Doug Barron closed with three straight birdies — the last one coming after he hit into a pair of bunkers — to cap a final charge up the leaderboard and stun the field Sunday, winning the PGA Tour Champions’ Pure Insurance Championship in Monterrey, Calif.
Barron, who began the day four strokes off the lead and tied for sixth, carded a 6-under-par 66 in the final round and finished at 12-under 204 for the tournament. Fiji’s Vijay Singh finished second, one stroke back at 11 under after a final-round 69.
The $2.4 million event used both the Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill par-72 courses for Friday and Saturday. Only Pebble Beach was played on Sunday.
Sitting at 11 under heading to par-5 18, Barron hit his tee shot into a bunker to the right of the fairway. From there, he sent his ball down the fairway but to the left edge, where his ball bounced straight left and into another fairway bunker.
His third shot then landed pin-high on the green, bounced to the back of the green and rolled back a bit toward the hole. With the hole placed near the back of the green, Barron tapped his ball and let it run down the hill, finding the left edge of the cup before slowly falling in.
Barron pumped his fist repeatedly and gave out a yell after making what turned out to be the tournament-winning putt.