Doyle Outlasts Tewell for Win

Allen Doyle, who turned pro in 1995 after a successful amateur career, won the Senior Players Championship at Dearborn, Mich., on Sunday on the first hole of a playoff with Doug Tewell. Doyle forced sudden death with a 35-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole in the final senior major of the year.

“You can’t fathom where I’ve come from,” Doyle said. “It still blows my mind that this is my office, here at a golf course. You don’t lose touch with that and don’t forget that you’re one of the luckiest guys in the world. Am I one up on everybody or what?”

Doyle, who shot a five-under 67 to match Tewell at 15-under 273, won his first major and sixth overall title on the senior tour.

The playoff was only the second in tournament history.

Tewell, who shot a 66, saw his chance for victory slip away on the extra hole when his tee shot went wide left and landed in wetlands. Tewell bogeyed the playoff hole, while Doyle parred.

Hale Irwin shot 66 to finish third at 12 under.

U.S. Senior Open champion Bruce Fleisher (68) and Ed Dougherty (73) tied for fourth at 10 under. Defending champion Ray Floyd (70) and Mike McCullough (69) were nine under.

Lee Trevino, playing in his final major, shot a 74 for a two-over 290 total.

Emilee Klein completed a wire-to-wire victory in the Michelob Light Classic at Eureka, Mo., shooting a three-under 69 for a five-stroke margin.

Klein birdied three of the first five holes, and easily held off Annika Sorenstam and Jill McGill.

Klein, who opened with a then course-record 64 on Friday, finished with an 11-under 205 total on the Fox Run course outside St. Louis.

It was her first win since 1996, when she took the PING Welch’s Championship and Women’s British Open in consecutive weeks.

U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen cruised to a three-stroke victory in the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond, Scotland.

Bogeys on the last two holes gave him an even-par 71, and his 268 was three strokes ahead of Thomas Bjorn of Denmark, who had a 67.

John Daly, meanwhile, continued a steady comeback of his own. Although he was never a factor in the final round, he closed with a 70 and tied for third, his highest finish since he won the British Open at St. Andrews in 1995.