Barnes, Holmes win Charity Classic

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BARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) -- Ricky Barnes and J.B. Holmes combined for a string of seven consecutive birdies on the back nine Tuesday and captured the CVS Caremark Charity Classic with a final 36-hole score of 21-under 121.

That total was two strokes shy of the tournament record set by Mark Calcavecchia and Nick Price in 2001.

Barnes and Holmes finished one stroke ahead of Angela Stanford and Brett Quigley in the best-ball format at Rhode Island Country Club. Holmes birdied holes 11 through 16, which enabled his team to shoot a 13-under 58.

Barnes, who has six top-10 finishes on the PGA TOUR this season, was a late entrant when the LPGA Tour's Paula Creamer withdrew last week because of a thumb injury.

Holmes and Barnes split the winner's share of $300,000 of the total purse of $1,500,000.