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LAS VEGAS, Oct 11: Australian Andre Stolz, way down in 217th place on the PGA Tour money list at the start of the tournament, scored a surprise victory at the $4 million Las Vegas Invitational on Sunday.
The 34-year-old from Brisbane claimed his first win on the circuit after firing a five-under-par 67 for a 21-under total of 266. Tag Ridings, who shot 11-under 61, Harrison Frazar (67) and overnight leader Tom Lehman (69) shared second place one stroke back.
Carl Pettersson of Sweden and Dicky Pride tied for fifth. Stolz became the fifth Australian to win on the tour this season after going out in a four-under 32 and snatching the outright lead with a birdie on the par-five 16th.
He recorded only one bogey over his final 54 holes as he picked up a victory which earned him a three-year tour exemption. Stolz, who has won three international events, had no top-10 finishes to his credit in 19 previous starts on the PGA Tour this season.
FINAL ROUND SCORES
266 Andre Stolz 67 67 65 67
267 Tag Ridings 67 66 73 61, Harrison Frazar 64 68 68 67, Tom Lehman 64 68 66 69
268 Carl Petterson 68 68 65 67, Dicky Pride 66 67 66 69
269 Lee Janzen 68 66 70 65, Danny Ellis 63 70 73 63, Tim Petrovic 66 66 68 69, David Frost) 69 71 67 62
270 Jim Furyk 67 67 70 66, Brian Gay 68 70 65 67, Duffy Waldorf 65 66 69 70, Bob Estes 67 65 68 70
271 Mark Wilson 68 73 63 67, Lucas Glover 68 68 67 68, Jose Coceres (Argentina) 66 68 69 68, Jay Williamson 69 62 74 66, Scott Verplank 64 72 66 69, Kent Jones 64 68 70 69, Ben Crane 68 65 69 69, Greg Chalmers (Australia) 69 67 64 71. -Reuters
