Mayfair Wins Tour Championship

By the time the wind and slick greens of Southern Hills finally caught up with Billy Mayfair at the Tour Championship, he had a big enough lead to hold on for the biggest payoff of the year.

Mayfair won the $3 million, season-ending tournament by shooting a 3-over 73, giving him an even-par total of 280 over a course that yielded just one round below par on Sunday and only 14 subpar rounds for the entire tournament.

His three-stroke victory gave him $540,000. He finished second on the money list with $1,543,192, about $111,000 behind Greg Norman.

It was the first time even-par or worse had won a 72-hole PGA Tour event since 1981, when Bruce Lietzke won the Byron Nelson Classic at 1-over 281.

Former Pullman resident Kirk Triplett finished with a final-round 77 for a 294. He took home $55,800 for his effort.

Bob Charles made a 12-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole to beat Dave Stockton and capture the $600,000 Kaanapali Seniors Classic at Kaanapali, Hawaii. Charles shot 68 after 18 holes while Stockton shot a 70 to give both golfers a three-day total 204 before the playoff.

Meg Mallon fired a 7-under-par 65, helping players from the LPGA come from behind for a 19-17 victory over the Japanese counterparts in the Nichirei International LPGA golf tournament at Ina, Japan.

By outscoring the Japanese 13-1/2 - 4-1/2 in the final day’s singles matches, the LPGA posted its 11th consecutive victory and 15th overall against only two losses since 1979.