Sunday, April 19, 2009

Brian Gay (20 under par) wins by 10 shots

from Luke Donald and Briny Baird

American Brian Gay cruised to the Verizon Heritage title on Sunday after a final round seven-under-par 64 saw the American claim his second US PGA Tour victory by a record-breaking 10 strokes.
Gay finished at a tournament record low 20-under-par, one better than Loren Roberts in 1996, to win by 10 strokes, the largest margin of victory recorded at Harbour Town, eclipsing Davis Love III's seven-shot win in 1998.
Gay, averaging little over 260yd from his drives, proved that, on some courses, you don't have to hit the ball a mile off the tee to succeed.
England's Luke Donald (66) and American Briny Baird finished at 10 under, while two-time US Open champion Lee Janzen carded a level par 71, missing out on a share of second and his best finish since the 2003 Memorial Tournament when he bogeyed the last to fall to nine under alongside former Open winner Todd Hamilton, who closed with a 70, in fourth.
Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal finished in a tie for sixth at eight under with Tim Wilkinson of Australia following a final-round 67.
Rory Sabbatini of South Africa carded 66 to claim a share of eighth place with Americans Matt Weibring and Tim Petrovic at seven under.
Shell Houston Open winner Paul Casey (66) finished in a tie for 11th with Woody Austin at six under while Germany's Alex Cejka was in an eight-man group at five under.
Greg Owen of England finished at one-under-par alongside Fredrik Jacobson of Sweden with Ernie Els of South Africa ending the week at level par.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy finished at two-over-par for the tournament after closing with a level par 71, an eighth consecutive round of 70 or above.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4 x 71)
264 Brian Gay (US) 67 66 67 64.
274 Luke Donald (Eng) 73 70 65 66, Briny Baird (US) 69 72 65 68.
275 Lee Janzen (US) 65 70 69 71, Todd Hamilton (US) 68 66 71 70.
276 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa) 68 71 70 67, Tim Wilkinson (NZ) 71 67 65 73.
277 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 70 68 73 66, Tim Petrovic 68 70 69 70, Matt Weibring 70 70 69 68
278 Paul Casey (Eng) 73 70 69 66, Woody Austin 70 73 66 69
279 Spencer Levin 72 72 66 69, Alex Cejka (Ger) 64 71 72 72, Tommy Armour III 70 68 74 67, Steve Marino 71 73 67 68, Bob Estes 68 71 69 71, Dean Wilson 69 74 68 68, Boo Weekley 69 72 70 68, Bo Van Pelt 73 70 66 70
280
Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 75 68 67 70, Jeff Maggert 68 75 66 71, Davis Love III 70 67 69 74, Tom Lehman 70 69 68 73, Scott Verplank 72 66 73 69
281 Ben Crane 73 69 71 68, Jason Dufner 70 73 69 69, Lucas Glover 74 68 70 69, Ken Duke 69 70 71 71
282 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 66 74 71 71, Vaughn Taylor 71 72 69 70, Mathew Goggin (Aus) 73 70 72 67, Ted Purdy 67 71 72 72, Chris Couch 73 69 70 70, Scott Piercy 69 70 75 68, Nick O'Hern (Aus) 72 70 68 72
283 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 71 69 71 72, Zach Johnson 70 71 70 72, Bill Lunde 73 69 72 69, Steve Lowery 73 71 68 71, Greg Owen (Eng) 69 71 74 69, Charles Howell III 69 74 70 70, George McNeill 71 71 71 70, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 76 68 69 70, Camilo Villegas (Col) 70 72 71 70, Tim Clark (Rsa) 72 70 69 72, Nicholas Thompson 73 71 69 70
284 Greg Kraft 72 72 69 71, Matt Kuchar 71 70 73 70, Peter Lonard (Aus) 72 71 68 73, Joe Durant 73 71 71 69, Nathan Green (Aus) 70 71 70 73, Justin Leonard 70 73 67 74, Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 71 73 72, Jose Coceres (Arg) 74 67 67 76
285 Brad Adamonis 74 68 71 72, Mark Wilson 72 69 74 70
286 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 72 71 72 71, Shaun Micheel 72 68 71 75, Stephen Leaney (Aus) 68 74 72 72, Tommy Gainey 71 68 73 74
287 Charlie Wi (Kor) 71 70 70 76, Colt Knost 74 68 72 73, Stewart Cink 72 70 72 73
288 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 68 68 74 78, Brett Quigley 72 72 67 77, Heath Slocum 72 68 70 78, Cliff Kresge 68 75 74 71
289 Brendon De Jonge 72 72 73 72, Chris DiMarco 72 71 74 72, Jonathan Byrd 70 73 73 73
290 Michael Letzig 73 71 74 72, Michael Allen 72 72 70 76, Aron Price (Aus) 68 73 73 76
291 Charley Hoffman 70 69 72 80
292 Glen Day 71 73 76 72
294 Will MacKenzie 73 71 76 74
296 Robert Garrigus 70 74 75 77

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