ENDICOTT (New York), July 18: Second-year PGA player Jason Bohn birdied the penultimate hole to take a one-stroke victory on Sunday at the B.C. Open, winning his first US tour title and playing rights for two years. While golf’s greatest were concluding the British Open, the 32-year-old American fired a bogey-free final round six-under par 66 to finish at a tournament record 24-under par 264 at the three million-dollar event.

The old tournament record was 22-under 266 set by American Jeff Sluman and Australia’s Paul Gow in 2001.

Bohn’s seven-foot birdie putt at the 17th and a par on the 18th hole left him one stroke ahead of Aussie Brendan Jones, the 54-hole leader, and fellow Americans Ryan Palmer, J.P. Hayes and John Rollins.

This was the seventh time in 11 years the event was decided by one stroke and Bohn credited his playing partner and practice pal Palmer with helping inspire his best performance.

Bohn, whose best prior finish was a share of sixth at last year’s Buick Championship, collected a $540,000 top prize as well as the exemption through the end of the 2005 US PGA season.

Leading final round scores :

264 — Jason Bohn 64, 68, 66, 66.

265 — J.P. Hayes 67, 68, 64, 66; John Rollins 67, 68, 64, 66; Ryan Palmer 67, 64, 67, 67; Brendan Jones (Australia) 67, 64, 66, 68.

266 — Ben Crane 64, 69, 69, 64; Michael Allen 72, 67, 63, 64; Mathias Groenberg (Sweden) 65, 67, 68, 66.

268 — Harrison Frazar 66, 73, 67, 62; Jay Delsing 70, 64, 68, 66; Joey Sindelar 69, 67, 66, 66; Arjun Atwal (India) 65, 68, 65, 70.

269 — Neal Lancaster 73, 66, 66, 64; Glen Day 63, 71, 69, 66; D.A. Points 71, 68, 64, 66; Mike Springer 64, 69, 69, 67; Chris Smith 65, 69, 67, 68; Matt Hendrix 63, 67, 69, 70; David Hearn (Canada) 68, 67, 64, 70.

270 — Brenden Pappas (South Africa) 64, 73, 68, 65; Roland Thatcher 68, 66, 70, 66; John Huston 68 69 66 67; Hunter Mahan 70, 66, 67, 67; Doug Barron 71, 66, 66, 67; David Edwards 66, 63, 70, 71.

271 — Scott Piercy 67, 72, 67, 65; Dan Forsman 68, 67, 70, 66; Paul Gow (Australia) 72, 65, 68, 66; Mario Tiziani 69, 66, 69, 67; Brett Quigley 67, 70, 66, 68.

272 — Grant Waite (New Zealand) 71, 67, 69, 65; Hideto Tanihara (Japan) 71, 68, 68, 65; Patrick Sheehan 69, 67, 69, 67; Omar Uresti 65, 71, 68, 68; Steve Stricker 70, 67, 67, 68; Arron Oberholser 72, 67, 65, 68; Michael Bradley (US) 70, 66, 64, 72.

273 — David Peoples 68, 70, 68, 67; Carl Paulson 70, 66, 69, 68; Steve Lowery 68, 69, 68, 68; Bradley Hughes (Australia) 67, 67, 69, 70; Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 69, 67, 66, 71.

274 — Jeff Hart 69, 66, 71, 68; Jeff Brehaut 72, 68, 66, 68; Guy Boros 70, 68, 67, 69; Spencer Levin 68, 69, 67, 70.

275 — Frank Lickliter II 70, 70, 68, 67; Gavin Flint (Australia) 69, 68, 70, 68; Hank Kuehne 66 72 68 69; Mark Wilson 65, 69, 70, 71; Jim McGovern 68, 68, 64, 75.

276 — Matt Davidson 71, 68, 71, 66; Justin Bolli 70, 69, 70, 67; Brad Fabel 68, 71, 69, 68; Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 67, 72, 68, 69; Wayne Levi 69, 67, 70, 70; Todd Fischer 68, 69, 67, 72; Kevin Stadler 71, 68, 65, 72.

277 — Paul Claxton 71, 69, 70, 67; Richard Johnson (Sweden) 70, 69, 70, 68; John Senden (Australia) 67, 69, 72, 69; P.H. Horgan III 68, 65, 73, 71; Marco Dawson 70, 70, 65, 72.—Agencies