8. 1.2011
� winner olin browne, a
three-time winner on the
pga tour whose last victory came at the deutsche
bank championship in
2005,scored his first triumph on the champions
tour. browne, 52, shot
15-under 269 at inverness
club in toledo, ohio, for a
three-stroke victory over
mark o’meara in his 52nd
start as a senior. browne
and dale douglass (1986)
are the event’s only wire-to-
wire winners.
saturday during his record
back-nine 29, made a par to
o’meara’s bogey and had
the solo lead the rest of the
day.
passing bob charles’ mark of
203. … damon green, Zach
Johnson’s caddie on the pga
tour, finished t- 13 at six-un-
der 278. … following his t-50
finish, 2009 u.s. senior open
champion fred funk was
scheduled to have surger-
ies this week to repair a torn
ligament in his left thumb and
scar tissue in his right knee.
browne makes a major breakthrough
usga // u.s. senior open
�top five inverness club, Toledo, Ohio
1. Olin Browne 64-69-65-71—269
2. Mark O’Meara 66-68-66-72—272
3. Mark Calcavecchia 68-67-69-69—273
4. Joey Sindelar 69-66-69-70—274
Hale Irwin 69-71-66-68—274
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$500,000
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�key hole browne and
o’meara were tied sunday
at 14 under going to the
460-yard, par- 4 13th hole.
browne, who birdied no. 13
�noteworthy hale
irwin, 66, finished t- 4 at 10
under. it was the 45-time
champions tour winner’s
204th career top- 10, sur-
� quotable
“from the middle of the back nine on, it be-
came a match-play situation, and i’ve got zero
experience in match play.” —olin brownE
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