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CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) -- Dean Wilson earned his first P-G-A Tour win with a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff at the International golf tournament at Castle Pines. He'd finished regulation tied with Tom Lehman.
After the U-S Ryder Cup captain barely missed wide on a 30-foot putt for birdie, Wilson sank a six-footer to win the 990-thousand dollar first-place prize. His best previous finish was a tie for third at the 2004 Valero Texas Open.
Lehman would've vaulted into seventh place in the Ryder Cup standings with a win. But he says he would have been reluctant to play for himself because of his putting game.
Lehman hasn't won since the 2000 Phoenix Open but nearly became the first Ryder Cup captain to win a P-G-A Tour event during his term since Jack Nicklaus won the Masters in 1986.
The U-S team will travel to Ireland next month to try to bring home the cup for the first time since 1999.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APTV-08-13-06 1658MDT
