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Escondido native John Mallinger finished runner-up to Bo Van Pelt at the PGA Tour’s U.S. Bank Championship, which concluded Sunday at Brown Deer Park Golf Course in Milwaukee, Wis. Mallinger, a current Long Beach resident, lost to Van Pelt on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff. Mallinger shot a 5-under-par 65 in the final round to finish at 13-under par and get into the playoff. He recorded an eagle and two birdies on three of his final four holes, but also recorded a bogey in that span to find himself tied with Van Pelt at the end of regulation. In the playoff, both players birdied the par-5 18th to start. Then, playing the hole again, Van Pelt notched another birdie while Mallinger could only muster a par. “I'll take a lot of positives out of this. I'm just a little disappointed right now,” said Mallinger after the tournament. He has 81 starts on the PGA Tour and is still seeking his first victory. “I've been here a lot. I think [a win is] eventually going to happen, I don't know when but hopefully sooner than later.” The 29-year-old Mallinger earned $432,000 for his career-best second-place finish. For the season, he stands at $1,623,190 and is in 34th place on the FedEx Cup points list. Other Southern Californians had strong finishes at the U.S. Bank Championship, which was played opposite the British Open: • Diamond Bar’s Kevin Na posted four rounds in the 60s and tied for seventh, his seventh top-10 finish of 2009. • Finishing tied with Na was San Diegan Chris Riley, who posted his first top-10 effort since a tie for third at last year’s U.S. Bank Championship. • Valencia’s Jason Gore was the third Southland player to finish in seventh. • Oxnard native and 2010 U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin bounced back from an opening-round 73 with subsequent tallies of 67-67-65 to finish in a tie for 18th place. Pavin, who turns 50 on November 16, recorded his most recent PGA Tour triumph at the U.S. Bank Championship in 2006 Visit pgatour.com for complete scores. Read Mallinger's complete interview transcript from after the tournament. |
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