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ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Zimbabwe’s Brendon de Jonge won the Xerox Classic for his first Nationwide Tour title Sunday, closing with a 1-under 69 at Irondequoit Country Club for a two-stroke victory over Australia’s Jarrod Lyle.

De Jonge finished at 13-under 267 and earned $108,000 to jump from 12th to second on the money list with $316,056. Lyle, seeking his third win of the season and an immediate promotion to the PGA Tour, also finished with a 69.

“This is such a tough golf course that sometimes when you hit a good shot it doesn’t end up in a good spot,” said de Jonge, tied for 29th in greens in regulation but first in putting for the week. “My short game was probably the best it’s ever been for a whole week. It was just one of those weeks.”

The top 25 on the final money list will earn 2009 PGA Tour cards.

“I’m very excited,” said de Jonge, who lives in Charlotte, N.C. “It was about as hard as I thought it would be.”

The 28-year old former Virginia Tech player has par-or-better scores in 26 of his last 28 rounds and is a combined 79 under in that stretch. In his last four starts, he has tied for third, tied for 18th, finished fifth and won.

“This is the best lengthy stretch of golf I’ve played in my life,” de Jonge said.

Lyle earned $64,800 to push his tour-leading total to $358,166. He has topped the money list for the last eight weeks and 16 weeks overall this season.

“You’ve got to make the most of your opportunities and Brendon obviously did that,” Lyle said. “He’s too good a player to be hanging around this tour too much longer.”

Ricky Barnes (66), Greg Owen (71) and Jonathan Fricke (71) tied for third at 8 under.

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Final scores with earnings and relation to par from the Xerox Classic, played Aug. 14-17 at the par-70, 6,720-yard Irondequoit Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.:

1. Brendon De Jonge	$108,000	67-64-67-69--267			-13
2. Jarrod Lyle	64,800	68-68-66-69--271			-9
3. Ricky Barnes	31,200	68-67-71-66--272			-8
3. Greg Owen	31,200	66-68-67-71--272			-8
3. Jonathan Fricke	31,200	69-69-63-71--272			-8
6. Hunter Haas	18,780	67-72-68-66--273			-7
6. Garrett Osborn	18,780	68-66-71-68--273			-7
6. Scott Piercy	18,780	69-67-69-68--273			-7
6. Dave Schultz	18,780	65-69-70-69--273			-7
6. David Hearn	18,780	68-66-69-70--273			-7
11. Bob May	13,800	64-69-75-66--274			-6
11. Jeff Gallagher	13,800	69-65-73-67--274			-6
11. Bill Lunde	13,800	72-68-67-67--274			-6
14. Brendon Todd	11,100	66-73-70-66--275			-5
14. Craig Bowden	11,100	66-73-67-69--275			-5
16. Anders Hultman	9,600	69-69-70-68--276			-4
16. Vance Veazey	9,600	67-68-71-70--276			-4
16. Jim Herman	9,600	68-69-69-70--276			-4
19. Greg Chalmers	7,272	66-68-75-68--277			-3
19. Nick Malinowski	7,272	68-70-71-68--277			-3
19. Scott Parel	7,272	68-69-71-69--277			-3
19. Marc Leishman	7,272	70-68-69-70--277			-3
19. Alex Prugh	7,272	68-69-66-74--277			-3
24. Matt Every	5,088	71-68-73-66--278			-2
24. Josh McCumber	5,088	73-66-70-69--278			-2
24. Bradley Iles	5,088	70-67-70-71--278			-2
24. Esteban Toledo	5,088	72-66-68-72--278			-2
24. Brian Stuard	5,088	67-69-68-74--278			-2
29. Won Joon Lee	3,795	69-71-71-68--279			-1
29. Kris Blanks	3,795	75-66-70-68--279			-1
29. Keith Nolan	3,795	71-67-72-69--279			-1
29. Bryce Molder	3,795	71-65-72-71--279			-1
29. Colt Knost	3,795	67-70-71-71--279			-1
29. Tom Johnson	3,795	72-66-70-71--279			-1
29. Sebastian Fernandez	3,795	70-69-69-71--279			-1
29. Jon Turcott	3,795	72-68-67-72--279			-1
37. David McKenzie	3,060	69-70-71-70--280			E
37. Kyle Reifers	3,060	67-68-72-73--280			E
37. Tee McCabe	3,060	68-71-68-73--280			E
37. Cameron Percy	3,060	70-68-67-75--280			E
41. Scott Gardiner	2,580	71-69-73-69--282		+	2
41. Grant Waite	2,580	68-70-74-70--282		+	2
41. Brad Weesner	2,580	69-70-72-71--282		+	2
41. Chris Smith	2,580	68-72-69-73--282		+	2
45. Chris Tidland	2,226	73-68-72-70--283		+	3
45. John Kimbell	2,226	71-70-70-72--283		+	3
45. Chris Kirk	2,226	72-68-70-73--283		+	3
45. Garth Mulroy	2,226	68-70-71-74--283		+	3
45. Bryan DeCorso	2,226	69-70-69-75--283		+	3
50. David Branshaw	2,085	72-66-72-74--284		+	4
50. Jonathan Moore	2,085	71-68-70-75--284		+	4
52. Fabian Gomez	2,040	72-68-72-73--285		+	5
53. Doug Barron	1,950	71-70-74-71--286		+	6
53. Brian Smock	1,950	67-69-77-73--286		+	6
53. Sonny Skinner	1,950	70-70-72-74--286		+	6
53. Zoran Zorkic	1,950	73-68-70-75--286		+	6
53. Jeff Brehaut	1,950	68-69-72-77--286		+	6
58. J.J. Killeen	1,845	69-68-74-76--287		+	7
58. Arjun Atwal	1,845	69-68-73-77--287		+	7
60. Gibby Gilbert III	1,785	71-70-78-69--288		+	8
60. Steve Pate	1,785	66-72-73-77--288		+	8
62. Jon Rusk	1,725	66-75-75-73--289		+	9
62. Ryan Hietala	1,725	68-73-72-76--289		+	9
64. Daniel Summerhays	1,680	71-66-80-75--292		+	12
65. Michael Welch	1,650	68-73-76-76--293		+	13
• • •
Missed the cut
66. Gary Christian		71-71--142		+	2
66. Josh Broadaway		69-73--142		+	2
66. Chris Nallen		72-70--142		+	2
66. Bubba Dickerson		70-72--142		+	2
66. Todd Fischer		71-71--142		+	2
66. Kevin Johnson		70-72--142		+	2
66. Rick Price		69-73--142		+	2
66. Rich Barcelo		71-71--142		+	2
66. Tripp Isenhour		67-75--142		+	2
66. Willie Wood		73-69--142		+	2
66. Chris Anderson		71-71--142		+	2
66. David Oh		69-73--142		+	2
66. Randy Leen		70-72--142		+	2
79. Michael Sim		73-70--143		+	3
79. Jeff Klauk		72-71--143		+	3
79. Tommy Tolles		70-73--143		+	3
79. Brock Mackenzie		73-70--143		+	3
79. D.A. Points		75-68--143		+	3
79. Brendan Steele		71-72--143		+	3
79. Blake Adams		74-69--143		+	3
79. Chris Gaunt		71-72--143		+	3
79. Paul Gow		73-70--143		+	3
79. David Mathis		73-70--143		+	3
79. Andrew Bonhomme		70-73--143		+	3
79. Skip Kendall		68-75--143		+	3
79. Robin Freeman		68-75--143		+	3
79. Brad Fritsch		70-73--143		+	3
79. Byron Smith		72-71--143		+	3
79. Chris Thompson		69-74--143		+	3
95. Darron Stiles		73-71--144		+	4
95. Spencer Levin		73-71--144		+	4
95. Len Mattiace		74-70--144		+	4
95. Chris Kamin		73-71--144		+	4
95. Matthew Ballard		72-72--144		+	4
95. Ben Bates		74-70--144		+	4
95. Phil Tataurangi		70-74--144		+	4
95. David Morland IV		71-73--144		+	4
95. Chris Parra		74-70--144		+	4
95. Kim Felton		73-71--144		+	4
105. Matt Bettencourt		72-73--145		+	5
105. Justin Peters		73-72--145		+	5
105. Guy Boros		71-74--145		+	5
105. Justin Hicks		72-73--145		+	5
105. Gabriel Hjertstedt		73-72--145		+	5
105. Peter Tomasulo		74-71--145		+	5
105. Tim O'Neal		75-70--145		+	5
105. Lee Curry		68-77--145		+	5
105. Aaron Watkins		74-71--145		+	5
114. B.J. Staten		71-75--146		+	6
114. Dustin Bray		73-73--146		+	6
114. Steve LeBrun		73-73--146		+	6
114. Fran Quinn		77-69--146		+	6
114. Patrick Damron		73-73--146		+	6
114. Kevin Haefner		71-75--146		+	6
120. Matt Hansen		75-72--147		+	7
120. Scott Harrington		75-72--147		+	7
120. Ewan Porter		74-73--147		+	7
120. Scott Dunlap		74-73--147		+	7
120. Bret Guetz		71-76--147		+	7
120. Matt Weibring		76-71--147		+	7
120. Mark Walker		75-72--147		+	7
120. Keoke Cotner		72-75--147		+	7
128. Kris Cox		69-79--148		+	8
128. Michael Boyd		78-70--148		+	8
130. Joe Daley		75-74--149		+	9
130. Tyler Williamson		75-74--149		+	9
130. Sal Spallone		73-76--149		+	9
130. Scott Gordon		71-78--149		+	9
130. Chad Ginn		70-79--149		+	9
130. Jason Enloe		72-77--149		+	9
130. B.J. Pitzen		73-76--149		+	9
137. Tom Carter		73-77--150		+	10
137. Miguel Angel Carballo		76-74--150		+	10
137. Jamie Neher		73-77--150		+	10
137. Kelly Grunewald		73-77--150		+	10
137. Kyle McCarthy		76-74--150		+	10
142. Jeremy Anderson		76-75--151		+	11
142. Rob Bradley		75-76--151		+	11
142. Mark Evans		76-75--151		+	11
142. Kirk Stauffer		79-72--151		+	11
142. Casey Wittenberg		73-78--151		+	11
142. Darren Angel		78-73--151		+	11
148. Geoffrey Sisk		73-79--152		+	12
148. Michael Belich		73-79--152		+	12
150. Reid Edstrom		78-76--154		+	14
150. Mike Capone		72-82--154		+	14
152. Monte Scheinblum		77-79--156		+	16
153. Rob Horak		77-82--159		+	19
154. Rich Burlett		76-84--160		+	20
WD. Brent Delahoussaye		72-WD
WD. Brad Lamb		78-WD

Posted: 8/17/2008

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