CHAMPIONS

• Haas stays hot, repeats as Principal Charity winner

  
  

  West Des Moines, IA (Sports Network) - A week after winning the season's first major, Jay Haas rallied with a six-under 65 to repeat as champion at The Principal Charity Classic.

  Haas, who won the Senior PGA Championship last week, finished at 10-under-par 203, which was good for a one-shot win over Andy Bean.

  "I thought I'd need something at least 65 or even lower," admitted Haas, who picked up $258,750 to move to the top of the money list. "I thought it was a pretty good day to score. There wasn't much wind. I thought someone ahead of me might go nuts." This was the third time Haas won back-to-back starts and the victory also moved him to the top of the Charles Schwab Cup points list. The title was the 12th on the Champions Tour for Haas.

  Bean closed with a four-under 67 to finish alone in second at minus-nine.

  Overnight-leader and World Golf Hall of Famer Nick Price managed a two-under 69 to end alone in third at eight-under-par 205.

  Price could have forced a playoff with a birdie at the last, but instead three-putted for a closing bogey to end two back.

  Early on, it looked as though Price would win easily.

  He picked up three birdies on the front nine at Glen Oaks Country Club to make the turn at minus- nine.

  Haas, who was playing two groups ahead of Price, birdied the sixth and ninth to make the turn at six-under.

  "I made the turn and still didn't feel I was out of it," Haas said.

  Haas caught fire on the back nine. He birdied the par-five 11th to move within two of Price.

  Haas birdied the par-three 14th and made it two straight with a birdie at 15 that gave him a share of the lead. Haas birdied the par-three 16th for his third consecutive birdie and a one-shot lead at 10-under.

  "I made my longest putt of the day on 14 and that was probably the putt that got me over the hump, literally and figuratively," stated Haas. "When I made that, I was eight-under and I think Nick was nine-under. I felt like I could do it. After good shots on 15 and 16, all of a sudden I'm 10-under. I wanted to get one more, thankfully it was enough." At the 17th, Haas got up and down for par to retain his lead before he two- putted for par at the last.

  While Haas was signing his scorecard and waiting for the final two groups to finish, Price needed a birdie to try to force a playoff.

  Price parred eight straight from the 10th to hold steady at minus-nine. He hit the green with his approach at the last. Price needed to sink a 26-foot birdie putt to get to 10-under, but instead he three-putted for bogey to end at eight-under.

  "I played really good today. I hit some good putts, but got a little defensive and jumpy with the putter," Price admitted.

  "I think the 18th was a perfect example. I needed to give that one a go and I left it four feet short. It's so bad when you do that, at least give it a chance. It's pitiful." Bean, who played alongside Price, had a solid front nine with three birdies and a bogey that put him at minus-seven.

  He jumped into the picture with birdies on 15 and 16.

  Those birdies moved him to minus-nine, but he could only par the last two to end in second.

  Joey Sindelar posted a three-under 68 Sunday to end alone in fourth at seven- under-par 206. John Cook, Loren Roberts, Tom Purtzer, Bobby Wadkins, John Morse, Kirk Hanefeld and Ron Streck ended one shot further back at minus-six.

  06/01 20:10:39 ET