Stadler within a win of promotion to PGA Tour
Updated: July 12, 2004, 12:20 AM ET
Associated Press
HUDSON, Wis. -- Kevin Stadler birdied the third playoff Sunday hole to get his second win in just four starts on the Nationwide Tour.
The son of 1982 Masters champion Craig Stadler shot a final-round 68 and wound up in a four-way tie for the lead in the Scholarship America Showdown. Kyle Thompson, Mathew Goggin and Chris Tidland also finished regulation play 11-under at 269.
Stadler, who won the Lake Erie Charity Classic two weeks ago on the developmental tour, moved within a victory of an in-season promotion to the PGA Tour as a three-time winner.
"It still hasn't sunk in from two weeks ago," Stadler said. "To win one was beyond my expectations, but to win two is beyond words. The last four weeks have been incredible to say the least."
He also put himself in position to earn a 2005 PGA Tour card for finishing in the top 20 on the Nationwide money list.
The win moved Stadler to No. 11 on the list with $167,715.
The 24-year-old player needed a birdie on the final regulation hole to help create the first four-man playoff in tour history.
"Obviously, I would have liked to win it in regulation, but standing on the 18th tee I was begging for a playoff," Stadler said.
Thompson shot a 68 in the final round, but bogeyed the second playoff hole to fall out.
Goggin appeared set to win in regulation, but a bogey on No. 17 dropped him to 11 under. He was eliminated on the first playoff hole with a bogey.
Tidland was unable to match Stadler's birdie on the final playoff hole.
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