Warren scorecard blunder costs him £20,000 in disqualification
Fisher holds off Harrington to win Irish Open
FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
England's Ross Fisher proved himself under pressure to win the 3 Irish Open in record-equalling style at Killarney – despite all that Padraig Harrington threw at him.
From three behind, Harrington might have thought a closing seven-under-par 64 would seal his national title for the second time in four years.
But Fisher, having lost the six-stroke lead he held in the third round, responded with a 65 to take his fourth European Tour title by two.
The 29 year-old’s 266 aggregate, 18 under par, matched the tournament record set nine years ago by Colin Montgomerie.
And with it, Fisher climbs from 13th to sixth in the race for places in Montgomerie’s Ryder Cup side. “It just feels great to come out on top against such a world-class field,” said Fisher after receiving the trophy and the £415,973 first prize.
“I could hear the roars and knew Padraig was making a charge. I just tried to stay patient and this is what we play for. We want to give ourselves a chance and I am no different.
“I don’t know if I have done enough [to clinch a Ryder Cup debut] yet, but there are two more big weeks coming up and I just want to show Monty I am playing well.”
The WGC Bridgestone Invitational starts on Thursday in Akron, Ohio, and after that comes the final major of the season, the US PGA, at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.
Harrington still has not won a tournament for two years and remains outside the all-important top nine on the points table, but a cheque for £277,312 leaves him far nearer to it than he was. The Dubliner, who has now had 27 second places on the circuit, rated his up and down from a plugged lie in a bunker at the 12th “one of my best ever”.
He added: “Overall I had a lot of chances. I’ve been comfortable with my game for a while, but I just have to trust it a little more. I should not get so stressed – I just have to let it happen a bit more.”
To his immense relief, Fisher had saved par from eight feet on the 17th after giving his first putt far too much pace. “Making a 4 there was huge,” he stated. “If I had come up the last only one ahead it might have been a different story.”
Just three days after England's Robert Rock was disqualified from the 3 Irish Open for a scorecard blunder, Scotland's Marc Warren did the same thing at Killarney.
As with Rock - joint leader at the time - Warren did not see that playing partner Mark Foster had put him down for a birdie three at the 13th and par four on the next instead of the other way round.
At least the former World Cup winner was not on the leaderboard at the time. He had scored a closing 70 for two under and was not in the top 30, but it still cost him nearly £20,000.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
Prizemoney in Euros
266 Ross Fisher 69 61 71 65 (500,000).
268 Padraig Harrington 68 67 69 64 (333,330).
270 Chris Wood 71 65 66 68, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 66 69 68 67 (168,900 each)
271 Richard Bland 69 71 66 65, Richard Green (Aus) 65 70 69 67 (116,100 each)
273 Michael Hoey 66 69 71 67 (90,000)
274 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 67 66 69 72 (75,000)
275 Brett Rumford (Aus) 66 69 73 67, Richie Ramsay 71 68 72 64, Joost Luiten (Ned) 74 65 70 66 (60,800 each).
276 Anders Hansen (Den) 67 68 70 71, Darren Clarke 66 70 71 69 (49,950 each).
277 David Drysdale 67 71 72 67, Paul Lawrie 66 72 72 67, Paul McGinley 68 68 71 70, Johan Edfors (Swe) 67 69 71 70 (43,200 each).
278 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 71 70 70 67, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 66 69 70 73, Paul Waring 75 66 67 70 (37,300 euro
279 Sam Hutsby 69 69 71 70, Shane Lowry 74 65 68 72, Matteo Manassero (Ita) 72 70 68 69, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 68 73 70 68, Jamie Donaldson 72 70 72 65, Graeme Storm 70 71 70 68
280 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 66 74 70 70, Stephen Gallacher 70 72 72 66, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 67 72 74 67, Simon Khan 68 70 73 69 (28,050 each).
281 Graeme McDowell 70 72 68 71, Peter Whiteford 70 69 72 70, David Dixon 67 68 76 70, Richard Finch 70 72 72 67 (24,540 each).
282 Rory McIlroy 67 68 76 71, Damien McGrane 65 72 75 70, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 67 72 67 76, Richard McEvoy 69 72 69 72
283 Anthony Wall 72 70 71 70, Marcel Siem (Ger) 66 70 73 74, Gregory Havret (Fra) 72 69 70 72
284 Anthony Kang (USA) 69 71 74 70, Sion E Bebb 70 71 70 73
285 Anton Haig (Rsa) 66 70 75 74, David Howell 64 75 73 73, Steven O'Hara 68 71 72 74, Paul Broadhurst 68 71 72 74, Justin Rose 74 68 73 70, Markus Brier (Aut) 69 72 74 70, Phillip Archer 71 69 74 71, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 69 70 72 74, Mark Foster 69 70 73 73 (14,700 each).
286 Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 67 73 74 72, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 71 70 71 74, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 70 71 72 73, Mark Brown (Nzl) 72 68 73 73
287 Danny Lee (Nzl) 67 73 73 74, Robert Coles 69 73 76 69, Peter Baker 71 70 73 73, Ariel Canete (Arg) 69 72 73 73
288 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 67 73 73 75, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 69 72 75 72
289 Alastair Forsyth 69 70 72 78, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 72 70 75 72, Pablo Martin (Spa) 73 69 74 73 (7,200 each).
290 Barrie Trainor 69 73 77 71, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 68 70 75 77
292 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 71 70 72 79
294 Julien Quesne (Fra) 71 71 74 78
295 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 70 76 78
DQ: 282 Marc Warren 69 71 72 70
FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
England's Ross Fisher proved himself under pressure to win the 3 Irish Open in record-equalling style at Killarney – despite all that Padraig Harrington threw at him.
From three behind, Harrington might have thought a closing seven-under-par 64 would seal his national title for the second time in four years.
But Fisher, having lost the six-stroke lead he held in the third round, responded with a 65 to take his fourth European Tour title by two.
The 29 year-old’s 266 aggregate, 18 under par, matched the tournament record set nine years ago by Colin Montgomerie.
And with it, Fisher climbs from 13th to sixth in the race for places in Montgomerie’s Ryder Cup side. “It just feels great to come out on top against such a world-class field,” said Fisher after receiving the trophy and the £415,973 first prize.
“I could hear the roars and knew Padraig was making a charge. I just tried to stay patient and this is what we play for. We want to give ourselves a chance and I am no different.
“I don’t know if I have done enough [to clinch a Ryder Cup debut] yet, but there are two more big weeks coming up and I just want to show Monty I am playing well.”
The WGC Bridgestone Invitational starts on Thursday in Akron, Ohio, and after that comes the final major of the season, the US PGA, at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.
Harrington still has not won a tournament for two years and remains outside the all-important top nine on the points table, but a cheque for £277,312 leaves him far nearer to it than he was. The Dubliner, who has now had 27 second places on the circuit, rated his up and down from a plugged lie in a bunker at the 12th “one of my best ever”.
He added: “Overall I had a lot of chances. I’ve been comfortable with my game for a while, but I just have to trust it a little more. I should not get so stressed – I just have to let it happen a bit more.”
To his immense relief, Fisher had saved par from eight feet on the 17th after giving his first putt far too much pace. “Making a 4 there was huge,” he stated. “If I had come up the last only one ahead it might have been a different story.”
Just three days after England's Robert Rock was disqualified from the 3 Irish Open for a scorecard blunder, Scotland's Marc Warren did the same thing at Killarney.
As with Rock - joint leader at the time - Warren did not see that playing partner Mark Foster had put him down for a birdie three at the 13th and par four on the next instead of the other way round.
At least the former World Cup winner was not on the leaderboard at the time. He had scored a closing 70 for two under and was not in the top 30, but it still cost him nearly £20,000.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
Prizemoney in Euros
266 Ross Fisher 69 61 71 65 (500,000).
268 Padraig Harrington 68 67 69 64 (333,330).
270 Chris Wood 71 65 66 68, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 66 69 68 67 (168,900 each)
271 Richard Bland 69 71 66 65, Richard Green (Aus) 65 70 69 67 (116,100 each)
273 Michael Hoey 66 69 71 67 (90,000)
274 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 67 66 69 72 (75,000)
275 Brett Rumford (Aus) 66 69 73 67, Richie Ramsay 71 68 72 64, Joost Luiten (Ned) 74 65 70 66 (60,800 each).
276 Anders Hansen (Den) 67 68 70 71, Darren Clarke 66 70 71 69 (49,950 each).
277 David Drysdale 67 71 72 67, Paul Lawrie 66 72 72 67, Paul McGinley 68 68 71 70, Johan Edfors (Swe) 67 69 71 70 (43,200 each).
278 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 71 70 70 67, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 66 69 70 73, Paul Waring 75 66 67 70 (37,300 euro
279 Sam Hutsby 69 69 71 70, Shane Lowry 74 65 68 72, Matteo Manassero (Ita) 72 70 68 69, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 68 73 70 68, Jamie Donaldson 72 70 72 65, Graeme Storm 70 71 70 68
280 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 66 74 70 70, Stephen Gallacher 70 72 72 66, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 67 72 74 67, Simon Khan 68 70 73 69 (28,050 each).
281 Graeme McDowell 70 72 68 71, Peter Whiteford 70 69 72 70, David Dixon 67 68 76 70, Richard Finch 70 72 72 67 (24,540 each).
282 Rory McIlroy 67 68 76 71, Damien McGrane 65 72 75 70, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 67 72 67 76, Richard McEvoy 69 72 69 72
283 Anthony Wall 72 70 71 70, Marcel Siem (Ger) 66 70 73 74, Gregory Havret (Fra) 72 69 70 72
284 Anthony Kang (USA) 69 71 74 70, Sion E Bebb 70 71 70 73
285 Anton Haig (Rsa) 66 70 75 74, David Howell 64 75 73 73, Steven O'Hara 68 71 72 74, Paul Broadhurst 68 71 72 74, Justin Rose 74 68 73 70, Markus Brier (Aut) 69 72 74 70, Phillip Archer 71 69 74 71, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 69 70 72 74, Mark Foster 69 70 73 73 (14,700 each).
286 Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 67 73 74 72, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 71 70 71 74, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 70 71 72 73, Mark Brown (Nzl) 72 68 73 73
287 Danny Lee (Nzl) 67 73 73 74, Robert Coles 69 73 76 69, Peter Baker 71 70 73 73, Ariel Canete (Arg) 69 72 73 73
288 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 67 73 73 75, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 69 72 75 72
289 Alastair Forsyth 69 70 72 78, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 72 70 75 72, Pablo Martin (Spa) 73 69 74 73 (7,200 each).
290 Barrie Trainor 69 73 77 71, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 68 70 75 77
292 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 71 70 72 79
294 Julien Quesne (Fra) 71 71 74 78
295 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 70 76 78
DQ: 282 Marc Warren 69 71 72 70
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