Doug Barron closed with three straight birdies -- the last one coming after he hit into a pair of bunkers -- to cap a final charge up the leaderboard and stun the field Sunday, winning the PGA Tour Champions' Pure Insurance Championship in Monterrey, Calif.
Barron, who began the day four strokes off the lead and tied for sixth, carded a 6-under-par 66 in the final round and finished at 12-under 204 for the tournament. Fiji's Vijay Singh finished second, one stroke back at 11 under after a final-round 69.
The $2.4 million event used both the Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill par-72 courses for Friday and Saturday. Only Pebble Beach was played on Sunday.
Sitting at 11 under heading to par-5 18, Barron hit his tee shot into a bunker to the right of the fairway. From there, he sent his ball do