Trahan takes first PGA tour victory

MADISON, Miss. – D.J. Trahan won the Southern Farm Bureau Classic for his first PGA Tour victory, birdieing the par-5 18th hole three straight times in a playoff to hold off Joe Durant.

Trahan won with a 5-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole after closing with a 1-under 71 to match Durant (66) at 13-under 275 on the Annandale Golf Club course. Trahan holed the winning putt after Durant missed a 5-footer of his own.

Trahan, the second-year tour player who led after each of the first three rounds, earned $540,000 and a two-year PGA Tour exemption. The 25-year-old former Clemson star entered the week 142nd on the money list with $474,242.

After missing 15 cuts in 23 tournaments, Janzen entered this tournament 202nd place on the money list with $142,842 – $425,955 behind 125th-place Omar Uresti.

Lee Janzen shot a 70 to finish third at 12 under. J.P. Hayes (68) finished fourth at 11 under.

Champions Tour

Andy Bean won the Greater Hickory Classic in Conover, N.C., for his first Champions Tour title, two-putting for birdie from 25 feet to beat R.W. Eaks on the first hole of a playoff.

Bean, the leader after each of the first two rounds, closed with a 4-under 68 to match Eaks (65) at 15-under 201 on Rock Barn Golf and Spa’s Jones Course and force the first playoff in tournament history. While Bean two-putted for birdie on the first extra hole, Eaks’ 4-foot birdie try hit the lip and spun out.

The 53-year-old Bean, who earned $240,000, won in his 91st start on the 50-and-over tour after winning 11 times on the PGA Tour. He opened with rounds of 63 and 70.

Chip Beck closed with a 67 to finish third at 13 under.

Dana Quigley (66) finished at 12 under, and Joe Ozaki (66), Tom Purtzer (68), Hajime Meshiai (68) and Allen Doyle (70) followed at 11 under.