GOLF ROUNDUP | Sunday's other events



Chrysler Classic of Tucson
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Kirk Triplett started the final round with five straight birdies and had four in a row on the back nine, shooting a 9-under 63 to win the Chrysler Classic of Tucson for his third career PGA Tour victory. Triplett, who turns 44 next month, was close to missing the cut after opening rounds of 68 and 71 left him at 5 under. But he sizzled on the weekend, shooting a 64 on Saturday en route to a 22-under 266 total. He made the turn at 18 under and raced into the lead with birdies at the 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th, holing a 51-foot chip from the left fringe on No. 17. Triplett won $540,00 from the $3 million purse. Jerry Kelly shot a 65 to finish a stroke back. Duffy Waldorf, the second- and third-round leader who seemed poised for his first victory in six years, shot a 72 to match Bubba Watson (70) and Heath Slocum (68) at 19 under.
Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am
LUTZ, Fla. -- Jerry Pate won a PGA Tour-sanctioned event for the first time in 24 years, birdieing the final hole for a 5-under 65 and a one-stroke victory over three players in the Champions Tour's event. Pate had an 11-under 202 total and earned $240,000 for his first victory since the PGA Tour's 1982 Tournament Players Championship. Pate celebrated the victory the same way he did in 1982 by jumping into a lake. Pate broke a four-way tie with his 10-foot putt on the final hole, leaving Hale Irwin (68), Mark James (68) and Morris Hatalsky (64) a shot back. Loren Roberts (69) tied for fifth in an unsuccessful bid to become the first player in tour history to win four straight tournaments.
New Zealand PGA
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- Canadian Jim Rutledge won the New Zealand PGA Championship, overcoming a nine-stroke deficit with an 8-under 64 en route to a one-stroke victory over Australians Brett Rumford and Jarrod Lyle. The 46-year-old Rutledge had an eagle-birdie finish for a 9-under 279 total on the Clearwater course in the event co-sanctioned by the Nationwide and Australasian tours. He holed a 111-yard shot for eagle on the par-4 17th and capped his bogey-free round with a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 18. Rutledge began the round tied for 25th at 1 under after rounds of 75, 68 and 72. Rumford finished with a 72, and Lyle shot a 74.
Associated Press