Sunday, February 14, 2010

AVANTHA MASTERS IN INDIA



Aussie Dodt wins after Drysdale loses

lead with bogeys at 13th and 15th

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
A birdie at the last saw Andrew Dodt claim the Avantha Masters in New Delhi, India by a stroke after the Australian posted a final round of 68 to lift the trophy with a winning total of 14 under par 274
With seven players entering the last day level at the top of the leaderboard, it always promised to be a thrilling and exciting day at DLF Golf and Country Club, and so it proved.
The lead changed hands several times - Scot David Drysdale leading by a shot until he had bogeys at the 13th and 15th -with Richard Finch's spectacular six under 66 at one point looking to have secured an unexpected triumph for the Englishman.
However, Dodt sank birdies at the 16th and 18th to claim his maiden European Tour victory ahead of Finch and Richard Bland, who carded a 71 to end on 12 under and miss out on his maiden European Tour title.
Dodt, whose previous best finish was a tie for ninth at last year's Barclays Singapore Open, began the day one shot off the pace but had picked up three strokes by the turn and was well placed with nine holes to play.
A bogey at the 11th threatened to derail the 24 year old's bid but he managed to recover over the final three holes to secure the trophy.
Finch, meanwhile, mounted his charge from down the leaderboard as the Hull golfer reached the halfway point in 32 having collected five birdies and one bogey.
But he could only pick up two more shots down the stretch to eventually finish 13 under.
For Bland, it was a case of so near yet so far. Saturday's 66 had catapulted him into contention and two early birdies saw him keep pace at the top of the scoreboard.
However, a bogey at the sixth set him back and although he recovered the shot at the 16th, he could not find the birdie he needed at the last to force a play-off, a bogey six condemning the 37 year old to a share of third as his search for that elusive first European Tour victory continues.
Scot David Drysdale also finished on 12-under-par 276, joint third, after a 70 following bogeys at the 13th and 15th effectively scuppering his hopes. Drysdale earned 71,259 Euros.
He was joined by Barry Lane, the 49 year old failing in his bid to become The European Tour's oldest winner as he could only manage a one under 71 after failing to get going on the front nine.
Japan's Tetsuji Hiratsuka completed the quartet. Having fired a new course record of 62 on Friday to move into contention, he like Lane could only muster a 71 despite sinking five birdies as a double bogey six at the fifth and a dropped shot two holes later hindered his progress.
Fredrik Andersson Hed took seventh on 11 under while Darren Clarke and Oliver Fisher finished in a group of six players on ten under following rounds of 71 and 70 respectively.
In terms of top-20 finishers, it was one of the best on the Tour by Scots for a long time.
Apart from Drysdale, Steven O'Hara (29,775 Euros) from Motherwell tied for eighth place with a 69 for 278; Aberdeen's Richie Ramsay (21,600 Euros) finished joint 14th with a 70 for 279, and Peter Whiteford (18,060 Euros) from Kirkcaldy had four rounds of 70 for a share of 18th place on 280.
Edinburgh-based Andrew Coltart signed off with a 71 for 285, a joint 38th finish that earned him 9,600 Euros.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
274 Andrew Dodt (Aus) 67 68 71 68 (250,000 Euros).
275 Richard Finch 69 69 71 66 (166,650 Euros).
276 Richard Bland 68 71 66 71, David Drysdale 68 67 71 70, Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 73 62 70 71, Barry Lane 67 67 71 71 (71,250 Euros each).
277 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 68 71 66 72
278 Yin-shin Chan (Tpe) 65 68 72 73, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 71 70 66 71, Darren Clarke 71 66 70 71, Steven O'Hara 69 73 67 69, Oliver Fisher 70 67 71 70, Jason Knutzon (USA) 70 67 72 69 (jt 8th) (29,775 Euros each).
279 Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 67 69 69 74, Richie Ramsay 71 68 70 70, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 68 67 74 70, Chih-bing Lam (Sin) 67 68 74 70 (jt 14th) (21,600 Euros each).
280 Sung Lee (Kor) 71 65 73 71, Peter Whiteford 70 70 70 70, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 71 70 68 71, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 72 67 71 70, Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) 71 69 71 69 (jt 18th) (18,060 Euros each).
281 Darren Beck (Aus) 70 65 70 76, Kwanchai Tannin (Hkg) 68 68 70 75, Marcel Siem (Ger) 64 73 70 74, Wen-hong Lin (Chn) 68 70 69 74
282 John Parry 67 67 75 73, Richard McEvoy 73 68 73 68
283 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 67 74 72 70, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 67 73 67 76, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 68 72 72 71, Angelo Que (Phi) 73 70 69 71, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 68 71 68 76, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 73 69 70 71
284 Joost Luiten (Ned) 69 74 70 71, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 71 68 71 74, Rhys Davies 72 68 71 73
285 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 72 70 71 72, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 72 69 71 73, Andrew Coltart 69 74 71 71, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 71 71 74 69, Digvijay Singh (Ind) 71 71 73 70, Adam Blyth (Aus) 74 68 70 73 (jt 38th) (9,600 Euros each).
286 Mark F Haastrup (Den) 72 71 72 71, Gareth Maybin 70 69 70 77, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 70 73 72 71, Udorn Duangdecha (Tha) 71 71 67 77, George Coetzee (Rsa) 72 70 71 73, Danny Chia (Mal) 74 65 73 74, Kunal Bhasin (Ind) 71 71 71 73, Gregory Havret (Fra) 71 71 69 75
287 Ashok Kumar (Ind) 70 72 75 70, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 74 73 71, Scott Hend (Aus) 76 67 72 72, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 76 65 73 73, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 72 70 72 73
288 David Howell 74 68 69 77, Lee Slattery 70 69 71 78
289 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 74 69 70 76, Shane Lowry 71 66 77 75, Ted Oh (Kor) 71 72 74 72
290 Ben Leong (Mal) 68 73 75 74
292 Julien Quesne (Fra) 73 70 77 72
293 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 71 70 75 77
294 Anthony Kang (USA) 71 72 75 76, Scott Barr (Aus) 73 70 72 79

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Couples three ahead with 23 holes to play in one day

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
Over-50s rookie Fred Couples is in the driving seat for his first US Champions (Seniors) Tour victory. All he has to do is hold on to a three-stroke lead in the ACE Group Classic at Naple, Florida for at least 23 holes today!
Big-hitter Couples sank a 48ft putt from off the green at the 12th for eagle, then made a 12-footer for birdie at the next to get to nine under par before Saturday's second-round play was called due to darkness.
Dan Forsman was in second place, three shots back at 6 under. The two shared the first-round lead at 4 under after finishing their first rounds earlier Saturday.
Couples is one of 38 golfers who must come back Sunday morning (local time) to complete their second rounds at The Quarry. The tournament was pushed back after high wind postponed the first round Friday afternoon.
When the first round ended early Saturday afternoon, Couples and Forsman both finished 4-under 68 to share the lead.
Bernhard Langer is the only one near the top of the leader board to have completed the second round. He's shot 6-under 66 and is tied for third, four shots behind Couples, along with Mike Goodes, Scott Hoch, Tommy Armour III and Ronnie Black. Langer moved up the leaderboard with an eagle on No. 12 and a birdie on No. 17.
Paul Azinger, a 12-time winner on the US PGA Tour and captain of the victorious 2008 Ryder Cup team, is making his Champions Tour debut at The Quarry, the tournament's third site in three years. He was even par with three holes left.
The 50-year-old Couples is coming off a 37th-place tie last week in the PGA Tour's Northern Trust Open at Riviera. He made two senior starts in Hawaii last month, teaming with Nick Price to finish third in the Champions Skins, then losing to Tom Watson by a stroke in the Mitsubishi Electric Championship.
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Leaderboard: ACE Group Classic

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Presnell shoots closing 60 to win Victorian PGA title

FROM THE PGA OF AUSTRALIA WEBSITE
Victorian professional Alistair Presnell shot a Sandhurst course record of 60 and equalled the record for the lowest ever round in an Australasian Tour event on his way to claiming the 2010 Cellarbrations Victorian PGA Championship today at the Sandhurst Club.
Presnell shot an unbelievable round of 12-under par on the North Course at Sandhurst, smashing the previous course record by three shots and taking his four-day total to a massive 22-under par 262.
He won by a single stroke from the overnight joint leaders, Kurt Barnes and Davis Bransdon
“I’m ecstatic. To win a Victorian title means a lot to me,” said Presnell who now joins past champions Kel Nagle, Peter Thomson, Peter Senior and Stuart Appleby on the honour roll.
“It’s a great achievement and another big feather in my cap.”
Presnell’s 12-under round also put his name in the Australasian Tour record books alongside Paul Gow (2001 Cannon Challenge, Rd. 1) and Ernie Els (2004 Heineken Classic, Rd. 1) with whom he now shares the prestigious record.
“It’s a proud achievement. There are some unbelievable names (who have played in Australia.) I think just about everyone has played in Australia at some time, all of the greats.”
Throughout his round Presnell shot an amazing 12 birdies but missed a short putt on the par 5 17th hole that would have taken him to the magical 59.
“A few nerves crept in,” Presnell admitted post-round.
“But I’m stoked. I didn’t do a great deal wrong. I drove the ball pretty good all week and my putter worked on Friday and particularly today.”
“(Yesterday) I thought I was completely out of it with absolutely no chance. But a few putts dropped in late on the back nine and to turn at seven under I had thought it was still a tough ask.”
Sharing second place were overnight leaders Kurt Barnes (67, 67, 66, 67) and David Bransdon (67, 65, 68, 67) who were forced to finish their rounds in elevated wind conditions that whipped up around Sandhurst after Presnell had completed his round.
Bransdon and Barnes finished at 21-under par, while Paul Matantz (69, 69, 66, 65) saved his best to last shooting a 7-under round to finish at 19-under in outright fourth.
The win for Presnell is his second PGA Tour of Australasia title, with his first coming at the 2009 Moonah Classic with which he gained US Nationwide Tour status.
Today’s timely win comes only days before the Melbournian heads over the US to kick off his 2010 campaign.
“I head over to the Nationwide Tour on Thursday for a couple of events in South America so this is a fantastic way to start the season.”
For his win Presnell took home the first place cheque for $16,500. (Presnell’s win was the icing on the cake for what was a truly memorable Cellarbrations Victorian PGA Championship, highlighted by superb low scoring and Australasian Tour records.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
Players from Australia unless stated otherwise
266 Alistair Presnell 71 65 70 60.
267 Kurt Barnes 67 67 66 67, David Bransdon 67 65 68 67.
269 Paul Marantz 69 69 66 68.
270 Steven Bowditch 68 70 65 67.
271 Andrew Bonhomme 70 67 67 67, Anthony Brown 68 66 67 70.
272 Martin Doyle 67 69 71 65, Scott Laycock 66 71 66 69, Gareth Paddison (New Zealand) 66 68 70 68, Aaron Townsend 66 71 66 69.

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Martin Laird and Sandy Lyle miss cut in California


Johnson and Goydos tied for Pebble Beach lead

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
American Dustin Johnson's defence of his AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am title remains on track in California as he entered the final round tied for the lead and four strokes clear of the field alongside Paul Goydos.
Johnson and Goydos, who completed eight-under-par 64s, were in a share of the lead alongside four others at the halfway point, but moved to 18 under in the third round to tee up a final-round shootout at Pebble Beach.
Bryce Molder, J B Holmes and Matt Jones were leading the chase on 14 under, while Germany's Alex Cejka was alone in sixth place, five strokes off the pace, and three players were on 12 under and three more on 11 under.
The duo, both seeking their third US PGA Tour titles, had low-scoring rounds on the penultimate day.
Johnson carded two eagles and six birdies against two bogeys at Spyglass Hill during his second 64 of the week, while Goydos was blemish free as he made six birdies and an eagle at Pebble Beach.
Johnson opened with a three on the par-five first and was six under through seven holes after birdies at the third, fourth, sixth and seventh before completing his outbound nine in 30 strokes. The 25-year-old made a bogey 5 on the par-4 10th, only to immediately make amends with his second eagle and then birdies at the 14th and 17th before a closing bogey prevented him from taking the sole lead going into the final round.
Goydos, beginning on the 10th at Pebble Beach, was three under after six holes but his return nine - the front nine - featured an eagle at the second and birdies on holes four, seven and nine.
Molder and Holmes, who were playing at Spyglass Hill, and Jones - on Monterey Peninsula - carded four under rounds, while Cejka, who had also shared the halfway lead, made three under at Pebble Beach and was the leading European heading into the final 18 holes.
J P Hayes signed for a seven under 63 at Monterey Peninsula to join David Duval and Steve Marino on 12 under, while KJ Choi, DJ Trahan and Tom Pernice junior were one shot further back.
Martin Laird (213) and Sandy Lyle (222) were among those eliminated by the third round cut at 211 or better.
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 214 (2x72, 1x70)
Pebble Beach GC
196 Paul Goydos 67 65 64
201
Alex Cejka (Ger) 65 67 69
202 Steve Marino 68 67 67
203 Tom Pernice junior 67 69 67
204 Phil Mickelson 68 67 69
205 Blake Adams 65 74 66
206 Spencer Levin 68 69 69, Vijay Singh (Fij) 65 71 70, Jeff Maggert 65 75 66, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 70 67, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 68 71 67, Kevin Streelman 65 69 72
207 Michael Letzig 67 74 66, Charley Hoffman 64 75 68
208 Brian Gay 66 73 69
209 Hunter Mahan 70 73 66, Heath Slocum 71 67 71, Rickie Fowler 67 71 71, Webb Simpson 67 68 74, Jason Gore 69 66 74
210 Pat Perez 68 71 71, Jonathan Byrd 70 70 70, John Mallinger 67 72 71
211 Justin Bolli 70 71 70, Ryan Palmer 71 70 70, Bo Van Pelt 65 71 75, Christopher Baryla (Can) 68 73 70

MISSED THE CUT
212 Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 71 70 71, Troy Merritt 68 75 69, Jason Bohn 72 74 66
213 Chris DiMarco 69 73 71, Corey Pavin 73 72 68, Kevin Sutherland 68 70 75, Greg Kraft 70 72 71, Nicholas Thompson 68 70 75
214 John Daly 69 73 72, Todd Hamilton 75 69 70, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 75 70 69
215 Brent Delahoussaye 69 76 70, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn) 72 73 70
216 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 70 72 74, Rocco Mediate 69 74 73
217 Derek Lamely 69 78 70
218 Mitch Lowe 73 73 72, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 68 76 74, Tim Herron 73 71 74
219 Chris Stroud 73 76 70, Davis Love III 69 75 75
220 Tim Petrovic 72 68 80, Jerod Turner 68 73 79
222 Rich Barcelo 72 77 73
223 Stuart Appleby (Aus) 72 75 76


Spyglass Hill GC
196 Dustin Johnson 64 68 64
200 J B Holmes 65 67 68, Bryce Molder 67 65 68
203 K J Choi (SKor) 65 70 68, D J Trahan 67 67 69
205 Josh Tester 70 67 68
206 Jim Furyk 68 69 69, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 65 71, Steve Elkington (Aus) 68 67 71
207 Nick Watney 71 66 70, Scott McCarron 70 66 71, Garrett Willis 68 68 71
208 Charlie Wi (Kor) 68 74 66
209 Bob Estes 69 68 72
210 Martin Flores 69 70 71, Kevin Johnson 70 70 70, Ted Purdy 70 69 71, Jason Day (Aus) 71 67 72, Chez Reavie 75 65 70, Kevin Na 71 65 74, Will MacKenzie 70 67 73, Mike Weir (Can) 67 70 73, Matthew Every 73 69 68
211 Steve Lowery 73 64 74, Chris Couch 68 71 72, Johnson Wagner 75 70 66, Mark Wilson 71 68 72
MISSED THE CUT

212 Brian Davis (Eng) 71 68 73, Chris Riley 70 71 71, Kyle Stanley 71 71 70, Vance Veazey 70 69 73, Cameron Tringale 71 69 72
213 Omar Uresti 72 66 75, Jeff Gove 71 70 72, Lee Janzen 69 70 74
214 Francis Quinn 72 70 72, David Lutterus (Rsa) 72 68 74, Mark Brooks 75 67 72, Graham Delaet (Can) 75 69 70
215 Marc Turnesa 76 69 70
216 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 72 67 77, Jeff Overton 75 69 72, Craig Bowden 73 70 73, Michael Connell 70 73 73
217 Bill Lunde 73 68 76, Roland Thatcher 75 69 73
218 Jimmy Walker 74 66 78, Rich Beem 72 71 75, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 72 73 73
222 Sandy Lyle (Sco) 78 72 72
223 Notah Begay III 71 76 76, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 73 72 78


Monterey Peninsula CC
200 Matthew Jones (Aus) 67 67 66
202 J P Hayes 68 71 63, David Duval 67 68 67
204 Greg Owen (Eng) 71 67 66
205 Nick O'Hern (Aus) 69 72 64, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 69 67 69, Alex Prugh 68 68 69
206 Vaughn Taylor 69 69 68, John Senden (Aus) 67 71 68, Tom Gillis 69 68 69, Brandt Snedeker 72 68 66, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 68 68
207 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 76 66 65
208 Adam Scott (Aus) 73 71 64, Robert Garrigus 72 70 66, Jeff Quinney 70 71 67, Cameron Percy (Aus) 69 70 69
209 Chris Wilson 72 67 70, Sean O'Hair 70 70 69, Brett Quigley 69 69 71, Jay Williamson 70 70 69
210 Kris Blanks 72 72 66, Roger Tambellini 73 69 68
211 Sam Saunders 72 70 69, Parker McLachlin 68 75 68
MISSED THE CUT
212 Ricky Barnes 72 69 71, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 70 72 70, Billy Horschel 75 68 69, Scott Piercy 73 70 69, James Driscoll 70 72 70
213 Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 70 71 72, Martin Laird (Sco) 71 73 69
214 Brendon De Jonge 74 72 68
215 Mathew Goggin (Aus) 74 70 71, Joe Ogilvie 73 75 67, Marc Leishman (Aus) 70 70 75
216 Matt Bettencourt 74 73 69, Kevin Chappell 77 67 72
217 Jeff Klauk 78 71 68, J J Henry 72 69 76, Mark O'Meara 77 71 69, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 70 75 72, Jerry Pate 71 75 71
218 Jamie Lovemark 75 74 69
219 Brad Faxon 71 77 71, Steve Wheatcroft 74 78 67
220 Woody Austin 74 71 75, Harrison Frazar 73 77 70
221 Brad Adamonis 75 70 76, John Huston 73 76 72
222 Brian Stuard 72 77 73

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