Cook collects his 10th Champions Tour victory

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – John Cook won the First Tee Open on Sunday at Pebble Beach for his 10th Champions Tour title with a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke win over Tom Byrum.

Cook, 56, birdied the par-4 13th and parred the final five holes to finish at 11-under 204. He won the 1981 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am at Pebble Beach for the first of his 11 PGA Tour titles and won the 1975 California State Amateur there.

Cook parred the par-5 18th, missing a 25-foot birdie try that left a tap-in for the victory.

Byrum also shot 69. Winless on the 50-and-over tour after winning once on the PGA Tour, he bogeyed the par-5 14th and par-3 17th and closed with a par.

Cook won for the first time since the Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Hawaii in January 2013. He began the final round with a one-shot lead over Byrum and Skip Kendall.

Kendall, playing his second Champions Tour event after earning a spot in open qualifying Tuesday, tied for third with England’s Roger Chapman. Kendall shot 70, and Chapman had a 65.

Former Pullman resident Kirk Triplett, the winner the last two years, shot a 67 to tie for sixth at 7 under with three others.