Bruce Summerhays made a 1-foot par putt on the second playoff hole Sunday to beat Hugh Baiocchi and win the $1 million Saint Luke's Classic.
Summerhays, winless in 101 Senior PGA Tour tournaments, shot a 5-under-par 65 to come from six strokes back and force the playoff with Baiocchi, who had held or shared the lead the first two days but faded to a 71 on Sunday. The two had 54-hole totals of 11-under 199.Baiocchi, a South African looking for his first Senior PGA victory, hooked his drove on the narrow 390-yard second playoff hole deep into the woods. He chopped his second shot through the fairway into deep rough about 50 yards from the green.
On his third shot, he was given relief from a nearby sprinkler head, but the ball pulled up about 25 feet short of the pin.
Summerhays hit a good drive but knocked his approach behind the green just a couple of feet from a water hazard. Using a wedge, he chipped to about a foot from the cup, and knocked in his winning putt after Baiocchi missed his try for par.
In the fifth playoff on this year's senior tour, Summerhays collected $157,500, the largest payoff of his golfing career.
World Series of Golf
AKRON, Ohio - Greg Norman had three birdies in a four-hole span on the back nine Sunday and pulled away to a four-stroke victory, continuing his mastery of the NEC World Series of Golf.
Unlike two years ago, when he had to hole a 66-foot 7-iron chip on the first playoff hole to win at Firestone Country Club, Norman took command by staying out of trouble and picking his spots for the easy win over defending champion Phil Mickelson.
His final-round 3-under-par 67, after rounds of 68, 68 and 70, left him at 7-under 273. He collected $396,000 and a 10-year PGA Tour exemption while battling heavy rains that pelted the course most of the day.
Norman is the leading money-winner ever at Firestone with more than $1.1 million in his 14 appearances - an average of $82,180 every time he has teed it up. He has finished in the top eight the last seven times he's played in the World Series. It was the 18th PGA Tour victory of his career and his second of the year as he won the St. Jude Classic in June.
Star Bank LPGA Classic
BEAVERCREEK, Ohio - Colleen Walker shot a 5-under-par 67 on Sunday to win the Star Bank LPGA Classic by two strokes and collect the $82,500 first prize plus a $100,000 bonus.
Walker, who won the du Maurier Classic earlier this month, received the bonus as part of the CCN Champions' Challenge, which offered the money to any winner who already had won a 1997 event.
Walker had a 13-under 203 total and Terry-Jo Myers, a two-time winner this year, closed with a 66 - the day's lowest round - to finish second.
Vancouver Open
SURREY, British Columbia - Mark Calcavecchia shot a 5-under-par 66 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Andrew Magee in the Greater Vancouver Open. Cal-ca-vec-chia had a 19-under 265 total on the Northview Golf and Country Club course.
European Open
DUBLIN, Ireland - Defending champion Per-Ulrik Johansson shot a 3-under-par 69 Sunday to win the European Open, while Jose Maria Olazabal improved his chances for an automatic Ryder Cup berth.
Johansson, a 30-year-old Swede, had a 21-under 267 total, six strokes ahead of England's Peter Baker, who closed with a 68. Olazabal and Raymond Russell tied for third at 274.
Compaq Open
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Annika Sorenstam closed with a 2-under-par 70 for a six-stroke victory in the Compaq Open on Sunday. The world's top-ranked player won her sixth title of the year, and first in her homeland. Sorenstam had an 11-under 277 total.
U.S. Amateur
LEMONT, Ill. - Matt Kuchar won the U.S. Amateur on Sunday, defeating Joel Kribel 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final. Kuchar, a Georgia Tech sophomore, was playing in the U.S. Amateur for the first time.