Calcavecchia Is Over-Cooked

Golf

John Cook, rather miserable with his golf career, was thinking last January about calling it quits as a full-time player.

He didn’t, instead spending a quiet couple of days with his longtime teacher, former Tour player Ken Venturi, and rededicating himself to the game. It has paid off.

Cook, playing consecutive rounds that equaled the lowest ever on the Tour, shot a 9-under-par 62 on Saturday and a 63 on Sunday to overtake Mark Calcavecchia at Indian Wells, Calif., and win his second Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

Cook finished the 90-hole tournament at 327, 33-under-par, one shot in front of Calcavecchia.

Jesper Parnevik of Sweden finished third, with his 62 leaving him at 28-under. Mark O’Meara was another shot back in fourth, and Tommy Tolles and Don Pooley finished tied for fifth at 24-under.

Cook’s 62-63 tied a Tour record for consecutive rounds that he already shared with three others. He did it last year on his way to winning the St. Jude Classic.

Former Pullman resident Kirk Triplett finished at 341 and earned $22,500.

Hale Irwin birdied the 17th hole to break a daylong deadlock with Gil Morgan and capture the MasterCard Championship at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

Irwin finished the final round with a 68 to complete the 54-hole tournament at 7-under 209, while Morgan’s 70 put him at 211.

Bob Charles birdied the final two holes for a closing 69 to finish alone in third place at 212.

Michelle McGann, who missed an eight-foot birdie putt on the final hole, won the HealthSouth Inaugural in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., by making a 2-1/2-foot par putt after Karrie Webb three-putted from 25 feet on the first playoff hole.