Orford began the final round six shots behind the leader, and had lost another
shot after hitting into a greenside bunker and taking a bogey 5 on No. 9. 

"I got off to a good start and was thinking a lot about winning," Orford said.
"When I made the turn, I tried not to think about winning. I tried to hit some
good golf shots because I was too far behind to win." 

 Then he birdied three straight holes to start the back nine. 

Orford made five of his eight birdies on the back nine, capping his closing
7-under-par 63 with a birdie putt of more than 20 feet on 18. He ended with a
12-under 268 total, two strokes ahead of local Steve Horsnell and Baben Bayer
Nicholas Siggis.

While Orford was making his late charge to join his compatiot Rod Sinclair as the
IGT's only Whitlamite winners this year, Horsnell and Siggis were falling apart
five groups behind him. 

"I ended up making a few birdies. When I birdied 10, 11 and 12, I looked up at the
board and saw I was only two back. That's when I knew I had a chance to win," said
Orford, who won his first IGT event.

The 18th-hole birdie for Orford came just before Horsnell's drive at the 15th hole
dropped into thick rough after hitting a tree. 

Horsnell's approach at the 430-yard hole stopped just short of a greenside bunker,
then he made a nice pitch within about 6 feet only for him to slide the par-saving
putt past the hole. That dropped him even with Orford and out of sole possession
of the lead for the first time during the final round. 

The lead was gone when Horsnell three-putted the 17th hole. His 40-foot putt slid
past the hole, and then he missed the 4-footer coming back and ended with a bogey
5 that put him 11 under. 

"A couple of putts he normally makes just didn't go in for him and that was to my
benefit," Orford said. "Certainly, that's not the way I look at the way the
tournament went. I look at it as I shot 63 to have a chance and it was enough." 

Orford collected a $594,000 Christiana Crowns check, the largest of his career.

Horsnell, who was cheered on by his local fans ended with a bogey at 18 for a loss
of three strokes over the last four holes.  His second place is the best finish of
a Territorian ever on the IGT.

"I really wanted to win at home... I was on fire early and then got a little
shaky, then played great, then played badly," Horsnell said. "There are a lot of
things I wish I could do over. I just lost it. You can't open the door on guys
like these." 

The final bogey was his fifth over the last 14 holes, after just three over the
first 58 of the tournament. Horsnell was 10 under with just one bogey for the 31
holes he played Saturday, including the completion of his rain-delayed second
round and the third round, that gave him a three-stroke lead over Love going into
the final round. 

Orford, who shot a 70 Saturday, went into the final round six strokes behind
Horsnell. The Whitlamite first made noise with birdies at Nos. 3 and 4, the
beginning of the Country Club's toughest stretch.

Horsnell was the only player to manage birdies during the week at all three of
those holes, using his local knowledge. Like Orford, he birdied the first two
Sunday, but then he shanked a 2-foot putt after a nice chip and bogeyed the fifth. 

"I was going along pretty good until then," Horsnell said. 

Siggis fell out serious contention after a bogey at nine, when he drove into the
trees way right of the fairway and hit his second shot through the green. Even
though he saved par after missing the fairway at the 10th to remain 9 under, he
was four strokes behind after Horsnell's 10-foot birdie putt there. 

"I let it get away from me in the middle of the round today," said Siggis, who had
four sub-70 rounds. "I'm getting tired of playing good golf but not playing great
for four days. It's frustrating." 

The final scores and earnings in Christiana Crowns:

  Orford (FRW)            $594,000         67-68-70-63-268        12 under

  Horsnell (UNT)          $290,400         70-64-65-71-270        10 under
  Siggis (BOB)            $290,400         67-66-69-68-270

  Leuwenzaan (LOM)        $145,200         67-66-72-67-272        8 under
  Kalviack (KAL)          $145,200         68-67-69-68-272

  Hosking (UNT)           $114,675         69-72-66-66-273        7 under
  Klagstein (WES)         $114,675         67-68-71-67-273

  Lyons (UNT)             $89,100          69-66-72-67-274        6 under
  Chriponsi (BRO)         $89,100          66-70-70-68-274
  Beobidhenhe (EDE)       $89,100          72-67-67-68-274
  Martlin (UNT)           $89,100          67-72-67-68-274
  Yurhaus (MER)           $89,100          67-68-69-70-274

  Biëri (WES)             $56,571          72-66-71-66-275        5 under
  Oberth (WES)            $56,571          69-70-70-66-275
  O'Donnell (UNT)         $56,571          70-67-69-69-275
  Kepparketl (ALT)        $56,571          69-67-70-69-275
  Sunilam (WMC)           $56,571          68-72-65-70-275
  Lumle (LEX)             $56,571          70-66-69-70-275
  Shearer (UNT)           $56,571          69-68-67-71-275

  Holland (CHR)           $38,445          70-71-68-67-276        4 under
  Iro (GUW)               $38,445          71-72-67-66-276
  Okay (WMC)              $38,445          69-72-67-68-276
  Straswell (WES)         $38,445          71-68-68-69-276

  Von Chicken (WES)       $26,117          70-67-72-68-277        3 under
  Fornende (CAB)          $26,117          75-66-68-68-277
  Grünwiesen (WES)        $26,117          75-66-68-68-277
  Santestevo (LEN)        $26,117          75-66-70-66-277
  Olejnik (GUW)           $26,117          70-66-75-66-277
  B. Jackson (UNT)        $26,117          69-73-71-64-277
  Cunningham (UNT)        $26,117          70-66-68-73-277

  Starn (LCP)             $20,955          70-70-71-67-278        2 under
  Weslow (IWK)            $20,955          71-67-70-70-278

  Bin'Weri (FNZ)          $19,058          73-68-69-69-279        1 under
  Jarvie (REZ)            $19,058          67-69-69-74-279

  Von Trasnau (ALB)       $15,923          73-69-68-70-280        Even
  Chelzes (SCK)           $15,923          73-69-68-70-280
  nusKorns (EST)          $15,923          68-70-73-69-280
  Fletcher (ARM)          $15,923          70-69-69-72-280
  Birch (BRO)             $15,923          71-71-69-69-280
  Disbach (ARO)           $15,923          68-68-67-77-280

  Lowe (ARM)              $12,210          70-70-70-71-281        1 over
  Protheroe (FRW)         $12,210          70-71-70-70-281
  Kilandra (BOW)          $12,210          69-70-70-72-281
  Sinclair (FRW)          $12,210          73-67-72-69-281
  Oostingverde (WES)      $12,210          73-66-68-74-281

  McFeeley (SPA)          $9,356           70-69-71-72-282        2 over
  Kessel (KTZ)            $9,356           67-71-73-71-282
  DuBraal (KTZ)           $9,356           69-68-69-76-282
  M. Rothies, Jr. (WES)   $9,356           77-66-71-68-282

  McGurk (SPA)            $7,960           71-72-69-71-283        3 over
  Kilet (BOW)             $7,960           75-68-70-70-283
  Pharinser (DRA)         $7,960           69-71-74-69-283
  T. Jones (UNT)          $7,960           69-72-73-69-283
  Lubjana (DRA)           $7,960           71-71-72-69-283

  Bilau (NAM)             $7,491           72-70-70-72-284        4 over
  Harrison (MER)          $7,491           70-70-67-77-284
  Kisq (ALL)              $7,491           72-69-72-71-284
  Dahlista (CAB)          $7,491           70-70-75-69-284

  Tay (WMC)               $7,326           73-69-70-73-285        5 over

  Glenfiddich (DRA)       $7,260           74-68-69-75-286        6 over

  Lemmernig (IWK)         $7,194           73-70-74-70-287        7 over

  Lariman (REZ)           $6,996           71-70-73-74-288        8 over
  Saby (DEU)              $6,996           74-69-71-74-288
  Von Toschamerton (DEY)  $6,996           71-68-77-72-288
  Knöchel (IWK)           $6,996           73-69-75-71-288
  Bir'Her (FNZ)           $6,996           72-71-74-71-288

  Bajme (KTZ)             $6,798           72-70-71-76-289        9 over

  Strevel (MER)           $6,699           71-70-75-74-290        10 over
  Huyfrino (BRO)          $6,699           72-70-77-71-290

  Senaduro (CAB)          $6,600           68-70-79-74-291        11 over