Nationwide Tour graduate Lamely wins Puerto Rico Open

US PGA Tour newcomer Derek Lamely won the weather-prolonged Puerto Rico Open which finished on the fifth day today over a the rain-softened Trump International Golf Club course tropical course at Rio Grande.
Lamely won with a 19-under-par total of 269, managing to outlast Kris Blanks (271) at a palm-fringed 7,526yd course which was deluged by rain early in the competition.
Lamely earned promotion to the tour by finishing fourth on the 2009 Nationwide Tour money list, earned $630,000 along with PGA Tour playing privileges through 2012.
Lamely had to watch his competitors for more than two hours to see if he'd be overtaken or forced into a sudden-death play-off.
FINAL TOTALS
(USA unless stated, par 288: 4x72):
269 Derek Lamely 69 71 63 66
271 Kris Blanks 65 70 67 69
272 Brendon De Jonge 69 68 67 68, James Nitties (Aus) 68 66 69 69, Steve Wheatcroft 68 67 67 70, Kevin Streelman 67 68 64 73
273 Bryce Molder 71 71 65 66, Woody Austin 69 68 66 70, Steve Elkington (Aus) 68 70 66 69
274 Bill Lunde 68 72 68 66, Chad Collins 69 65 68 72
275 Jeff Maggert 69 67 69 70, Paul Stankowski 66 70 68 71, Nicholas Thompson 68 69 69 69
276 Jeff Overton 66 70 67 73, Michael Bradley 71 67 68 70
277 Jeff Klauk 72 68 68 69, Kirk Triplett 69 69 66 73, Kevin Stadler 72 67 65 73, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 70 68 70 69, Marco Dawson 70 71 68 68, Skip Kendall 65 70 70 72, Cameron Tringale 69 69 69 70
278 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 70 70 68 70, Graham Delaet (Can) 67 69 69 73, Tom Pernice Jnr. 71 67 72 68, John Daly 69 73 66 70, Mark Calcavecchia 68 73 68 69, Guy Boros 71 67 69 71, Boo Weekley 74 68 69 67, Jimmy Walker 73 69 67 69, Jhonattan Vegas 69 67 68 74
279 Spencer Levin 69 69 69 72, Aron Price (Aus) 72 65 70 72, Martin Flores 71 70 68 70, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 72 67 69 71, Michael Connell 71 69 69 70
280 Kent Jones 68 74 68 70, J J Henry 70 69 68 73, Robert Garrigus 68 70 71 71, Kevin Johnson 70 66 71 73
281 Jeff Quinney 72 69 71 69, Craig Barlow 71 65 72 73, Johnson Wagner 70 69 69 73
282 Jonathan Kaye 73 69 67 73, Omar Uresti 70 72 71 69, Phil Tataurangi (Nzl) 72 69 71 70, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 67 73 69 73, Manuel Villegas (Col) 72 69 72 69, Shaun Micheel 73 69 68 72, Chez Reavie 70 71 66 75, Daniel Barbetti (Arg) 68 72 69 73, Rich Barcelo 70 72 68 72
283 Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 69 70 73 71, Jeff Gove 72 68 69 74, Steve Flesch 72 66 72 73, Matt Bettencourt 67 72 71 73
284 Richard S Johnson (Swe) 70 72 71 71, Billy Mayfair 69 73 71 71, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 69 71 73 71
285 Chris Stroud 76 66 73 70, Erik Compton 72 69 70 74, Chris DiMarco 68 72 72 73, Roger Tambellini 70 71 68 76
286 Jay Williamson 70 68 74 74, Jerod Turner 71 70 73 72
287 Cameron Percy (Aus) 69 72 70 76
288 Brent Delahoussaye 69 73 73 73, John Merrick 71 70 74 73
292 Steve Lowery 71 70 76 75