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2005 BANK OF AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP
Final Round Notes
- Mark McNulty's victory on the second extra hole was his fourth
on the Champions Tour and he earns a check for $240,000 which moves
into third place on the current money list with $912,009.
- McNulty also earned 240 points in the Charles Schwab Cup race
and moved into third place with 912 points.
- McNulty led all players in hitting greens in regulation at
88.9%.
- Sunday's playoff was a record fourth straight on the Champions
Tour and the fifth in the last six events.
- Current money leader and Charles Schwab Cup leader Dana Quigley
closed with a 3-under-par 69 on Sunday but it wasn't enough to keep
his streak of top-10 finishes alive. Quigley finished T12, ending a
string of six straight dating back to his runner-up finish at the
FedEx Kinko's Classic on May 1 in Austin.
- Defending champion Craig Stadler finished T12.
- Dana Quigley retained his lead in the in the season-long Charles
Schwab Cup race with 1,341 points. He is followed by Mike Reid
(966), Mark McNulty (912), Tom Jenkins (892) and Des Smyth (826).
- John Bland earned his second T4 finish this year. He also did so
earlier this year at the Toshiba Senior Classic.
- Ed Dougherty's T12 was his best finish in the Champions Tour
event since he was T7 last September at The First Tee Open at Pebble
Beach Presented by Wal-Mart. Dougherty's finish was also his third
consecutive top-25 effort as he continues his comeback from 2003
shoulder surgery.
- Doug Tewell returned to action for the first time since early
May and finished T38. He had been sidelined following May elbow
surgery.
- Mark McNulty and D.A. Weibring were the only players to record
three straight sub-70 scores in the tournament.
- Gary Player's 4-under-par 68 was his low round of the year and
it marked the second time in his career he had bettered his age. The
69-year-old Player did it for the first time last year when he shot
a 66 at the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am.
- Mike Reid, the 2005 Senior PGA Championship winner, withdrew
prior to the start of the round with a right wrist injury.
- The most difficult hole for the week was No. 13 with an average
score of 3.203 (+.203), while No. 18 was the easiest with a score of
4.619 (-.381). Overall, the scoring average was 71.636 for the
event, a slight increase over last year's average of 71.575.
- Dan Pohl helped his chances of earning a berth in the Ford
Senior Players Championship with his T21 finish. He moved from 76th
on last week's points with 127,956 to 144,516 and into 70th place,
almost assuring himself a spot in the field.
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