San Antonio, Sept 29: Tommy Armour III set the PGA Tour 72-hole scoring record as he coasted to victory in the Texas Open by a seven shot margin. Tommy Armour III set the PGA Tour 72-hole scoring record as he coasted to victory in the Texas Open by a seven shot margin on Sunday (September 28). Armour shot a five-under-par 65 and finished on 26-under 254, two shots better than Mark Calcavecchia's 256 total at the 2001 Phoenix Open. Defending champion Loren Roberts carded an eight-under 62 and finished on 261, his winning total in 2002. But this year that score was only good enough for a second-place tie with Bob Tway.
Duffy Waldorf, who early in the round had cut Armour's six-stroke overnight lead to three, came fourth on 262. Armour, the grandson of three-times major champion Tommy Armour of Scotland, had won just once on tour in 1990 at the Phoenix Open.


Sunday's victory was worth $630,000 for the 43-year-old and gives him a playing exemption through the 2005 season.


Leading scores after the final round of the $3.5 million Texas Open at LaCantera Golf Club's Resort course (par 70, 6,881 yards) on Sunday (September 28) (U.S. unless stated): 254 Tommy Armour III 64 62 63 65 261 Loren Roberts 64 66 69 62, Bob Tway 61 69 67 64 262 Duffy Waldorf 64 69 62 67 263 Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 62 70 69 62 264 Dan Forsman 64 63 70 67 265 Frank Lickliter II 68 69 64 64, Steve Flesch 67 66 68 64, KJ Choi (South Korea) 67 62 69 67, Richard Johnson (Sweden) 66 67 66 66, Paul Goydos 65 64 68 68, Glen Hnatiuk (Canada) 65 68 64 68 266 Kent Jones 68 65 66 67, Arron Oberholser 66 66 66 68, Stewart Cink 65 66 67 68 267 Tom Lehman 66 63 70 68 268 Ben Crane 66 69 68 65, Carl Paulson 66 69 68 65, Chad Campbell 71 66 67 64, Hunter Mahan 70 67 67 64, Mike Heinen 67 65 69 67, Garrett Willis 67 65 68 68, Neal Lancaster 65 70 65 68


Other international players: 269 Tim Clark (South Africa) 65 63 71 70 270 Scott Laycock (Australia) 66 66 69 69, Rod Pampling (Australia) 65 68 67 70 271 John Senden (Australia) 67 69 68 67, Luke Donald (Britain) 65 66 69 71, Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 69 68 69 65, Paul Gow (Australia) 70 67 69 65 273 Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 63 68 72 70, Akio Sadakata (Japan) 67 64 71 71 274 Craig Perks (New Zealand) 71 65 69 69 276 David Frost (South Africa) 65 69 70 72 277 Ian Leggatt (Canada) 67 69 68 73, Jose Coceres (Argentina) 67 68 70 72, Per-Ulrik Johansson (Sweden) 68 67 71 71 280 Sergio Garcia (Spain) 68 69 68 75


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