Aussie Green beats Goosen in Canadian

Open play-off after 36-hole final day

The Canadian Open is over at last ... and the winner is ... 34-year-old Australian Nathan Green, but only after an extra two holes added on to the regulation 72 which took five days to complete in a rain-battered tournament.
Green beat South African Retief Goosen with a par on the second hole of a sudden death -play-off.
Green shot rounds of 69 and and 68, both on Monday, for a total of 270. Goosen three-putted the 18th for par and a 67 in the morning, then eagled it in the afternoon for a 69, also for 18-under-par, four shots clear of the field.
Goosen had a putt to win on the first extra hole, but missed a six-foot birdie try after leaving his bunker shot above the hole. Green saved par after his second shot bounced off a cart path, landing near the scoring trailer above the green.
"I dodged a bullet," said Green, who also saved par on the 18th to force the play-off after hitting over the green and into the crowd.
Goosen had his fourth straight top-six finish. After tying for 16th in the US Open, the 40-year-old South African was third in the BMW International in Germany, tied for sixth in the Scottish Open and tied for fifth in the Open at Turnberry.
Anthony Kim (66 & 73) and Jason Dufner (70 & 73) tied for third, four strokes back at 14 under in the event soaked by nearly five inches of rain the first four days.
Lee Janzen (70 & 67), Brandt Snedeker (67 & 68) and Jerry Kelly (72 & 71) followed at 14 under. Stephen Ames was the top Canadian, tying for eighth at 12 under after rounds of 72 and 67. "This was the last thing I was expecting to do," Green said after earning $918,000 (£559,000) to push his season total to $1,282,017 (£780,000).
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
270 Nathan Green (Aus) 68 65 69 68, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 65 69 67 69 (Green won sudden-death play-off at second extra hole).
274 Anthony Kim 69 66 66 73, Jason Dufner 68 63 70 73
275 Jerry Kelly 65 67 72 71, Lee Janzen 68 70 70 67, Brandt Snedeker 73 67 67 68
276 Michael Letzig 69 67 66 74, Scott McCarron 68 71 67 70, Christopher Baryla (Can) 69 71 70 66, Bob Estes 67 67 68 74, Mark Calcavecchia 71 65 71 69, Scott Verplank 65 67 71 73, Stephen Ames (Can) 68 69 72 67, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 69 66 73 68
277 Peter Tomasulo 65 68 72 72, J.B. Holmes 73 67 67 70, Chris Riley 68 70 70 69, Tim Herron 67 68 71 71, Martin Laird (Sco) 65 69 78 65, Bryce Molder 71 69 70 67, Briny Baird 72 63 70 72, Webb Simpson 71 68 67 71
278 Pat Perez 67 67 72 72, Jeff Quinney 71 69 65 73, Scott Sterling 67 68 72 71, Mike Weir (Can) 71 67 69 71, Luke Donald (Eng) 71 69 67 71, Camilo Villegas (Col) 63 71 72 72, Mark Wilson 68 71 69 70
279 Patrick Sheehan 68 70 70 71, Joe Durant 65 74 68 72, Dean Wilson 68 70 69 72, Corey Pavin 68 70 72 69, Kevin Streelman 72 68 71 68
280 John Merrick 70 68 70 72, Leif Olson 68 71 68 73, Harrison Frazar 68 71 70 71, Kevin Sutherland 68 69 70 73
281 Derek Fathauer 66 74 73 68, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 70 68 69 74, Darron Stiles 69 71 68 73, Ken Duke 66 71 74 70, Scott Piercy 71 69 69 72, Steve Elkington (Aus) 68 71 75 67
282 D.A. Points 68 71 66 77, David Peoples 67 73 76 66, Graham Delaet (Can) 73 66 72 71, Billy Mayfair 69 69 70 74, Jimmy Walker 66 70 74 72, Jamie Lovemark 74 66 69 73
283 Jason Day (Aus) 70 70 72 71
284 Kevin Na 63 71 74 76, Nicholas Thompson 73 66 73 72
285 Kevin Stadler 70 70 76 69, Frank Lickliter II 68 72 72 73
286 Brendon De Jonge 67 73 75 71
287 Jay Williamson 70 68 77 72
288 Charles Warren 70 68 69 81, Dicky Pride 70 70 76 72
289 Mike Grob 70 69 75 75
291 Andres Gonzales 71 69 79 72, Parker McLachlin 66 72 74 79