In fact, second-place finisher Tom Watson has more victories with 33 than the other nine combined, who have won eight.

It was John Huston's fourth Tour win. Trevor Dodds, Mike Reid, Brett Quigley, Greg Kraft, R.W. Eaks, Steve Stricker, Olin Browne and Frank Lickliter have a total of four Tour victories among them.

Of that group, the only two who have won on the Tour are Reid and Stricker. Both have won two with Stricker's last victory coming at the Western Open in 1996, and Reid's at the World Series of Golf in 1988.

Eaks had the best final round with a 7-under 65. He finished in a tie for seventh at 18-under par. The $54,225 paycheck was the best of his career. His lifetime earnings on the Tour coming into the 1998 season were $10,531.

Local product Keoke Cotner pocketed $18,000 after finishing 15-under and in a tie with 1996 Hawaiian Open champion Jim Furyk and Craig Stadler.

NO CIGAR FOR WATSON: Watson finished second for the 30th time in his illustrious career.

The 48-year-old, who was 15-under on the par-5s, shot a final-round 66, but it wasn't good enough to track down Huston.

He is the second golfer in Hawaiian Open history to finish 21-under and in second place. Paul Azinger had the same thing happen to him in 1992. He lost by two shots to John Cook.

"I'm off to a good start," Watson said. "I struggled on Saturday. Today I wasn't off as much. If you look at (27-under mark), it's about a birdie every other hole. That's playing great golf."

Watson still pocketed $194,400 for finishing second. That's more than David Ishii made when he won the Hawaiian Open in 1990. In those days, first place was worth $180,000.

GAMEZ MAKES RUN: Former Ko Olina Resort touring pro Robert Gamez has struggled somewhat since winning two tournaments his first year on the Tour in 1990.

Two years ago, the Las Vegas resident suffered a broken index finger on his right hand that continued to affect him last year when he finished No. 86 on the money list with $137,654.

"But I'm playing a lot better now," Gamez said, who finished in a tie for 16th at 16-under par. It was good enough for $27,000.

"I always enjoy coming back here to Hawaii. The course was in great shape and the weather couldn't have been better.

"I feel good about my chances this year. What I still need to do is play better on Sunday afternoon. Putting yourself in a position to win is one thing. Winning is another."

Gamez entered the final round in a tie for fifth, but after shooting a level 72 yesterday, 11 golfers shot past him on the leaderboard.

"I think I'm striking the ball as well as I have in years," Gamez said. "I just need to be more consistent with my putting."

ISHII FALLS HARD: Ishii started out fast by winning the Johnny Bellinger Shoot-Out on Tuesday. Unfortunately for the Pearl City native, that $6,000 payday was the highlight of the week.

After making the cut at 10-under on Friday, including an opening round of 65, Ishii was 5-over the last two days to finish at 283. Only Spike McRoy at 284 had a worse four-day total.

Ishii wound up making $3,330 for the tournament, about half what he pocketed at the Shoot-Out.

ONE TOUGH HOLE: The par-4, 474-yard sixth proved to be the most difficult hole during the four-day tournament.

The average score was 4.151. There were 55 birdies, 286 pars, 85 bogeys and 14 double bogeys, the most of any hole.

Once again, the four par-5s were the easiest. The 505-yard 13th was ranked 18th. The golfers averaged 4.293 strokes on that hole. There were 28 eagles, 267 birdies, 139 pars and eight bogeys.

Huston had one of those bogeys in the final round.

"I'm probably the only one who did that," said Huston, who set a PGA Tour record by finishing 28-under par in a 72-hole tournament.

There were actually three bogeys at No. 13 for the day.

PLAYING THROUGH: Because of time constraints dictated by ABC-TV's national broadcast, several groups went off after the leaders teed it up at 8:31 a.m.

All the groups had three golfers in them, except two, including Tom Lehman and Jay Delsing, who teed it up on No. 1 nine minutes after the leaders.

That twosome caught Huston's group at the par-3 seventh. Delsing walked up to the tee box to Huston and said, "Hey, there's only two of us. Do you mind if we play through?"