A Michigan car salesman won the World Series of Golf in Las Vegas yesterday.

Andrew Johnson, of Davison, Mich., bested four other finalists and won $250,000 when he put his tee shot on a 163-yard, Par 3 playoff hole a few yards from the pin. The tournament is for amateurs and combines golf with poker betting strategy. Fittingly, three of the other four finalists were poker players, Allen Cunningham, Erick Lindgren and Dee Tiller. Lindgren finished second. The fifth finalist was a semi-retried builder from Las Vegas.

Three Maryland golfers were in the field of 80 and all three survived the first round befroe being eliminated the second day -- Rhett Butler, a Rockville insurance agent and last year's WSOG runner-up; Bill Strayton, of Mt. Airy, and Bob Winegard, of Burtonsville. For their first-round win, they each collected $10,000, which is the buy-in amount for the event.