Remembering that Denis Watson actually won last year's Boeing Classic is the hard part.
No one forgets the caravan of seven players -- carts, caddies and bags in tow -- hiking up the 18th fairway during the record-setting playoff that Watson eventually won.
"I have a lot of fond memories from last year ... but I hope it doesn't happen again," Watson said.
David Eger, who finished well before the leaders on that day, sat in the clubhouse with a cold beer in front of him watching numerous collapses by several contenders. As the mistakes of others started to mount, Eger's beer remained closed while he scrambled to get ready.
Wiebe and Simpson tied for lead after first round of Boeing Classic
Mark Wiebe's round might be remembered more for a shot he avoided than one he made.
Wiebe birdied four of his first five holes, then added two more on the back nine to shoot 67 on Friday. That gave him a share of the first-round lead at the Boeing Classic.
Wiebe was bogey-free until the par-5 18th when his third shot carried over the green and into the rough. Wiebe was unable to get up-and-down for par, and he dropped into a tie with Scott Simpson.
"I like my game. I like the way I'm playing," Wiebe said. "With a couple of exceptions today, for not knowing the golf course, I felt I did pretty well maneuvering my ball around. And to maneuver your ball around a golf course you don't know you have to have control. I felt like I did that pretty well."
While Wiebe was pleased with his round -- the exception being a 70-yard wedge that carried too far on 18 and led to his only bogey -- he was still noticeably irked well after his round about the 14th hole.
Hot-putting and bogey-free, Simpson leads after 36 holes
Scott Simpson thought shooting 65 or 66 at the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge wasn't out of the question for someone playing well.
Then he went out and proved it.
Riding a new putter, Simpson matched the lowest round of the tournament with a 6-under 66 on Saturday and holds a two-shot lead entering the final round of the Boeing Classic.
Simpson made five birdies on the back nine, running off a string of one-putts and surging away from a pack of chasers to put himself in position for his first victory in nearly two years. It's the first time on the Champions Tour that Simpson leads going into the final round.
Back-nine surge powers Kite to two-shot victory in Boeing Classic
Tom Kite surged past Scott Simpson with three birdies in four holes on the back nine and finished at 14 under to win his second Boeing Classic title on Sunday afternoon.
Boeing Classic Aug. 22 - 24
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