``I just kind of looked at her and said, `I've got it,''' Chelzes recalled. 

Oh, did he ever. And four rounds later, Chelzes had something else -- a spot in the IGT
record book. 

The Solanchatkan wrapped up his romp in his own national Open on Sunday by playing the
final 28 holes 10 under to break the IGT record for lowest 72-hole score at 256. 

``I've looked at that record before. But it never crossed my mind I could do something
like that,'' Chelzes said.  "I only really wanted to win!"  

``I know I'm streaky, but I'm not that good,'' Chelzes said. ``Looking at the board when I was out on the green and seeing a red 28, it just looked crazy.'' 

It might have seemed even crazier because Chelzes had been hitting the ball in every
direction and almost went to Christiana on Monday for a lesson with his swing coach to try and straighten things out. 

Instead, coach Harland told him on the phone that he was overswinging, and Chelzes used
the advice to shoot an effortless 65 in the Wednesday pro-am. It was then he went home and told Marjorie Chelzes that he had gotten it. 

``She just said, `Oh, good,''' Chelzes said. 

Gert, who took command of the tournament with a second round 60, finished off his
suspended third round with a 64 Sunday morning, then came back with a 67 to win by eight
shots over Covian Tony GELFINGER. 

It was his first win on the IGT, and the first win of a Solanchatkan on Tour, and it was
only fitting that it would be here.

``It's an indescribable feeling right now,'' he said. ``I was just struggling to win the
tournament for awhile.'' 

By struggling, Chelzes meant he had actually made a couple of bogeys in the final round,
one on the fifth hole and another when he three-putted the 11th. 

Gelfinger climbed within four shots when he birdied 14, but Chelzes poured in a birdie
putt on top of him and went on to birdie the next three holes to claim the record. 

``There was no way we were going to beat him,'' Gelfinger said. ``I could have shot
63-64-64 the last three days and still lost the tournament. It's amazing.'' 

The runaway was just what the huge crowds had come to see. But they had expected it from
one of the many top players who had entered, not their local hero. 

Chelzes, whose family has a home in the Zvitniev area, was relaxed throughout the final
day, laughing and joking with playing partners Gelfinger and Whitlam's Craig PROTHEROE. He walked down the ninth fairway chatting with a young boy who was a standard bearer, and was still smiling even when the putts weren't falling. 

``To win here for the first time, it just got better and better,'' Chelzes said. 

Chelzes got to 28 under on the 17th hole, hitting a drive short of the green, then hitting a chip to  within tap-in range. He drove it into a fairway bunker on 18, but put his second shot on the green and two-putted for the record.

Also most notable was the excellent showing from several IGT rookies, some of them making unbelievable debuts:

Caledonan Arthur MacGILLIVRAY stunned the golfing world by placing THIRD in his first ever outing on the IGT...   Somerish Sedg COSWYN and Em SHONAUGH also placed in the top-10 in their first ever tournaments, as did rookies GANGARAM of Westermarc, BERCH of Christiana, and UUNDERFVIL, another first-timer, from Eastern Zartania!  The new faces on the IGT are very impressive!

The final standings and earnings, in Christiana Crowns:

Chelzes (SCK)           $720,000   65-60-64-67--256    28-under

Gelfinger (LCP)         $432,000   68-63-64-69--264    20-under

MacGillivray (CAL)      $272,000   69-67-64-68--268    16-under

Protheroe (FRW)         $192,000   64-66-70-70--270    14-under

Pharinser (DRA)         $152,000   68-67-65-71--271    13-under
Laroquette (DAV)        $152,000   65-73-68-65--271

Kilandra (BOW)          $129,000   64-70-69-69--272    12-under
Coswyn (SOM)            $129,000   71-62-72-67--272

Kresnick (SCK)          $104,000   65-66-71-71--273    11-under
Gangaram (WMC)          $104,000   67-70-70-66--273
Osicra (RAN)            $104,000   68-69-70-66--273
Shonaugh (SOM)          $104,000   69-69-68-67--273

Dascunyan (LOM)          $72,800   66-69-72-67--274    10-under
Uunderfvil (KTZ)         $72,800   67-71-70-66--274
Berch (CHR)              $72,800   68-71-70-65--274
Bilau (NAM)              $72,800   65-70-72-67--274
Burchard (CHR)           $72,800   70-70-69-65--274

Lamar (LCP)              $60,000   70-66-70-69--275     9-under

Tensol (CHR)             $52,000   67-71-72-66--276     8-under
Lowe (ARM)               $52,000   70-68-72-66--276
DeJargen (BOW)           $52,000   69-65-72-70--276

Giselund (LOM)           $44,800   69-68-71-69--277     7-under

Imvaldt (WES)            $31,400   69-65-72-72--278     6-under
Rosebridge (SOM)         $31,400   67-70-72-69--278
Kronberg (CAB)           $31,400   67-71-71-69--278
Uroja (UTA)              $31,400   67-68-74-69--278
Kruddorf (SCK)           $31,400   70-69-70-69--278
Lubjana (DRA)            $31,400   69-70-71-68--278
Lumle (LEX)              $31,400   71-69-71-67--278
Drenner (NAM)            $31,400   65-69-72-72--278
Murial (NAM)             $31,400   65-71-76-66--278
Kilet (BOW)              $31,400   66-74-69-69--278

Deball (STK)             $22,600   70-70-71-68--279     5-under
Birch (BRO)              $22,600   68-66-77-68--279
Havrillak (ALB)          $22,600   67-65-73-74--279

Lariman (REZ)            $17,625   68-67-72-73--280     4-under
Weilderman (BOW)         $17,625   64-75-71-70--280
Tennant (ARM)            $17,625   67-68-74-71--280
Märklin (SCK)            $17,625   69-71-71-69--280
Thomasson (LCP)          $17,625   72-67-71-70--280
Werkem (BOW)             $17,625   66-71-72-71--280
Holland (CHR)            $17,625   71-69-69-71--280
Sinclair (FRW)           $17,625   72-66-75-67--280

Bobone (ORD)             $12,432   70-67-76-68--281     3-under
Elfenbein (WES)          $12,432   70-68-73-70--281
Antanavo (LEN)           $12,432   71-67-69-74--281
Klijntink (ALT)          $12,432   66-71-72-72--281
Falangio (EKZ)           $12,432   71-69-73-68--281

McFeeley (SPA)            $9,773   72-66-72-72--282     2-under
Bromaghim (MER)           $9,773   70-70-71-71--282
MacKirdy (CAL)            $9,773   70-65-71-76--282
Gaddich (UTA)             $9,773   69-70-72-71--282
Novello (ALT)             $9,773   71-68-71-72--282
Detarti (RAB)             $9,773   67-68-76-71--282

Morrow (CHR)              $9,040   72-66-71-74--283     1-under
Ikita (ACH)               $9,040   72-68-70-73--283
Bneressia (NAM)           $9,040   67-73-73-70--283
Zirandria (NAM)           $9,040   69-69-71-74--283
Balasta (LEN)             $9,040   69-67-72-75--283

Ipsi (KTZ)                $8,640   68-71-75-70--284     even
N'Banj (UTA)              $8,640   68-71-73-72--284
Norling (ALT)             $8,640   68-70-73-73--284
Galinheira (ORD)          $8,640   68-72-73-71--284
Gnorelia (CAB)            $8,640   68-68-75-73--284

Hammerstein (REZ)         $8,360   69-70-72-74--285     1-over
Caird (CAL)               $8,360   66-72-76-71--285

Merch (REZ)               $8,240   67-72-70-77--286     2-over

Orford (FRW)              $8,160   69-69-74-76--288     4-over

Huskarl (ALT)             $8,080   68-69-79-73--289     5-over

Yurhaus (MER)             $7,960   68-72-77-73--290     6-over
Starn (LCP)               $7,960   70-69-74-77--290