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Ogburn shocks field at Senior Tour event

Bob Ogburn bounced back from a quarter final loss to Bob Vanover and defeated Vanover 11-6 in the extended race finals to win the Senior Tour event held at Casino Magic in Biloxi Mississippi.
 
Ogburn had a great run through a tough draw as he started with a 10-4 win over Jyri Kari followed up with a 10-2 win over Nat Green. Things got interesting after that as Ogburn defeated the #2 player on the BCA Points list, Jose Parica 10-9 and then defeated the #1 player on the Senior Tour points list, Howard Vickery 10-8. A 10-5 win over Jim Rempe set up the match for the hot seat but Ogburn lost this match to Bob Vanover 10-5. Ogburn waited on the one-loss side for Rempe to defeat Dick Lane and then handed Rempe his second loss of the event by the score of 10-6. This set up the rematch with Vanover in the finals which Ogburn won by the score of 11-6 for the tournament win.
 
The win was worth $10,000 for Ogburn while Vanover settled for $6,000 in second place money. Rempe and Lane filled out the top 4 spots and collected $4,000 and $3,000 respectively.