GOLF ROUNDUP : Wadkins Rides Wind, 65 to Hawaiian Victory

Lanny Wadkins said it was a victory written on the wind.

Wadkins, trailing by six shots, fired a seven-under-par 65 Sunday in winds gusting to 40 m.p.h., and scored a four-stroke victory in the Hawaiian Open in Honolulu.

“The wind did it for me,” the 41-year-old veteran said. “The wind gave me the chance.

“Taking everything into consideration, I’d say it’s one of the four or five best rounds I’ve ever played.”

For Wadkins, a former PGA Champion in his 21st season on the pro tour, it was his 20th victory, two in the Hawaiian Open.

Wadkins, who passed nine golfers in the final round, finished with a 270 total, 18 under par on the Waialae Country Club course.

The victory was worth $198,000 from a $1.1-million purse, and combined with a second-place finish in the Tournament of Champions, gives him $284,400 in two starts this season.

John Cook, who had a two-stroke lead entering the final round, shot a 75 and finished in second place.

“I guess the wind got to me,” Cook said. “I tried to force it and I got in trouble.”

He lost the lead to Wadkins with three consecutive bogeys, beginning on the fourth hole.

Cook still had a chance until he missed the green on the par-3 17th and took a double bogey.

Ed Dougherty shot 71 and was third alone at 275.

Jane Geddes had two eagles and three birdies over the last nine holes and overtook Patty Sheehan with a seven-under-par 64 to win the LPGA Jamaica tournament by three strokes at Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Geddes, whose earlier rounds of 71 and 72 left her five strokes off Sheehan’s lead, cut two strokes off par on the front nine. She charged into the lead with an eagle on the par-five 15th, regained the lead with an eagle on the par-five 17th and birdied the final hole.

Geddes finished at 207, six under par. Sheehan bogeyed the last two holes for a 72 and 210.

Dottie Mochrie, who shot a 69 to share third place at 212 with Ok-Hee Ku, fell behind when Sheehan eagled the 10th hole, then played herself out of the tournament with bogeys on Nos. 12 and 14.