The silver sword for winning the Bay Hill Invitational in Orlando.

The silver sword for winning the Bay Hill Invitational in Orlando, Fla., went to scourge Pampling. Greg Owen felt like falling upon one.

Owen had his first PGA Tour victory seemingly sewn up Sunday with a two-shot lead and 40 inches left for a par in succession the 17th hole.

moreover the par putt slid from the right side of the cupful costing Owen a valuable cushion going to the tough 18th Angry at the miss, he quickly stepp to the other side of the bowl to rap in a two-footer for hobgoblin only to see that undivided horseshoe around the cup. That left him with a double bugaboo that dropped him into a tie for the lead.

"It was undivided of those silly mistakes that I'll be remembered for," Owen said.

If golf wasn't dire enough, Owen had a 12-foot par to force a playoff forward the 18th. He hit what he called his best knock of the week and watched it catch the back lip and spin public of the hole.

"You don't realize many chances to win forward the PGA Tour and in succession a great course like this," said Owen, who clos with a 3-under-par 69 despite the late collapse. "I had it in my tolerate It was there. And I threw it away."

Three s from 40 inches cost Owen his first tour victory and overshadowed a solid convalescence by Pampling, who wasted a four-shot lead if it be not that hit the shots he privationed at the end of the day. Pampling rest the center of the 18th fresh with a 6-iron and two-putt for an even-par 72 and a victory that felt somewhat cavernous

Tournament legion Arnold Palmer slipped the navy blazer above Pampling's shoulders and presented him with the silver sword.

"He expected at me and just sort of went, `Wow' And that was exactly what I said to him," Pampling said. "It's undivided of those deals where you don't know what to say after seeing that."

Pampling complet 72 lairs at 14-under 274 and earned $990000 for his inferior tour victory. But it was difficult to celebrate this undivided He apologized to Owen in the scoring trailer, not knowing what otherwise to say.

Tiger forest-lands was never a factor for the third consecutive year. forest-lands closed with a 72 to finish 10 marksmans behind, his 11th round in a tumult in the 70s at Bay Hill.

LPGA: Hall of Famer Juli Inkster overcame windy, rainy conditions and a four-stroke deficit to win the Safeway International in Superstition Mountain, Ariz., on two strokes over Sarah to leeward Inkster shot a 5-under 67 to finish 72 cavitys at 15-under 273 and earn her first victory since 2003

European: Johan Edfors birdied the final den of the TCL Classic to verge Andrew Buckle and win his first tour title in Sanya, China. Edfors' final cylindrical of 4-under 68 put him at 25-under 263 for the tournament, undivided stroke ahead of Buckle, who clos with a 2-under 70

Champions: Brad Bryant won his first title forward the over-50 tour, closing with a 5-under 66 to earn a one-stroke victory athwart Bobby Wadkins, John Harris and Mark Johnson in the Toshiba Classic in Newport Beach, Calif. Bryant finished 54 openings at 9-under 204.

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