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Show I GOLF NEWS . - Canadian Dave Barr hols parred the eighth sudden d Jeath hole Sunday to beat ."foody Blackburn in an :e ' historic plavoff for the PHiad Cities Open golf jnwn in Coal Valley, ''- Illinois. Barr, 29, earned first victory in four Seasons on the American ;jour. He two putted from 111 fleet and knocked in the rek putt from three feet tdt the decisive par terti'f I Blackburn, a Ken-em:tuckian Ken-em:tuckian who was the 1976 .jd-Disney team winner with jjill Kratzert, bogeyed number 8 when he caught ? buried lie in a bunker and blasted 20 feet past 1 pin. He left his par i Mt two feet from the 56 -hole. ' ' Barr became the third first-time winner this ; .year by playing the eight j ptra holes in l-under- W Pfr. equaled the largest dfyoff in the PGA tour's f history. The last five-man . sudden death came f rlier this year in the ... H Crosby Pro-Am, by John Cook. The Wvious longest play off t" year were three- satAltanta, won by Im Watson and in the , ?H Crosby. tjhe all-time PGA Tour - rd U sudden death . but this was the nd longest sudden th duel. The 1948 Jtorcuyopen and the Azalea playoffs also J ,e&ht holes, other ,wnbers of the Quad J esplayoff were Victor , W Frank Conner " C h" HaIldon. All Jen IT Pars on "'ng playoff hole. ' ':SllnnaCaponishota73 -fe'tbutheldo" and M 25 000 Western 'vV,Cni nf this yw- AEth "f1 $18,750 vonSerto third place Adoubl'p K he survived Itiiitha . ' She fln'shed 2j, ger Placed second at |
