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By LUKE MEREDITH
Associated Press

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – Jay Haas shot a 6-under 65 Sunday to repeat as champion of the Principal Charity Classic and move into first place on the Champions Tour money list.

Haas, who won the Senior PGA Championship last week, shot 4 under on the back nine and finished at 10-under 203 total, one shot ahead of Andy Bean. Haas also passed Bernhard Langer for first in the points standings with the victory.

Second-round leader Nick Price bogeyed his final hole and finished third with a final-round 69 and 8-under 205 total. Joey Sindelar was fourth at 7 under, and seven players tied for fifth at 6-under 207.

Haas entered the final round two strokes behind Price, but three consecutive birdies down the stretch gave him the lead for good. He made a 48-foot putt on No. 14, then dropped his tee shot on No. 16 2 feet from the pin. A short putt there gave Haas a one-shot lead, and he closed with two pars.

Haas in the first player in the eight-year history of the event to win it two years in a row.

Price is still searching for his first Champions Tour win. He didn’t blow the final-round lead as he did in Austin, Texas, in early May when he shot a 3-over 75, but he missed a number of birdie putts on the back nine.

Price still could have forced a playoff with a birdie on No. 18, but his approach bounced off the green and rolled onto the fringe.

Bean (67) moved up with birdies on Nos. 15 and 16, but he hit his final tee shot into the rough and needed a long putt to finish at 9-under 204.

Tom Purtzer had pulled into a tie for the lead with three holes to go, only to turn in a disastrous finish. His approach on the 17th hole landed in the creek near the green, leading to a bogey that dashed his hopes. A double-bogey on No. 18 gave Purtzer a 6-under 207 total.

Loren Roberts, the runner-up at Glen Oaks two years ago, was at 6 under through 16 holes before he stumbled on Nos. 17 and 18 yet again. Roberts, who blew a final-round lead with two holes to go in 2006, sent a chip past the pin and missed a par putt on No. 17. He then bogeyed the 18th hole and finished the tournament at 6-under 207.

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Final scores with earnings and relation to par from the Principal Charity Classic, played May 30-June 1 at the par-71, 6,877-yard Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines, Iowa:

1. Jay Haas	$258,750		70-68-65--203			-10
2. Andy Bean	151,800		69-68-67--204			-9
3. Nick Price	124,200		70-66-69--205			-8
4. Joey Sindelar	103,500		67-71-68--206			-7
5. Loren Roberts	57,664		68-72-67--207			-6
5. John Morse	57,664		69-71-67--207			-6
5. Ron Streck	57,664		70-70-67--207			-6
5. John Cook	57,664		69-70-68--207			-6
5. Tom Purtzer	57,664		67-71-69--207			-6
5. Kirk Hanefeld	57,664		67-70-70--207			-6
5. Bobby Wadkins	57,664		70-67-70--207			-6
12. Eduardo Romero	34,069		70-70-68--208			-5
12. Boonchu Ruangkit	34,069		70-70-68--208			-5
12. Tom McKnight	34,069		71-68-69--208			-5
12. David Eger	34,069		69-68-71--208			-5
16. D.A. Weibring	25,214		74-67-68--209			-4
16. Clarence Rose	25,214		68-73-68--209			-4
16. Jim Colbert	25,214		71-70-68--209			-4
16. Scott Simpson	25,214		70-70-69--209			-4
16. Keith Fergus	25,214		69-70-70--209			-4
16. Mike Hulbert	25,214		69-69-71--209			-4
22. Don Pooley	16,970		71-71-68--210			-3
22. Mike McCullough	16,970		71-71-68--210			-3
22. Mike Goodes	16,970		70-71-69--210			-3
22. Hale Irwin	16,970		70-71-69--210			-3
22. Donnie Hammond	16,970		69-70-71--210			-3
22. Bob Gilder	16,970		73-66-71--210			-3
22. James Mason	16,970		71-68-71--210			-3
22. Lonnie Nielsen	16,970		66-71-73--210			-3
30. Tom Kite	12,190		73-68-70--211			-2
30. Brad Bryant	12,190		71-70-70--211			-2
30. Mark James	12,190		73-70-68--211			-2
30. John Harris	12,190		75-68-68--211			-2
30. Fulton Allem	12,190		72-73-66--211			-2
30. Mark O'Meara	12,190		72-66-73--211			-2
36. R.W. Eaks	8,642		66-75-71--212			-1
36. Fuzzy Zoeller	8,642		71-71-70--212			-1
36. Tim Simpson	8,642		71-70-71--212			-1
36. Morris Hatalsky	8,642		70-73-69--212			-1
36. Denis Watson	8,642		69-71-72--212			-1
36. Mark Wiebe	8,642		70-70-72--212			-1
36. Gil Morgan	8,642		71-73-68--212			-1
36. John Ross	8,642		71-69-72--212			-1
36. David Edwards	8,642		70-69-73--212			-1
36. Mark McNulty	8,642		67-70-75--212			-1
46. Scott Hoch	6,383		72-70-71--213			E
46. Jim Thorpe	6,383		69-75-69--213			E
46. Tom Jenkins	6,383		74-72-67--213			E
49. Craig Stadler	5,693		69-73-72--214		+	1
50. Graham Marsh	4,830		72-69-74--215		+	2
50. Jeff Sluman	4,830		70-71-74--215		+	2
50. Massy Kuramoto	4,830		70-72-73--215		+	2
50. Bruce Vaughan	4,830		75-68-72--215		+	2
54. Isao Aoki	3,881		73-69-74--216		+	3
54. Allen Doyle	3,881		71-73-72--216		+	3
54. Leonard Thompson	3,881		71-75-70--216		+	3
54. Bruce Summerhays	3,881		72-76-68--216		+	3
58. Dave Rummells	3,191		69-73-75--217		+	4
58. Bruce Zabriski	3,191		72-71-74--217		+	4
58. Ed Dougherty	3,191		74-69-74--217		+	4
58. Mark W. Johnson	3,191		72-72-73--217		+	4
62. Dave Eichelberger	2,501		72-71-75--218		+	5
62. Joe Ozaki	2,501		72-73-73--218		+	5
62. Danny Edwards	2,501		74-72-72--218		+	5
62. Jim Ahern	2,501		77-70-71--218		+	5
66. Dana Quigley	2,070		73-71-75--219		+	6
67. Vicente Fernandez	1,635		72-74-74--220		+	7
67. Bruce Fleisher	1,635		73-74-73--220		+	7
67. Tom Wargo	1,635		73-75-72--220		+	7
67. Mitch Adams	1,635		74-74-72--220		+	7
67. Phil Blackmar	1,635		80-71-69--220		+	7
72. Kenny Knox	1,311		70-78-75--223		+	10
73. Jim Dent	1,208		77-75-72--224		+	11
74. Chip Beck	1,139		74-76-75--225		+	12
75. Larry Nelson	1,070		74-73-79--226		+	13
76. Terry Snodgrass	1,001		73-80-77--230		+	17
77. Bruce Lietzke	932		77-77-79--233		+	20
WD. Walter Hall

Posted: 6/1/2008

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