GOLF ROUNDUP : Price Soars With Eagle for Canadian Victory

Nick Price continued his domination of world golf, nailing down the Canadian Open title Sunday with a magnificent two-iron that set up a decisive eagle.

It was his 16th victory in 54 starts, dating to the 1992 PGA championship, for the man from Zimbabwe who is unchallenged as the outstanding player in the game.

Price nailed down this one with a 217-yard two-iron second shot that rolled within 30 inches of the flag for a tap-in eagle-3 on No. 16.

“Probably the best two-iron I’ve ever hit in my life,” Price said.

It came as a door-slamming response to Mark Calcavecchia, who was playing two holes ahead of Price and chipped in from 30 feet for an eagle on 18.

That pulled him even with Price at 12 under, but it lasted only a moment. When Price tapped in his eagle putt the lead was back to two with two holes to go.

Price finished with a closing 68 and a 13-under-par 275 on the Glen Abbey Golf Club course at Oakville, one ahead of Calcavecchia.

The victory was Price’s fifth of the year on the PGA Tour, the most by any player since Tom Watson won six in 1980. That total doesn’t include Price’s victory in the British Open two months ago, the first of his two majors this year. He also won the PGA.

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On a day when Betsy King or Amy Alcott seemed headed for the LPGA Hall of Fame, Missie McGeorge came from three shots back in the final round to win the Ping-Cellular One Championship at Portland, Ore.

McGeorge shot a six-under-par 66 to tie the tournament record at nine-under 207.

King and Alcott each need one victory to join the Hall of Fame and both were on the leader board through much of the final day at the 6,319-yard Columbia-Edgewater Country Club course. King finished second, three shots behind at 210. Alcott, who began the final round with a one-stroke lead, shot a 76 and wound up at 214.

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Dave Eichelberger ended a 13-year winless streak with a two-shot victory in the Quicksilver Classic at Midway, Pa.

Eichelberger, the fifth first-time PGA Senior Tour winner this year, overcame an erratic driver to shoot a one-under 71 and finish at seven-under 209. Ray Floyd (70) and Homero Blancas (69) tied for second at 211.

A four-time PGA Tour winner, Eichelberger hadn’t won since the 1981 Tallahassee Open.