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BLAINE, Minn. – R.W. Eaks was the runaway winner at the 3M Championship on Sunday, posting the lowest score in the tournament’s 16-year history.

Eaks shot a 7-under 65 in the final round to finish with a 54-hole total of 193, four shots better than Ed Dougherty’s finish in 2000. Gary Hallberg and Bernhard Langer tied for second at 17-under 199.

Eaks, who had one top-10 finish in 14 previous events he completed this year, led by as many as six on the front nine at the TPC Twin Cities, but back-to-back birdies by Gene Jones cut the lead to two on 14.

Eaks’ second shot on the par-4 15th went through the green, but he regrouped and chipped in for birdie.

Jones bogeyed 16 and double-bogeyed 17. He finished at 16 under, seven shots back.

Ron Streck (70) finished at 15 under, and Mike Goodes (66), Tom Kite (65) and Rod Spittle (65) finished at 14 under. Jones, Goodes and Spittle were Monday qualifiers.

Loren Roberts, who started the day three shots back, shot a 72 and finished 10 shots back.

Defending champion D.A. Weibring shot 68 in the final round to finish at 11 under. No champion has defended his title in the event’s 16-year history.

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Final scores with earnings and relation to par from the 3M Championship, played July 18-20 at the par-72, 7,100-yard TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn.:

1. R.W. Eaks	$262,500		65-63-65--193			-23
2. Gary Hallberg	140,000		66-68-65--199			-17
2. Bernhard Langer	140,000		67-66-66--199			-17
4. Gene Jones	105,000		64-67-69--200			-16
5. Ron Streck	84,000		70-64-67--201			-15
6. Rod Spittle	63,000		71-66-65--202			-14
6. Tom Kite	63,000		68-69-65--202			-14
6. Mike Goodes	63,000		69-67-66--202			-14
9. Jeff Sluman	45,500		65-71-67--203			-13
9. Dana Quigley	45,500		62-70-71--203			-13
9. Loren Roberts	45,500		66-65-72--203			-13
12. Hale Irwin	38,500		68-66-70--204			-12
13. D.A. Weibring	34,125		68-69-68--205			-11
13. Peter Jacobsen	34,125		67-68-70--205			-11
15. Gary Koch	24,947		69-73-64--206			-10
15. Morris Hatalsky	24,947		72-67-67--206			-10
15. Ronnie Black	24,947		70-69-67--206			-10
15. Joe Ozaki	24,947		70-68-68--206			-10
15. Joey Sindelar	24,947		68-69-69--206			-10
15. Bruce Vaughan	24,947		68-67-71--206			-10
15. Tim Simpson	24,947		69-66-71--206			-10
15. David Edwards	24,947		69-66-71--206			-10
15. Lonnie Nielsen	24,947		68-66-72--206			-10
24. Mike Reid	16,363		69-70-68--207			-9
24. Tom Purtzer	16,363		68-70-69--207			-9
24. Gil Morgan	16,363		70-68-69--207			-9
24. Fuzzy Zoeller	16,363		69-69-69--207			-9
24. Keith Fergus	16,363		68-68-71--207			-9
24. Scott Hoch	16,363		69-66-72--207			-9
30. Tim Conley	12,367		69-72-67--208			-8
30. Mike McCullough	12,367		68-73-67--208			-8
30. Phil Blackmar	12,367		68-72-68--208			-8
30. John Cook	12,367		68-72-68--208			-8
30. Jim Thorpe	12,367		71-69-68--208			-8
30. Steve Thomas	12,367		69-69-70--208			-8
36. Scott Simpson	10,033		71-69-69--209			-7
36. Curtis Strange	10,033		68-71-70--209			-7
36. Bruce Summerhays	10,033		72-66-71--209			-7
39. Dan Forsman	8,050		72-72-66--210			-6
39. Vicente Fernandez	8,050		74-70-66--210			-6
39. David Eger	8,050		72-72-66--210			-6
39. Mike Hulbert	8,050		69-73-68--210			-6
39. Bruce Fleisher	8,050		73-69-68--210			-6
39. Tom McKnight	8,050		70-71-69--210			-6
39. John Harris	8,050		66-74-70--210			-6
39. David Ogrin	8,050		67-70-73--210			-6
47. Walter Hall	5,775		76-67-68--211			-5
47. Danny Edwards	5,775		72-69-70--211			-5
47. Donnie Hammond	5,775		70-71-70--211			-5
47. Bobby Wadkins	5,775		71-69-71--211			-5
47. Fulton Allem	5,775		68-70-73--211			-5
52. Dave Eichelberger	4,433		72-70-70--212			-4
52. Massy Kuramoto	4,433		70-71-71--212			-4
52. Boonchu Ruangkit	4,433		71-65-76--212			-4
55. Dave Stockton	3,938		68-74-71--213			-3
55. Rick Karbowski	3,938		68-71-74--213			-3
57. Andy Bean	3,413		70-76-68--214			-2
57. Bob Gilder	3,413		69-73-72--214			-2
57. Tom Jenkins	3,413		72-70-72--214			-2
57. Ed Dougherty	3,413		66-74-74--214			-2
61. Tom Herzan	2,975		72-71-72--215			-1
62. Leonard Thompson	2,625		76-73-67--216			E
62. Joe Inman	2,625		69-75-72--216			E
62. Wayne Levi	2,625		72-71-73--216			E
65. Dan Pohl	2,013		76-71-70--217		+	1
65. J.C. Snead	2,013		74-72-71--217		+	1
65. Mark McNulty	2,013		72-72-73--217		+	1
65. Don Pooley	2,013		68-75-74--217		+	1
69. Chip Beck	1,645		74-71-73--218		+	2
70. Jim Dent	1,488		74-72-73--219		+	3
70. Hugh Baiocchi	1,488		71-73-75--219		+	3
72. Larry Ziegler	1,330		76-70-74--220		+	4
73. Graham Marsh	1,190		72-75-74--221		+	5
73. Joe Stansberry	1,190		74-70-77--221		+	5
75. Jim Colbert	1,050		71-76-75--222		+	6
75. Lance Ten Broeck	1,050		73-73-76--222		+	6
77. Gibby Gilbert	945		76-76-74--226		+	10
78. Gary McCord	875		74-77-78--229		+	13

Posted: 7/20/2008

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