� winner russ cochran
made the champions tour’s
first event in south korea
his first title on the senior
circuit. the 51-year-old lefty
won the posco e&c songdo
championship with a birdie
on the first playoff hole to
eliminate fred funk. the pair
had tied at 12-under 204 at
the end of regulation.
�key hole funk, who held
the outright lead heading
into the final round after
scores of 69-67, could have
won his seventh champions
tour title, but he failed to
convert a three-foot birdie
putt on the par- 5 18th sunday, setting up a playoff. “it
was my tournament to win,”
said funk.
�stretch run the
victory was cochran’s first
since the 1991 western
open on the pga tour. the
kentuckian, who learned
the game playing ladies’
clubs, sat out for nearly
six years at one point with
wrist and elbow problems
that eventually required
surgery.
champions tour // posco e&c songdo championship
winning no longer foreign to cochran
�noteworthy the
event’s $3 million purse was
the largest in tour history.
… cochran’s closing 66 tied
scott simpson for the lowest round of the day. … funk,
54, shared the first-round
lead with Jay don blake and
michael allen. … tom pernice
missed a final-hole putt for a
spot in the playoff.
�top five Jack nicklaus gc korea, Songdo City, South Korea
1. Russ Cochran (won playoff) 73-65-66—204 $456,000
2. Fred Funk 69-67-68—204 270,000
3. Tom Pernice 74-64-67—205 222,400
4. Joe Ozaki 72-69-67—208 167,500
D. A. Weibring 71-68-69—208 167,500
� quotable
“my game’s a little bit different, but it’s pretty
solid. i’m hoping i can take this and go [on] to
more victories on the champions tour.”
—russ cochran
chung sung-Jun/getty images
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