Blythewood, SC – Frank Adams III of Laurinburg, NC erased a two-shot deficit in the final round of the Golf in Morocco Classic thanks to a 3-under 69, and managed to pick up the sixth win of his standout career on the eGolf Tour.

Adams stood on the first tee of the final round at Columbia Country Club trailing phenom Tadd Fujikawa by two shots, but knew there might be an opening. After struggling with his driver in the third round, Fujikawa picked up where he left off when he blocked his opening tee shot roughly 50 yards right of the first fairway, in turn setting the tone for what would be a frustrating final round.

"Tadd was struggling early, but I still bogeyed No. 2, but then thankfully birdied No. 3," said Adams, who came to the watery par-3 fifth trailing Fujikawa by just one shot. "On the fifth, I hit a 9-iron over the water to three feet, and I promise you that is not the easiest shot in the world."

With the tees moved forward and the pin tucked right – think No. 12 on Sunday at The Masters – Adams was the one who lucked out on the sucker pin at No. 5. Fujikawa was not so fortunate.

Chris BakerWith a short iron in his hands, Fujikawa's tee shot found the water and led to a triple-bogey six on what should otherwise be a simple hole. The four-shot swing catapulted Adams into the lead and sent Fujikawa spiraling downward towards a final-round 82.

At the turn, Adams found himself at 3-under for his round and 14-under for the tournament, clinging on to a one-shot cushion over playing partner Chris Baker of Brownstown, IN.

Baker entered this week with three missed cuts in three starts thus far on the eGolf Tour in 2010 and was looking for some ray of hope to turn his year around. Opening rounds of 66-68-71 placed him in Saturday's final pairing, and at 2-under through nine holes, he had positioned himself to make a run at Adams on the closing nine at Columbia.

When Adams posted uncharacteristic bogeys at 10 and 11, Baker briefly jumped into the lead with just seven holes to play. Adams would go on to birdie the par-5 12th, and then Baker would match with a birdie of his own at the short par-4 13th. With two birdies on top of each other at the par-5 15th, the two players came to the tricky par-3 17th in a tie for the lead at 14-under. It was then that a bit of luck would kick the way of Frank Adams.

With a back left hole location, both players fired at the deceptive pin, but came up short in the left greenside bunker. While Adams' tee shot rested in a perfect lie adjacent to the pin, Baker's ball missed the bunker just left but trickled slightly over the lip into a downhill lie with an uphill shot.

"Chris hit it in the bunker before me, and then I hit it in the other side of the greenside bunker," said Adams. "My shot was a lot easier than his since I was closer to the hole and he was on a down slope, nestled down."

After Baker barely scooped his ball over the lip of the bunker, Adams blasted out to four feet to set up what would be the go-ahead par. When Baker's par putt missed, Adams had reclaimed the one-shot lead he held at the turn, with only the par-4 18th standing between him and victory.

An approach left just short of the green actually gave Adams a more difficult up and down than Baker, who missed his approach short and right in another greenside bunker. With a bump-and-run pitch or the old Texas wedge as his two decisions, Adams opted for the safer of the two on the 72nd hole.

"Pitching the ball crossed my mind, but the grass is just so tight. My putt kicked about six or seven feet out to the left of the hole – just a little more than I was looking to have for the win," Adams said.

After Baker blasted out to three feet, Adams stood over every player's dream – a putt to win. With five tour wins to his credit up to that point, the former East Carolina standout had plenty of experience to draw on. As the crowed looked on in silence, Adams calmly stroked in the winning putt and gave a rare burst of emotion with a fist pump into the South Carolina air.

"You feel like you hit good putts all week and not get much out of your rounds, it was good to finally see one go in and it felt good off the putter," said Adams, who picked up $34,477 for the win.

With the victory, Adams moved up to No. 2 on the tour's 2010 money list with earnings of $41,637. More importantly, he moved into second on the tour's all-time wins list with six total, trailing only Matt Cannon and moving ahead of David Siegel and Roberto Castro, who each have five wins.

"This is the best ball striking week I've ever had. I hit it well last year, but this is the best I can hit it for four straight rounds," said Adams, who picked up win number five at the South Charlotte Classic in 2009. "I finally knocked in a putt or two today."

Adams is one of the original players from 2002, when the tour began as the Tarheel Tour. Small purses and small fields highlighted the early years spent traveling with friends and trying to make ends meet, something Adams has not forgotten.

"When I started out on the Tarheel Tour, the first events were 50 guys and we were playing for $4,500, but that was what I needed," Adams said. "The tour grew every year since, and it's been good for me to get that experience."

Martin UretaHis win in August of 2009 was special due to the long duration between victories, but even Adams admitted that the Golf in Morocco Classic title was the best to date.

"Last year was really big because it had been so long since my last win. But this year, this sets a new bar for me. There are a lot of good players out here, so anytime you can get a win, you've played really well."

Baker managed to coax in his par putt at 18 to finish at 13-under 274 and earn $18,109 for his runner-up effort. It was Baker's fifth top-5 finish in the last two years on the eGolf Tour and matched the best finish of his tour career (T2 – 2009 FairwayStyles.com Open).

Finishing in solo third was Bryan DeCorso of Windermere, FL. A Nationwide Tour winner in 2008, DeCorso was making his first career start on the eGolf Tour and made the most of his opportunity with rounds of 68-71-68-68—275 to collect $14,232 for his efforts. Originally hailing from Ontario, Canada, DeCorso won the Nationwide Tour's South Georgia Classic in April of 2008 and went on to finish No. 40 on the tour's money list that year. He has 57 Nationwide Tour starts over the past three seasons.

Brian Duncan, Martin Ureta and Nico Bollini each tied for fourth with 72-hole totals of 11-under 276. Each player earned $9,487 for their play in Columbia.

For Ureta, the T4 finish was his best career effort in three seasons played on the eGolf Tour. The former University of North Carolina star is just a few months removed from representing his native Chile in the World Cup last fall.

• At the conclusion of this week's event, the top eight members, in order of finish, were awarded exemptions into the European Challenge Tour's Moroccan Golf Classic – courtesy of Association du Trophée Hassan II de Golf (ATH). The members receiving the exemptions are Frank Adams III, Chris Baker, Brian Duncan, Martin Ureta, Nico Bollini, Christopher Cannon, Derrick Bohannon and James Sacheck. The eight players will have their round-trip flight from New York's JFK airport to Casablanca, Morocco paid for, free accommodations at the Pullman El Jadida Resort and Spa, and complimentary entry into the tournament proper, all courtesy of the ATH.
• The tour would like to thank Columbia Country Club Head Golf Professional Chris Sparrow and General Manager Jill Philmon, as well as Cobblestone Park Golf Club Director of Golf Tom Graber, and their respective staffs for their outstanding help in conducting this tournament. A great job was done by Columbia Head Golf Course Superintendent Jim Young, Cobblestone Park Head Golf Course Superintendent David Cavender, and their crews to present two fantastic courses for the week. Last but certainly not least, thank you to the members of Columbia Country Club and Cobblestone Park Golf Club for allowing the tour to have access to both courses for tournament week.
• The eGolf Professional Tour heads to coastal North Carolina in two weeks for the inaugural Championship at St. James Plantation in Southport, NC on April 7-10.