Michelin Championship

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004 | 10:30 a.m.

Tournament at a glance

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Past champions

* -- won in playoff Note: Tournament was a five-round event until this year, except in 1987 and 1988 when it was shortened to four by weather.

Last year's tournament

He needed to shoot 4-under-par over the final 12 holes to force a playoff and 32-year-old Australian Stuart Appleby followed up that hot finish by winning the tournament on the first extra hole. It was a putting contest as Appleby and Scott McCarron had nearly identical 15-foot putts to win. Appleby went first and made his, then watched as McCarron missed his.

Appleby, who has finished second-second-first in his past three trips to Las Vegas, was a winner for the first time since the Shell Houston Open in 1999.

He began the final round at TPC Summerlin one shot behind third-round leader and playing partner Steve Flesch, who shot a 74 on Sunday to finish six strokes behind the leaders.

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