2025 - WEEK 18  Apr 28 - May 4

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    PGA TOUR       EUROPEAN TOUR       JAPAN TOUR       SUNSHINE TOUR      

                       ASIAN TOUR       AUSTRALASIAN TOUR       CHAMPIONS TOUR

                          LPGA TOUR       LET       JLPGA TOUR       EPSON

                           KORN FERRY       CHALLENGE       AMERICAS

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Riding a nearly flawless final round 66, Bill Haas fought off a cadre of contenders looking for their first PGA Tour wins to claim the AT&T National by three strokes.  Playing over a long, hard Congressional Country Club layout, Haas began Sunday among a quartet of players tied for the lead, and he remained a part of the pack in the early going when he birdied the par-3 2nd, then bogeyed the par-4 5th.  But Haas turned up the heat through the course’s mid-section, rolling in a 10-foot birdie putt at the 8th, then following that with birdies at the par-5 9th and the watery par-3 10th to jump out to a lead he would never relinquish.  Second-place finisher Roberto Castro stayed close for a while, matching Haas’ fortunate birdie at the 14th (where Haas’ approach bounced off a mound onto the green) before falling three back when Haas added one final birdie at the par-5 16th.  Third place was shared by long-hitting Jason Kokrak and Korea’s D.H. Lee, the later closing with Sunday’s low round of 64 one day after been spotted on television making an obscene gesture towards a member of the gallery.  Two of Saturday’s 54-hole leaders, James Driscoll and Argentina’s Andres Romero, fell away early on Sunday, with Driscoll failing to card a birdie during a closing 74 and Romero making an early double-bogey at the 4th en route to a 75.  A flash of early excitement came from 19-year-old Jordan Spieth who began his round by holing out from a fairway bunker for eagle, then chipping in for a birdie at the 3rd to tie for the lead.  Spieth was able to make little happen thereafter, however, and eventually finished solo 6th……………England’s Paul Casey, once ranked as high as number three in the world, returned from a two-year, injury-related slump to score his first victory in 29 months at the Irish Open.  Exhiled from the winner’s circle since 2011’s early season Volvo Golf Champions in Bahrain, Casey began the weekend five shots out of the lead, and a Saturday 67 Carton House Golf Club layout only moved him a single shot closer.   But a second 67 would be in the offing on Sunday, with the up-and-down round initially highlighted by a run a five birdies between the 8th and the 13th holes that pushed Casey into the lead.  Ill-timed bogeys at the par-5 15th and the 462-yard 462-yard par-4 16th tightened things considerably, however, before Casey put an exclamation point on things by holing a 50-foot putt for eagle at the 513-yard 18th, to win by three.  Second place was shared by third-round leader Joost Luiten of the Netherlands (a recent winner at the Lyoness Open) and England’s Robert Rock, while Pablo Larrazabal, who stood second through 54 holes, faded to a disappointing 75 and solo fourth.  The victory was the 14th professional title for Casey, who injured his shoulder in a 2012 snowboarding accident and, after a lengthy layoff, has struggled to find his form since……………In an event perhaps more noteworthy for the exemptions it offers in the upcoming British Open than its place in the pantheon of Japanese golf, Australia’s Brendan Jones won for the 13th time on the Japan Tour at the Mizuno Open – securing for himself a spot at Murifield in the process.  The 38-year-old Jones, long a mainstay of the Japan circuit, began Sunday’s final round two strokes ahead of South Korea’s Kyung-Tae Kim and proceeded to card five birdies and an eagle, with three offsetting bogeys adding up to 68 and a three-shot triumph.  The victory also made Jones the all-time winningest foreigner in Japan Tour history, with over $8.5 million in the bank.  British Open exemptions also went to top-four finishers Kim, Makoto Inoue and veteran Shingo Katayama, as well as to the top two players in the seasonal Order of Merit not otherwise exempt, Satoshi Kodaira and another Korean, Hyung-Sung Kim.  Order of Merit leader Hideki Matsuyama, who had already made the British field via International Qualifying, missed the cut – his first MC since turning professional in April……………Just three weeks after claiming his maiden Sunshine Tour victory at the Vodacom Origins of Golf – Eastern Cape event, Jacques Blaauw closed with a sparkling 64 to add another Vodacom title to his résumé, this time the Vodacom Origins - Selborne Park.  Trailing 36-hole leader Merrick Bremner by three shots, Blaauw charged out of the gate with six front nine birdies to turn in 30, then tacked on additional birdies at the 12th and the 292-yard 18th (where he drove the green) to post a 198 aggregate.  Close on his heels to the end, Danie van Tonder and Brazilian veteran Adilson da Silva each closed with rounds of 66 to share second, one shot back.  Da Silva in particular gave a valiant chase, hitting a splendid second at the 18th from the base of a tree trunk to within 15 feet, but his putt to force a playoff lipped out. 

Posted on Sunday, June 30, 2013 at 10:21PM by Registered CommenterDaniel | Comments Off

Week 26 Results

PGA Tour - AT&T National  -  Bill Haas  (272)
European Tour - Irish Open  -  Paul Casey  (274)
Japan Tour -  Mizuno Open  -  Brendan Jones  (269)
Sunshine Tour - Vodacom Origins - Selborne  -  Jacques Blaauw  (198)
LPGA Tour - U.S. Women's Open  -  Inbee Park  (280)
JLPGA Tour - Earth Mondamin Cup  -  Natsuka Hori  (267)
Champions Tour -  Constellation Senior Players Championship  -  Kenny Perry  (261)
Web.com Tour - United Leasing Championship  -  Ben Martin  (277)
E Challenge Tour - Karnten Golf Open  -  Dylan Frittelli  (267)
Symetra Tour - Islansd Resort Championship  -  Kim Kaufman  (213)

Posted on Sunday, June 30, 2013 at 10:39AM by Registered CommenterDaniel | Comments Off

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Forty-four-year-old Ken Duke, a true journeyman making his 187th career PGA Tour start in his 19th year as a professional, claimed his first Tour win at the Travelers Championship, defeating Chris Stroud in sudden death.  Following a Saturday 65, Duke began Sunday two shots behind Bubba Watson, Charley Hoffman and Canadian Graham DeLaet and, save for a birdie at the par-4 2nd, made little progress early. But after his 10th-hole approach ricocheted off a tree to within five feet for an easy birdie, Duke proceeded to add birdies at the 11th, the 13th (via a 45-foot putt that barely fell in the side door) and the 15th to move ahead of the pack.  Indeed, after a clutch up-and-down for par at the 18th, Duke seemed on the verge of victory, particularly after Stroud’s approach to the 18th missed the putting surface.  But facing elimination, the 31-year-old Stroud holed his 50-foot chip shot and it was off to a playoff – a two-hole contest (contested entirely over the par-4 18th) which saw Stroud get up-and-down from a greenside bunker to stay alive on the first playing, only to lose to a tap-in birdie after Duke stiffed his approach the second time.  Watson, who claimed his first career victory here in 2010, remained very much in the hunt until carding an ill-timed triple-bogey at the watery 16th, and would ultimately finish fourth, two shots out of the playoff and one behind DeLaet, who took solo third.  U.S. Open champion Justin Rose briefly nosed his way into the final-round fray with early birdies at the 6th and 7th before eventually falling back into a tie for 13th...............Having raised some eyebrows with a closing 69 (and an ensuing tie for 4th) last week at the U.S. Open, 43-year-old Ernie Els opened the BMW International Open with a flawless nine-under-par round of 63, then piled on a trio of steady 69s to claim the 25th playing of this long-running event by one shot over Danish veteran Thomas Bjorn.  It was the 28th European Tour title for the South African Hall-of-Famer (counting Major championships and WGCs) and was actually slightly easier than the narrow margin of victory might suggest, as Bjorn recovered from a terribly timed double-bogey at the 14th to birdie both the 17th and 18th, narrowing his margin of defeat.  Els began Sunday in a three-way tie with Sweden’s Alexander Noren and 22-year-old Frenchman Alexander Levy.  Noren would play his first 12 Sunday holes in three over par, ending his chances early and ultimately relegating him to a three-way tie for fourth.  Levy, on the other hand, made an early push into the final-round lead with birdies at the 5th, 6th and 8th, but four incoming bogeys (mixed with a lone birdie at the 372-yard 13th) would eventually drop him into a career-best third-place finish.  That narrowed the contenders down to Els and Bjorn, with the pair standing tied for the lead through 13 holes before Bjorn’s stumble at the 490-yard par-4 14th.  The win was Els’ first since his surprise triumph at the 2012 British Open, a title defense looming quickly on the horizon at the time of this victory...............Twenty-three-year-old Satoshi Kodaira, playing in his third season on the Japan Tour, claimed his first victory at the Japan Golf Tour Championship, a tight, one-shot triumph over a pair of overseas players, Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat and South Korean veteran S.K. Ho.  Kodaira jumped into contention via a second-round 64 that included a pair of eagles, then added a Saturday 70 to hold a one-stroke 54-hole lead over Aphibarnrat, Ho and Hiroyuki Fujita.  Fujita would fade badly with a closing 77 while Aphibarnrat and Ho would play steady golf, posting matching 70s to stay close until the end.  Kodaira, for his part, seized control early with four birdies over his first six holes, wavered briefly with a double-bogey at the par-3 7th and a bogey at the 9th, then re-took command with an eagle at the par-5 10th which, after a bogey at the 11th, would ultimately provide the margin of victory.  Budding star Hideki Matsuyama, tired after a long trip home from a top-10 finish at last week’s U.S. Open, closed in 67 to tie for seventh – giving him an impressive six top-10s in six 2013 Japan Tour starts...............Winning on the Asian Tour for the first time since the 2010 Taiwan Masters, Thailand’s Pariya Junhasavasdikul claimed his second career title at the Worldwide Holding Selangor Masters, played at Malaysia’s Seri Selangor Golf Club.  The 29-year-old Junhasavasdikul carded five birdies during his final-round 70, just enough to overcome four bogeys as he hung on to nip India’s Anirban Lahiri (who made a crucial bogey at the par-4 15th) by one.  Third place was shared by Junhasavasdikul’s countryman Namchok Tantipokhakul (who closed with 65, the day’s low round) and South Korea’s Seuk-Hyun Baek, who rode three front-nine birdies into the tournament lead before a double-bogey at the 16th, followed by a bogey at the 17th, ended his chances.  With earlier rounds of 66-68-71, Junhasavasdikul held the lead on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, technically making him a wire-to-wire winner even if he fell briefly out of the lead on Sunday.

Posted on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 09:08PM by Registered CommenterDaniel | Comments Off

Week 25 Results

PGA Tour - Travelers Championship  -  Ken Duke  (268)
European Tour - BMW International Open  -  Ernie Els  (270)
Japan Tour - Japan Golf Tour Championship  -  Satoshi Kodaira  (274)
Asian Tour - Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters  -  Pariya Junhasavasdikul  (275)
LPGA Tour - Walmart NW Arkansas Championship  -  Inbee Park  (201)
LET - Allianz Ladies Slovak Open  -  Gwladys Nocera  (279)
JLPGA Tour - Nichirei Ladies  -  Yumiko Yoshida  (205)
Champions Tour - Encompass Championship  -  Craig Stadler  (203)
Web.com Tour - Rex Hospital Open  -  Chesson Hadley  (265)
E Challenge Tour - Scottish Hydro Challenge  -  Brooks Koepka  (266)
Canada - ATB Financial Classic  -  Cancelled (flooding)
Symetra Tour - Four Winds Invitational  -  Cydney Clanton  (208)

Posted on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 12:02PM by Registered CommenterDaniel | Comments Off

Around Philadelphia

"This is the longest U.S. Open course we've played."

With that simple pre-tournament observation, three-time Major champion Padraig Harrington might well have cooled the jets of many who were predicting that the U.S. Open's return to legendary Merion after a 32-year absence would result in record-setting low scores.  And Harrington's point was a valid one, for while the pundits focused on five sub-400-yard par 4s, a seemingly week mid-section and a total yardage beneath 7,000, far less attention was paid to a collection of five very demanding par 4s (led by the 504-yard 5th and the 521-yard 18th) and a trio of truly gargantuan par 3s (Tiger Woods referred to the 256-yard 3rd as "a driveable par 4"), all of which combined to make prognostications of a 20-under-par winner look laughable by week's end.  Of course, one reason for such predictions was the torrential rains which softened up the ancient Hugh Wilson-designed layout in the days leading up to the Open, followed by the heavy thunderstorms which caused a pair of delays (the first extending three hours) during Thursday's opening round.  But given that the rough thus morphed from dangerous to truly ferocious, and that while short holes weren't going to play meaningfully shorter, the longer entries became borderline backbreaking, a reasonable argument can be made that the rains actually toughened Merion - a suggestion perhaps born out by Justin Rose's eventual winning aggregate  of one-over-par 281.  In the end, Sunday would begin with eight legitimate contenders for the title, but that numbner decreased rapidly in the early going.  Among the first to back off were 36-hole leader Billy Horschel (with bogeys at the 2nd, 3rd and 5th) and veteran Steve Stricker, who belied his reputation for accuracy by hitting two balls out-of-bounds at the par-5 2nd en route to a card-wrecking triple-bogey eight.  Next it was Luke Donald who, hitting a driver at the par-3 3rd, beaned a walking scorer, shaking him up and leading to a run of five bogeys and a double-bogey as he buried his hopes with an outbound 42.  And then there was Charl Schwartzel, who curled in a short birdie putt at the 1st to tie for the lead, and seemed likely to remain in the battle to the end - before promptly recording six bogeys and a double-bogey from the 3rd to the 10th holes, eventually shooting 78.  The remaining contenders - Rose, Phil Mickelson, Hunter Mahan and Jason Day - held up better in the early going, with Day in particular looking capable of improving upon his third-place finish at The Masters by carding three birdies in the first 10 holes to climb to even par.  But bogeys at the 11th and 14th dampened his hopes, and when makeable birdie putts at 15 and 16 stayed out, he eventually ran out of holes.  Mahan too hung tough, standing at one over par for the day and tied for the lead through the 14th before a double-bogey at the sneakily difficult 411-yard 15th led ti his playing the four closers in four over par, leaving him in a tie for fourth.  For Mickelson's part, double bogeys at 3 and 5 (both off three putts), combined with a birdie at the 4th, saw him staggered early, and he might well have fared better in the end had several well-struck putts not narrowly missed soon thereafter.  Then, on the verge of falling from contention, he holed a 75-yard wedge shot to eagle the 10th and hurled himself right back into the lead - a position he would soon relinquish after poor wedge shots led to disastrous bogeys at the 13th and 15th.  In the meantime, Rose had ridden birdies at the 4th, 6th and 7th to an outgoing 35, then, after a three-putt bogey at the 11th, moved into the lead with clutch birdies at both the 12th and 13th.  He made a dissapointing bogey at the 14th after a poor blast from the right greenside bunker, then a three-putt bogey at the 16th when a near-perfect approach rolled back to the front of the green.  When Mickelson missed an eight-footer for birdie at the 16th, it came down to the final two holes with Rose nursing a one-stroke lead.  The 32-year-old Englishman responded with two superb long iron shots, lacing a 2 iron to within easy two-putt range at the 17th, then firing a brilliant 4 iron to the back fringe at the brutal 18th, from where he chipped dead with a fairway metal to finish at plus one.  Unable to birdie the 246-yard 17th, Mickelson then needed an even less likely birdie at the last to tie but, after driving in the rough, he was unable to hole a 60-yard desperation chip and thus was, for a record sixth time, a runner-up at the U.S. Open.  For Rose, who went from 17-year-old amateur phenom to struggling young pro, before working his way to becoming one of the game's elite ball-strikers, it was, in his own words "A childhood dream come true."

Posted on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 12:00PM by Registered CommenterDaniel | Comments Off

Week 24 Results

US Open - Justin Rose  (281)
European Tour - Najeti Hotels et Golfs Open  -  Simon Thornton  (279)
Asian Tour - Queen's Cup  -  Prayad Marksaeng  (270)
Sunshine Tour -  Polokwane Open  -  Dean Burmester  (204)
JLPGA Tour - Suntory Ladies Open  -  Rikako Morita  (278)
Euro Senior Tour - Speedy Services Wales Senior Open -  Philip Golding  (145)
Web.com Tour - Air Capital Classic  -  Scott Parel  (266)
E Challenge Tour - See European Tour (Above)
Symetra Tour - Decatur-Forsyth Classic  -  Sue Kim  (206)

Posted on Sunday, June 16, 2013 at 10:52AM by Registered CommenterDaniel | Comments Off

Around The World

Former Tennessee high school star Harris English claimed his first PGA Tour victory at the FedEx St. Jude Classic, cobbling together an up-and-down final-round 69 in front of a gallery stocked with high school friends to edge Phil Mickelson and Scott Stallings by two.  The 23-year-old English, a former All-American at the University of Georgia, began Sunday one shot behind Shawn Stefani and appeared to have shot imself out of contention after bogeys at the 8th and 9th caused him to turn in 38.  But comeback birdies at 10 and 11 gave him new life and, following an untimely bogey at the par-4 13th, clutch birdies at the 16th and 17th finally moved him in front to stay.  Stefani, meanwhile, hung around the lead early but was sunk by a run of four bogeys from the 8th through the 12th, ultimately carding a disappointing 76 and tying for seventh.  Among the contenders, it was Stallings who, for the second straight week, mounted the biggest Sunday charge, recording birdies at 3, 6, 8 and 9 to claim a lead that at one point swelled to three shots.  But English cut into that with his back nine birdies before Stallings dashed his own hopes with a double-bogey at the 15th and a bogey at the last.  And then there was Mickelson, who shot a third-round 65 to get within site of the leaders, then played his first 11 holes at even par on Sunday before birdies at 14, 16 and 18 lifted him to a share of second.  For Mickelson, one of the rare elite entries this week, it served as a positive tune up for next week’s U.S. Open at Merion…………… Joost Luiten of The Netherlands claimed his second career European Tour victory at the Lyoness Open, darting to a three-stroke lead over a stellar first 54 holes before coasting home with a weather-interrupted final-round 71 in Atzenbrugg, Austria.  The 27-year-old Luiten, who nearly won this same event (before ultimately tying for third) in 2011, birdied five of his first six holes in Thursday’s opening round but was rather less spectacular on Sunday, turning in one-under-par 35 before bogeying the 202-yard 11th, then securing the trophy with a birdie three at the 411-yard 16th.  Two strokes in arrears was Thomas Bjorn of Denmark (who closed in 68) while third place was shared by China’s Wen-Chong Liang (66) and Romain Wattel of France, who played the week’s steadiest golf with rounds of 68-68-69-69.  Luiten’s closest pursuers after the third-round, Spaniards Jorge Campillo and Eduardo De La Riva, struggled on Sunday, carding rounds of 72 and 73 respectively.  Also disappointed on Sunday was defending champion Bernd Wiesberger, who bogeyed the 18th to tie for 14th when a top 10 would have moved him into the top 60 of the Official World Ranking, earning him a late spot in next week’s U.S. Open…………… In one of the more memorable finishes in recent Sunshine Tour history, 26-year-old Jacques Blaauw captured his maiden professional win at the Vodacom Origins of Golf - Eastern Cape, with the margin of victory coming via an eagle at the 442-yard par-4 70th hole.  Blauuw had entered Friday's final round with a one-shot lead, then fallen behind after going out in two-over-par 38 before mounting a final nine charge with birdies at holes 11, 14 and 15.  By this point, he was locked in a close battle with P.H. McIntyre (who closed with a sterling 65) and Danie van Tonder, as well as 14-time Sunshine Tour winner Desvonde Botes, who'd moved into contention with an eagle at the par-5 15th.  But lightning struck at the long par-4 16th when Blaauw spun his 147-yard approach back more than 15 feet into the hole, suddenly thrusting him two ahead with two to play.  Both McIntyre (still looking for his first win after finishing second a week earlier) and Neil Schietekat birdied the par-5 18th to close within one.  But van Tonder, who could have forced a tie with a final birdie of his own, could only par the last, and Botes could only par the final three, leaving Blaauw to raise the trophy by the narrowest of margins.   

Posted on Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 08:34PM by Registered CommenterDaniel | Comments Off

Week 23 Results

PGA Tour - FedEx St. Jude Classic  -  Harris English  (268)
European Tour - Lyoness Open  -  Joost Luiten  (271)
Sunshine Tour -  Vodacom Orig\ins: Eastern Cape  -  Jacques Blaauw  (204)
LPGA Tour -  Wegman's LPGA Championship  -  Inbee Park  (283)
JLPGA Tour - Yonex Ladies  -  Junko Omote  (206)
Champions Tour - Regions Tradition  -  David Frost  (272)
Euro Senior Tour - Bad Ragaz Senior Open  -  Paul Wesselingh  (272)
E Challenge Tour - D+D Real Czech Challenge Open  -  Francois Calmels  (266)  
Canada - Times Colonist Island Savings Open  -  Stephen Gangluff  (277)

Posted on Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 11:49AM by Registered CommenterDaniel | Comments Off

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Holding off a typically strong field, and battling through some difficult playing conditions, Matt Kuchar rode his standard brand of highly consistent golf to victory at the Memorial Tournament with a 12-under-par 276 total.  Beginning Sunday’s final round two strokes ahead of both Kevin Chappell and Kyle Stanley, Kuchar never missed a fairway until the 17th as he posted five birdies and a single bogey over the first 15 holes, building a seemingly commanding lead.  But an ill-timed bogey at the par-3 16th left the door slightly ajar, and the 26-year-old Chappell, who birdied the 13th, 15th, 17th and, via a stiffed approach, the demanding 18th, did everything he could to crash through it.  The 34-year-old Kuchar held himself together, however, and needing a par at the last to win, calmly played his approach to 20 feet, then holed the putt to raise the trophy in style.  Chappell’s exciting run home allowed him to claim solo second while Stanley, who was right in the thick of things before bogeying the par-5 11th, carded a 71 to finish third.  Also briefly in the hunt was Scott Stallings, who tied for the day’s low round with a 67 that included five straight birdies from the 4th through the 8th, then one more at the par-4 10th.  Late bogeys at the 16th and 18th would derail him, however, leaving Stallings in a tie for fourth.  Less stellar were the performances of world number two Rory McIlroy (who opened with 78 and ultimately tied for 57th) and world number one Tiger Woods, whose Saturday 79 included a career-worst 44 on the back nine, and who logged a shocking three double bogeys and two triple bogeys – all without a single penalty stroke – en route to tying for 65th…………… Finland’s Mikko Ilonen ended a six-year, 126-start European tour victory drought at the Nordea Masters in Stockholm, his 21-under-par 267 total proving good enough to beat PGA Tour regular Jonas Blixt of Sweden by three.  The 33-year-old Ilonen’s last victory came in this same event in 2007 (when it was played at the Arlandastad Golf Club) and while his fortunes slipped somewhat in the ensuing five years, he arrived at Bro Hof Slott having logged a pair of seconds (at the Trophée Hassan II and the Volvo China Open) and a T12 (at the BMW PGA) in his last four starts.  After opening with a 70, he posted middle rounds of 63-65 to take a two-stroke 54-hole lead over the event’s 2011 champion Alexander Noren, then moved further ahead with birdies at the second and third holes on Sunday, building a lead that would prove insurmountable.  What challenges there were began with Blixt, who started the day four back and briefly pulled within two when an eagle at the par-5 9th saw him out in 32.  But two bogeys and a double bogey from the 11th through the 14th set him back, and it was only late birdies at the 15th, 16th and 17th that lifted him into second place.  Noren also briefly challenged after birdieing the 4th, but an incoming 37 ultimately placed him in a tie for third.  Also notable were the performances of last week’s BMW PGA champion Matteo Manassero (who shot 66-65 to lead at the halfway mark before weekend rounds of 71-70 left him tied for fourth) and Australian Andrew Dodt, who managed the staggeringly rare feat of carding two holes-in-one in the same round, acing both the 208-yard 7th and the 175-yard 11th en route to a memorable Friday 65…………… The rise to Japan Tour superstardom of Hideki Matsuyama took another step forward at this week’s Diamond Cup where the 20-year-old rookie strung together steady rounds of 71-69-68-71 to claim his second victory of the young season.  Though tied for the lead going into the final round, Matsuyama was far outshined by his 54-hole co-leader, 58-year-old J Tour legend Tommy Nakajima, whose middle rounds of 68-66 had placed him in position to potentially claim a 49th career win, and his first since 2006.  But after turning in even par on Sunday, Nakajima faded with bogeys at the 15th, 17th and 18th, leaving Matsuyama to coast home two strokes ahead  of Koreans Hyung-Sung Kim (winner of the recent Japan PGA Championship) and Sung-Joon Park, as well as Australian Brad Kennedy.  For Matsuyama, the win marked his fifth top-10 finish in as many 2013 starts, with his last four outings including two wins and two seconds, the latter each finding him only one shot off the winning score.  The victory solidified Matsuyama's place atop the Order of Merit, where he has thus far nearly doubled the earnings of his nearest pursuer, Hyung-Sung Kim…………… Twenty-seven-year-old Merrick Bremner claimed his third career Sunshine Tour victory at the Lombard Insurance Classic, winning, in wire-to-wire fashion, by two strokes over P.H. “Powerhouse” McIntyre at the Royal Swazi Sun Country Club.  The big-hitting Bremner began the event with a sterling nine-under-par 63, then backed it up with a stellar 65 to hold a four-stroke lead after 36 holes.  He began his final round with two straight bogeys, however, opening the door both for McIntyre (in pursuit of his maiden professional victory) and 13-time tour winner Jean Hugo, who’d thrown himself into the mix with a 63 of his own in round two.  Bremner would soon right the ship, however, reeling off seven straight pars on the outward half before coming  home in 33 (including a birdie at the par-3 finisher) to clinch the title.  McIntyre, something of a mercurial player in the past, posted a flawless five-birdie 67 to claim second while Hugo, who began the final round six shots in arrears, carded four front nine birdies to get into the mix before a inward 38 buried his hopes.

Posted on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 09:27PM by Registered CommenterDaniel | Comments Off

Week 22 Results

PGA Tour - Memorial Tournament  -  Matt Kuchar  (276)
European Tour - Nordea Masters  -  Mikko Ilonen  (267)
Japan Tour - Diamond Cup Golf  -  Hideki Matsuyama  (279)
Sunshine Tour - Lombard Insurance Classic  -  Merrick Bremner  (199)
LatinoAmerica - Dominican Republic Open  -  Ryan Blaum  (279)
LPGA Tour - ShopRite LPGA Classic  -  Karrie Webb (209)
LET - Unicredit Ladies German Open  -  Carlotta Ciganda  (101)
JLPGA Tour - Resort Trust Ladies  -  Mamiko Higa  (207)
Champions Tour - Principal Charity Classic  -  Russ Cochran  (205)
Web.com Tour
- Mid-Atlantic Championship  -  Michael Putnam  (273)
E Challenge Tour - Fred Olsen Challenge de Espana  -  Brooks Koepka  (260)

Posted on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 11:32AM by Registered CommenterDaniel | Comments Off