Golf Roundup : McCumber Ends Drought as Eagle Helps Him Beat Clampett by One Stroke

Mark McCumber, ending a 29-month victory drought, made a 30-foot eagle putt on the 16th hole Sunday and went on to a one-shot victory over Bobby Clampett in the $612,000 Anheuser-Busch golf tournament at Williamsburg, Va.

McCumber, after earlier rounds of 65, 69 and 67, finished with a 66 for a 267 total, 17 under par on the 6,776-yard Kingsmill Golf Club course.

The victory, the fifth of McCumber’s career but first since the 1985 Doral-Eastern Open, was worth $110,160. It pushed McCumber’s season earnings to $217,415 and his career winnings to $1,099,215, making him the 78th millionaire on the PGA Tour.

After McCumber’s eagle, he saved par with a three-foot putt on the par-3 17th hole and two-putted for par from 20 feet on the 438-yard 18th.

Clampett, who missed a 35-foot birdie putt on No. 18 that would have forced a playoff, finished second at 16-under 268. He won $66,096.

Scott Hoch, with a final-round 69, was two strokes back at 270.

John Cook, who began the day at 14 under par, one stroke ahead of Clampett and two in front of McCumber, got to 16-under after eight holes. But he bogeyed Nos. 9 and 10 and was unable to get the lead back. He finished with a 72 for a 271 total.

At 272 were Chris Perry and Denis Watson.

McCumber, 35, of Middleburg, Fla., began the day at 12 under.

He nearly eagled the par-4 first hole when his approach landed about two inches from the cup, but the ball spun back about eight feet, and McCumber two-putted for par.

McCumber rolled in birdie putts of eight feet on the par-5 third hole and five feet on No. 4, a par 4.

He birdied the next par-5, No. 7, but bogeyed the par-4 eighth hole, where his approach to the green landed on the seat of an empty chair.

On the par-4 10th hole, McCumber sank another birdie putt to go to 15 under, where he stayed until his eagle.

Gary Player shot a five-under-par 66 to win the U.S. Senior Open at Fairfield, Conn., with a 72-hole total of 14-under-par 270 that broke the tournament record by nine strokes.

Player won the title by six strokes over Doug Sanders, who shot a final-round 65 on the fourth straight sweltering day at the Brooklawn Country Club course.

Chi Chi Rodriguez, two strokes behind Player at the beginning of the round, was the only golfer with a chance to catch the leader, but he shot an even-par 71 to finish seven strokes behind.

The 51-year-old Player birdied the fifth hole to open a four-stroke margin, the outcome of the $300,000 tournament was no longer in doubt as he broke the 72-hole record set last year by Dale Douglass.

The totals of Sanders and Rodriguez also would have been good enough to set a record.

Jody Rosenthal shot a six-under-par 66 to rally from a six-shot deficit and defeat Ayako Okamoto by two strokes in the $400,000 LPGA du Maurier tournament at Laval, Canada.

Rosenthal’s 72-hole total of 272 broke the tournament record, and tied Patty Sheehan for the lowest 72-hole total ever recorded in a major championship on the LPGA Tournament.