Golf | Brian Gay fires a 64, wins by 10 shots

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Brian Gay put on a record-setting show at the Verizon Heritage. And this time, he didn't have to share the spotlight with anyone.

Gay shot a 7-under-par 64 Sunday to win at Harbour Town Golf Links by an astounding 10 shots. He beat the event's 13-year-old scoring record, finishing at 20-under 264 on the way to his second PGA Tour victory.

"Just another unbelievable day," Gay said.

Gay, 37, did not break through for his first victory until his 293rd start, in February 2008 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in Mexico. That title came the same weekend top-ranked Tiger Woods won the World Golf Championships Match Play event.

"Yeah, it's a bit of validation," Gay said of his second victory.

Gay had the Tour's largest margin of victory since Phil Mickelson won the 2006 BellSouth Classic by 13 strokes.

Gay bested Loren Roberts' mark of 19 under in winning the 1996 Verizon Heritage. Gay's 10-stroke edge over Luke Donald (66) and Briny Baird (68) beat the seven strokes that five-time champion Davis Love III won by in 1998.

Besides earning $1.026 million, Gay secured a spot in next year's Masters, something he didn't get with the Mayakoba victory. It will be his first time at Augusta National.

Price triumphs

LUTZ, Fla. — Nick Price won the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am for his first victory on the 50-and-older Champions Tour, overcoming three double bogeys in an up-and-down final round of 71.

After a par putt on the 18th hole, Price finished with a two-shot victory over Larry Nelson to end an 0-for-38 streak on the Champions Tour and win his first title since the PGA Tour's 2002 MasterCard Colonial, a span of 111 events on those tours.

Price, 52, overcame the double bogeys with seven birdies and shot even par to finish at 9-under 204. Nelson closed with a 70 on the TPC Tampa Bay.

Hall of Famer Price, who is from Zimbabwe, is a three-time major champion who won 18 times on the PGA Tour.

"I am absolutely dumbfounded by this round," he said. "I might make some bogeys, but not three double bogeys like that. ...

"It's supposed to be easier when you get older but that, without a doubt, is the toughest win I've ever had."

Other tournaments

• PGA Tour player Patrick Sheehan holed a 22-foot birdie putt from the fringe to beat Australia's Michael Sim on the first hole of a playoff in the Nationwide Tour's Athens Regional Foundation Classic in Georgia.

Sheehan, 39, closed with a 4-under 68 to match Sim (63) at 14-under 274 for 72 holes. Sheehan earned $99,000.

• Australian Scott Strange won the Volvo China Open, closing with a 4-under 68 for a one-stroke victory over Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (72) in Beijing. Strange had an 8-under 280 total.