It was also the best result of a Davenportian on Tour, and "La Rocket"'s
latest step towards greatness on the international golf stage after a
very distinguished amateur career.

Bilau and Larocquette finished regulation at 14-under 274 and went back
to the par-4 18th to begin the playoff. Larocquette made things tough on
himself right away, putting his tee shot into a bunker on the right side
of the fairway.

With a cluster of trees blocking his way to the hole, Larocquette played
it safe and punched out to the fairway. But with Bilau on the green in
two, Larocquette needed to put his next shot close to the pin. Instead,
it hit the green and rolled off, finally stopping in the rough about 18
feet from the hole. 

Bilau missed an 18-foot birdie putt but tapped in for par, forcing
Larocquette to hole his chip shot to force a second playoff hole. The
Davenportian came a few inches shy, but his ball rolled right on by to
make Bilau the champion. 

Altland's Palo Pescitel, Kalesthesia's Telton Seruca, and Meritean
Reynhold Jarvie tied for third at 12-under 276. Quincy Holland, the
favorite Charistianan, still looking for his form from last season, once
again never got his putter going and finished seven strokes back at
7-under 281.

''I just didn't make any putts. When that happens, you're not going to
go very low,'' he said. ''Overall, I hit the ball beautifully, hit a lot
of good, solid shots, held the ball in the wind. I drove it great this
week. I just didn't make any of those 10- or 15-footers to get the
momentum going.''  The putter had been slowing Holland down since the
beginning of the season.  Holland's performance was in line with an
overall shockingly bad showing by the local Christianans in their first
official IGT event played on the island.  Top-ranked Evan Burchard
actually failed to even make the cut!

Bilau appeared to have the title wrapped up with a birdie on the par-5
15th that moved him to 16 under, two strokes ahead of Larocquette. But
the Namurian duffed a chip shot just off the green on the next hole,
hitting the lip of a bunker. The ball dropped into the bunker, and Bilau
settled for par. 

After Larocquette missed birdie putts on 16 and 17, all Bilau had to do
was par the 18th - something he'd done the first three days - for a
victory. But it wasn't that easy. 

His second shot landed on the back-right side of the green, uphill from
the pin that was tucked in the bottom-left corner. Hit it too hard, and
the ball would roll right into the water. Hit it too soft, and it would
stop. 

Using an iron, Bilau gently tapped the ball. The ball picked up speed as
it rolled and got within an inch of the cup, coming so close its shadow
covered the cup. But it kept going, rolling about 10 feet past the hole
as Bilau bent his head. 

He still had a chance for par, but his putt curled away from the hole
and missed by about a foot.

Playing in the group behind Bilau, Larocquette knew he could win with a
birdie. But he sent his drive screaming off to the left side and then
sent his second shot dribbling off the green and down into the sloping
rough. It looked as if it might roll all the way into the water, but it
hung up in the apron off the green.

Larocquette chipped to 2 feet away, and had to settle for par and the
playoff, where Bilau was to prevail.

"I am so happy to win, especially here in the home of golf,
Christiana... I don't believe that my win will make too many waves back
home, soccer is simply everything in Namuria, but perhaps this can draw
my country's attention to the fact that golf is a great game as well,
and maybe help further its popularity.  Anyways, I am very happy!"

Laroquette was a gracious loser: "I got myself in trouble, and basically
screwed up in the playoff... too bad.  But congrats to Rugro, he sure
held on tough.  Second is not bad either.  Now I know I can win out
here, and I will sooner or later."

Bilau's $540,000 christiana crowns winners cheque now puts him firmly in
the lead in the rookie of the year standings.

The final results and earnings, in christiana crowns:

                  x-Bilau (NAM), $540,000         69-69-68-68--274 -14
 
                  Larocquette (DAV), $324,000     63-72-70-69--274 -14
 
                  Pescitel (ALT), $156,000        69-69-70-68--276 -12 
                  Seruca (KAL), $156,000          72-68-66-70--276 -12 
                  Jarvie (MER), $156,000          66-70-69-71--276 -12
 
                  Parsley (DAV), $100,500         70-71-68-68--277 -11 
                  Aretasuna (UTA), $100,500       69-65-74-69--277 -11 
                  Kluffen (WES), $100,500         70-63-70-74--277 -11
 
                  Kilet (BOW), $72,000            74-67-70-67--278 -10 
                  Cates (DAV), $72,000            72-68-69-69--278 -10 
                  DuBraal (KTZ), $72,000          67-68-73-70--278 -10 
                  Fornende (CAB), $72,000         67-70-70-71--278 -10 
                  Yurhaus (MER), $72,000          72-67-68-71--278 -10 
                  Norling (ALT), $72,000          69-66-68-75--278 -10
 
                  Fildbauer (ALT), $48,000        69-69-70-71--279  -9 
                  Strevel (MER), $48,000          72-63-72-72--279  -9 
                  Neal (CHR), $48,000             68-70-69-72--279  -9 
                  Ipsi (KTZ), $48,000             71-67-66-75--279  -9 
                  Verde (ORD), $48,000            68-69-68-74--279  -9
 
                  Glenfiddich (DRA), $36,200      71-68-69-72--280  -8 
                  Lubjana (DRA), $36,200          67-68-72-73--280  -8 
                  Kepparketl (ALT), $36,200       72-69-66-73--280  -8 

                  Magermilch (SCK), $26,700       73-68-71-69--281  -7 
                  Holland (CHR), $26,700          70-69-70-72--281  -7 
                  Pharinser (DRA), $26,700        68-71-70-72--281  -7 
                  Imvaldt (WES), $26,700          69-72-67-73--281  -7 
                  Merch (REZ), $26,700            68-72-67-74--281  -7 

                  Sunilam (WMC), $22,200          70-70-69-73--282  -6
 
                  Fagundes (EST), $16,775         71-70-74-68--283  -5 
                  McKey (ROS), $16,775            69-73-72-69--283  -5 
                  Olejnik (GUW), $16,775          72-68-73-70--283  -5 
                  Fletcher (ARM), $16,775         71-72-70-70--283  -5 
                  Harrison (MER), $16,775         69-71-72-71--283  -5 
                  Nickerson (DAV), $16,775        72-69-71-71--283  -5 
                  Quartermaine (RAS), $16,775     74-67-71-71--283  -5 
                  Bir'Her (FNZ), $16,775          72-71-69-71--283  -5 
                  Pennenton (UTA), $16,775        69-72-69-73--283  -5 
                  Disbach (ARO), $16,775          71-70-69-73--283  -5 
                  Tennant (ARM), $16,775          67-74-68-74--283  -5 
                  O'Banion (SPA), $16,775         70-69-68-76--283  -5
 
                  Bajme (KTZ), $9,708             68-74-74-68--284  -4 
                  Zirandria (NAM), $9,708         72-69-74-69--284  -4 
                  Rannatosu (UTA), $9,708         71-71-71-71--284  -4 
                  Bromaghim (MER), $9,708         70-72-71-71--284  -4 
                  Weslow (IWK), $9,708            69-74-70-71--284  -4 
                  Persepolis (DRA), $9,708        75-68-69-72--284  -4 
                  De Dronk (ALT), $9,708          70-70-71-73--284  -4 
                  O'Bannon (DAV), $9,708          71-69-71-73--284  -4 
                  Predicor (ALB), $9,708          72-69-69-74--284  -4 
                  Galinheira (ORD), $9,708        68-71-71-74--284  -4
 
                  Siggis (BOB), $7,155            69-72-73-71--285  -3 
                  nusKorns (EST), $7,155          71-72-71-71--285  -3 
                  Bneressia (NAM), $7,155         68-70-73-74--285  -3 
                  Unon (LEX), $7,155              70-66-75-74--285  -3
 
                  Lumle (LEX), $6,750             71-72-73-70--286  -2 
                  Dascunyan (LOM), $6,750         68-75-73-70--286  -2 
                  Narresch (IWK), $6,750          72-67-76-71--286  -2 
                  Von Chicken (WES), $6,750       70-70-73-73--286  -2 
                  Tahoma (CHR), $6,750            73-70-69-74--286  -2 
                  Mestrov (GUW), $6,750           68-71-72-75--286  -2 

                  Murial (NAM), $6,510            75-68-72-72--287  -1 
                  Chalzes (SCK), $6,510           72-69-72-74--287  -1 

                  Gortsidler (ALT), $6,270        72-71-74-71--288   E 
                  Dews (RAS), $6,270              73-69-72-74--288   E 
                  Drenner (NAM), $6,270           72-70-72-74--288   E 
                  Tensol (CHR), $6,270            73-70-71-74--288   E 
                  Peacock (UNT), $6,270           72-67-74-75--288   E 
                  Bartrim (FRW), $6,270           71-70-72-75--288   E
 
                  Shearer (UNT), $6,030           72-71-74-72--289  +1 
                  Lowe (ARM), $6,030              72-71-72-74--289  +1
 
                  Waturnowani (ALL), $5,850       72-71-75-72--290  +2 
                  Marino (CHR), $5,850            69-71-75-75--290  +2 
                  Malatest (ALT), $5,850          74-68-72-76--290  +2 
                  Schwartz (DEU), $5,850          70-73-71-76--290  +2
 
                  Grünwiesen (WES), $5,700        76-67-76-72--291  +3 

                  Bedinsson (NEO), $5,640         75-67-76-74--292  +4 

                  Mendelsson (BRO), $5,580        73-70-74-76--293  +5 

                  Gelfinger (LCP), $5,520         71-71-78-74--294  +6 

                  Zoëk (WES), $5,460              71-72-74-78--295  +7 

                  Scipshold (ALT), $5,400         72-69-82-73--296  +8