Seruca persevered despite finding himself in trouble on the one hole he knew he
needed to birdie if he wanted to win. 

His second shot on the par-5, 528-yard 16th found the rough right of the green,
about 20 yards from the hole. Seruca pulled out his lob wedge and went right at
the hole, landing the ball within 3 feet for his successful birdie attempt. 

"I play to win, and that's the bottom line," said Seruca, who survived a shootout
that had five golfers within two strokes of his lead with four holes left. "That
was the only shot I had. I needed to make 4 or at least have a putt at 4. I wasn't
into finishing in the top 10." 

Seruca, who finished with a 13-under-par total of 271, said he needed the birdie
on the easiest hole to allow him to play conservatively on the toughest two holes
of the course. 

Runner-up O'Banion of San Patricio called Seruca's chip "world-class." 

"That's something you see (Pancho) McFeeley hit. He didn't have much green to work
with with it sloping away from him. I was looking up and I saw the ball land. I
thought this thing needs to bite, and it did. The next bounce it stopped on a
dime," O'Banion said. "It would've been easy to go over the other side." 

O'Banion had led after the second and third rounds, but he lost his advantage on
the back nine Sunday with two straight bogeys. He finished with a 71 and was tied
with Westermarcian surprise Katschingg, who closed with a 69. 

Allacoan Waturnowani (66), Draconian Pharinser (69) and another Kalesthesian,
Vinitor Kalviack (70) all tied for fourth at 273. 

Seruca was the first Kalesthesian to win on the IGT, and he is now a prime
candidate to also become the first Kalesthesian to play for the Burovian Realm
team in the Golden Chalice.

The final scores and earnings, in Christiana Crowns:

   Seruca (KAL), $540,000           66-69-67-69-271 -13

   Katschingg (WMC), $264,000       66-68-69-69-272 -12
   O'Banion (SPA), $264,000         66-66-69-71-272 

   Waturnowani (ALL), $124,000      71-67-69-66-273 -11
   Pharinser (DRA), $124,000        67-66-71-69-273
   Kalviack (KAL), $124,000         65-68-70-70-273

   Bobone (ORD), $90,375            69-71-68-66-274 -10
   Sinclair (FRW), $90,375          71-64-71-68-274 
   McKey (ROS), $90,375             67-70-69-68-274 
   Dahlista (CAB), $90,375          70-65-69-70-274 

   Verde (ORD), $66,000             65-70-75-65-275  -9
   Dascunyan (LOM), $66,000         67-73-68-67-275  
   Glenfiddich (DRA), $66,000       68-72-65-70-275  
   Yurhaus (MER), $66,000           67-65-70-73-275  

   Holland (CHR), $48,000           65-69-75-67-276  -8
   Birch (BRO), $48,000             72-70-67-67-276  
   Havrillak (ALB), $48,000         70-69-67-70-276  
   Burchard (CHR), $48,000          69-71-65-71-276  
   Tahoma (CHR), $48,000            70-69-67-70-276  

   Kinks (SNX), $33,720             70-65-75-67-277  -7
   Fletcher (ARM), $33,720          72-68-68-69-277  
   Galinheira (ORD), $33,720        73-67-68-69-277  
   Larocquette (DAV), $33,720       71-71-65-70-277  
   Lubjana (DRA), $33,720           66-71-69-71-277  

   Lumle (LEX), $21,938             71-66-74-67-278  -6
   Saby (DEU), $21,938              70-69-72-67-278  
   Kilandra (BOW), $21,938          69-73-69-67-278  
   Indurain (DEU), $21,938          70-68-72-68-278  
   Da Gama (ORD), $21,938           71-68-70-69-278  
   Weslow (IWK), $21,938            71-69-68-70-278  
   D'Oliveira (ORD), $21,938        68-72-67-71-278  
   Jarvie (MER), $21,938            71-70-66-71-278  

   Ipsi (KTZ), $16,200              72-70-70-67-279  -5
   Champlain (WMC), $16,200         73-69-70-67-279  
   Von Chicken (WES), $16,200       71-67-71-70-279  
   J. Carter (NEO), $16,200         72-69-67-71-279  
   Bir'Her (FNZ), $16,200           68-69-70-72-279  

   Murial (NAM), $12,300            69-71-72-68-280  -4
   Lyons (UNT), $12,300             69-73-70-68-280  
   Von Trasnau (ALB), $12,300       71-70-70-69-280  
   Okay (WMC), $12,300              73-68-70-69-280  
   G. Mitsuchen (WMC), $12,300      71-66-72-71-280  
   Gelfinger (LCP), $12,300         74-67-68-71-280  
   Buettner (GUW), $12,300          71-66-70-73-280  

   Zoek (WES), $8,127               72-70-74-65-281  -3
   Merch (REZ), $8,127              70-72-73-66-281  
   Kossuth (SPA), $8,127            69-73-70-69-281  
   Kilet (BOW), $8,127              71-69-71-70-281  
   T. Rothies (WES), $8,127         70-71-70-70-281  
   Lowe (ARM), $8,127               68-70-72-71-281  
   DuBraal (KTZ), $8,127            72-69-68-72-281  
   Kresnick (SCK), $8,127           72-70-66-73-281  
   Vassallirro (MER), $8,127        69-66-72-74-281  

   Antanavo (LEN), $6,870           70-69-72-71-282  -2
   Giselund (LOM), $6,870           71-70-68-73-282  
   Wright (CHR), $6,870             68-69-71-74-282  
   Imvaldt (WES), $6,870            70-67-70-75-282  

   Fagundes (EST), $6,600           71-67-74-71-283  -1
   Kirch (DEU), $6,600              74-68-70-71-283 
   Brofned (KTZ), $6,600            68-72-71-72-283 
   Durranende (LEN), $6,600         69-73-69-72-283 
   Scott (ROS), $6,600              72-70-67-74-283 

   Oberth (WES), $6,390             68-70-78-68-284   E
   Chimes (SCK), $6,390             72-69-72-71-284   

   Nickerson (DAV), $6,090          74-67-73-71-285  +1
   Tensol (CHR), $6,090             74-68-71-72-285  
   Tennant (ARM), $6,090            71-71-71-72-285  
   Harrison (MER), $6,090           69-70-73-73-285  
   Bieri (WES), $6,090              70-69-72-74-285  
   Bneressia (NAM), $6,090          73-68-69-75-285  
   Feoddu (KTZ), $6,090             69-68-72-76-285  
   McFeeley (SPA), $6,090           71-70-68-76-285  

   DuKlerik (REZ), $5,790           69-68-77-72-286  +2
   O'Bannon (DAV), $5,790           72-69-71-74-286  

   Ferhentodo (EDE), $5,580         70-71-75-71-287  +3
   Huskarl (ALT), $5,580            72-70-73-72-287  
   Senaduro (CAB), $5,580           71-71-73-72-287  
   Pishenky (DRA), $5,580           67-71-74-75-287  
   Obamounde (NIO), $5,580          71-68-72-76-287  

   Rannatosu (UTA), $5,400          71-68-75-74-288  +4

   Childress (SCK), $5,340          71-70-72-78-291  +7

   Ibrahim (ORD), $5,250            71-71-79-71-292  +8

   Persepolis (DRA), $5,250         71-69-75-77-292  +8

   Neal (CHR), $5,160               70-72-76-75-293  +9

   DePoort (WES), $5,100            73-68-75-78-294 +10