Choi seals win at Chrysler Classic
KJ Choi and Shigeki Maruyama created history at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro by became the first Asian-born players to place 1-2 at a PGA Tour event.
On another day of low scoring at vulnerable Forest Oaks, Choi, of South Korea, birdied the first four holes to take a lead he never surrendered on his way to a two-stroke victory over Japan’s Maruyama.
Choi was not perfect, three-putting twice, but they were his only bogeys as he carded a six-under-par 66 to finish at 22 under on 266.
Maruyama birdied the last hole from a greenside bunker for a 67 and a 20-under total of 268 – three clear of Charles Warren, Brandt Jobe and Jason Bohn.
DJ Trahan, who began the day tied with Choi for the lead, shot a miserable three-over 75 to finish tied for 13th – nine strokes off the pace.
Collated final round scores and totals in the USPGA Chrsyler Classic of Greensboro, Forest Oaks CC, United States of America (USA unless stated, par 72):
266 KJ Choi (Kor) 64 69 67 66
268 Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 70 65 66 67
271 Brandt Jobe 72 65 67 67, Jason Bohn 71 65 65 70, Charles Warren 62 74 70 65
273 Tim Clark (Rsa) 66 69 70 68, J.L. Lewis 72 68 67 66, Tim Herron 70 66 67 70, Justin Rose (Eng) 69 65 68 71, Jerry Kelly 70 68 67 68
274 Kent Jones 70 71 67 66, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 69 67 69 69
275 D.J. Trahan 65 69 66 75, Wes Short jr. 68 70 69 68, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 69 69 66 71, Scott Gutschewski 67 74 66 68
276 John Huston 66 66 74 70, Olin Browne 68 72 65 71, Darron Stiles 69 69 68 70, Dudley Hart 70 67 70 69
277 Chris Smith 72 65 72 68, Lucas Glover 70 71 70 66, Brian Bateman 70 71 67 69, D.A. Points 72 66 70 69, Duffy Waldorf 69 71 67 70, Cameron Beckman 70 69 70 68, J J Henry 66 72 72 67
278 Robert Gamez 72 69 63 74, John Rollins 67 68 71 72, Tim Petrovic 70 69 70 69, Jonathan Byrd 67 73 70 68, Hank Kuehne 71 67 71 69, Steve Elkington (Aus) 70 70 69 69
279 Ryan Moore 72 69 70 68, Marco Dawson 72 68 68 71, Brian Gay 69 66 73 71, Paul Azinger 69 71 66 73, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 67 69 71 72, Neal Lancaster 71 70 67 71, Charles Howell III 69 71 68 71
280 Gavin Coles (Aus) 68 70 73 69, Steve Allan (Aus) 72 68 68 72, Steve Lowery 74 67 68 71, Jeff Maggert 69 71 70 70
281 Shaun Micheel 75 66 69 71, James Driscoll 67 71 72 71, Tom Byrum 71 67 72 71, Tag Ridings 71 68 75 67
Chad Campbell 69 72 69 71, Mark Wilson 72 67 66 76
282 Jonathan Kaye 70 68 70 74, Phillip Price (Wal) 69 71 71 71, Justin Bolli 69 72 69 72, Charlie Wi (Kor) 70 71 70 71, Robert Damron 74 67 74 67
283 Heath Slocum 71 69 72 71, Hunter Haas 70 68 73 72, Thomas Levet (Fra) 74 67 72 70, Joe Durant 67 71 70 75
Tommy Armour III 71 70 72 70
284 Michael Long (Nzl) 70 71 74 69, Matt Gogel 67 74 69 74, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 66 74 72 72
285 Tjaart Van der Walt (Rsa) 73 68 70 74, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 68 73 72 72, Tom Lehman 69 70 72 74, Adam Scott (Aus) 73 68 70 74
286 Jay Delsing 71 68 73 74, Patrick Sheehan 71 68 76 71, Billy Mayfair 69 71 70 76, Tom Pernice Jnr. 72 69 71 74, Peter Lonard (Aus) 71 70 72 73
287 Hunter Mahan 75 66 72 74
288 Billy Andrade 69 72 73 74, Corey Pavin 72 69 75 72
290 Tom Gillis 70 68 73 79, Ben Curtis 69 69 79 73.
