Tournament Notebook

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) -Dan Forsman made an eagle and four consecutive birdies on the front nine Sunday on his way to a three-stroke victory in the Regions Charity Classic on Sunday.

Forsman, who shot a tournament-record 62 in the second round at Ross Bridge, won for the second time on the Champions Tour.

He made a couple of late bogeys to finish at 66 for the third round and minus-20 196 for the tournament, easily beating Joe Ozaki (66) and Peter Senior (68) at 17-under 199.

Second-round leader Bobby Clampett shot a 73 to fall to fifth.

David Peoples (68) came in fourth at 15-under, while Jeff Sluman (68) tied with Clampett another stroke back.

Clampett birdied three of the first six holes, but made a double-bogey on No. 7 and then bogeyed both 10 and 11 to fall eight shots behind Forsman.

Forsman built a five-shot lead after making a 50-foot birdie putt on No. 11.

``I caught fire down the front nine,'' said Forsman, who earned $255,000. ``When I made that birdie on 11, even I had to step back and go, 'Wow, maybe I could shoot 60.'

``At that point, the only thing that could cool me down out there was Mother Nature.''

A rain shower briefly soaked the course while Forsman was playing No. 12, and he said he allowed that to rattle him into making bogeys on both 13 and 14.

``The weather came, and that changed a lot of things,'' Forsman said. ``My momentum had been cooled off big time. There was a little more stress and strain with each shot.''

But the rest of the field was unable to put any serious pressure on Forsman.

``The (double-bogey) at 7 really shocked me,'' Clampett said. ``Then Dan starts making birdies, and he's just off and running. I probably lost my patience a little bit after that.''

Senior, the other player in the final group, birdied four of the first six holes but finished with 12 consecutive pars.

``I got off to a good start, and then I went to sleep,'' said Senior, who did not have a bogey in the tournament. ``I missed a short birdie putt on No. 7 and I never got going after that. Then Dan just blew the competition away and coasted home.

``It's amazing what pressure can do, and I just didn't exert any whatsoever. I thought I had a chance, but I just couldn't get it going.''

Forsman?s final obstacle came at No. 17, where he hit his tee shot into a fairway bunker 83 yards from the hole. But he found the green with his second shot and salvaged par.

``The shot out of the bunker on 17 was the most important shot of the day,'' Forsman said. ``I'm more proud of that shot than any other I hit this week.''

With the victory, Forsman earned 255 points in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup race and moved into third place in the standings.

Fred Couples, who did not compete in this tournament because of a back injury, still leads the point standings. Bernard Langer is in second place in the standings following a 16th-place finish in the Regions Classic.

Ken Green, who was playing in his first stroke-play event since having the lower part of his right leg amputated following a car accident last June, shot a final-round 75 to finish at 9-over 73, tied for 73rd in the 77-player field.

``I'm pretty happy with the week,'' Green said. ``It's definitely a home run for me. I hit a lot of good shots and some bad ones. It's encouraging that there is some hope that I can go out there and play some good golf.''