Duffy Waldorf won his first PGA title and runner-up Justin Leonard earned a chance to play for the big money next week.
Waldorf shot a 7-under-par 65 Sunday for a six-stroke victory in the $1 million Texas Open. His 20-under total earned him $198,000.Leonard, who had a final-round 68, collected $118,000 for finishing second and that moved him from 33rd and into the top 30 on the money list for the year and into the select field for $3 million Tour Championship to be held next week at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla.
Loren Roberts, the first-round leader who was 31st on the money list, finished in a tie for third at 8-under 280 with John Mahaffey and John Morse and earned $57,200. That was enough to move him into the top 30.
Jeff Sluman and Hal Sutton were 29th and 30th on last week's money list.
Waldorf had held a slim lead since Friday and was one stroke ahead of St. George native Jay Don Blake entering the final round. Midway through the front nine Blake faltered and Leonard, who graduated from the University of Texas last year, became Waldorf's biggest threat.
Leonard started the day three strokes back and moved within two after he birdied the par-4 5th. Despite three more birdies in the round, the 23-year-old Leonard never moved any closer to Waldorf.
Blake shot a 5-over 77 Sunday and finished at 281. Blake looked like the likely third-place finisher through most of the back nine, but he made a 9 on the par-5 16th when it took him four shots to get out of a sand trap.
At Los Angeles, John Bland, a South African making his second appearance on the Senior PGA Tour, shot a 6-under-par 65 Sunday to win the $800,000 Ralphs Senior Classic by a stroke.
Jim Colbert missed an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole that would have forced a playoff.
Bland finished with a three-round total of 12-under 201, earning a first prize of $120,000.
"Ever since I turned 47 years old I've been looking forward to playing on the Senior Tour," Bland said. "I played in Europe right up to my 50th birthday and that kept me in good shape."
Colbert closed with a 67 for a 202.
"I played that last putt straight at the hole and it broke to the right," he said. "I was thinking about playing it to break a little left but I'd never have played it to go right."
Dave Stockton and Terry Dill shared third at 203. Al Geiberger was another stroke back.
Bland made his Senior Tour debut two weeks ago on a sponsor's exemption, sharing fifth place.
"When I saw this course I knew I could do well," Bland said. "But I didn't expect to win so soon here."
Bland qualified with a 68 Monday at Palos Verdes Country Club.
"I was very nervous Monday while qualifying," he said. "There were 110 guys trying to qualify for just four spots."
Colbert, who won $70,400, was attempting to gain ground on the senior tour's money leader, playing partner Dave Stockton.
At St. Andrews, Scotland, Andrew Coltart's ace and Sam Torrance's persistence earned Scotland its first Dunhill Cup in 11 years of trying when it downed Zimbabwe 2-1 Sunday.
Coltart fired his ace at the 178-yard 8th hole at the Old Course en route to a 67 and a four-shot victory over Tony Johnstone. Torrance, who won all three of his matches in the group games, pulled away from Mark McNulty at the 12th and went on to two-shot victory with a 68.
Zimbabwe's top player, Nick Price, beat Colin Montgomerie by six shots. Price carded a 68 for his fifth sub-70 round in a row.
The Scottish trio took home $150,000 apiece, twice the payoff to Zimbabweans.
Starting the championship as the fourth seed behind the Americans, Australians and Zimbabweans - the trio had to beat Ernie Els-led South Africa - to make the final four. The United States and Australia failed to get that far.
The American trio of Ben Crenshaw, Peter Jacobsen and Lee Janzen finished last in its group after losses to Ireland and defending titlist Canada. Australia, which included Greg Norman and Steve Elkington, tumbled out after unexpectedly losing 3-0 to already-eliminated England.
At Roswell, Ga., Allen Doyle parred the first playoff hole Sunday to win the $250,000 Nike Tour Championship and earn a berth on the 1996 PGA Tour.
Doyle had a 1-under-par 71 in the final round for a 5-under total of 283 that tied him with John Maginnes, who had a 69 Sunday.
The top 10 finishers on the Nike Tour money list received their 1996 PGA Tour cards from commissioner Tim Finchem.
Jerry Kelly, who finished with a 295 total, won $2,130 to finish the year with a tour record $188,878. Doyle was runner-up on the earnings list.
The others to qualify for next year's PGA Tour were: David Toms, Franklin Langham, Stuart Appleby, Tom Scherrer, Chris Smith, Sean Murphy, Hugh Royer III and Brad Fabel.