Roberts said after winning $375,000 from the $2.5 million purse.
Both players had trouble with their second shots on the second playoff hole.
Roberts’ rolled far past the hole and the signature bunker in the middle of the green. Quigley’s hit a rake near a greenside bunker and stayed right on the edge.
Roberts chipped on the green for his third shot, while Quigley was forced into an awkward stance with one foot in the bunker and the other teetering on the lip. Neither was close and both missed long par putts.
On the first playoff hole, the par-5 18th, Roberts seemed to have a huge advantage when his second shot bounced on to the green, putting him in position for an eagle putt. Quigley’s second shot went into a greenside bunker but he blasted out to about 3 feet for birdie and Roberts two-putted.
Quigley knocked in an 8-foot putt for an eagle on the par-5 16th in regulation, but bogeyed the next hole and missed a 17-foot birdie on 18 – opening the door for Roberts.
Gil Morgan missed a birdie putt on the final hole that would have put him in the playoff. He finished at 14-under.
LPGA Tour: Cristie Kerr won the Wendy’s Championship for Children, closing with a 3-under 69 shortly after Pat Hurst fell from a tie for the lead with a double bogey on the last hole in Dublin, Ohio.
This was Kerr’s second victory of the year and sixth of her career. She finished at 18-under 270, one shot ahead of Paula Creamer and Annika Sorenstam. Creamer, the third- round leader, had a 71 and Sorenstam a 66, matching the day’s low round.
Hurst’s closing 70 left her at 272, tied with Jeong Jang, who closed with a 67. Karrie Webb (70) and Soo-Yun Kang (72) were at 273, with Michele Redman alone at 274 after a 72. U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Morgan Pressel finished with a 70 and was at 278.
European PGA: David Howell won his first title in six years, shooting a 7-under 65 to hold off John Daly by a stroke at the BMW International Open in Nord-Eichenried, Germany.
Daly closed with a 64 and missed a 6-foot birdie attempt on the last hole that would have caught the Ryder Cup player.
Howell finished at 23-under 265 on one of the European tour’s easiest courses. Daly and Brett Rumford (65) shared second, while Niclas Fasth (64) and Soren Kjeldsen (66) were at 267.
Amateur: Italy’s Edoardo Molinari made a 25-foot birdie putt at the 33rd hole to beat American Dillon Dougherty 4 and 3 and win the U.S. Amateur championship at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.
Molinari, a 24-year-old engineering student, faced a three- hole deficit after 18 holes, but he birdied three of the first five holes in the second 18 to even the match.
