Montgomerie finishes down the field in USA Champions Seniors Tour event

Woody Austin closes in 65 to win

 Tucson Conquistadores Classic

                                    Woody Austin (left) and Craig Parry ( Getty Images )

FROM GOLFWEEK.COM

By Kevin Casey

Woody Austin posted a final-round 65 Sunday at the Tucson Conquistadores Classic and it boosted him to his first USA PGA Tour Champions title.
In the process of his Sunday assault on Omni Tucson National's Catalina Course, Austin overtook Jim Carter, who finished 15 under to come up one shot short of his own chance at his first Champions title.
"Brokenhearted and happy at the same time," said Carter. "I did a lot of good things. I just got a little, maybe just a little bit tight."
Austin, 52, pounced early, birdieing his first three holes of the round and six of his first 10. 
Thirty-six hole leader Scott Verplank couldn't keep pace, but Carter, 54, did for a while with a 5-under score in his first 11 to stay one ahead of Austin. But the tide turned on 13, when Carter made his first of consecutive bogeys. 
Once Austin hold out for eagle from a greenside bunker on 15, Carter's chances were doomed.
"The greatest bunker week of my career, no question," Austin said.
Bernhard Langer, a 26-time PGA Tour Champions winner, also could lament some late mistakes. The German, 58, birdied four consecutive holes on his back nine to reach 16 under, only to bogey his final two and finish solo third.
While Carter was relegated to his second top 10 with no wins in 32 Champions Tour starts, Austin, a four-time US Tour winner, earned his first title in appearance No. 28. And he did so with his back-up caddie.
Austin's eldest son Parker originally was touted for bag-carrying duties, but he got sick during the week. In stepped younger brother Peyton, who secured a victory on the bag for dad.
Stephen Ames (69) and 2015 winner Marco Dawson (70) tied for fourth at 11 under. Scott Verplank (74) faltered to a tie for sixth thanks to a final round that included four bogeys.
Colin Montgomerie did not have one of his better US Seniors Tour performances. He finished T68 on 218 - 18 shots behind the winner.
Monty earned $1,955, about £1,000.

ALL THE FINAL TOTALS, PRIZEMONEY
Par 216 (3x72)

1	Woody Austin	65	70	65			200	$255,000
2	Jim Carter	70	63	68			201	$149,600
3	Bernhard Langer	69	66	67			202	$122,400
T4	Stephen Ames	69	67	69			205	$90,950
T4	Marco Dawson	68	67	70			205	$90,950
T6	Mark Calcavecchia	67	74	65			206	$55,080
T6	Duffy Waldorf	69	68	69			206	$55,080
T6	Tommy Armour III	70	67	69			206	$55,080
T6	Loren Roberts	71	66	69			206	$55,080
T6	Scott Verplank	66	66	74			206	$55,080
T11	Jeff Sluman	74	66	67			207	$34,000
T11	Jeff Maggert	72	71	64			207	$34,000
T11	Mike Goodes	70	68	69			207	$34,000
T11	Kevin Sutherland	70	68	69			207	$34,000
T11	Bart Bryant	71	66	70			207	$34,000
T11	Wes Short Jr.	68	65	74			207	$34,000
T17	Joe Durant	69	72	67			208	$24,693
T17	Scott McCarron	70	70	68			208	$24,693
T17	Bob Tway	71	67	70			208	$24,693
T17	Billy Andrade	66	70	72			208	$24,693
T21	Michael Allen	68	73	68			209	$17,971
T21	Steve Lowery	68	74	67			209	$17,971
T21	Joey Sindelar	71	70	68			209	$17,971
T21	Corey Pavin	71	69	69			209	$17,971
T21	Tom Byrum	70	68	71			209	$17,971
T21	Miguel Angel Martin	70	68	71			209	$17,971
T21	Peter Senior	69	68	72			209	$17,971
T28	Scott Dunlap	70	73	67			210	$13,175
T28	Paul Goydos	68	71	71			210	$13,175
T28	Greg Kraft	73	70	67			210	$13,175
T28	Scott Parel	69	71	70			210	$13,175
T28	Fred Funk	73	66	71			210	$13,175
T28	Glen Day	70	69	71			210	$13,175
T34	Kirk Triplett	72	69	70			211	$10,030
T34	Jeff Hart	71	70	70			211	$10,030
T34	Ian Woosnam	73	67	71			211	$10,030
T34	Rod Spittle	72	72	67			211	$10,030
T34	Mark Brooks	69	70	72			211	$10,030
T34	Jesper Parnevik	69	70	72			211	$10,030
T40	Todd Hamilton	72	69	71			212	$7,480
T40	Jerry Smith	70	73	69			212	$7,480
T40	Willie Wood	71	70	71			212	$7,480
T40	Mike Grob	69	71	72			212	$7,480
T40	John Inman	69	74	69			212	$7,480
T40	Doug Garwood	72	67	73			212	$7,480
T40	Lee Janzen	73	66	73			212	$7,480
T40	Gene Sauers	67	70	75			212	$7,480
48	Jose Coceres	72	70	71			213	$5,950
T49	John Huston	71	71	72			214	$4,439
T49	Carlos Franco	71	72	71			214	$4,439
T49	Scott Hoch	72	71	71			214	$4,439
T49	Rocco Mediate	72	71	71			214	$4,439
T49	Kenny Perry	72	72	70			214	$4,439
T49	Stan Utley	76	68	70			214	$4,439
T49	Brandt Jobe	70	75	69			214	$4,439
T49	John Riegger	75	70	69			214	$4,439
T49	Jay Don Blake	70	67	77			214	$4,439
T58	Don Pooley	72	74	69			215	$3,315
T58	Jeff Gallagher	70	67	78			215	$3,315
T60	Ronnie Black	71	70	75			216	$2,890
T60	Scott Simpson	72	74	70			216	$2,890
T60	Tom Lehman	74	73	69			216	$2,890
T63	Tom Pernice Jr.	72	72	73			217	$2,380
T63	Brad Faxon	72	73	72			217	$2,380
T63	Larry Mize	69	76	72			217	$2,380
T66	Mark O'Meara	72	70	76			218	$1,955
T66	Colin Montgomerie	74	70	74			218	$1,955
68	Hale Irwin	69	75	75			219	$1,700
69	Bob Gilder	73	74	73			220	$1,598
70	David Frost	76	74	71			221	$1,496
T71	Mike Springer	73	70	79			222	$1,250
T71	Mark Wiebe	69	75	78			222	$1,250
T71	Esteban Toledo	72	74	76			222	$1,250
T71	Brad Bryant	75	74	73			222	$1,250
T75	John Cook	75	74	74			223	$1,020
T75	Tom Kite	75	75	73			223	$1,020
77	Bobby Wadkins	76	78	71			225	$918
78	Gil Morgan	72	81	74			227	$850
79	Craig Parry	77	80	72			229	$782
80	Dan Forsman	78	77	75			230	$731
81	Tom Purtzer	78	75	79			232	$697
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