ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Practically perfect off the tee box, and not bad on the greens, either, Doug Tewell added to his impressive senior tour resume with a victory Sunday in the Legends of Golf.
Tewell shot 2-under 70 to finish the tournament at 11-under 205, one stroke better than Bobby Wadkins, who made a late run with a 66 in the final round.
Stewart Ginn shot 72 to tie with Bob Gilder (70) for third at 8 under.
The 52-year-old Tewell won for the second time this season.
He also has two senior major championships to his name and is the most accurate driver on the Senior PGA Tour (86 percent). He only improved the numbers over three days on the King & Bear Course at World Golf Village.
He hit all 14 fairways Sunday and finished the tournament hitting 41 of 42. The only one he missed came Friday at No. 7, when he hooked a drive to the left.
"It was in the first cut of rough," Tewell recalled. "No big deal."
In the final round, Tewell trailed Ginn by one stroke heading into the par-5 13th hole.
But the lead flip-flopped when Tewell made a 10-footer for birdie, and Ginn missed from 8 feet to save par, a putt set up when he overcooked his approach on the second shot and had to make a tough shot to get on the green.
Ginn, who played with Tewell on Saturday and Sunday, said he never got discouraged, even though Tewell didn't miss a fairway either day.
"I knew what I had to do to beat him," Ginn said. "I went for it. I didn't back off. If he makes birdies, he makes birdies. You've got to go out there and golf your golf ball."
Proving how much easier this game is when you're constantly playing from the fairway, Tewell also hit a well-above-average 47 of 54 greens in regulation over the three days.
"That's my golf game," he said. "I try not to make a lot of mistakes. I don't make a lot of mistakes. That's why when I get in the lead, sometimes I'm able to go ahead and win big."
Although this wasn't a big victory, it was a consistent performance, and the result wasn't really in doubt as Tewell made his way through the final four holes.
On the par-3 14th, he put his tee shot 18 inches from the hole for birdie to go to 11 under and take a two-stroke lead.
LPGA OFFICE DEPOT: At Los Angeles, Se Ri Pak outdueled Annika Sorenstam to win the Office Depot Championship on Sunday, denying Sorenstam her second comeback victory in a row in the tournament.
Pak, who led Sorenstam by three shots going into the last round of the 54-hole event, shot a 1-over 73 to finish at 7-under 209, one stroke in front of Sorenstam, who had a closing 71.
A year ago, Sorenstam shot a 66 to come from 10 shots behind leader Pat Hurst on the final day, then beat Mi Hyun Kim on the first hole of a playoff.
The 31-year-old Swede sent the tournament down to the wire again this time, with a birdie on the 17th hole to draw within one shot of Pak, who bogeyed the hole.