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WEERIVER, SAN PATRICIO --- On a day when Philippe Larocquette played well enough to beat Pancho McFeeley, Vinitor Kalviack was even better. He blew past both of them Sunday with a career-low 62 to win the Thwaitecroft Melanian Open. Playing in the threesome ahead of Laroquette
and McFeeley and six strokes behind the
"Obviously, it's a surprise to me," Kalviack said after his first career victory. "Today, I got everything I could out of the round. I guess I was really fired up after my poor showing at the Golden Chalice last week. I hope that this will silence the critics!" Kalviack earned $540,000, the largest paycheck of his career. Larocquette, trying to go wire-to-wire
for his first victory, had a 69 and matched
>From the middle of the 18th fairway, he
heard the roar as Kalviack sank his 10th birdie
"I knew what I had to do," Larocquette
said. "I just couldn't get it to go. I figured
McFeeley made a bogey with a three-putt
from 35 feet on the par-3 sixth. When Kalviack
Pancho finished with a 69, three strokes back alone in third. McFeeley fought the one flaw he has in
his game -- getting stuck on his downswing, which
"It was one of those days where I didn't
have much," he said. "But I hung in there and
If nothing else, McFeeley proved to be a prophet. Hounded by questions about a Sunday duel with Larocquette, he kept reminding anyone who would listen that other players were still a factor if conditions were calm. He said Saturday afternoon: "Anyone can shoot 62 out here without batting an eye." He made the turn in 30 and was just one off the lead. As Larocquette cleaned up a two-putt from 8 feet on the 11th hole for par, he heard a cheer across the pond and saw Kalviack in a familiar position -- reaching down to pluck the ball from the cup, waving to the crowd. "That's the first time I started looking at the (leader) boards," Larocquette said. It was the first time all weekend Larocquette no longer had the lead. Kalviack again took the lead with a 3-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole, then escaped trouble on the 17th hole by hitting around the trees on his approach and two-putting from 35 feet. The final results and earnings, in Christiana Crowns: Kalviack (KAL) $540,000 65-66-69-62--262 26-under Laroquette (DAV) $324,000 63-65-66-69--263 25-under McFeeley (SPA) $204,000 63-67-66-69--265 23-under Ferhentodo (EDE)
$132,000 66-69-66-65--266 22-under
Burchard (CHR) $108,000 66-68-66-67--267 21-under Parsley (DAV) $100,500 68-64-67-70--269 19-under Cates (DAV)
$90,000 67-71-66-66--270 18-under
Galinheira (ORD)
$75,000 67-69-67-68--271 17-under
Sorithzy (WMC)
$54,600 65-70-70-67--272 16-under
Siggis (BOB)
$37,800 71-66-65-71--273 15-under
Caldaravo (LEN)
$22,200 68-71-66-69--274 14-under
Bobmatz (ALT)
$15,480 67-73-68-67--275 13-under
Kepparketl (ALT)
$13,200 64-72-69-71--276 12-under
Von Chicken (WES)
$10,500 71-67-73-66--277 11-under
Kossuth (SPA)
$7,860 69-69-71-69--278 10-under
Von Trasnau (ALB)
$7,060 73-66-68-72--279 9-under
Huyfrino (BRO)
$6,660 70-68-76-66--280 8-under
Harvey (CHR)
$6,390 69-71-70-71--281 7-under
Pennenton (UTA)
$6,090 69-71-71-71--282 6-under
Osicra (RAN)
$5,850 69-70-73-71--283 5-under
Protheroe (FRW) $5,760 70-67-74-73--284 4-under Werkem (BOW) $5,700 72-68-73-72--285 3-under Fittler (FRW)
$5,610 68-72-69-79--288 Even
Feoddu (KTZ)
$5,520 70-69-76-76--291 3-over
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