Monday, May 21, 2007

MASTER GOLFER ZACH WINS IN GEORGIA
AGAIN - AFTER A PLAY-OFF

US Masters champion Zach Johnson beat Japan's Ryuji Imada in a sudden-death play-off to claim victory in the AT&T Classic at Sugarloaf in Duluth, Georgia.
The 31-year-old birdied the first extra hole, the 18th, to take the title after third-round leader Imada had found the water.
Johnson, whose two previous titles - including the Masters - also came in Georgia, forced a play-off after storming into contention on the final day.
The American shot a five-under-par 67 to move to 15 under while Imada, who was two under for the day, needed to birdie the final hole to stay in contention.
Johnson's chance for victory came when Imada fired his second shot on the par-five 18th into the water hazard in front of the green.
"I admire (Imada's) courage in going for the shot," said Johnson. "I understand why he hit his shot. If it was a little bit right it may have carried on.
"We (then) thought about laying up but at the same time I had a perfect lie, perfect yardage. It was a really pretty routine shot."
Camilo Villegas, Matt Kuchar and Troy Matteson tied for third at 12 under.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72). Players from US unless stated.

273 Zach Johnson 71 66 69 67, Ryuji Imada (Jap) 67 67 69 70 (Johnson won play-off at first hole).
276 Matt Kuchar 70 72 64 70, Camilo Villegas (Col) 70 67 68 71, Troy Matteson 70 64 69 73
277 Bob Estes 71 69 67 70, Stephen Marino 67 71 69 70, Chris Tidland 71 67 71 68
278 Robert Gamez 70 69 71 68, Olin Browne 69 69 74 66, Jonathan Byrd 69 72 68 69, Briny Baird 69 71 70 68, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 70 69 71 68
279 Joe Ogilvie 68 70 69 72, Gavin Coles (Aus) 74 68 69 68
280 Billy Andrade 70 68 72 70, Lee Janzen 69 70 67 74, Kevin Sutherland 65 71 71 73, Parker McLachlin 70 72 72 66, Steve Elkington (Aus) 70 70 67 73
281 Brian Davis (Eng) 69 74 68 70, Craig Kanada 67 70 73 71, Tommy Armour III 67 71 70 73
282 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 69 70 70 73, John Merrick 70 73 73 66, Neal Lancaster 72 71 70 69, Darron Stiles 71 67 73 71, Stewart Cink 70 73 71 68, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 72 70 72 68
283 Charles Warren 73 67 70 73, Tag Ridings 69 71 70 73, David Toms 71 68 74 70, J.P. Hayes 72 70 72 69, Bill Haas 69 72 72 70, John Cook 71 70 70 72, DJ Brigman 68 67 73 75, Bob Heintz 73 67 74 69, Franklin Langham 71 70 68 74
284 Kevin Na (Kor) 70 73 70 71, Tim Petrovic 73 68 71 72, Garrett Willis 71 71 72 70, Jason Bohn 69 72 69 74
285 Kent Jones 70 73 71 71, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 71 72 73 69, Dicky Pride 68 73 74 70, Daisuke Maruyama (Jap) 71 71 74 69, D.J. Trahan 70 71 70 74
286 Jerry Smith 71 72 68 75, Michael Allen 74 67 74 71, Paul Azinger 71 70 76 69, Paul Stankowski 70 72 76 68, Shaun Micheel 72 70 71 73, Jaco Van Zyl (SAf) 72 69 70 75, Glen Day 72 71 70 73, Bob May 67 73 70 76
287 J J Henry 74 69 73 71, Tom Johnson 73 70 74 70, Brian Gay 70 72 73 72, Dan Forsman 72 69 77 69, Michael Putnam 75 66 74 72
288 Steve Jones 71 70 70 77
289 Marco Dawson 72 70 76 71, Mark Hensby (Aus) 71 70 74 74, Steve Lowery 71 72 76 70
292 Duffy Waldorf 72 71 75 74, Grant Waite (NZ) 69 74 77 72, Ryan Armour 70 73 77 72
294 Hunter Mahan 74 69 78 73, Craig Bowden 71 72 78 73, Bob Burns 75 68 78 73
295 Eric Axley 72 69 75 79

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