Duffy Waldorf sank a 4-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole Sunday, giving him and Tom Lehman a 1-up victory over Kenny Perry and John Huston in the finals of the $2.1 million Diners' Club Matches.
The winners split the $250,000 first prize. Lehman and Waldorf fell behind by two holes on the front nine before Lehman birdied Nos. 12 and 13 to even the match."We really needed a lift," Waldorf said. "They had a chance to put us away early but Tom made a big birdie at 12 and came back with another at 13 to get us even."
Lehman saved par with a 6-foot putt at the par-3, 17th hole after hitting his tee shot into the sand.
"I miss added the yardage at 17," Lehman said. "I added 127 yards and 16 yards to come out with 133 yards. Just a basic error in math. That left me in the bunker."
Bob Murphy's 15-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole gave Murphy and partner Jim Colbert a 1-up victory over Dave Stockton and Hale Irwin in the seniors division.
"After I missed that 4-footer for birdie at sixteen I was very happy with the birdie at 17," Murphy said. "I didn't want to let my partner down and I know he doesn't want to let me down. It's a little bit of extra pressure that match play creates."
Colbert and Murphy never trailed in the match but never led by more than one hole.
"We had a lot of putts lip out," Colbert said. "I'm a little surprised that our match had only 11 birdies for the four of us. But the pins were in some tough positions."
Kelly Robbins, who had five birdies and captured four holes, and Tammie Green defeated Laura Davies and Mardi Lunn 1-up to win their second Diners' Club title and the $250,000 first prize.
Robbins and Green won the inaugural event last year, coming back from a two-hole deficit.
They birdied five of the first six holes Sunday to go 4-up. Davies and Lunn came back with birdies at 8, 10 and 12 to trail by a single hole.
Robbins birdied the 13th hole but Lunn's 8-foot birdie at the 17th sent the match to the final hole. Robbins was conceded her par. Lunn and Davies were unable to better par.
"It was exciting to the very end," Green said. "I wish we could say that we were just toying with them but we weren't."
Each tour has its own event with a purse of $890,000 for the four-day PGA Tour and $610,000 for the three-day Senior PGA and the LPGA. Each member of the losing teams Sunday earned $50,000.