Wayne Grady didn't let his first PGA Tour triumph take things out of perspective. "This doesn't mean I'm a lock to win the U.S. Open" this week in Rochester, N.Y., Grady said after his playoff victory Sunday in the Westchester Classic at Harrison, N.Y."This doesn't mean I'm going to go out and win 10 tournaments in a row. I'm not that kind of player. I'm not a streak player. I don't do anything brilliantly, but I don't do anything badly.
"I'm just a good, steady player and I'm glad to have my game back," the 31-year-old Australian said after his uphill, three-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole had beaten Ronnie Black.
The putt - "the easiest putt you can have under the circumstances," Grady said - secured a $180,000 first-place check.
Grady, who started the final round in a three-way tie for the lead, had to rally for a place in the playoff on the wind-swept Westchester Country Club course in the northern suburbs of New York City.
Black, playing in front of him, birdied the 18th hole to complete a round of 68 and go 7-under par for the tournament. Grady promptly bogeyed the 16th and 17th to drop from the lead alone to one behind.
"Nothing like a couple of bogeys to wake you up," he said. And he rapped in a six-foot putt on the final hole of regulation to finish at 277 and force the playoff. He had a closing 72.
Tom Watson came on with a 68 that included a double bogey on the first hole and missed the playoff by a shot.
He was tied for third, by far his best performance of the year, with Clarence Rose, who had a closing 70.
Tom Kite, the PGA Tour's leading money-winner, Fred Couples, J.C. Snead and Billy Andrade were another shot back at 279. Kite shot 70. Andrade and Couples each matched par 71. Snead, a former winner of this title, struggled to 74.
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At Ponte Vedra, Fla., Orville Moody won his first major title in 20 years with a final-round 71 that held off fast-closing Charles Coody by two strokes in the Senior Tournament Players Championship.
Moody clinched the victory with a birdie on the 17th hole and a tap-in for par on No. 18.
The winner finished with a 17-under 271 total over the 6,646-yard TPC at Sawgrass Valley Course, a tournament record for the $700,000 event that will move to Dearborn, Mich., next year.
Moody began the day with a six-shot advantage over Coody, Gary Player and Lou Graham but never made a serious move to put the tournament away after shooting a course-record 64 Saturday.
He birdied No. 9 to regain his original lead at the turn, then saw the edge gradually slip while Coody mounted his challenge.
Coody had three birdies and eagled No. 17 to climb the leaderboard with a 67 that gave him a 273 total. Gary Player shot 68 and finished third at 274 after he eagled the 17th hole and birdied No. 18.
Graham, Bob Charles, Al Geiberger, Miller Barber and Arnold Palmer tied for fourth at 278. Palmer shot a 67.
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At High Point, N.C., Robin Hood proved that rank had its privilege in the Pat Bradley International - even if it meant a low spot and an early tee time.
The second-year player, first off the tee as a result of a low third-round score and a playoff to qualify for the final round, won her first tournament on the LPGA Tour by stealing six birdies from the Willow Creek Golf Course on the way to 16 points and the championship in the $400,000 LPGA tournament.
Kathy Postlewait reached 12 points but lost a final chance to challenge at the 15th green when a short putt to save par rimmed the hole and she finished with 11. Patti Rizzo eagled the 16th to raise her score from six to 11.