This time the rabbit ran away and hid.
Brad Faxon set the early pace, with birdies on six of his first eight holes, and refused to be overtaken in capturing the $216,000 winner's check at the International golf tournament Sunday.Faxon scored 14 points based on this tournament's modified Stableford scoring system that awards 8 points for double eagle, 5 for eagle, 2 for birdie, zero for par, minus-1 for bogey and minus-3 for double bogey or worse.
He was two points better than runner-up Lee Janzen.
Steve Elkington and D.A. Weibring finished in a tie for third with 10 points, followed by John Daly at 9. Greg Norman, Steve Pate and Bruce Lietzke wound up at 8.
All 24 golfers in Sunday's finale started from scratch after three rounds of qualifying. But the shootout that usually occurs on the final day never really materialized as Faxon took most of the drama out of the event.
With only one exception in the International's seven-year history - when Greg Norman led wire-to-wire in 1989 - a fast starter has set the early pace, only to be falter or be overtaken.
"It's a tremendous advantage to get off first," said Faxon, 31. "You're putting on untouched greens. And I think it's really hard to go later and have to shoot at a number."
In Brooklyn Park, Minn., Kris Tschetter shot a 1-over-par 73 for a three-stroke victory over Deb Richard in the LPGA Northgate Classic on Sunday.
In Kenmore, Wash., Mike Joyce shot an 8-under-par 64 to win his first Senior PGA Tour title with a two-stroke margin over Mike Hill in the GTE Northwest Classic on Sunday.
Joyce, who earned $67,500, finished with a 12-under 204 total on the 6,440-yard Inglewood Country Club course. Hill closed with a 71.