Ronnie Black doesn't have much to say about his game over the past two years.
"I'm extremely bummed out about the way I've played," he said.But Black was encouraged by his performance in the Pebble Beach Invitational. He shot a 1-under-par 71 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory over four players on the famed Northern California course.
A non-exempt tour player the past two seasons, Black finished with an 11-under 277 total to win the $50,000 top prize.
Black, who was 143rd on the tour's money list this year with $122,188, is scheduled to play in next week's tour qualifying tournament in an attempt to regain his card.
"I wanted to come here and get sharp for that," he said.
A 30-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole gave Black a one-stroke lead over LPGA tour player Kris Tschetter, who was in the group at 279.
Also at 279 were touring pros Kenny Perry and Kirk Triplett and club pro Bob Ford, who started the final round with a two-stroke lead but ballooned to a 75.
The tournament, in its 24th year, was played on the par-72 Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Del Monte courses, with the final round at Pebble Beach. It featured head-to-head competition among pros on the PGA, Senior PGA and LPGA tours, as well as invitees such as Ford.
Women and senior tour players hit from shorter tees.
At Thousand Oaks, Calif., Lee Janzen and Chip Beck birdied the last eight holes and combined for a 15-under-par 57. Three of the other nine teams also carded 57s in the scramble format Sunday.
It didn't matter. Par was pretty much an abstract term at the Shark Shootout.
Steve Elkington and partner Mark Calcavecchia put together a round of 59 and a three-day total of 32-under and held on to win the $1.1 million tournament by one shot over Janzen and Beck.
At Miyazaki, Japan, Jumbo Ozaki's only lead in the Dunlop Phoenix was the only one that mattered. The one at the end.
The Japanese star holed a 30-foot eagle putt on the final hole Sunday to successfully defend his title with a one-stroke margin over Americans Robert Gamez and Brandt Jobe and Australia's Peter Senior.
Ozaki, a four-time winner this year, finished with a 3-under-par 68 for an 11-under 273 total on the Phoenix Country Club course. He earned $360,000 in the $2 million tournament.