Patience paid off for Justin Hicks,
who waited out a one-hour rain delay
after hitting his drive on the 72nd hole
clinging to a one-
shot lead while a
quartet of play-
ers nipping at his
heels had already
finished. When
play resumed,
the 35-year-old,
who played at the
University of Michigan, coolly struck a
7-iron from 173 yards to within three
feet of the hole. He knocked that birdie
in to cap a final-round 66 at Thornblade
Club in Greenville, S.C., and a two-shot
victory in the Nationwide Tour BMW
Charity Pro-Am.
Hicks finished at 20-under-par 266
to earn $108,000. That was two strokes
better than Kevin Chappell (68), Tommy
Gainey (67), Chris Kirk (66) and Jamie
Lovemark (65). Fabian Gomez, the
54-hole leader and a playoff runner-up
here a year ago, bogeyed the final hole
for a 1-over 72 and solo sixth place.
The win was Hicks’ first since cap-
turing the 2008 Ford Wayne Gretzky
Classic in a playoff over Casey Witten-
berg.
“The first puts you on the map,”
said Hicks. “The second one says that
you’re not a one-hit wonder. I’d like to
think I can make a career out of this
game. It will probably take a day or two
before this sinks in. Right now it just
Justin Hicks
feels like I won the race for the day, not
the whole tournament.”
While winner Hicks was exhibiting
patience, former NFL star receiver
Jerry Rice surrendered. The Hall of
Famer was disqualified Friday be-
cause his caddie used a range-finding
scope to check yardages. The disquali-
fication came a day after Rice shot a
92, the highest round ever since the
BMW Charity Pro-Am began in 1992.
“A rookie mistake,” Rice said with
a smile of his disqualification. He also
said he was done competing on golf’s
Triple-A circuit.
RESULTS
FORSMAN CRUISES TO VICTORY
AT REGIONS CHARITY CLASSIC
first six holes, but
made double-bogey
on the seventh and
bogeyed the 10th
and 11th to fall
out of contention.
1-over 73, six shots
behind Forsman and
tied for fifth with Jeff Sluman.
Forsman made an eagle and four
straight birdies at one point in his
round, allowing him to stumble with a
pair of bogeys coming in and still win
comfortably. His 20-under total of 196
was three strokes better than Joe Ozaki
(66) and Peter Senior (68).
It was the 6-4 Forsman’s second
Champions Tour victory to go along with
five PGA Tour titles.
RESULTS
LAHIRI SETS SCORING RECORD
IN CLAIMING INDIAN TOUR TITLE
Anirban Lahiri closed with a 5-under
67 to post a six-stroke victory at the
PGTI Players Championship presented
by Aamby Valley Golf Course Friday.
He finished at 24-under 264, breaking
the PGTI record of 22 under for four
rounds set by Jyoti Randhawa in 2007.
RESULTS
DAVIES’ WEEKEND RALLY
EARNS GERMAN OPEN TITLE
her 74th career victory at the UniCredit
Ladies German Open Sunday in Munich.
The 46-year-old, who trailed by nine
strokes after Friday’s second round,
finished the 72-hole event at 11-under
277 at Golfpark Gut Häusern. She went
10 under over the weekend to finish two
shots ahead of compatriot Melissa Reid
and three ahead of third-round leader
Ashleigh Simon of South Africa.
It was Davies’ 40th Ladies European
Tour victory, following her win at the
Pegasus New Zealand Women’s Open in
February, when she became the Tour’s
oldest winner ever.
RESULTS
TANIGUCHI EDGES HIRATSUKA
AT JAPAN PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
LONGMUIR COASTS TO SEVEN-SHOT
EURO SENIOR TOUR VICTORY
Toru Taniguchi shot a final-round,
2-under-par 68 to hold off Tetsuji Hirat-
suka and win the Japan PGA Champi-
onship by one stroke Sunday at Passage
Kinkai Island Golf Club in Nagasaki.
Hiratsuka missed a birdie putt from 13
feet on the 18th hole to force a playoff.
It was the 42-year-old Taniguchi’s third
major title – he’s won the Japan Open
twice – and 16th career win on the
JGTO.
RESULTS
Soo Jin Yang parred the third playoff
hole to defeat amateur Eun Joo Lee
and capture the KLPGA Women’s Open
in Seoul, Korea, Sunday. The twosome
played the 18th hole each time in the
sudden-death, matching bogeys and
pars on their first two trips before the
18-year-old Yang prevailed. The pair
had finished 54 holes tied at 4 under.
RESULTS
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