It came down the final hole of the day again this year but Sulphur native Cory Vincent was able to avoid another sudden-death playoff like last year and win his second consecutive Sulphur City Championship on Sunday at Frasch Golf Course.

Vincent started the final round on Sunday two strokes behind leader Chris Vallette.

“I was feeling pretty confident, probably the most confident I had been all week,” Vincent said. “It was the same situation and I knew what to do.

“I was focused more.”

The City Championship board near the clubhouse lists all previous winners and apparently someone noticed that Vincent's name had not been added for 2007. So they put on some white tape '2007 Cory 'so I got lucky one year' Vincent' on it. Vincent may have needed a little luck this year but it came down to his steady play as he had just one bogey on Sunday and seven pars and a birdie over the final eight holes to win this year.

“I hit the ball a lot better today,” Vincent said. “I could not make any putts but I stayed in there and gave myself a chance.”

He became the first to repeat as championship of the Sulphur City Championship since Lawrence David II won three in a row from 1987-1989.

Vincent’s success this summer is not limited to just the Sulphur City Championship. He also took second at the Lake Charles City Championship and placed third at the Louisiana Amateur Championship this summer. He hopes to continue his success as he heads into his senior year as a member of the McNeese State University golf team.

“Hopefully it carries over to the school year,” Vincent said. “I have played in a lot of tournaments and got experience, so I should be ready to go.”

Vincent started the last hole with a two stroke lead over fellow Sulphur native Chris Vallette and a three stroke lead over 2007 Lake Charles City Champion Blake DeReese. All three reached the 18th green in two shots. Vallette had a chance for a birdie but his putt lipped out. Even if he had made the putt, Vincent would have had to do worse than a bogey but he calmly two putted for par to win the championship.

That was not Vallette’s only near miss. He also missed an eagle putt on the par five No. 15 that would have given him a one stroke lead over Vincent but settled for a birdie to pull even with Vincent with three holes to go.

That is were Vallette's luck ran out and Vincent's steady play continued.

On the par three No. 16, Vallette first shot went into the bunker on the right of the green and he needed two shots to get out and finished with a double bogey to fall two behind Vincent.

“I hit my shot on No. 16 into the bunker and had a bad lie,” Vallette said. “I got under it and left myself in the bunker again.

“The next shot was kind of an aggravating shot, so I ended up doubling No. 16. On No. 17, I left one on the lip and on No. 18 I lipped one out again. It was just one of those days. This is my first really competitive tournament that I have played in. I am sure the nerves got to me on a few shots but other than that I played well.”

Vallette started the third round on Sunday with a one-stroke lead over DeReese and a two-stroke lead over Vincent. Vincent used a bogey free front nine plus a birdie on No. 8 to pull into a tie with Vallette at the turn after Vallette posted bogies on No. 3 and No. 6.

DeReese, Vallette and Vincent stayed close the whole day, as there was a three-way tie from the sixth to the eighth hole and after No. 10.

After rain on the first two days of the tournament, Sunday's dry weather was a welcome change as the Championship flight posted an average score of 75.3, which was down from 78.5 on Friday.

Jason Horn who had a two-under 69 posted the lowest round on Sunday.

Hank Shaheen won the First flight with a three-day total of 233. Judd Cain won the second flight with a two round score of 152 and Harry Henry was tops in the third flight with a total of 153.