Norling completed a four-stroke comeback Sunday by holing a 10-foot birdie putt on the 
18th hole to win the Dolimar Electric Tournament of Champions by one stroke over his 
compatriot Nels Kepparketl.  

Kepparketl had a chance to force a playoff after lagging his 45-foot eagle putt within 3 
feet. But his next one slid by on the left, with Nels dropping his putter in shock.  

"I feel bad for him," said Norling, who closed with a 6-under 67 to finish at 18-under 
274. "It was a tricky putt. It's not the way you want to see things happen, but I'm also 
happy for myself."  

Norling made a 60-foot eagle putt on the fifth hole to get into the mix, and kept his 
chances alive after two critical mistakes on the 16th hole -- a drive into the fairway 
bunker, and an approach that sailed over the green.  

But he made a 12-foot par putt, then pulled ahead with his birdie on the 18th hole.  

Whitlamite Jeff Orford, who squandered away his chances with a 73 in the third round, 
missed five birdie putts inside 18 feet on the back nine.  

On the 18th, he also pulled his approach into the hazard and hung his head. He finished 
with a 69 and tied for third with Christiana's Evan Burchard (71) at 276.  

"I played good enough to win this week," Orford said. "I just got in my own way."  

His countryman Quincy Holland didn't have a role in this year's drama.  

He got off to a shaky start, and never caught up. Holland closed with a bogey-free 69 and wound up at 280 in a tie for eighth.  

"Not bad for coming out and really not practicing a whole lot since my last round," 
Holland said. "Overall, I'm not too disappointed. A little bit of rust, and it showed. If I could have made a few more putts the first three days, I would have been right there."  

While Holland was never really a factor, several others were.  

Burchard, James Nithz, Larry Tahoma, and Rugro Bilau all made a run for the lead until 
getting derailed at one point.  

Tahoma was one stroke out of the lead until hitting into the hazard on No. 14 and taking a double bogey. He played the five holes in 4 over. Nithz was haunted by a double bogey on No. 6, a 398-yard hole that can be reached from the tee. He finished at 279.  

By the time the final two groups reached the 15th, it became a three-man race between 
Kepparketl, Norling, and Orford. 

Orford gave himself plenty of chances on the back nine, but twice missed birdie putts of 
10 feet and left two other 15-foot putts on the lip. He had to be aggressive on the 
closing hole, and it cost him.  

Norling squandered a chance at the par-5 15th hole when his 60-yard wedge shot caught the front of the green and spun back down the slope.  Pit, hands on hips, could only watch as the ball finally rolled to a stop about 10 yards in front of him. He hit a nice pitch to save par.  

Nothing came easily to Kepparketl.  

He trailed only once all day, when he pulled an approach into the bunker left of the pin 
on the 13th hole and missed a 6-foot par putt. But he didn't buckle.  

After a 10-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole pulled him back into a tie with Norling, 
Kepparketl drilled a 3-wood that never got much higher than 15 feet in the air and scooted up the slope and onto the green, leaving him a two-putt birdie and putting him back in the lead.  

But not for long.  

On the 16th hole, where he holed out with a 96-yard sand wedge in the third round, he came up short and chipped 5 feet past the hole. His par putt went 6 feet by, and he was 
thankful to get off the green with bogey.  

He thought he had recovered sufficiently until the last putt trickled over the left side 
of the lip. "It's a shame, I am disgusted with that putt.  But at least Pit ended up winning it... a great day for Altlandic golf!" 

Final results and earnings in Christiana Crowns: 

Norling (ALT)            1   69-69-69-67   274    $630,000.00 
Kepparketl (ALT)         2   69-69-65-72   275    $380,000.00 
Orford (FRW)            T3   68-66-73-69   276    $203,000.00 
Burchard (CHR)          T3   71-67-67-71   276    $203,000.00 
Bilau (NAM)              5   74-67-69-67   277    $140,000.00 
Von Toschamerton (DEY)   6   70-69-70-69   278    $126,000.00 
Nithz (OOO)              7   73-71-65-70   279    $118,000.00 
Sunilam (WMC)           T8   69-70-72-69   280     $99,000.00 
DuBraal (KTZ)           T8   67-73-69-71   280     $99,000.00 
Tahoma (CHR)            T8   70-71-67-72   280     $99,000.00 
Holland (CHR)           T8   70-73-68-69   280     $99,000.00 
Sotogune (WMC)         T12   69-70-69-73   281     $78,000.00 
Oostingverde (WES)     T12   69-71-69-72   281     $78,000.00 
Lumle (LEX)            T12   70-72-67-72   281     $78,000.00 
Sinclair (FRW)         T12   70-70-68-73   281     $78,000.00 
Schwartz (DEU)          16   71-73-68-70   282     $70,000.00 
Tay (WMC)              T17   70-70-68-75   283     $66,000.00 
Beobidhenhe (EDE)      T17   71-73-69-70   283     $66,000.00 
Straswell (WES)        T19   70-76-68-70   284     $60,000.00 
Pickering (ARM)        T19   70-77-69-68   284     $60,000.00 
Antanavo (LEN)         T19   74-69-71-70   284     $60,000.00 
Youlduahe (NKO)        T19   70-70-71-73   284     $60,000.00 
Protheroe (FRW)        T23   71-70-71-73   285     $54,500.00 
Laroquette (DAV)       T23   76-66-72-71   285     $54,500.00 
M. Rothies (WES)        25   70-74-73-69   286     $53,000.00 
Ouesreche (BRO)        T26   74-73-71-71   289     $51,500.00 
Chriponsi (BRO)        T26   74-71-72-72   289     $51,500.00 
McGurk (SPA)           T28   72-74-73-71   290     $49,500.00 
McFeeley (SPA)         T28   72-73-72-73   290     $49,500.00 
Kalviack (KAL)          30   74-73-71-73   291     $48,000.00 
McKey (ROS)             31   80-72-72-72   296     $47,000.00 
Seruca (KAL)            32   75-76-71-75   297     $46,000.00 
Nagy (SPA)              33   80-73-71-75   299     $45,000.00