Quigley Weathers Well, Captures Siebel Classic

In conditions that turned even the best senior golfers into models of inconsistency, the Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley was won by the most consistent one of all.

Dana Quigley made a 10-foot par putt on the final hole, holding off Fuzzy Zoeller and Bob Gilder on Sunday for a one-stroke victory in the rain-soaked tournament at San Jose.

While many of the second-round leaders skidded off the leaderboard on the damp fairways and soggy greens, the rain didn’t much bother Quigley, a New Englander playing in the 174th consecutive senior event for which he was eligible.

“I actually liked it better this way than the last two days, with all that wind,” said Quigley, who finished at four-under 212. “I told my wife this morning on the way to the golf course that these were good conditions for me.”

With a one-under 71 in the final round, Quigley got his sixth Senior PGA Tour victory, fending off Zoeller and Gilder in a steady downpour at Coyote Creek Golf Club.

Quigley played a bogey-free round for which he needed all of the all-weather consistency he learned growing up in Rhode Island.

“I’ve learned to be a mudder,” said Quigley, who finished at four-under 212. “I’ve got a horrible, choppy little golf swing, and if I put on a lot of clothes, I’ve still got a horrible, choppy little golf swing. The cold doesn’t bother me.”

Quigley, who has six top-10 finishes in eight starts this season, has won at least one event in five of his six years on the tour. He won $210,000, matching the biggest paycheck of his career.

Rachel Teske birdied the second playoff hole to beat defending champion Annika Sorenstam in the Ping Banner Health at Phoenix.

Sorenstam blew a four-shot lead in regulation. She started with a double bogey on the first hole and had bogeys on the last two, finishing at four-over 76.

“I threw it away,” she said. “I mean, Rachel played very steady. She was there at the right time. But I don’t normally finish bogey-bogey. I normally don’t shoot 76 on Sundays.”

Teske carded a 71, tying Sorenstam at eight-under 280.

Each parred the first playoff hole, Teske after blasting out of a fairway bunker and into another bunker behind the green. She hit a wedge to within four feet and saved par.

On the next, Teske’s approach shot landed six feet from the cup, and she holed it after Sorenstam’s first putt from about 13 feet stopped short.

It was Teske’s fifth career victory and second in two seasons. She won the Evian Masters in France last year.