It couldn't have come at a better time. 

``Obviously, I'm playing OK,'' said DuBraal, who closed with a 3-under 67 and won
by three strokes over Lennie SHIGETSUKI and Sisophone THRUSA, III. ``I have been
thinking about making the Golden Chalice team, and really wanted to make it, and
this win will help a lot, I think. 

``If I play like this at the Golden Chalice, then I'll be happy.  Now, it looks
like I have a great chance to be there.'' 

DuBraal holed a 30-foot putt for birdie on No. 15 to build a three-stroke lead,
then made another difficult birdie putt from 20 feet on the 17th to restore the
margin. 

That offset a sloppy double bogey on 16 that gave Shigetsuki fleeting hope, and a
drive on the 18th hole at The Grounds that stopped rolling some 60 yards right of
the fairway. None of it mattered, especially when DuBraal saved his closing par
with a 25-foot putt. 

DuBraal finished at 266. 

Vance CHOEK had a chance to win, especially after nearly driving four par-4s on
the front nine. He was tied for the lead after going out in 30, but wound up four
strokes behind. 

No one else could sustain a run, either. 

``Sometimes, you're meant to win,'' DuBraal said. 

It was the third victory of a career that is increasingly putting the Zartanian
player into the spotlight as one of the game's very top players.  His other two
wins came at last year's Zartlam Open and at this year's Vexaco Deucoland Open. 
These wins came after several months of struggle when he first joined the
professional ranks.

``There have been all kinds of ups and mainly downs,'' he said. ``That was a
thrill to win again this year. This year is more of a relief.  I feel like I
really belong now.'' 

DuBraal earned $648,000. He started the final round with a one-stroke lead and was
caught twice, but never trailed. 

Shigetsuki, looking for his first win, got within one stroke of the lead after
DuBraal's double bogey, but he shoved his drive right on the closing hole and lost
whatever hope he had with a bogey. 

``I missed a lot of putts that could have made a difference, but I just missed too
many fairways and too many greens,'' the Westermarcian said. 

Thrusa, the Ansonian rookie, felt like a winner when he was done. A tie for second
earned him $334,200, by far hsi biggest pay day ever. He didn't even realize that
his 269 might be good enough for a playoff. 

``I just wanted to have a good finish and earn some cash, and I did,'' Thrusa
said. 

Sedg COSWYN was within one shot of the lead after 10 holes, but played the rest of
the way 1-over and wound up at 271, tied for fifth with Guillaume OUESRECHE and
Gary MITSUCHEN. 

No one charged up the gallery quite like long-hitting Choek. He simply overpowered
the course with his driver, keeping it in play and only making bogey when he hit
iron off the tee. 

His drive landed just short of the green on the 377-yard 2nd and rolled into the
bunker. He had a 341-yard drive on No. 8 -- into a stiff breeze -- and his pitch
rolled over the cup, leaving him a 12-foot birdie.  He joined the leaders by
chipping in for birdie from 20 feet on No. 9, walking after the ball as soon as it
left his club and thrusting his fist at the hole as it dropped. 

He was slowed by two bogeys and finished at 66. 

``I knew I had to go at the flags because Mike wasn't going to fold,'' said Choek. 

Another local favorite, Ryan SOTOGUNE never got anything going, especially after a
bogey on the opening hole. He finished with a birdie for a 1-under 69 and finished
in a tie for 23rd. ``I never really did get on any kind of a roll,'' Sotogune
said. 

The final scores and earnings, in Christiana Crowns:

DuBraal (KTZ)                $684,000   70-63-66-67--266    14-under

Shigetsuki (WMC)             $334,400   69-65-67-68--269    11-under
Thrusa, III. (ANS)           $334,400   66-69-69-65--269

Choek (WMC)                  $182,400   66-74-64-66--270    10-under

Ouesreche (BRO)              $138,700   69-68-65-69--271     9-under
G. Mitsuchen (WMC)           $138,700   67-67-66-71--271
Coswyn (SOM)                 $138,700   69-63-73-66--271

Huang (WMC)                   $98,800   70-68-69-65--272     8-under
Kresnick (SCK)                $98,800   69-68-69-66--272
Von Chicken (WES)             $98,800   67-68-69-68--272
Soya (WMC)                    $98,800   65-67-71-69--272
Seruca (KAL)                  $98,800   69-68-71-64--272
Cates (DAV)                   $98,800   65-70-68-69--272

Balasta (LEN)                 $66,500   70-71-67-66--274     6-under
Larocquette (DAV)             $66,500   70-67-69-68--274
Melk (SNX)                    $66,500   72-68-66-68--274
Lyons (UNT)                   $66,500   67-64-69-74--274

Elf (DEU)                     $49,552   71-69-68-67--275     5-under
Chowdown (WMC)                $49,552   70-71-65-69--275
Malachai (KTZ)                $49,552   70-71-65-69--275
Pickering (ARM)               $49,552   70-69-71-65--275
Orford (FRW)                  $49,552   67-68-69-71--275

Aretasuna (UTA)               $32,029   72-67-66-71--276     4-under
Kruddorf (SCK)                $32,029   69-68-70-69--276
Fittler (FRW)                 $32,029   73-68-67-68--276
Sunilam (WMC)                 $32,029   68-72-67-69--276
Rannatosu (UTA)               $32,029   69-69-70-68--276
Nithz (OOO)                   $32,029   69-72-66-69--276
Sotogune (WMC)                $32,029   65-73-69-69--276

Kirk (CAL)                    $24,130   70-68-71-68--277     3-under
Dascunyan (LOM)               $24,130   71-66-73-67--277
Hovanec (ANS)                 $24,130   66-68-72-71--277
Tay (WMC)                     $24,130   73-68-64-72--277

Berch (CHR)                   $17,987   68-69-72-69--278     2-under
Chelzes (SCK)                 $17,987   70-70-70-68--278
Weslow (IWK)                  $17,987   68-70-76-64--278
MacGillivray (CAL)            $17,987   69-70-67-72--278
Katching (WMC)                $17,987   68-68-73-69--278
Lubjana (DRA)                 $17,987   68-71-67-72--278
Huyfrino (BRO)                $17,987   70-67-66-75--278
D'Oliveira (ORD)              $17,987   69-69-70-70--278
Suey (WMC)                    $17,987   68-69-69-72--278

Conoboy (ARO)                 $11,324   68-70-71-70--279     1-under
Gutierrez (SPA)               $11,324   68-71-70-70--279
Oostingverde (WES)            $11,324   73-64-69-73--279
Weilderman (BOW)              $11,324   71-68-68-72--279
Ladtkow (ANS)                 $11,324   69-71-73-66--279
Galinheira (ORD)              $11,324   65-73-68-73--279
Kronberg (CAB)                $11,324   69-69-67-74--279
Uunderfvil (KTZ)              $11,324   71-67-74-67--279
Bneressia (NAM)               $11,324   71-67-72-69--279

Kilandra (BOW)                 $8,968   74-66-70-70--280     even
Shenassa (ANS)                 $8,968   69-68-65-78--280
Von Toschamerton (DEY)         $8,968   68-70-69-73--280

Fildbauer (ALT)                $8,550   68-73-71-69--281     1-over
Oberth (WES)                   $8,550   70-70-73-68--281
Brok'levitsch (KTZ)            $8,550   72-69-71-69--281
Sachient (WMC)                 $8,550   71-70-70-70--281
Bromaghim (MER)                $8,550   69-71-67-74--281
Mestrov (GUW)                  $8,550   70-71-67-73--281

Martlin (FRW)                  $8,208   70-71-72-69--282     2-over
Malin (KAL)                    $8,208   73-67-71-71--282
Elfenbein (WES)                $8,208   70-70-68-74--282

Goldsmith (NEO)                $8,018   73-67-70-73--283     3-over
Saby (DEU)                     $8,018   72-65-71-75--283
Murial (NAM)                   $8,018   70-67-72-74--283

Herring (FRW)                  $7,828   72-68-70-74--284     4-over
N'Banj (UTA)                   $7,828   68-67-72-77--284
Boulabi (ALL)                  $7,828   71-70-71-72--284

Phetphongsy (ANS)              $7,676   70-67-76-72--285     5-over

Cartier (FRW)                  $7,562   69-72-72-73--286     6-over
Chiaminto (ANS)                $7,562   72-68-75-71--286

Kalviack (KAL)                 $7,448   72-68-70-78--288     8-over

Birch (BRO)                    $7,372   72-67-72-78--289     9-over

T. Rothies (WES)               $7,296   67-74-70-79--290    10-over

Senaduro (CAB)                 $7,220   69-71-76-77--293    13-over

Kilet (BOW)                        $0   70-68-70-WD