SONOMA, Calif. — Andy Bean breezed through 32 holes of play Sunday to win the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, pulling away from the Champions Tour’s best players for a nine-stroke victory over Gene Jones.
After finishing the last 14 holes of the rain-delayed third round, Bean then made six birdies in the first nine holes of a final-round 66 to finish at 20-under-par 268, blowing away the 29-man field.
Jay Haas also had reason to celebrate after the tour’s final event of the year despite his 16th-place finish at 4-under 284. Haas claimed the Schwab Cup for the second time in three years as the winner of the tour’s season-long points competition.
Late birdie lifts Palmer
PALM COAST, Fla. — Ryan Palmer won the Ginn sur Mer Classic, making a 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole to break out of a six-way tie for the lead.
It was the second career PGA Tour victory for Palmer, who was 143rd on the money list coming into the next-to-last tournament of the year.
Footnotes.
Robert Karlsson became the first Swede to win the Order of Merit title when closest challenger Lee Westwood couldn’t catch Soren Kjeldsen at the Volvo Masters in Sotogrande, Spain.
• American Candie Kung shot a 3-under 69 to win the LPGA Kolon Championship in Incheon, South Korea, by one shot over Australian Katherine Hull.
• Annika Sorenstam defeated Ye Liying on the second hole of a playoff at the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open, a Ladies European Tour event in China, giving the Swede her fourth title of the season.
The Associated Press
