A dramatic eagle on the 17th hole by Keith Fergus towards the end of the PGA Senior Tour Cap Cana Championship on Sunday, 30 March led to his one-stroke victory over Mark O’Meara and Andy Bean. Fergus won US$315,000 of the US$2.1 million Cap Cana Championship that took place last week in Cap Cana, in Punta Cana. He finished with a 54-hole total of 13-under-par 203.<\/p>\n
Trailing O’Meara and Bean by one stroke with two holes remaining, Fergus sank a sand wedge from 95 yards for his decisive eagle, which led to his second title on the Champions Tour and first since winning the 2007 Ginn Championship at Hammock Beach.<\/p>\n
“I knew it was my week when I hit that shot at No. 17,” Fergus said, as reported by David Senko of the PGA Tour. “It worked just the way my caddie and I planned. We wanted to hit it just past the hole and have it come back and it did just that.”<\/p>\n
Fergus’ shot dimmed the hopes for O’Meara and Andy Bean, who at the time of Fergus’ eagle held a one stroke-advantage. Bean had already completed his round. The ending was especially disappointing for O’Meara, who was winless in his previous 35 starts on the Champions Tour.<\/p>\n
“I’m disappointed. I just didn’t hit the ball as well as I needed to and I could have been a little bit more aggressive,” O’Meara said, “I had my chances and just didn’t do it, but all the power to Keith. There’s a lot of luck involved in a shot like that, but there’s also a lot of skill, too.”<\/p>\n
In the Cap Cana Championship, Bernhard Langer set a new tournament record when he shot an 8-under-par 64 on Sunday. It broke the previous mark of 65 set in 2007 by Joe Ozaki and matched by three others.<\/p>\n
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A dramatic eagle on the 17th hole by Keith Fergus towards the end of the PGA Senior Tour Cap Cana Championship on Sunday, 30 March led to his one-stroke victory over Mark O’Meara and Andy Bean. Fergus won US$315,000 of the US$2.1 million Cap Cana Championship that took place last week in Cap Cana, in … <\/p>\n