By the left ... it's Mickelson by one

from fellow-Butch client Watney

Phil Mickelson landed his second title of the year when he held off Nick Watney at the WGC-CA Championship.
Mickelson, who had been treated overnight for heat exhaustion and dehydration, showed no ill effects from his visit to a hospital emergency room as he outfought fellow American and fellow client of coach Butch Harmon, Watney, over the back nine at Doral, having emerged from a see-saw battle with the world number 78 in the first half of the final round.
World number three Mickelson parred the final seven holes to complete a last-day 69 to finish at 19 under par, one shot better than his overnight co-leader Watney.
It was his first World Golf Championships victory and his 36th on the US PGA Tour, adding to his Northern Trust Open win at Riviera Country Club last month.
Jim Furyk was a strong-finishing third at 16 under par following a closing 67, with India's Jeev Milkha Singh fourth on 14 under.
England's Oliver Wilson scored his best finish on the US PGA Tour when he shot a 66 to finish in a tie for fifth place alongside Colombia's Camilo Villegas, with Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen and Thomas Aiken of South Africa tied for seventh on 12th under.
World number one Tiger Woods produced his second 68 of the weekend to finish tied for ninth with Rod Pampling of Australia and fellow American Kenny Perry at 11 under, to maintain his record of always finishing in the top 10, both in WGC stroke play events and at Doral.
Watney, level with Mickelson at the start of the day, fell one shot behind over the outward half and just could not get it back.
Rory McIlory (73 for 279) failed to make a last-day charge and it was left to Oliver Wilson to provide the focus for British interest. Wilson signed off with a six-under-par 66, one of the best scores on the last day, to finish a very creditable joint fifth on 13-under-par 275.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4 x 72)
Players from US unless stated.
269 Phil Mickelson 65 66 69 69.
270 Nick Watney 66 67 67 70.
272 Jim Furyk 68 68 69 67.
274 Jeev Milka Singh (Ind) 65 71 68 70.
275 Oliver Wilson (Eng) 67 70 72 66, Camilo Villegas (Col) 67 68 69 71.
276 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 74 66 71 65, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 70 66 69 71.
277 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 66 69 71 71, Tiger Woods 71 70 68 68, Kenny Perry 70 6471 72, Justin Leonard 69 69 68 71.
278 Steve Stricker 69 70 70 69, Sean O'Hair 67 70 74 67, Soren Hansen (Den) 74 69 64 71, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 65 70 72 71, Ian Poulter (Eng) 69 67 73 69
279 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 68 66 72 73, James Kingston (Rsa) 66 74 67 72, Justin Rose (Eng) 73 70 68 68, Ernie Els (Rsa) 70 71 68 70, Luke Donald (Eng) 69 70 68 72, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 67 69 73 70, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 66 71 71 71
280 Tim Clark (Rsa) 71 71 69 69
281 Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 71 72 69, Davis Love III 70 71 70 70, Ben Curtis 71 69 71 70
282 Paul Casey (Eng) 71 66 72 73, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 71 70 72 69, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 72 72 68 70, Briny Baird 70 68 71 73
283 Dustin Johnson 70 66 71 76, Pat Perez 70 68 72 73, Mike Weir (Can) 71 69 70 73, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 73 68 70 72, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 74 69 69 71
284 Peter Hanson (Swe) 70 74 72 68, Richard Finch (Eng) 72 72 69 71, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 70 71 69 74, Ken Duke 71 75 67 71, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 73 69 70 72, Stephen Ames (Can) 72 70 71 71
285 Ross Fisher (Eng) 71 69 72 73, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 70 70 72 73, Andres Romero (Arg) 67 71 77 70, Mark Brown 73 71 68 73, Darren Clarke (NIrl) 74 71 71 69, Shingo Katayama (Jpn) 70 70 72 73, D.J. Trahan 77 71 66 71
286 Hunter Mahan 71 74 68 73, Chad Campbell 72 70 70 74, Vijay Singh (Fij) 69 72 71 74, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 69 74 74 69, Zach Johnson 70 72 72 72
287 Anthony Kim 71 69 72 75
288 K J Choi (Kor) 73 73 72 70, Stewart Cink 73 73 69 73
289 Dudley Hart 71 75 73 70, Boo Weekley 69 75 75 70, Kevin Sutherland 74 76 68 71, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 71 71 69 78, Lee Westwood (Eng) 71 71 78 69
290 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 65 76 73 76, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 73 74 70 73, Adam Scott (Aus) 71 76 72 71, Wen-Tang Lin (Tai) 75 70 70 75
291 John Rollins 76 71 71 73, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 74 76 72 69
292 Bubba Watson 72 71 74 75
293 Richard Sterne (Rsa) 70 76 72 75
294 Yong-eun Yang (Kor) 73 70 73 78
295 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 69 72 76 78
297 Azuma Yano (Jpn) 77 71 76 73
298 Billy Mayfair 75 72 75 76, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 69 73 73 83
299 Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 76 71 75 77

Mickelson one ahead of Watney

with nine holes to play

If Phil Mickelson was feeling the heat before the start of the final round of the WGC-CA Championship at Doral Resort, Miami in Florida today (see earlier report), he certainly was once the Sunday pressure started to build.
With nine holes to play, Lefty had edged ahead of his third-round co-leader, Nick Watney -- both are coached by Butch Harmon - at 19 under par to Watney's 18 under par.
Englishman Oliver Wilson made a unexpected but welcome run into joint third place over the final round and was 13 under par with two holes to play.
Tiger Woods was 11 under par after 15 holes.
Sadly, Rory McIlroy went backwards on the final day. He was -10 after 12 holes.

FINAL ROUND POSITIONS OUT ON THE COURSE
Par 288 (4 x 72)
-19 after nine holes Phil Mickelson.
-18 after nine holes Nick Watney.
-13 after 16 holes Oliver Wilson.
-13 after 11 holes Kenny Perry.
-13 after nine holes Jeev M Singh.
-12 after 14 holes Prayad Marksaeng.
-12 after 11 holes Jim Furyk.
-12 after 10 holes Soren Kjeldsen.
-12 after nine holes Camilo Villegas.
-11 after 15 holes Tiger Woods.
Selected positions
-10 after 17 holes Ian Poulter.
-10 after 12 holes Rory McIlroy.
-9 after 14 holes Padraig Harrington.
-7 after 16 holes Paul Casey.
CLUBHOUSE LEADERS
276 (-12) Thomas Aiken (SAf) 74 66 71 65.
280 (-8) Justin Rose (Eng) 73 70 68 69.
282 (-6) Sergia Garcia (Spa) 72 72 68 70.

Third-round 80 puts Scott


Jamieson out of rain-hit


Hooters Open money

Glasgow's Scott Jamieson finished well out of the money after a disastrous third round of 80 for a share of 57th place in the rain-shortened Hooters Tour Open at Rock Barn Golf & Spa, Conover in North Carolina today.
Jamieson, after earlier rounds of 76 and 73 to beat the cut, had a double bogey 6 at the 11th, and double bogey 5s at the short 15th and short 17th in halves of 36 and 44. He had birdies at the first, fifth and eighth.
In his first round, the Scot, pictured, had a triple bogey 7 at the fifth and a double bogey 5 at the short 17th.
Florida-based Russell Knox, the Scot who is one of the leading money-winners on the Hooters Tour, did not play in this event - the last for four weeks - as he is flying back to Scotland for an eight-day break in his home-town of Inverness.
American Blaine Peffley, who played on the US college circuit as a student at Maryland University, won the $33,566 first prize by three strokes with scores of 72, 69 and 68 for seven-under-par 209.


Runner-up was Scott Stallings with 74, 67 and 71 for 212, a shot ahead of a third American, Justin Smith, with scores of 74, 67 and 71.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS


Par 216 (3 x 72) 7182yd


209 Blaine Peffley (US) 72 69 68.


212 Scott Stallings (US) 74 67 71.


213 Justin Smith (US) 67 74 72.


Selected score:


229 Scott Jamieson (Sco) 70 73 80 (jt 57th).

Joey Sindelar heading for first win on

United States Champions' Tour

American Joey Sindelar, 50, chasing his first win on the US Champions (Seniors) Tour took a big step towards breaking his duck with a second-round two-under-par 70 for 10-under 134 to lead by one shot from Don Pooley, going into the third and final round of the AT&T Champions Classic at Valencia Country Club, California.
"I'm pretty comfortable out there," Sindelar said. "I'm not trying to ignore it. I'll be excited on the first tee (Sunday) and in four hours I'll know the result. I'm looking forward to it."
Sindelar stretched his bogey-free streak to 42 holes before dropping a stroke on the par-4 fifth. He also bogeyed Nos. 8 and 10, but played the final seven holes in four under par to top the leaderboard for the second straight day.
"I'm having a bit of a fight with the front nine," Sindelar said. "It was a mess. Nothing to be proud of. I had much better ball-striking on the back nine."
Pooley shot a bogey-free 65, the best round of the day. He had only 25 putts.
"I was lost in my short game," Pooley said. "It's helped a lot. I've had very few bad days putting this year where last year I had very few good days."
Jay Haas (69) was two strokes back at eight under, Steve Thomas (66) was seven under, and Tim Simpson (69) and Bruce Lietzke (70) were another stroke behind.
Nick Price withdrew after the round. Price, eight over through 36 holes, dropped an iron on his toe in his hotel room on Thursday.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
134 Joey Sindelar 64 70
135 Don Pooley 70 65
136 Jay Haas 67 69
137 Steve Thomas 71 66
138 Bruce Lietzke 68 70, Tim Simpson 69 69
139 Robert L Thompson 69 70, Ken Green 71 68, Dan Forsman 72 67, Jeff Sluman 69 70, Tom McKnight 71 68
140 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 68 72, Fulton Allem (Rsa) 69 71, Tom Purtzer 65 75, Mark Wiebe 70 70, Ben Crenshaw 68 72
141 Andy Bean 69 72, Phil Blackmar 70 71, Fred Funk 72 69, Jerry Pate 70 71
142 Mike McCullough 71 71, Gene Jones 70 72, Scott Hoch 71 71, Tom Kite 72 70, Lonnie Nielsen 74 68, Wayne Levi 69 73, David Edwards 67 75, John Cook 68 74, Loren Roberts 72 70, Dave Stockton 72 70, David Eger 70 72, Bobby Wadkins 70 72
143 Mark O'Meara 73 70, Dana Quigley 74 69, Fuzzy Zoeller 69 74, John Morse 72 71, Morris Hatalsky 73 70, Hale Irwin 69 74, Bob Gilder 70 73
144 Gary Hallberg 69 75, Mike Goodes 70 74
145 Bruce Fleisher 74 71, Denis Watson (Zim) 75 70, Tom Jenkins 73 72, Graham Marsh (Aus) 74 71, Ian Woosnam (Wal) 73 72, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 70 75
146 Mark McNulty (Irl) 72 74, Allen Doyle 74 72
147 Jim Thorpe 71 76, Joe Ozaki (Jpn) 74 73, Keith Fergus 73 74, Wayne Grady (Aus) 76 71, Vicente Fernandez (Arg) 73 74
148 D A Weibring 74 74, Bruce Summerhays 71 77, Craig Stadler 81 67, Larry Nelson 78 70, John Jacobs 76 72, Michael Turner 71 77
149 Tom Wargo 74 75, Dave Eichelberger 77 72, Massy Kuramoto (Jpn) 77 72, Larry Mize 73 76, Hal Sutton 76 73
150 Mark W Johnson 74 76, Gary McCord 78 72, Sandy Lyle (Sco) 75 75, Jeff Roth 77 73
151 Jay Sigel 82 69
152 James Mason 79 73, Bruce Vaughan 71 81, Isao Aoki (Jpn) 75 77
153 Jim Colbert 81 72
154 Hubert Green 75 79, Rich Contreras 79 75
156 Blaine McCallister 77 79
158 Gary Player (Rsa) 80 78
Withdrew: 152 Nick Price (Zim) 76 76

Phil Mickelson is feeling the heat ... literally

A spokesman for Phil Mickelson says the golfer has been treated for heat exhaustion and mild dehydration before playing the final round of the CA Championship.
Mickelson is tied for the lead entering play Sunday as he tries to win for the second time in a month.
Spokesman T.R. Reinman said Mickelson was feeling lethargic after the third round and was taken to Baptist Medical Plaza to receive two bags of an IV solution.
Mickelson and Nick Watney were tied for the lead at 16-under 200, four shots ahead of of Jeev Milkha Singh and Camilo Villegas.

United States 1-2-3 in New Zealand Open,

Prugh wins from Piller and Herman

The New Zealand Open had an American 1-2-3 finish at Queenstown today.
Alex Prugh from Spokane won his first Nationwide Tour title, clinching it with his second eagle of the round and finishing three strokes ahead of compatriot Martin Piller with Jim Herman third at 14 under par 274.
Prugh, a 24-year-old former University of Washington student, finished with an eight-under 64 for a 19-under 269 total on The Hills course. He earned $108,000 in the event also sanctioned by the Australasian Tour
“If anything, this builds a lot of confidence for me,” Prugh said. “The last time I felt nerves like that might have been at the Pacific Coast Amateur in 2005, but there were no leaderboards there and we were playing in front of 30 people, not the thousands we had out here. I definitely thought I’d be more nervous coming down the stretch.”
Prugh, who joined Corey Pavin (1984 and 1985) as the only Americans champions in the event first played in 1907, made a 25-foot eagle putt on the par-5 17th to take a four-stroke lead. He had also eagled the par-4 eighth, holing a pitching wedge.
“That one really kick-started my round,” Prugh said about the unexpected eagle on No. 8. “I thought, now we can really go.”
He had four birdies in a back-nine 30, and played the final 10 holes in eight under par. Prugh took the lead with a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th, then wrapped it up with the eagle on 17.
“I hit a great 3-wood in there. I knew there was plenty of green and grass to the right and the only place I couldn’t miss was left,” Prugh said. “That putt was uphill, breaking on a tier. I played it about 4 feet outside. When it got close, I saw it was dead centre.”
Piller, the third-round leader, shot a 68. The 23-year-old former Texas A&M player was making his fourth career Nationwide Tour start.
“It’s a little disappointing that I didn’t get it done, but I gave it everything I had,” Piller said. “I didn’t leave anything in the bag. When you shoot 64 like that, you’re going to win most tournaments. My hat’s off to Alex.”
Welshman Richard Johnson aced the par-4 15th, only the second hole-in-one on a par 4 in Nationwide Tour history. Johnson’s hole-in-one on the 347-yard hole vaulted him from 10 under to 13 under and just two shots off the lead at the time. He bogeyed the next two holes and finished with a 70 to tie for 10th at 11 under.
“I just aimed for the gap in the traps and smashed it as hard as I could,” Johnson said. “I figured if I hit it really good I’d have a chance to get it in that back corner. I never saw it. It’s too far but I heard the crowd go nuts.”
Johnson will receive a pallet of beer from tournament sponsor Heineken, or 125 dozen bottles, which multiplies out to 1,500 bottles.“I wonder if it will last more than a couple of weeks,” Johnson said. “I didn’t know how much a pallet was. I just knew it was more than a case.”
FINAL TOTALS
The Hills Golf Club, Queenstown, NZ
Par 288 (4 x 72) 7243yd
1. Alex Prugh 65-71-69-64--269
2. Martin Piller 67-69-68-68--272
3. Jim Herman 68-73-65-68--274
4. Andrew Bonhomme 73-69-68-66--276
4. Stephen Dartnall 67-69-72-68--276
4. Peter Senior 68-73-67-68--276
4. Craig Parry 72-70-65-69--276
4. Jeff Gove 71-63-72-70--276
4. Josh Geary 72-65-68-71--276
10. Adam Bland 68-71-71-67--277
10. Richard Johnson 70-72-65-70--277
10. Jason Norris 69-65-71-72--277
13. Joe Daley 75-68-68-67--278
13. David McKenzie 68-72-70-68--278=
13. Chad Collins 68-73-69-68--278
13. Michael Wright 73-67-69-69--278
13. Steve Friesen 69-68-71-70--278
13. Todd Demsey 65-73-70-70--278
13. Steve Alker 68-67-72-71--278
13. Matthew Every 71-68-68-71--278
13. Henrik Bjornstad 70-67-68-73--278
22. Michael Long 72-70-68-69--279
22. Roger Tambellini 74-67-67-71--279
22. Jonas Blixt 68-71-67-73--279
25. Kevin Johnson 73-69-72-66--280
25. David Smail 74-67-70-69--280
25. Marcus Fraser 71-72-66-71--280
25. Drew Laning 69-68-69-74--280
29. Wade Ormsby 72-71-70-68--281
29. Ryan Hammond 70-72-70-69--281
29. Aaron Townsend 71-68-72-70--281
29. Vance Veazey 68-71-71-71--281
29. Jeff Brehaut 74-66-70-71--281
29. Miguel Angel Carballo 68-72-70-71--281
29. Kyle Reifers 70-70-69-72--281
29. Won Joon Lee 70-72-67-72--281
29. Alistair Presnell 73-68-67-73--281
29. Grant Waite 70-69-66-76--281
39. Ian Leggatt 74-64-73-71--282
39. Terry Pilkadaris 71-72-67-72--282
39. Michael Clark II 71-70-68-73--282
39. Josh Teater 65-72-71-74--282
39. Michael Putnam 71-66-71-74--282
44. Nick Flanagan 70-70-72-71--283
44. Kim Felton 70-71-70-72--283
44. Seung-su Han 67-74-69-73--283
44. Bob Sowards 69-69-71-74--283
48. Justin Bolli 70-72-74-68--284
48. Andrew Buckle 69-74-71-70--284
48. Brennan Webb 70-73-70-71--284
51. Justin Hicks 68-75-73-69--285
51. Brad Elder 69-73-70-73--285
51. Brian Stuard 72-71-69-73--285
51. Bubba Dickerson 70-70-71-74--285
55. Steve Wheatcroft 72-70-73-71--286
55. Jim McGovern 68-74-68-76--286
57. Dustin White 71-72-71-73--287
58. Jim Rutledge 70-71-77-71--289
59. Chris Gaunt 71-71-72-76--290
60. Bryan DeCorso 72-70-67-82--291
61. Tony Carolan 70-72-74-76--292
62. Tee McCabe 72-71-75-77--295
63. Steven Bowditch 73-68-81-77--299
MISSED THE CUT
Selected scores:
65. Andre Stolz 71-73--144
65. D.J. Brigman 73-71--144
65. Bradley Hughes 72-72--144
65. Richie Gallichan 72-72--144
65. Jeff Gallagher 72-72--144
65. Tim Wood 75-69--144
65. David Branshaw 69-75--144
65. Ryan Haller 68-76--144
65. Ryan Armour 75-69--144
65. Michael Brennan 75-69--144
65. Garrett Osborn 71-73--144
65. Bronson La'Cassie 73-71--144
77. Gareth Paddison 74-71--145
88. Peter Fowler 76-70--146
88. Major Manning 76-70--146
98. Peter O'Malley 72-75--147
106. Danny Lee (am) 71-77--148
115. Keith Nolan 72-77--149
129. Michael Sim 74-77--151
137. Bob Charles 73-79--152

Day and Bradley four ahead of Puerto

Rico Open field at Trump International

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Rising Australian star Jason Day and 42-year-old American Michael Bradley moved clear of the field in the third round of the Puerto Rico Open at Rio Grande.
The chasing pack is four behind after 21-year-old Day carded a two under par 70 and Bradley, playing his first event of the season after losing his card and failing to get it back at the qualifying school, a fine 68 in difficult conditions at the Trump International Golf Club whose course is a par-72 of some 7,500yd.
Eight players share third place on eight-under - Americans Cliff Kresge, Bryce Molder, Jay Williamson, Brett Quigley, Omar Uresti, Kent Jones and Bart Bryant, plus Australian left-hander Greg Chalmers.
Bradley, who had the second of the US PGA Tour victories 11 years ago, birdied four of the first six holes to turn in 32 and after a bogey on the 12th collected his fifth birdie of the round at the 17th.
Former Australian and world junior champion Day had three birdies himself on the front nine and his only dropped shot came at the 14th.
Day had shared the halfway lead with compatriot Matt Jones, but the 28-year-old from Sydney had a nightmare run after grabbing an eagle on the long fifth.
Jones double-bogeyed the next, bogeyed five of the following six holes, had another double bogey on the 13th and let another stroke go at the next.
That was 10 over par for nine holes, but he did at least pick up two birdies on the closing stretch for a 79 that dropped him to 37th.
England's Greg Owen, 12th overnight, managed only a 77 to slump to joint 58th on one under, while German Alex Cejka signed for a 74 that sent him down from eighth to 17th on five under.
American Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin is on the same mark following a 73 and Rocco Mediate, beaten by Tiger Woods in a play-off for the US Open last June and still seeking his first top 10 finish since then, struggled to a 75 that left him alongside Jones and 18-year-old Hawaiian Tadd Fujikawa.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 126 (3 x 72)
204 Michael Bradley 67 69 68, Jason Day (Aus) 66 68 70
208 Kent Jones 69 69 70, Bart Bryant 67 68 73, Omar Uresti 71 67 70, Brett Quigley 68 71 69, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 68 70 70, Jay Williamson 71 70 67, Bryce Molder 67 69 72, Cliff Kresge 67 69 72
209 Aron Price (Aus) 70 71 68
210 D A Points 70 68 72, Joe Durant 71 72 67, Estanislao Goya (Arg) 69 67 74, J P Hayes 71 68 71, Chris Smith 71 71 68
211 Jerry Kelly 70 68 73, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 71 71 69, Kris Blanks 72 70 69, Jeff Overton 69 72 70, Paul Stankowski 69 72 70, Colt Knost 71 67 73, Corey Pavin 69 69 73, Ronnie Black 69 68 74, Alex Cejka (Ger) 68 69 74
212 Patrick Sheehan 71 70 71, Tom Scherrer 71 70 71, Robert Garrigus 70 68 74, John Merrick 70 72 70, Lee Janzen 69 70 73, David Berganio Jnr. 71 71 70, Greg Kraft 71 71 70, Manuel Villegas (Col) 72 71 69, Michael Allen 69 74 69, Scott Sterling 69 69 74, Troy Matteson 68 69 75
213 Andy Matthews 73 68 72, Ted Purdy 71 69 73, John Mallinger 69 70 74, Matthew Jones (Aus) 70 64 79, Tadd Fujikawa 70 68 75, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 71 70 72, Jay Delsing 70 72 71, Shaun Micheel 71 71 71, Carlos Franco (Par) 76 67 70, Rocco Mediate 68 70 75, Jonathan Byrd 68 72 73
214 Charles Warren 70 73 71, Eric Axley 72 70 72, Derek Lamely 66 71 77, Kevin Stadler 67 75 72, Guy Boros 74 68 72, John Huston 71 70 73, Alan Wagner 73 69 72, Jason Gore 74 69 71, Tommy Gainey 72 70 72, Matt Weibring 70 70 74
215 Mark Brooks 70 71 74, Neal Lancaster 70 73 72, Greg Owen (Eng) 71 67 77, Charles Howell III 69 69 77, Robert Damron 70 71 74, Robin Freeman 71 72 72, Rich Beem 70 73 72, Scott Gutschewski 72 69 74, Glen Day 72 67 76, Brandt Snedeker 69 74 72, Ryan Moore 72 71 72, Tyler Aldridge 69 73 73
216 Ricky Barnes 69 71 76, Bo Van Pelt 74 67 75
217 Derek Fathauer 74 69 74, Notah Begay III 70 72 75, Rick Price 69 72 76
218 Casey Wittenberg 69 72 77, Jimmy Walker 72 71 75
219 Matthew Borchert 71 70 78