Ames finishes 34th in Wachovia golf

CHARLOTTE: Trinidad and Tobago’s Stephen Ames finished 34th at the US $5.6 million Wachovia Championship on Sunday after carding a final round 70.

Ames, who occupied sixth spot after the first round, ended with an even-par 288 total, 10 strokes behind the winner David Toms of the United States. Tom’s 10-under 278 was good enough for a two-stroke victory over the trio of Vijay Singh, Robert Gamez and Brent Geiberger and his winning purse of US $1 million is the largest payoff among his eight PGA TOUR victories. Ames had previous rounds of 69, 75 and 74 and failed in his bid for a third top-10 finish of the 2003 PGA Tour. He was eighth at the Bob Chrysler Classic in February and 10th at the Bay Hill Invitational in March.