Els ends two years without

a victory -- and it's a South

African 1-2 at Doral

FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
Ernie Els showed his South African protege what it takes to win a World Golf Championship. Just as important was that he showed himself how to win again, too.
Ending the longest drought of his 20-year career, Els played the final 23 holes on the Blue Monster at Doral Golf Resort, Miami, without a bogey and closed with a 6-under 66 today to win the CA Championship by four shots over 25-year-old Charl Schwartzel.
It was far closer than the margin suggested.
Schwartzel, in his first time on a world stage, refused to let Els get away from him. Els was clinging to a one-shot lead as he stood over a 25-foot par putt on the 14th hole, and the Big Easy was relieved to see it fall on the final turn.
Schwartzel, a houseguest of Els the last two weeks, caught a bad break on the 15th hole when his ball plugged in a front bunker, and he knocked that into a back bunker on his way to a crucial bogey. He missed short putts on the next two holes and closed with a 70.
That allowed Els a strange sensation, walking up to the 18th green with his cap in hand, waving to the gallery, unable to contain a smile that showed equal parts relief and satisfaction.
"I'm 40 years old. I've had a tough run," Els said. "Whew! The hairs are standing up. It's just great."
Els last won two years ago at the Honda Classic, which he won while warming up on the range for a possible play-off. He became only the fifth player with multiple victories in the World Golf Championships, joining Tiger Woods, Darren Clarke, Geoff Ogilvy and Phil Mickelson.
It was his 61st victory worldwide, and 17th on the PGA Tour, and moved Els to No. 8 in the world ranking.
"My game was in good shape," said Els, who finished at 18-under 270. "I just wanted to prove to myself for once. Charl came at me all day. I had to come up with the goods."
It was a strong effort by Schwartzel, who has considered Els a hero since he first started playing golf. Despite two bogeys on the final four holes, he was the only player to give Els a run. And he was poised to take him down until his tee shot left him little hope in the sand.
"I plugged and that was a killer," Schwartzel said. "For me, it's been the biggest stage I've had. This is a good day for me."
Padraig Harrington fell out of the with three straight bogeys on the back nine, closing with a 72 to tie for third at 11-under 277 along with Matt Kuchar (68) and Martin Kaymer of Germany, who had a 69 and moved up to No. 7 in the world.
Alistair Presnell of Australia matched the best round of the day with a 64 and tied for sixth. Defending champion Phil Mickelson, who was never in the mix, shot a 68 and tied for 14th.
Els could not have imagined being in the final group at Doral with Schwartzel, and to see the two South Africans standing on the first tee under warm sunshine, it was easy to see what the Big Easy meant.
To think that Schwartzel was 2 when his father and Els won a club tournament together, or that he was among the gangly teens who traveled with the Ernie Els & Fancourt Foundation junior team. More recently, Els invited the Schwartzel to stay in his south Florida home while Schwartzel was passing time between two WGC events.
And they stayed together for so much of the final round, trading birdies and keeping their names atop the leaderboard.
Els made birdie from the bunker on the opening hole. Schwartzel answered with a 25-foot birdie on the second. Els followed with two straight birdies, the most impressive on the 223-yard fourth with a shot into 8 feet despite a vicious right-to-left wind. Schwartzel fell three shots behind with a bogey from the bunker on No. 5, only to birdie his next three holes.
No one else joined the chase.
Harrington played bogey-free for 12 holes, but he had only two birdies. Robert Allenby pulled within a shot with an opening birdie, then went 10 holes before making another one. Kaymer went out in 33, then failed to make birdie on the par 5s on the back nine.
It became a South African duel in Miami, and Schwartzel gave Els about all he could handle until the end. After his bogey on the 15th, he left a 10-foot birdie putt short on the 16th, then drove into the palm trees on the 17th and took bogey.
Els suddenly has good vibes as he begins his road to the Masters, the one major that has haunted him throughout his career. His victory was worth $1.4 million, and moved him past Colin Montgomerie and atop the European Tour career money list with about $33.6 million.
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Coming soon ... Details of the inaugural Morocco Golf Festival

Watch this space later this week for details of the Morocco Golf Festival.
Based at Marrakech, it will offer the chance to play five top courses in the area.
It's an amateur golf week with competitions for senior men, senior women, men, women, Under-16 boys and girls & Under-18 boys and girls.
It will be held from October 9 to 16 and the Tournament Director will be the man who started the successful Hacienda del Alamo Women's/Girls' Festival in Spain - yes, Colin Farquharson.

Stewart Wilson wins North Scottish Alliance at Muir of Ord

By ALAN COWIE
Secretary, North Scottish Golfers' Alliance
Stewart Wilson (Inverness) won the penultimate North Scottish Golfers' Alliance fixture as the Alliance played Muir of Ord for the first time. Halves of 36 and 31 gave him a one under 67 and a one stroke victory from Graham Mackenzie of Hopeman.

LEADING SCRATCH
67 S Wilson (Inverness).
68 G Mackenzie (Hopeman).
69 C Campbell (Nairn Dunbar) p.
71 G. Burnett (Nairn), K Thomson (Moray), N. McWilliam (Elgin)
72 G Mellis (Muir of Ord), J D Forbes (Inverness)
73 G. Hay (Grantown), I. Macaulay (Elgin)
74 J. Wright (Forres)
75 M.L. Macleman (Moray), A. Henry (Inverness);
76 W. Weatherall (Muir of Ord), S. Aird (Forres) p, A. Cameron (Inverness), R Harrower (Boat of Garten) p.
77 A.W. Mair (Moray), S. Mitchell (Moray), J.C. Milne (Moray), D. Joel (Inverness)
78 R. Stewart (Nairn Dunbar), S. Chisholm (Nairn), J.A. Grant (Grantown).
79 B.A. Watson (Nairn Dunbar), W Hutchison (Inverness).
80 V. Tilman (Muir of Ord), W R Duncan (Moray), J. Treasurer (Inverness), D. Hector (Elgin), D.R. Mackellar (Grantown), K. Williamson (Torvean)
HANDICAP
Class 1 (eight and under).
63 G. Mackenzie (Hopeman) (5)
68 I. Macaulay (Elgin) (5)
70 G. Mellis (Muir of Ord) (2), A. Henry (Inverness) (5), W. Weatherall (Muir of Ord) (6)
Class 2 (nine to 14)
69 J. Kennedy (Moray) (13)
71 E.P. Lamsdell (Forres) (14)
72 L. Duncan (Elgin) (9)
73 A. Boxx (Boat of Garten) (10), I. Turner (Boat of Garten) (14), W.B. Johnston (Moray) (9)

The Aggregate competitions were decided on Saturday in the penultimate fixture of this winter's North Scottish Golfers' Alliance. Results:

Scratch Section
K M Cameron Trophy (First three apart from A Cameron win prizes).
337 C Campbell (Nairn Dunbar) 69 68 65 67 69.
343 B Fotheringham (Forres) 70 69 69 69 66, A Cameron (Inverness) 68 69 66 70 70.
346 K Thomson (Moray) 70 69 69 68 70.
349 J S D Campbell (Grantown) 74 63 73 67 72.
351 M L Macleman (Moray) 71 69 69 74 68, N McWilliam (Elgin) 66 70 71 73 71.

Handicap
Section One (eight and under).
(Playing for the Burnett Trophy, first three win prizes).
343 A Cameron (Inverness) 68 69 66 70 70.
345 S Johnston (Elgin) 72 67 65 69 72.
347 S Wilson (Inverness) 69 71 71 71 65, J C Milne (Moray) 72 66 71 71 67, J A Grant (Grantown) 69 66 71 71 70.
348 K Williamson (Torvean) 71 67 62 74 74.
350 G Hay (Grantown) 68,69,69,72,72.
351 R Stewart (Nairn Dunbar) 70,70,68,71,72.
352 A Cowie (Moray) 64,73,73,69,73.
353 S. Chisholm (Nairn) 72,68,70,71,72.
354 D. Hector (Elgin) 67,66,66,77,78, A.W Mair (Moray) 70 70 74 71 69, A Henry (Inverness) 73 72 70 68 71.

Section Two (nine to 14)
(Playing for the Bill McQueen Trophy. First three win prizes).

350 C. Small (Nairn) 69 69 74 64 74.
352 L. Duncan (Elgin) 69,69,72,73,69.
R.G. Macpherson (Moray) 68,69,70,71,74.
355 L. Macbean (Boat of Garten) 72,71,71,74,67.
358 D. Macleod (Loch Ness) 72,62,79,74,71.
360 A. Grigor (Boat of Garten) 75,73,71,71,70.
361 W.B. Johnston (Moray) 73,74,68,73,73.
362 A.A. Lees (Moray) 72,73,71,76,70.
363 A. Boxx (Boat of Garten) 69,74,73,73,74.

Els and Schwartzel make it a South African 1-2

WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS - CA
FINAL TOTALS IN CLUBHOUSE (before end of play)
Blue Monster at Doral Golf Resort, Miami, Florida
Par 288 (4x72)
270 Ernie Els (South Africa) 68 66 70 66.
274 Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 67 70 67 70.
277 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 70 72 66 69, Matt Kuchar 71 71 67 68, Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 70 68 67 72.
278 Bill Haas 71 66 70 71, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 74 68 70 66, Alistair Presnell (Aus) 72 70 72 64, Paul Casey (Eng) 69 72 68 69, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 69 69 68.
279 Vijay Singh (Fij) 68 71 70 70, John Senden (Aus) 69 70 71 69, Robert Allenby (Australia) 68 67 71 73.
280 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 71 72 68, Phil Mickelson 71 69 72 68
281 Steve Stricker 73 69 71 68, Camilo Villegas (Col) 72 68 70 71
282 J.B. Holmes 69 70 73 70, Sean O'Hair 71 71 74 66, Jason Dufner 73 69 75 65, Soren Hansen (Den) 69 69 71 73
283 Anthony Kim 71 73 71 68, Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 71 68 74 70, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 69 74 70, Heath Slocum 74 71 70 68
284 Peter Hanson (Swe) 74 66 74 70, Nick Watney 73 72 71 68, Mike Weir (Can) 73 66 75 70, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 75 69 70
285 Hunter Mahan 72 70 69 74, Brian Gay 74 69 74 68, Scott Verplank 76 72 69 68, Liang Wen Chong (Chn) 72 69 71 73, Lee Westwood (Eng) 74 68 74 69, Ross McGowan (Eng) 76 71 70 68, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 73 72 75 65
286 Ben Crane 74 73 69 70, Jim Furyk 70 76 69 71, Zach Johnson 76 70 71 69, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 74 72 71 69, Ian Poulter (Eng) 72 78 72 64, Stewart Cink 75 74 72 65, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 72 68 71 75, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 71 72 71 72
287 Kenny Perry 73 74 68 72, Ross Fisher (Eng) 73 72 70 72, Anders Hansen (Den) 76 70 74 67, Ryan Palmer 79 68 72 68, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 72 71 75 69
288 Jerry Kelly 70 72 73 73, Kevin Na 78 70 70 70, Adam Scott (Aus) 74 69 71 74, David Toms 72 72 72 72, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 74 71 70 73, Simon Dyson (Eng) 72 73 73 70
290 Dustin Johnson 69 72 76 73, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 76 71 73 70, Lucas Glover 72 72 71 75, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 73 72 73 72
291 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 74 78 73 66
292 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 72 74 72 74
293 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 78 70 73 72
294 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 73 75 73 73, Marc Leishman (Aus) 78 73 71 72
295 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 76 73 73 73, Steve Marino 75 71 77 72
296 Oliver Wilson (Eng) 78 74 77 67
300 Michael Sim (Aus) 75 74 77

Hooters Tour runner-up for second week in a row

DOUBLE BOGEY AT LAST

COSTS KNOX WIN IN US

A double-bogey 6 at the last hole saw Inverness exile Russell Knox finish runner-up today for the second week in a row on the NGA Hooters Tour golf circuit in the United States.
Knox, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency, led the field into the final round of the 72-hole F&S Asset Management Group Classic at Amelia National Golf & Country club at Fernandina Beach, Florida but a final round of 74 for a 10-under-par total of 278 saw him pipped by one shot for the $30,000 first prize by American Michael Welsh from Massachusetts.
Knox, who had bogeyed the third and fifth, regained his overnight one-stroke lead with birdies at the long seventh and 14th but a 6 at the par-4 18th - "I chunked it into the water," he said later - cost him dearly.
He had earlier rounds of 70, 66 and 68. He shared second place with Todd Bailey from Alabama and Philip Pettitt from Tennessee. Each earned $11,967.
In the first two weeks of the NGA Hooters regular season, Knox has now earned $25,174.
He finished the 2009 season as the third leading money-winner on the US satellite circuit with $95,252 to his credit.
Recently, Knox, who stayed on at Jacksonville Beach, Florida after four successful years on the US college golf circuit as a student at Jacksonville University, won the eGolf Tour's Palmetto Hall Championship, giving him his biggest single cheque ($34,306) as a pro golfer. He has won once on the Hooters Tour and reckons he has been second at least 10 times now.
Barring Glasgow's Martin Laird and Aberdeen-born Michael Sim on the US PGA Tour, Knox can claim to be the most successful Scot in American pro golf. And, in many ways, the standard of golf at the top of the tree on the Hooters Tour is as competitive as it gets.
Normally the winner of an event shoots around the 20 under par mark for a 54-hole event. This weekend's 11-under-par for 72 holes was abnormally low, suggesting the weather in Florida was not all that great for golf.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
277 Michael Welsh (Massachusetts) 67 68 70 72 ($30,000).
278 Todd Bailey (Alabama) 71 67 73 67, Russell Knox (Scotland) 70 66 68 74, Philip Pettitt (Tennessee) 71 65 70 72 ($11,967 each).
281 Daniel Blades (Alabama) 69 71 70 71, Bruno Buccolo (Oklahoma) 69 69 71 72 ($7,275).

Italian Delpodio scores first pro win on Alps Tour

FROM THE ALPS TOUR WEBSITE
Matteo Delpodio won his maiden victory as professional (in the Alps Tour event in Spain). He eagled the last hole to grab the trophy by one stroke from Spain's Jordi Garcia Del Moral.
Jordi had a three-stroke advantage teeing off this morning. Delpodio started with a birdie but, two holes later, his friend Jordi regained the lead.
Garcia Del Moral still had a two-stroke margin after nine holes of the final round. At this time, the show was not in the leader group. A few holes ahead, another Spanish player was lighting fire on greens.
Carlos Del Moral, a European Tour player in 2009, claimed seven birdies on the front nine. He birdied every hole except the two par 3s. He said he “offered” the tournament on the 17th hole.
“This hole is tough. Long par 3 over the water, I was 4 metres short of the flag, good shot but many things crossed my mind and I was nervous and impatient since the 10th hole. I made four putts on the 17th... and let victory go...”
Meanwhile, nothing happened on leaders'side until this famous 17th hole. Garcia Del Moral still had a two-shot lead over Delpodio, but he missed the green and luck changed its mind.
Delpodio was still one stroke behind teeing off at the last hole. He drove perfectly and found the middle of the fairway. So did Jordi, 10 metres shorter, so he played first - and missed the green.
Then, Delpodio fired the most astonishing two-iron. His ball landed two metres from the flag.
Jordi Garcia Del Moral hit his chip a little too long, stopping in small rough. He stayed short on his fourth shot.
“It is golf, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, today I lost but I feel confident. I putt for birdie almost on every hole. On 17th I missed the green on the left, chipped long twice and dropped one shot," he said
Matteo holed his putt for a spectacular eagle.
“As I had said on the first day, it is a question of time. Being patient, agree to wait. Once you are OK with that, good things obviously are going to happen. Today, I stay patient. I had a little luck on the 17th because Jordi dropped one shot and when I hit the second shot on the 18th par 5, I was only thinking about the flag," said Delpodio.
"I had about 2 metres to hole to win but I never though missing it. When you hit such a good shot (2 iron) you can not miss the putt. The first win is difficult to get, but once it's done...”
Delpodio took the lead of the Alps Tour order of merit ahead of Englishman Lawrence Dodd and Scot Gavin Dear.

FINAL TOTALS
El Scorpion Golf Club, Spain
Par 213 (3x71)
202 Matteo DELPODIO (Italy) 66 69 67 (6,633.60 Euros).
203 Jordi GARCIA DEL MORAL (Spain) 68 64 71 (4,713.60).
205 Andrea PERRINO (Italy) 67 74 64, Carlos DEL MORAL (Spain) 70 70 65 (3,000.60 Euros each).
206 Christophe BRAZILLIER (France) 67 73 66 (2,040.00)
208 Xavier GUZMAN SADABA (Spain) 71 68 69, Steve LEWTON (England) 69 69 70 (1,550.40 Euros each).
209 Carlos BALMASEDA (Spain) 71 70 68, Santiago LUNA (Spain) 69 70 70, Borja ETCHART (Spain) 70 69 70 (1,145.60 Euros each).
210 Juan PARRON (Spain)) 72 70 68, Lawrence DODD (England) 69 72 69, Marco GUERISOLI (Italy) 71 69 70, Jorge CAMPILLO (Spain) 71 66 73 (930 Euros each).
211 Neil CHAUDHURI (England) 73 71 67, Bruno-Teva LECUONA (France) 72 70 69 *842.40 Euros each).
212 Jorge GARCIA FERNANDEZ (Spain) 74 68 70, Simone BRIZZOLARI (Italy) 71 71 70.
Olivier SERRES (France) 72 69 71, Gavin DEAR (Scotland) 71 70 71, Moises COBO (Spain) 69 72 71, Ivo GINER (Spain) 69 71 72, Steven HUME (Scotland) 69 70 73, Jesus LEGARREA (Spain) 71 66 75 (730.80 Euros each).
213 Par Vicente BLAZQUEZ (Spain) 71 71 71, Pedro ORIOL (Spain) 69 72 72, Jose Manuel LARA (Spain) 70 71 72, Jose Manuel OCEJO (Spain) 76 65 72, Alex LARRAZABAL (Spain) 71 70 72, Ivan LARA (Spain) 73 67 73, Jose ROMERO (Spain) 69 71 73, Emanuele CANONICA (Italy) 70 68 75 (589.80 Euros each).
214 Andrea SIGNOR (Italy) 73 71 70, Jason PALMER (England) 71 72 71, Sam ROBINSON (England) 72 70 72, Matthew CRYER (England) 72 70 72, Kim JOON (Italy) 70 70 74 (506.88 Euros each).
215 Jose Luis ADARRAGA (Spain) 72 70 73 (475.20).
216 Matjaz GOJCIC (Slovenia) 72 72 72, Ismael DEL CASTILLO (Spain) 70 73 73, Paolo TERRENI (Italy) 74 68 74, Daniel ALONSO (Spain) 74 68 74 (451.20 Euros each).
217 Javier COLOMO (Spain) 71 73 73 (427.20).
218 Michael MOSER (Austria) 73 71 74, Uli WEINHANDL (Austria) 73 71 74 (415.20 each).
219 Jose Miguel ROSILLO (Spain) 73 71 75, Damien PERRIER (FRA) 71 73 75, Pol BECH (ESP) 70 72 77, Farren KEENAN (England) 71 71 77 (400.80 Euros each).

Record-breaking Ruangkit romps to Thailand victory

By SCOTT CROCKETT
Chief Press Officer, European Tour
Thailand’s Boonchu Ruangkit rewrote the European Senior Tour history books when he romped to a stunning 11 shot victory in the Chang Thailand Senior Masters presented by ISPS.
The 53 year old was simply in a different class to the rest of the field at the picturesque Royal Gems Golf Club in Nakhonpathom, rounds of 64-66-65 giving the host nation favourite a whopping 21 under par winning total of 195.
Fellow countryman Jamnian Chitprasong, Frankie Minoza of the Philippines and Japan’s Katsuyoshi Tomori shared a distant second place on ten under par 206 but, as with the rest of the field in the third European Senior Tour event of the 2010 season, they were all merely bit part players in the Boonchu master class.
Ruangkit – who won The Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters seven days ago and is now 35 under par for his last six competitive tournament rounds – became the first player to win consecutive European Senior Tour events since England’s Peter Mitchell won the Scottish Seniors Open and the Italian Seniors Open in October 2008.
In addition to that, he also carded the lowest 54 hole score to par in European Senior Tour history – beating the 18 under par 198 posted by David Good in the 2003 Tunisian Seniors Open and Bob Lendzion in the 2005 Jolie Ville Sharm El Sheikh Open – and also claimed the biggest 54 hole winning margin in Tour history, topping the nine shot victory Tommy Horton achieved in the El Bosque Open in 1998.
“I am extremely pleased with my performance today and very proud of what I have achieved here this week,” said Ruangkit who moved to the top of the Senior Tour Order of Merit. “My putting was just right and my whole game just came together.
“Last night I wasn’t certain that I could win it as Chiprasong and several other players were playing very well. But I went out and played the best I could and fortunately everything fell into place for me.
“To be honest, I didn’t know that there was a chance to break some Senior Tour records but I am delighted that I have managed to get my name in the history books and extremely proud to have done it in my home country as well.”
Leading by three shots overnight, Ruangkit laid down a marker to the rest of the field with a birdie four at the opening hole. Although six par figures followed to give the chasing pack a glimmer of hope, the Thai star ended the tournament as a contest around the turn with five birdies in a row from the eighth.
Another birdie followed at the 15th and although he dropped only his third shot of the entire tournament at the testing 440 yard 16th, Ruangkit made amends and ensured he finished in style with a closing birdie four at the 18th.
Of the three players in second place, Tomori – who won the 2006 Scandinavian Senior Open – produced the best round with a 69. Minoza challenge never truly ignited after a double bogey six at the second and he had to settle for a 71 while consecutive bogeys at the 11th and 12th and another at the 17th accounted for Chitprasong’s 73.
Further down the final leaderboard, England’s Kevin Spurgeon - the winner of the Senior Tour season opener in Mauritius and who Ruangkit replaced at the head of the Order of Merit – finished in a tie for 24th place on one under par 215 alongside the winner of the 2009 Order of Merit, Scotland’s Sam Torrance.
Although satisfied with his own performance in the stifling heat, the former European Ryder Cup Captain paid tribute to the new champion. “Boonchu is amazing,” he said.”I know him very well and he has been a great player for a long time. He showed that once again this week.”
FINAL TOTALS
Royal Gems Golf Club, Nakhonpathom, Thailand
Par 216 (3x72)
195 B Ruangkit (Tha) 64 66 65,
206 J Chitprasong (Tha) 66 67 73, F Minoza (Phi) 70 65 71, K Tomori (Jpn) 66 71 69,
208 A Sowa (Arg) 67 70 71, G Brand (Eng) 70 70 68, M Saengsui (Tha) 65 71 72, S Ebihara (Jpn) 68 70 70,
209 D Russell (Eng) 67 68 74,
210 C Williams (RSA) 72 69 69,
211 H Carbonetti (Arg) 69 71 71, R Chapman (Eng) 71 69 71, M Williams (Zim) 68 74 69, J Rhodes (Eng) 68 69 74
212 J Quiros (Esp) 68 74 70
213 T Johnstone (Zim) 69 69 75, S Lyle (Sco) 70 71 72, B Cameron (Eng) 70 72 71, D O'Sullivan (Irl) 69 74 70, D Merriman (Aus) 70 72 71
214 C Rocca (Ita) 71 70 73, L Carbonetti (Arg) 69 73 72, B Lincoln (RSA) 68 75 71
215 P Harrison (Eng) 67 71 77, J Chillas (Sco) 72 77 66, M Clayton (Aus) 75 70 70, J Bruner (USA) 68 71 76, M Farry (Fra) 68 76 71, K Spurgeon (Eng) 70 73 72, S Torrance (Sco) 73 71 71
216 N Job (Eng) 71 70 75, J Rivero (Esp) 70 73 73, P Mitchell (Eng) 71 75 70
217 S Bennett (Eng) 69 74 74, G Banister (Aus) 71 74 72, S Taylor (USA) 74 73 70, M Harwood (Aus) 69 74 74, N Meesom (Tha) 67 76 74, B Boyd (USA) 71 71 75, G Ralph (Eng) 72 71 74, J Heggarty (Nir) 71 73 73, F Mann (Sco) 70 71 76,
218 S Saengsui (Tha) 71 73 74, N Ratcliffe (Aus) 75 72 71, L Yong-Kun (Kor) 69 77 72, G Ryall (Eng) 70 73 75, I Woosnam (Wal) 72 74 72,
219 P Oakley (USA) 75 70 74,
220 B Longmuir (Sco) 73 74 73, M Ramayah (Mas) 71 72 77, S Bunpimuck (Tha) 71 73 76, G Gunn (Can) 70 72 78, G Cali (Ita) 70 76 74,
221 J Hall (Eng) 74 76 71, L Stephen (Aus) 72 73 76, M Cunning (USA) 69 78 74, J Hawkes (RSA) 76 70 75,
222 T Chen (Tpe) 76 73 73, M Gray (Sco) 78 68 76, D Cambridge (Jam) 74 77 71,
223 B Hardwick (Can) 72 76 75, M Poxon (Eng) 72 77 74, S Owen (Nzl) 72 74 77, D Johnson (USA) 76 75 72,
224 A Tapie (USA) 75 73 76, K Nam (Kor) 73 77 74, M Miller (Sco) 75 73 76, P Dahlberg (Swe) 71 77 76,
225 I Mosey (Eng) 76 75 74,
226 T Gale (Aus) 73 73 80, T Burgoyne (Sco) 77 75 74, M Piñero (Esp) 75 79 72, P Allan (Eng) 74 75 77,
227 P Teravainen (USA) 74 70 83,
230 A Johnsson (Swe) 77 75 78, B Smit (RSA) 74 77 79,
233 I Palmer (RSA) 75 79 79,
234 A Garrido (Esp) 75 83 76,

United States PGA Tour Scoreboard
PUERTO RICO OPEN
Trump International Golf Club, Rio Grande
FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 144 (2x72)
134 Chad Collins 69 65, James Nitties (Aus) 68 66
135 Kris Blanks 65 70, Steve Wheatcroft 68 67, Skip Kendall 65 70, Kevin Streelman 67 68
136 Jeff Maggert 69 67, Paul Stankowski 66 70, Jeff Overton 66 70, Craig Barlow 71 65, Kevin Johnson 70 66, Graham Delaet (Can) 67 69, Jhonattan Vegas 69 67
137 Brendon De Jonge 69 68, Aron Price (Aus) 72 65, Woody Austin 69 68, Nicholas Thompson 68 69
138 Spencer Levin 69 69, Kirk Triplett 69 69, Robert Garrigus 68 70, Steve Flesch 72 66, Michael Bradley 71 67, Tom Pernice Jnr. 71 67, Steve Elkington (Aus) 68 70, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 70 68, Guy Boros 71 67, Jay Williamson 70 68, Cameron Tringale 69 69
139 Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 69 70, J J Henry 70 69, Kevin Stadler 72 67, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 72 67, Matt Bettencourt 67 72, Johnson Wagner 70 69
140 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 70 70, Bill Lunde 68 72, Jeff Gove 72 68, Chris DiMarco 68 72, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 67 73, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 69 71, Michael Connell 71 69, Derek Lamely 69 71, Jeff Klauk 72 68, Daniel Barbetti (Arg) 68 72
141 Erik Compton 72 69, Marco Dawson 70 71, Martin Flores 71 70, Phil Tataurangi (Nzl) 72 69, John Merrick 71 70, Jeff Quinney 72 69, Steve Lowery 71 70, Manuel Villegas (Col) 72 69, Cameron Percy (Aus) 69 72, Roger Tambellini 70 71, Chez Reavie 70 71, Mark Calcavecchia 68 73, Jerod Turner 71 70
142 Brent Delahoussaye 69 73, Bryce Molder 71 71, Kent Jones 68 74, Jonathan Kaye 73 69, Chris Stroud 76 66, Omar Uresti 70 72, Billy Mayfair 69 73, Shaun Micheel 73 69, John Daly 69 73, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 70 72, Jimmy Walker 73 69, Boo Weekley 74 68, Rich Barcelo 70 72
MISSED THE CUT
143 Brian Stuard 71 72, Tim Herron 72 71, Andy Matthews 70 73, Greg Kraft 72 71, Cliff Kresge 73 70, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 73 70, John Mallinger 73 70, Brian Bateman 74 69, Chris Wilson 71 72, Dean Wilson 68 75, John Bloomfield (Jm) 71 72
144 David Lutterus (Rsa) 69 75, Joe Ogilvie 72 72, Mark Brooks 73 71, Chris Smith 73 71, Todd Hamilton 75 69, Alex Cejka (Ger) 67 77, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 71 73, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 71 73
145 Charles Warren 70 75, Charley Hoffman 68 77, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 77 68, Chris Riley 73 72, Eric Axley 73 72, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 68 77, Michael Clark II 73 72, Francis Quinn 76 69, Jay Delsing 71 74, Notah Begay III 75 70, Glen Day 74 71, Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) 70 75, Frank Lickliter II 74 71
146 Max Alveiro (Pr) 72 74, Cesar Costilla (Arg) 76 70, Vance Veazey 72 74, Tom Kite 73 73, Ronnie Black 77 69, Christopher Baryla (Can) 73 73, David Morland IV (Can) 75 71, Grant Waite (Nzl) 75 71, Justin Bolli 71 75, Ken Duke 72 74
147 Pierre-Henri Soero (Fra) 72 75, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 73 74, Eric Morales 76 71, Alex Prugh 73 74, Joe Durant 75 72, Len Mattiace 74 73, Robert Damron 75 72, Rocco Mediate 73 74, Matt Weibring 74 73
149 Harrison Frazar 73 76
150 Julio Santos (Do) 72 78
153 Ryan Garrity 75 78
154 Rafael Campos 81 73
155 Miguel Suarez (Sco) 79 76
Withdrew: Jason Gore 77, Dicky Pride 74, David Peoples 73, Brett Quigley 77, Craig Bowden 77, Carlos Franco (Par) 76