FedEx Kinko's Classic: Final Round Notebook  PGA TOUR Staff LAKEWAY, Texas -- Scott Hoch's 54-hole total of 15-under-par 201 on Sunday set a new FedEx Kinko's Classic record, breaking the old mark of 11-under-par 205 by Jay Haas in 2006.  Scott Hoch earned a victory in only his 10th Champions Tour start. (Kevin C. Cox/WireImage)
• With his victory, Hoch earns $240,000 and 240 points in the Charles Schwab Cup race. In addition, the win earns him a berth in the 2008 and 2009 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai in Hawaii. • Hoch's victory came in just his 10th start on the Champions Tour. He joined the Tour late in 2006 after being sidelined for much of the past season with a left hand/wrist injury which required surgery in October 2005. • It was also his first victory in a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event since he claimed the 2003 Ford Championship at Doral, one of his 11 PGA TOUR titles. • Hoch's previous best finish on the Champions Tour was a T7 at this year's Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am in February. • Jay Haas continues to lead the Charles Schwab Cup race with 1,038 points, followed by Hale Irwin (741), Loren Roberts (675), Tom Purtzer (578) and Tom Kite (566). • The field averaged 73.423 for the event, a slight jump from last year's average of 73.365. • Hale Irwin continued his stellar play in 2007, finishing fourth. It was his fifth top-10 finish this year and he earned $96,000, pushing his 2007 earnings to $784,638. • Defending champion Jay Haas fired a 4-under-par 68 on Sunday to finish 10th. It was the best showing by a defending champion in this event. The previous best was T21 by Jim Thorpe in 2006. • Joe Ozaki has quietly put together a solid 2007 season. He finished sixth, which was his fourth straight top-10 finish, and his check for $64,000 increased his season earnings to $304,604 (22nd). He had just two top-10 efforts in 2006. • David Eger also turned in another strong performance, finishing T7. Like Ozaki, he also earned a spot in this field with a top-10 finish at The Ginn Championship Hammock Beach. It was Eger's third straight top 10. He has six this year and has earned $409,555. That nearly matches his 2006 total of $423,347. • No. 9 was the most difficult hole with a scoring average of 4.491 for the tournament and there were just 12 birdies overall. That would make it the second-most difficult hole on the Champions Tour in 2007. The most difficult remains No. 15 at the TPC Tampa Bay (Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am), which averaged 4.520. • Donnie Hammond finished T55 in his Champions Tour debut. • Loren Roberts had Sunday's best round, a 6-under-par 66, and finished third. It was his 30th top-10 finish in 36 Champions Tour starts. Copyright 2007 PGATOUR.com. All rights reserved. |
