Lehman Wins By Six

Tom Lehman finished off a dominating performance at Southern Hills Country Club and a sensational year with a 71 in the rain-delayed final round of the Tour Championship for a 12-under-par 268, six strokes ahead of Brad Faxon and seven better than Steve Stricker.

The victory gave Lehman the money title, the best scoring average and the PGA of America player of the year award.

Lehman is now a strong contender for the PGA Tour player of the year award, which is determined in a vote by players.

The $540,000 first-place check gave Lehman $1,780,159, breaking the record $1,654,959 won by Greg Norman last year and edged Phil Mickelson by $82,360 as leading money winner.