Scott Dunlap outlasted Mark Brooks for his first career victory on the Champions Tour. Dunlap was up three strokes twice on the back nine and he appeared headed to an easy victory after making a short birdie putt at the 14th hole.
However, Brooks, playing in the group ahead of Dunlap, birdied six of his last seven holes, including a clutch eight-foot birdie putt on the final of regulation, to catch Dunlap.
On the first extra hole, the par-5 18th, Brooks was forced to lay up after hitting his drive in the bunker. Dunlap hit his drive in the fairway and then rifled his 3-wood second shot to within five feet of the hole allowing him to have two putts for victory after Brooks spun his third shot back to the front of the green and missed his birdie effort from 40 feet. Dunlap’s eagle effort slid just past the hole and he tapped in for the win.
Dunlap won his first title on the Champions Tour in his 16th career start on the Champions Tour and claimed his first TOUR victory since the 2008 Panama Movistar Championship on the Web.com Tour. He made 204 appearances on the PGA TOUR and was third three times – T3 2000 PLAYERS, T3-1999 Doral-Ryder Open and T3-1996 Bell Canadian Open.
Rod Spittle finished tied for 32nd after carding 72 in the final round
Final scores click http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/boeing-classic/leaderboard.html
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