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LISTON, BROLECIA ---- Nothing has come easy for Johnny McKey this season. Winning his first tournament on the IGT was no different. McKey, whose only other moment of glory
this year was a runner-up finish after losing a
McKey hit his tee shot on the 18th hole
into a canyon and took a drop, then ended up
The $765,000 first prize dwarfed the runner-up
checque McKey received in Feniz, and
"I'm speechless the way the whole week
went," McKey said. "I'm near tears after having
McKey, who was tied for the lead with Albionite
Dieter Predicor to begin the day, shot a
It wasn't easy, though, as McKey nearly
put his wedge shot on the par-5 16th into the
But he hooked a 3-wood off the 18th tee
into the canyon, then had to hit a 6-iron 199
McKey left his first putt about 3 feet short, then calmly knocked in the putt to finish 28 under. "Sometimes you need a little luck," he said. Although he was beaten into second place,
another happy face was that of Brolecian
Ouesreche finished the weekend with a pair
of 66s. But he a missed 3-footer on the 17th
"The final straw was the putt on 17," Ouesreche said. "I kept kind of not taking advantage of some great opportunities, but I capitalized on some to keep in it. And I am thrilled to have played my way on to the tean!" Predicor, who led or shared the lead from
the second round on, shot even-par 72 and tied
McKey started poorly Sunday, making bogey on the first and fourth holes. He made the turn in even par, then birdied three of his next four holes. His 15-foot downhill birdie putt on the
13th hole put him ahead for good, and he managed
McKey finished with all five rounds in the 60s, and his final 68 was his highest round of the tournament Telton Seruca finished in a tie with Jose Maria de los Angeles McGurk for third. with both players cementing their automatic qualifications for the Golden Chalice. "I tried not to look at any boards," Seruca
said. "And even when I did, they didn't have
In a dramatic last-minute move, Piter Youlduahe
edged out Oliver Straswell for the last
The final scores and earnings in christianan
crowns:
McKey (ROS) 1 67-67-63-67-68 332 $765,000.00 Ouesreche (BRO) 2 69-65-67-66-66 333 $459,000.00
McGurk (SPA)
T3 68-68-67-65-66 334 $246,500.00
Havrillak (ALB) T5
65-70-65-68-67 335 $149,281.25
Predicor (ALB) T9
65-65-65-69-72 336 $114,750.00
Chelzes (SCK) T12
67-64-68-69-69 337 $89,250.00
V.Toschamerton (DEY) T15 65-67-69-68-69 338
$74,375.00
Sinclair (FRW) T17
69-68-66-67-69 339 $59,500.00
Pennenton (UTA) T22 64-70-68-68-70
340 $40,800.00
Antanavo (LEN) T27
64-72-69-70-66 341 $29,537.50
Norling (ALT) T33
70-70-67-68-67 342 $24,012.34
Lamar (LCP)
T36 67-66-74-70-66 343 $20,453.25
Gelfinger (LCP) T40 71-70-65-70-68
344 $14,893.89
O'Bannon (DAV) T49
70-70-67-69-69 345 $10,738.34
Bilau (NAM)
T52 69-69-68-70-70 346 $9,966.25
Krall (ARO)
T56 69-69-66-71-72 347 $9,562.50
Amadone (ACH) T60
71-66-67-70-74 348 $9,180.00
Unon (LEX)
T65 67-69-70-69-74 349 $8,882.50
Schwartz (DEU) T67
70-69-68-71-72 350 $8,712.50
Iro (GUW)
T69 71-68-66-72-74 351 $8,542.50
Larocquette (DAV) 71 66-74-66-75-71 352 $8,415.00 Beobidhenhe (EDE) 72 70-66-70-76-74 356 $8,330.00 Ipsi (KTZ) 73 73-68-66-74-78 359 $8,245.00
Azatinou (ACH) 74
72-64-71-76-77 360 $8,160.00
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