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Jay Sigel picks up his first win since 2003. (AP) Jay Sigel has three top-25 finishes this season. (Levin/WireImage) Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship Hawks Ridge Golf Club Ball Ground, Georgia September 8-9, 2006 Read Michael Checoway's article on the victory Go to the Grand Champions page at the PGA Tour Friday, September 8th-Jay Sigel fired a 7-under-par 65 that included nine birdies on Friday to hold the first-round lead at the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship at Hawks Ridge Golf Club in suburban Atlanta. Defending champion Mike McCullough sits alone in second, three shots back. Saturday, September 9th-Jay Sigel made four birdies in his first nine holes and held off late charges from defending champion Mike McCullough and Jim Albus to capture the Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship in suburban Atlanta on Saturday. Source: PGATour.com

Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Weekly Titles Bruno's Memorial Classic, May, 2005   Read Story   Current Money List Greater Hickory Classic, August, 2004 Bank of America Championship, June, 2004                                                                                Bruno's Memorial Classic, May, 2004

2003 Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-AM May 16-18, 2003 National Golf Club, Kansas City, MO

2002 Farmers Charity Classic May 24-26, 2002 Egypt Valley Country Club, Ada, Michigan

1998 EMC² Kaanapali Classic October 23-25, 1998 Kaanapali, Hawaii Sigel fires course-record 61 for the first-round lead and then goes on to lead wire-to-wire for the victory.

1998 Bell Atlantic Classic May 18-24, 1998 Avondale, PA

1997 Bruno's Memorial Classic May 2-4, 1997 Greystone Golf & Country Club, Hoover, Alabama "For once in 1997, Hale Irwin, didn't win. For once, he led cheers for someone else. Irwin, winner of four tournaments on the Champions Tour, including the previous two, couldn't come up with a third at the Bruno's Memorial Classic. Instead, it was final-round playing partner Jay Sigel who walked away with the victory, and it was Irwin who applauded as he joined Sigel's victory march down the 18th fairway." Text & photos courtesy of Bruno's Memorial Classic.

1997 Kroger Senior Classic July 4-6, 1997 Tournament Players Club at Rivers Bend, Cincinnati, Ohio No doubt in Sigel rout By Todd Archer, Post staff reporter MASON, Ohio - Dave Ojala was so stoked after his second-round 68 at the Kroger Senior Classic that he did not want to go back to his motel. Instead Ojala, a one-time guitarist in a band called, ''The Accidentals,'' drove north toward Columbus, with the windows down and radio blaring old-time rock'n'roll. By the time he returned to his room, Ojala said his feet were firmly planted on the ground. Ojala knew Jay Sigel, whom he had competed against in their amateur days, had a four-stroke lead. "I knew I would've had to shoot a 63, 64,'' Ojala said, "and he would've had to stumble around a little bit." None of that happened. Despite a headache and sore throat, Sigel waltzed to the Kroger Senior Classic championship, his fourth career Senior PGA Tour victory. Sigel shot a final-round 66 at The Golf Center at Kings Island, giving him a seven-stroke advantage over second-place finisher Isao Aoki, the '96 Senior Classic champion. Sigel's 18-under par 195 bettered Mike Hill's '95 tournament-record by a stroke, and the seven-stroke margin of victory was two better than Aoki's record victory margin. He became the eighth different winner in the Senior Classic's eight years, taking home $150,000 and moving over the $3 million mark in only four years as a professional. Sigel is a two-time U.S. Amateur champion who made a record nine Walker Cup appearances. He took the drama out of the Senior Classic Saturday when he shot a 63. Despite the four-stroke lead heading into the final round, Sigel said he was not comfortable, and his first two tee shots were well off target. "It's hard to play ahead, "Sigel said. "Sometimes it's easier to be behind. You don't have the attention on you. If you (come back) fine, if you don't nobody's going to know you didn't do it." Ojala, who tied for third and earned $60,000 to double his earnings on the tour this year, tried to come from behind, nipping at Sigel with birdies on Nos. 4 and 5. He dropped to five strokes off the pace with a bogey at the par-3 eighth hole, and saw his hopes end a hole later. On No. 9 - a 489-yard par-5, Ojala had a chance for an eagle when he placed a seven-wood shot out of the rough to within 11 feet of the cup. Sigel answered by putting a 5-iron shot to 18 feet, and pulled the carpet out from Ojala's legs when his eagle putt hit the back of the cup to move him to 17-under. Ojala missed his eagle opportunity, settling for birdie, and more importantly, conceding the tournament to his one-time amateur rival. "I know that's a terrible thing to say," Ojala said. "I was pleased with the way I was playing. I was holding my own, but I was 2-under on the front side and still losing ground." While Ojala shrugged his shoulders in an almost a what-else-do-I-have-to-do way after Sigel's eagle, Sigel tapped his heart and let out a huge sigh of relief. "I couldn't believe it," Sigel said. "I didn't play that hole well all week and it was a really tough pin placement." Sigel coasted on the back nine. He closed the door with a 6-foot birdie putt on No. 15, became the fifth multiple-event winner on the Senior Tour this year, and erased Hill's name from the Senior Classic record book. John Jacobs made the largest improvement, moving from 3-under to 9-under thanks to a final-round best 65. That tied him for third with Ojala (71) and Lexington, Ky., native Larry Gilbert (70). Aoki had his moments Sunday, including birdies on three of the last four holes, but a 67 was not going to catch Sigel this day. "The last three weeks I haven't played well," Aoki said, "but this is a place I've won at and I felt comfortable. I felt I could work on some this week . . ." "Jay played amazingly well." Besides being a tournament record, Sigel's 195 was the lowest three-round total on the Senior Tour this year. He had only two bogeys in 54 holes and played the three par-5s in 5-under par. While the Senior Classic win was not as pressure-packed as one of his U.S. Amateur titles or as high profile as some of his other Senior Tour wins, Sigel said it may have been his best three rounds. "I don't think I've scored much better," Sigel said. "I was 18-under, that's 6-under a day. Typically, you're a little flat after a good score like I had (Saturday) and invariably you see players who shoot a real low score come back with an even-par or 1-under." Sigel made sure that didn't happen. "That," Ojala said, "was a very tough guy today." Publication date: 07-07-97 © Copyright 1997, The Cincinnati Post. All Rights Res

1996 Energizer Senior Tour Championship Dunes Golf & Beach Club Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

1994 GTE West Classic