Former USC Trojan Jamie
Lovemark made eagle-three on
the first playoff
hole Sunday to
beat B.J. Staten
at the $600,000
Nationwide Tour
Mexico Open
Bicentenary at El
Bosque Country
Club.
Lovemark shot 4-under 68 to
finish with a total of 12-under 276,
which Staten tied with two birdies
on his final three holes. The pair
then went back to the par- 5 18th for
the playoff.
It was Lovemark’s first Nation-
wide Tour victory after finishing
third twice and tied for second
earlier this season.
Lovemark, the 2007 individual
NCAA champion, made birdie-three
on No. 16 after two back-nine bo-
geys for his regulation 276. Then he
waited as Staten and Efren Serna Jr.
tried to close on that score.
Serna, from Mexico, tied Love-
mark for the lead after No. 17, but
bogeyed the par- 5 18th hole. He
finished with bogeys on two of his
final three holes to miss a chance to
win in his home country.
Lovemark began the weekend
in the No. 10 position on the Na-
Jamie Lovemark
tionwide Tour money list, and took
home $117,000 for his victory.
Second-round leaders Staten
and Peter Tomasulo also were tied
for the lead after three rounds at
9-under-par 207. Seven golfers
were grouped together one shot
back after Saturday – Lovemark,
Serna, Jeff Brehaut, J.J. Killeen,
Doug LaBelle II, Hugo Leon and
Madalitso Muthiya.
The Nationwide Tour is off next
week, but returns to play July 8-11
in Canada at the Wayne Gretzky
Classic. The $800,099 event is
played at the Georgian Bay Club
in Clarksburg, Ont., and the Ra-
ven Golf Club in Thornbury, Ont.
RESULTS
Roberts hit a pitching wedge to
six feet and made the putt at the
18th hole at En-Joie Golf Club in
Endicott, N. Y., to finish at 15-under
201. Funk also closed with a 65. It
was the 12th career victory on the
Champions Tour for Roberts, who
rallied from five shots behind with
eight holes to play.
Roberts earned $255,000 for
the victory, pushing his career
money total on the Champions
Tour to nearly $10 million and
combined earnings to more than
$25 million. He won eight times on
the PGA Tour.
Mark Calcavecchia, who turned
50 two weeks ago and was bid-
ding to win his Tour debut, never
mounted a charge and finished at
12 under and tied for sixth with
Brad Bryant (71) and Bill Glasson
(69).
RESULTS
coming home in 1-under, sinking a
crucial birdie putt at the last hole.
Lunn, the 1993 Women’s British
Open champion, finished on 12 un-
der par after three rounds, one shot
ahead of England’s Trish Johnson,
who also shot 65, and Iben Tinning
of Denmark (68).
RESULTS
RUSSELL SURVIVES
EURO SENIOR SCARE
LUNN WINNER IN PORTUGAL
VELASCO ENDS
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