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After 309 starts, Dawson gets first taste of victory

LONG GROVE, Ill. -- Marco Dawson fired a final-round 69 to win the Buy.com Tour's LaSalle Bank Open at the Kemper Lakes Golf Club.

Dawson tallied a 12-under 276, three strokes ahead of Darron Stiles. Mark Wurtz, Casey Martin, Arron Oberholser and Doug Barron shared third place, four back of Dawson.

The 39-year-old Dawson collected $81,000 for the victory and jumped from No. 18 to No. 5 on the season money list. The top 15 money winners at the end of the year earn their 2003 PGA Tour cards.

"When that last putt went it, I thought, 'Finally,''' said Dawson, who won for the first time in a combined 309 starts on the Buy.com and PGA Tours.

Final scores

Marco Dawson, $81,000 71-69-67-69--276 12-under

Darron Stiles, $48,600 69-73-65-72--279 9-under

Mark Wurtz, $21,600 72-69-71-68--280 8-under Casey Martin, $21,600 75-67-70-68--280 Arron Oberholser, $21,600 68-72-68-72--280 Doug Barron, $21,600 73-70-64-73--280

Barry Cheesman, $14,513 71-71-69-70--281 7-under Gene Sauers, $14,513 65-74-68-74--281

Richard Barcelo, $12,150 70-68-73-71--282 6-under Nathan Green, $12,150 74-68-70-70--282 Scott Sterling, $12,150 73-69-69-71--282

Lucas Glover, $9,900 70-69-73-71--283 5-under Jimmy Walker, $9,900 70-68-73-72--283

Jay Delsing, $7,650 72-72-70-70--284 4-under Tom Carter, $7,650 69-73-72-70--284 Dave Stockton, $7,650 68-70-74-72--284 Patrick Moore, $7,650 72-66-77-69--284 Emlyn Aubrey, $7,650 69-72-71-72--284

Scott Petersen, $5,850 74-68-72-71--285 3-under Ben Ferguson, $5,850 70-73-70-72--285 Craig Bowden, $5,850 71-68-71-75--285

John Elliott, $4,500 72-69-74-71--286 2-under Steve Haskins, $4,500 74-66-73-73--286 Ryan Howison, $4,500 72-71-75-68--286 Charles Warren, $4,500 72-71-75-68--286

Todd Fischer, $3,510 71-72-71-73--287 1-under Brian Wilson, $3,510 69-69-75-74--287 Peter O'Malley, $3,510 70-73-72-72--287 Craig Lile, $3,510 69-74-73-71--287

John Morse, $2,835 72-71-71-74--288 Even David Dyer, $2,835 71-71-73-73--288 Wes Short, $2,835 72-71-72-73--288 Andrew Morse, $2,835 72-67-76-73--288 Steve Holmes, $2,835 71-72-69-76--288 Robert Garrigus, $2,835 76-64-69-79--288

John Maginnes, $2,340 73-68-73-75--289 1-over Chad Wright, $2,340 69-71-74-75--289 Dave Schreyer, $2,340 75-67-72-75--289 Brian Sharp, $2,340 72-69-74-74--289 Nolan Henke, $2,340 71-73-73-72--289

Chris Tidland, $1,980 75-69-72-74--290 2-over Jeff Freeman, $1,980 73-69-70-78--290 Jason Caron, $1,980 71-73-77-69--290

Chip Beck, $1,755 67-74-72-78--291 3-over Michael Flynn, $1,755 72-69-75-75--291 Eric Meeks, $1,755 72-71-74-74--291

Tee McCabe, $1,628 73-69-76-74--292 4-over Kevin Johnson, $1,628 76-68-74-74--292 Jimmy Green, $1,628 73-71-75-73--292

Shaun Haberstroh, $1,564 76-68-73-76--293 5-over Steve Gilley, $1,564 72-72-73-76--293

Jason Buha, $1,519 68-75-75-76--294 6-over Ben Curtis, $1,519 72-72-74-76--294

Fran Quinn, $1,485 72-72-71-80--295 7-over

Roland Thatcher, $1,463 69-71-75-81--296 8-over

Jin Park, $1,429 70-71-78-80--299 11-over Greg Gregory, $1,429 69-75-78-77--299

Eric Johnson, $1,395 70-74-77-81--302 14-over

Ken Green 71-71-72-WD Jason Gore 72-71-76-WD

Missed the cut
Jeff Hart 73-72--145 Patrick Sheehan 73-72--145 Brian Claar 75-70--145 Shane Bertsch 69-76--145 Rob McKelvey 69-76--145 Kelly Gibson 71-74--145 Pete Morgan 72-73--145 Joey Maxon 71-75--146 Jim Rutledge 71-75--146 Scott Gump 74-72--146 Omar Uresti 69-77--146 Andy Walker 72-74--146 Charles Raulerson 71-75--146 D.A. Points 70-76--146 Craig Kanada 69-77--146 Travis Perkins 72-74--146 Steve Runge 72-74--146 Dino Lucchesi 77-69--146 Aaron Baddeley 72-74--146 Sonny Skinner 72-75--147 Jason Dufner 73-74--147 David Branshaw 75-72--147 Jeff Klauk 74-73--147 Doug Dunakey 75-72--147 Brad Adamonis 74-73--147 Stan Utley 73-74--147 Daniel Chopra 73-74--147 Daniel Stone 73-74--147 Anthony Rodriguez 73-75--148 Keoke Cotner 75-73--148 Trevor Dodds 72-76--148 Todd Demsey 72-76--148 Brian Kamm 71-77--148 Joe Daley 74-74--148 Gary Hallberg 74-74--148 Dave Rummells 75-73--148 Todd Fanning 71-77--148 Don Berry 73-75--148 David Ogrin 74-75--149 John Kernohan 78-71--149 Andy Sanders 80-69--149 Kevin Durkin 76-73--149 Joel Kribel 75-74--149 Roger Tambellini 74-75--149 Stiles Mitchell 76-73--149 Jon Mills 73-76--149 Tjaart Van Der Walt 78-72--150 Mark Wilson 76-74--150 Doug Garwood 73-77--150 Bobby Gage 77-73--150 Chris Wisler 74-76--150 Bob Friend 77-73--150 Zoran Zorkic 75-75--150 Mark Hensby 75-76--151 Vance Veazey 72-79--151 Wes Tuck 75-76--151 Tom Kalinowski 77-74--151 Grover Justice 77-74--151 Kevin Wentworth 74-78--152 Erik Compton 77-75--152 Richard Johnson 77-75--152 Jay Davis 78-75--153 Ryuji Imada 77-76--153 Tag Ridings 76-77--153 Vic Wilk 77-76--153 Larry Rinker 76-77--153 Cliff Kresge 78-75--153 Travis Williams 79-74--153 Marc Turnesa 77-76--153 Don Reese 74-80--154 Keith Nolan 71-83--154 John Engler 80-74--154 Ben Bates 74-80--154 Ted Purdy 77-77--154 Reid Edstrom 72-82--154 Rob Bradley 77-77--154 Danny Mulhearn 77-77--154 Tyler Williamson 78-77--155 Billy Judah 75-80--155 Jace Bugg 84-72--156 Mike Donald 76-80--156 Carito Villaroman 79-78--157 Hunter Haas 82-75--157 Steven Alker 75-82--157 Jim McGovern 80-77--157 Travis Nance 83-76--159 Dan Kochevar 81-79--160 Jim Arvanetes 80-80--160 Bill Nachefski 77-85--162 Alex Kollar 89-80--169 Guy Boros 74--WD Andrew McLardy 76--WD Tommy Biershenk 80--WD Han Lee 87--WD Bubba Dickerson 75--DQ