By The Associated Press

LA QUINTA, Calif. – Justin Leonard shot a 5-under 67 Sunday to overtake the faltering Joe Ogilvie and win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

Leonard finished the 90-hole tournament at 28-under 332, three shots in front of Ogilvie and Tim Clark of South Africa.

Ogilvie, still winless in his six years on the tour, had a closing 73. Clark shot 69.

Coming off his worst year since joining the tour full-time in 1995, former British Open champion Leonard rolled in six birdie putts and had just one bogey in the final round at PGA West’s Palmer Course.

He began the day three shots behind the front-running Ogilvie, who had been tied for the lead or alone at the top since the opening round of the five-day event.

Leonard missed the cut last week at Torrey Pines, but the way he finished it may have been an omen. Able to play only 17 holes of his second round Friday because of fog, he was 2 over.

Unlike a half-dozen other players who also weren’t going to make the cut and withdrew, Leonard showed up Saturday morning to finish his round – by playing one hole.

He birdied the par 5 and said that he finished because he felt it was the right thing to do, adding, “Plus, look at all the momentum I gave myself for next week.”

Leonard finished in the top 10 in just three tournaments last year and dropped to 42nd on the earnings list with $1.5 million. He failed to win a title for only the second time since 1996, and didn’t qualify for the Tour Championship for the first time since turning pro.

Eight shots back after the third day of the Hope, he made up ground with a fourth-round 64, then caught Ogilvie shortly after the final round began.

Leonard started the day by sinking a pair of birdies that drew him into a tie when Ogilvie started with a bogey and a par. Ogilvie then bogeyed No. 3 and Leonard’s par put him alone at the top, where he stayed.

Irwin wins record fifth

KAHUKU, Hawaii – Hale Irwin became the first player to win a men’s professional tour event five straight times Sunday, easily holding off Dana Quigley by five strokes in the Champions Tour’s Turtle Bay Championship.

The 59-year-old Irwin closed with a 5-under 67 for a record 16-under 200 total.

With his fourth straight win at Turtle Bay and sixth overall title in the event, Irwin pushed his tour-record victory total to 41.

Irwin took away any suspense early, carding five birdies on the front nine to make the turn at 31 and take a commanding six-stroke lead, leaving the rest of the field fighting for second place.

Gary Player, 69, who briefly shared the lead in the opening round, finished with a 76 for a 216 total.

Newlywed Arnold Palmer shot an 80 to finish second to last at 23-over 239. He still smiled and received applause at nearly every green. He also stayed late every day to sign hundreds of autographs.

“It’s been a great two weeks with the exception of golf,” said Palmer, 75, who married Kathleen Gawthrop in a beachside ceremony Wednesday.

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