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2007 TOURNAMENT IN REVIEWDENIS WATSON WINS 2007 BOEING CLASSIC AFTER LARGEST PLAYOFF IN PGA TOUR HISTORYIt took 56 holes for a winner to be decided, but with an eagle on the second hole of a seven-man playoff, DenisWatson earned the title of 2007 Boeing Classic Champion. Watson finished regulation play at 9-under and tied with sixother players to force the largest playoff in PGA Tour history. The previous record was six players in the 2001 NissanOpen and the 1994 GT Byron Nelson Classic.Watson entered the playoff along with Gil Morgan, Dana Quigley, 2005 Champions David Eger, Joe Ozaki, R.W. Eaksand Craig Stadler. Watson chipped in from 23 feet for a birdie, forcing others to do the same in order to stay in theplayoff. Eaks and Stadler were up for the challenge with Stadler sinking a 22-foot put while Eaks tapped in for four.Morgan and Eger missed 12-foot birdie putts and Ozaki's shot out of the green-side bunker hit the edge of the cup butrolled past.Watson, Eaks and Stadler went back and played 18 again for the third time in an hour. All three reached the greenin two, but Watson was able to keep the playoff from continuing by draining his eagle putt to become the thirdchampion in Boeing Classic tournament history.Following his win, Watson was open about his passion for the game. “It’s an amazing thing, golf. You open your souland everyone takes a look at you. They see everything. The emotions that grab a hold of you, people who haven’tdone it don’t understand. The great part is what happened today on Sunday. You just want to have a chance to win.When it does happen, it gives you such a buzz. It makes you realize why you do it.”2007 TOP-SEVEN FINISHERSFinish Name Score1st Denis Watson 69-69-69—207 (-9)*T2 Craig Stadler 74-65-68—207 (-9)T2 R.W. Eaks 71-68-68—207 (-9)T2 Gil Morgan 68-70-69—207 (-9)T2 Joe Ozaki 71-69-67—207 (-9)T2 Dana Quigley 69-70-69—207 (-9)T2 David Eger 72-69-66—207 (-9)*Won with eagle-3 on second playoff holeBY THE NUMBERS…BREAKING DOWN THE TOP FINISHERSPlayer Score Eagles Birdies Pars Bogeys D/Bog. Par 3s Par 4s Par 5s Front BackWatson -9 0 15 34 4 1 +2 -8 -3 -3 -6Morgan -9 0 15 34 4 1 -1 -4 -4 -1 -8Quigley -9 0 13 37 4 0 Even -5 -4 -2 -7Ozaki -9 0 17 29 8 0 Even -5 -4 -3 -6Eaks -9 0 15 33 6 0 +1 -6 -4 -4 -5Eger -9 0 14 36 3 1 -1 -6 -2 -2 -7Stadler -9 1 15 31 6 1 -1 -3 -5 -1 -8LARGEST ONE-DAY CROWD OF 27,000 ENJOYS BOEING CLASSIC CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY27,000 fans, the largest single-day crowd in Boeing Classic history, attended Championship Sunday. For the week,the tournament attracted 60,000 guests, which includes 13,000 on Friday, 15,000 on Saturday and 5,000 for theweek’s events from Monday to Thursday. The 60,000 fans bests the 58,000 fans the tournament drew in 2006 andthe 53,000 in the inaugural event in 2005.22