KA'ANAPALI, Maui — Birdies flew at a rapid rate in Royal Ka'anapali's debut as host of the 21st Wendy's Champions Skins Game. Ironically, two pars won it for Fuzzy Zoeller and Peter Jacobsen today.

They were the first pars to win holes in four years and only the sixth and seventh in history. In the skins format, a hole can only be won outright; ties force a cash carryover to the next hole. It was the first time that two holes had been won with par in the same event.

Shut out but not shut up on the first nine holes Saturday, two of golf's most loquacious players rallied today to win six skins and $320,000. They played well enough on the big-money day, along with Gary Player and Loren Roberts, and Arnold Palmer and Jay Haas, to shut out Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson over the final 10 holes.

The defending champions actually won more skins (eight) than Zoeller and Jacobsen, but Nicklaus and Watson grabbed all theirs Saturday. They set a first-day record of $270,000, with Roberts and Player winning the $30,000 first hole.

Reach Ann Miller at amiller@honoluluadvertiser.com.