Furyk wins £7.2million bonanza from Donald

FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
By OLIVER BROWN
Jim Furyk has commanded respect among peers on tour by his reputation as the game’s finest finisher - and he proved it again last night at East Lake, Atlanta. 
The forty-something with the twirly swing won, as Colin Montgomerie cannot have forgotten, the point that sealed Europe’s Ryder Cup defeat at Valhalla two years ago – and he has not lost his touch by closing the deal on golf’s richest prize.
Needing a par 3 on the devilish, water-guarded 18th to win the Tour Championship, plus the FedEx Cup’s accompanying pay cheque for £7.2 million, Furyk leaked his tee shot into the greenside trap but escaped with the gutsiest up-and-down.
Runner-up Luke Donald, whom he beat by one shot, could not have been surprised by such a feat from the world’s best bunker player but looked crestfallen all the same.
Donald, as the one ambassador for Montgomerie’s team in Atlanta, had the chance to stake another claim for European dominance on the eve of Ryder Cup week, but instead watched helpless from the scoring tent as Furyk ratcheted up the American pressure. At the point of triumph Furyk turned his visor back-to-front and hurled his ball to the gallery in euphoria.

Overcome with relief, he shared a kiss with wife Tabitha as the couple came to terms with a sum of money so grand it could transform the life of even a seasoned tour pro.

Furyk is a major champion, but never had he competed for a loot such as this – and it showed as, from a dominant position at 10 under par, he took two bogeys in two holes as Donald closed in.
As he prepared to board his charter flight to Cardiff last night, ready for a first sight of Celtic Manor today, Furyk looked exhausted as he held the FedEx trophy, telling US PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem: “This is special.” Donald, who was left to curse his double-bogey 7 on Saturday at the 15th, said: “Obviously I have a little bit of disappointment – I had a good chance and I came up one shot short. I hope I can take some good golf for the Ryder Cup.”

What his compatriot Paul Casey, two strokes further back in fourth, would have given for that consolation.


FINAL TOTALS
Par 280 (4x70). Yardage: 7154.

272 Jim Furyk 67 65 70 70 ($1,350,000 before bonus).
273 Luke Donald 66 66 71 70 ($810,000 pre-bonus).
274 Retief Goosen 71 66 66 71 ($517,500 pre-bonus).
275 Nick Watney 71 74 63 67, Paul Casey 66 71 69 69 ($330,000 each pre-bonus).
277 Charley Hoffman 71 67 69 70.
278 Ernie Els 71 71 71 65, K J Choi 68 68 74 68.
279 Zach Johnson 74 72 66 67, Camilo Villegas 73 69 68 69, Ryan Moore 70 72 68 69, Kevin Streelman 70 70 69 70.
280 Tim Clark 70 73 70 67, Geoff Ogilvy 66 67 72 75.
281 Justin Rose 74 68 72 67, Hunter Mahan 69 71 73 68 ($162,000).
282 Ben Crane 71 69 76 66, Robert Allenby 71 70 71 70, Bubba Watson 75 69 67 71, Jason Day 69 69 71 73, Kevin Na 69 68 69 76.
283 Dustin Johnson 73 71 73 66, Phil Mickelson 69 72 68 74.
284 Bo Van Pelt 74 69 69 72.
285 Matt Kuchar 72 70 72 71, Steve Stricker 74 68 68 75.
288 Adam Scott 74 71 69 74.
289 Ryan Palmer 74 72 73 70.
291 Jeff Overton 75 70 73 73
295 Martin Laird 75 73 74 73 (£120,000).

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$3million consolation for Matt Kuchar

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ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Kuchar struggled at East Lake but a $3 million consolation prize should make him feel better.

Kuchar came into the Tour Championship as the top seed, knowing he was assured of claiming the FedEx Cup and a $10 million prize if he won the season-ending event.

He was never a factor, however, tying for 25th in a 30-player field after failing to break par in any round.

"I didn't have it this week, but I played as well as I could for 72 holes," said Kuchar, who closed with a 1-over 71 Sunday for a 5-over 285 total.

Jim Furyk won the tournament to claim the richest pay-off in golf. Because no one else in the top five finished high enough, Kuchar held on for second in the point standings to take the runner-up prize of $3 million.

Not that he had any idea what was going on, given the complex nature of the points system.

"It's impossible to be aware of it," Kuchar said. "Who really was aware of it? Maybe some kid in front of a computer. But certainly I was not."

Kuchar was preparing to tee off at the final hole when thunderstorms swept into the area, leading to a two-hour break. Even then, he didn't bother looking at the possible FedEx Cup scenarios.

"I watched football," he said. "I had no real idea and was completely unconcerned with it today. It was not even on my radar screen. I was out there trying to hit good shots and really didn't give the FedEx Cup one ounce of thought today."

Kuchar conceded that he's a little beat after playing his fourth playoff event in five weeks, but there's no rest on the horizon.

He was off to the airport, heading to Wales to play in his first Ryder Cup, and he's scheduled return to Georgia to play in the inaugural fall event at Sea Island the following week.

"I could use a couple down days, but I don't get a couple of down days for a couple weeks," Kuchar said. "I understood that. I've played a lot since the British Open, and I knew it was on my plate."


WATNEY'S CHARGE: Nick Watney shot a 58 - over two days.
Watney put up a 28 on the back nine Saturday for a 7-under 63, then kept it going with a 30 on the front side Sunday - capped by a chip-in eagle at No. 9. Actually, he was an astonishing 14 under for a 20-hole stretch, going back to third-round birdies on the eighth and ninth holes.
Just when Watney seemed poised to make an unprecedented run from 28th place to claim the $10 million FedEx Cup, rain and lightning caused a two-hour delay. That seemed to sap Watney's momentum, and he played the final nine holes at 2 over for a closing 67.
"It was the same for everyone, so no complaints," Watney said. "I definitely lost a bit of my mojo there sitting in the clubhouse. I definitely would've liked to finish it off there. All in all, from where I was through seven holes (Saturday), I'll take the finish."
Watney kept believing he could win the big prize until right at the end.
"With a good round, you never know," he said. "It's a very difficult golf course. You can make up ground in a hurry, and it's tough to play with the lead. I thought I had an outside chance, but I would've had to shoot something around the same score as I did" in the third round.


NA'S OUTBURST: Kevin Na let his temper get the better of him as he struggled to the finish.

Coming off a double bogey at the 17th hole, Na yanked his tee shot at No. 18 toward the grandstand left of the flag. That caused him to unleash another swing, this one in anger, that took out a huge chunk of grass in the tee box.

Na was able to take a drop, but he still wound up with a bogey for a 6-over 76, hardly the way he wanted to close after three straight rounds in the 60s.

Even though it was easy to understand Na's frustration, his outburst drew a scolding from playing partner Paul Casey.

"He was visibly upset, wasn't he?" Casey said. "The behaviour on 18 was not good. It's not good for the game."


DONALD'S LAMENT: Luke Donald couldn't help but think back to Saturday after coming up one stroke shy of having a shot at $10 million.
During the third round, Donald took a double-bogey 7 at No. 15 - the easiest hole of the week at East Lake. It cost him big time when he wound up one stroke behind winner Jim Furyk.
"You can always look back to yesterday maybe, the double-bogey made on 15," Donald said. "That was obviously disappointing, kind of got me out of the lead."
And how did Donald make 7 on such an easy hole? An errant drive into the rough forced him to lay up in the middle of the fairway, then he pushed his third shot into a bunker alongside the green.
Donald blasted out of the sand to about 18 feet, then three-putted.


FURYK'S RECOMMENDATION: Jim Furyk made his $10 million putt with a used club he bought for $39.

After knocking in a little 2 1/2-footer to clinch the Tour Championship, Furyk gave a plug to Joe and Leigh's Discount Golf Pro Shop in South Easton, Mass.

Furyk has been using a heel-shafted putter he bought at the shop after the third round of the playoff event at TPC Boston. He put it in the bag for the final round of that tournament, and it's been with him ever since.

"I guess we were meant to be," Furyk said.

The putter retailed for $65, but he got it at a discount because it was used. There's a nick here and a ding there, but nothing he can't live with.

"I didn't think it was all that pretty, to be honest with you," Furyk said, "but it's getting a lot better looking every day."


DIVOTS: Tiger Woods didn't qualify for East Lake, but he held on to his ranking as the world's No. 1 player. Phil Mickelson, who needed to finish at least in a three-way tie for second to overtake Woods, struggled to a 74 that left him tied for 22nd.
The FedEx Cup has been settled, but the Vardon Trophy for best scoring average is still up for grabs. Matt Kuchar leads at 69.57, but he's scheduled to play at least one of the fall events. Steve Stricker, who's done of the year, is right on Kuchar's heels at 69.58 and could possibly steal away the trophy from the sideline.

CARRICKVALE TAKE SCOTTISH CLUB

TITLE HOME TO EDINBURGH

Edinburgh's Carrickvale won the SGU's Scottish club championship final at Fortrose and Rosemarkie, north of Inverness today.
Their team of two past Scottish mid-amateur champions, Allyn Dick and Craig Elliot, plus Dave Ewen totalled 277 for the 36 holes under the format of the best two from three scores to count in each round.
Dick, who had the day's lowest total of six-under-par 136, had scores of 66 and 70, Elliot 68 and 73, and Ewen 74 and 75 over the par 71 course (CSS 70 and 71).
St Andrews were the first-round leaders with a tally of 133, one ahead of Carrickvale but they could hold Carrickvale at bay in the afternoon when St Andrews had a second-round score of 147, four more than Carrickvale, and finished runners-up.
St Andrews had Gary Sharp (66-76), Kevin Hastie (73-77) and Daniel Sommerville (67-71) as their team members.
Powfoot and Glenbervie came next on the 281 mark. Powfoot were officially placed third by virtue of having the lower discarded score for the second round.
Powfoot's players were: Michael Grunwell (71-70), Neil Hamilton (72-74) and Barry Scott (75-68).
Glenbervie's team was made up of Fraser Moore (71-73), Graeme Robertson (66-71) and Thomas Wilson (75-75).
Powfoot and Blairgowrie, whose line-up included former Scottish match-play champion Glenn Campbell, had the best second-round totals of 138.
Carrickvale now go on to represent Scotland in the European Club Championship at Estela Golf Club, Portugal from October 21 to 23.SO WHERE IS CARRICKVALE GOLF CLUB?



Carrickvale Golf Club is an Edinburgh golf club situated on Carrick Knowe golf course, a pleasant and easy walking parkland course fifteen minutes from Edinburgh Airport - and just five minutes drive from the city centre.
Edinburgh Leisure manages the golf course on a pay-as-you-play basis.

 TEAM TOTALS
Par 142 (2x72) SSS 69. CSS 70 (am), 71 (pm).
277 Carrickvale 134 143 (Allyn Dick 66 70, Craig Elliot 68 73, Dave Ewen 74 75).
280 St Andrews 133 147 (Gary Sharp 66 76, Kevin Hastie 73 77, Daniel Sommervile 67 71).
281 Powfoot 143 138 (Michael Grunwell 71 70, Neil Hamilton 72 74, Barry Scott 75 69);  Glenbervie 137 144 (Fraser Moore 71 73,Graeme Robertson 66 71, Thomas Wilson 75 75).
284 Gourock 140 144 (Steven Higgins 69 69, Ross Campbell 71 75, John Greer 75 76); Blairgowrie 146 138 (Glenn Campbell 71 69, Stuart Graham 75 69, George Brass 75 78).
286 Moray 141 145 (Kevin Thomson 70 72, Malcolm Macleman 76 76, Gary Thomson 71 73).
287 Loudoun Gowf 143 144 (Chris Bone 74 70, Scott Gilchrist 79 74, Tommy McInally 69 75); Tulliallan 143 144 (Mark Crichton 69 74, Steven Horne 74 82, Gordon Lyons 74 70).
292 Crow Wood 148 144 (Ed Wood 71 71, Len Grindrod 77 73, Jordan Gallagher 77 74).
295 Murcar Links 146 149 (Anthony Bews 72 71, Iain Galbraith 74 78, Billy Main 78 78).
300 Cowglen 154 146 (Graham Fleming 77 81, Neil McBride 74 73, Chris Wedgeworth 72 81).
302 Selkirk 147 155 (Callum Marshall 81 79, Paul McVie 76 82, Michael Robertson 71 76); Ballumbie Castle 148 154 (George Finlay 73 82, Jim King 80 81, Danny Lawrence 75 73).
Withdrew: Rothesay.
Disqualified: Windyhill (Paul Borland, Ryan Coll, David Wilson).

LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS

Par 142 (2x71)
136 Allyn Dick (Carrickvale) 66 70.
137 Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 66 71.
138 Daniel Sommerville (St Andrews) 67 71, Steven Higgins (Gourock) 69 69.

Glasgow's narrow win over Lanarkshire at Hamilton

Lanarkshire lost narrowly for the second week in a row, going down to Glasgow by 5 1/2 to 4 1/2.
Not even a stunning seven under par performance from local club champion Euan Moir could prevent a Glasgow victory at Hamilton.
Lanarkshire led 4.5-3.5 going into the last two singles but Glasgow veterans John MacDonald and Ricky Gray both won against their younger opponents Robbie Main and David Ford.
Next Sunday Lanarkshire A team play Renfrewshire A team at Bothwell Castle.
Results:
R Jenkins (Crow Wood) lost to S Robertson (Sandyhills) 1 hole.
A MacDonald (Crow Wood) lost to M Bookless (Sandyhills) 2 and 1.
Euan Moir (Hamilton) bt J Laurie (Cowglen 5 and 3
Michael Moir (Hamilton) bt S Machin (Cowglen) 5 and 4.
Colin Kerr (Cambuslang) lost to J Hendrick (Pollock) 1 hole.
Murray Dubber (Bothwell) halved with G MacDougal (Bishopbriggs)
Scott Douglas (Drumpellier) bt B McKenna (Pollock) 5 and 4.
Derek Loudon (Hamilton) bt G Rennie (Cathkin) 8 and 6.
Robbie Main (Airdrie) lost to J MacDonald (Cowglen) 2 and 1.
David Ford (Airdrie) lost R Gray (Cowglen) 2 and 1.

Willie Sharpe
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Lanarkshire GA

ROOKIE PARRY WINS VIVENDI CUP BY TWO

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Yorkshire's John Parry - a team-mate of Rory McIlroy in the 2007 Walker Cup - became the third rookie to win on this season's European Tour.=
A Challenge Tour graduate like Rhys Davies and James Morrison, the 23 year old from Harrogate won the Vivendi Cup 2010 at Golf de Joyenval in Paris by two shots from Swede Johan Edfors.
Parry, 116th on The Race to Dubai entering the event with the top 115 keeping their cards at the end of the year, fired a closing 70 to take the €204,160 top prize with a 17 under par total of 271.

He had not finished higher than ninth in any previous tournament - and in Austria last week held the halfway lead and then fell away to 20th.

Parry said: "I felt nervous and just tried to control my emotions. I felt I was playing well, though, and my concentration was good.

"I was trying to get to 20 under and I think I could have done it if I had holed a few more putts."

With a one-year European Tour exemption now under his belt he added: "At least I know now what I am going to play in. It takes the pressure off.

"I thought I was good enough to win - it was just putting it all together."

One in front when he resumed, Parry was caught early on by former Ryder Cup player Jarmo Sandelin, but after three birdies and a bogey on the front nine he turned two in front.

Another birdie at the tenth was to prove his last of the day, but nobody could sustain a challenge to him and, although he bogeyed the short 17th after finding sand, Edfors did the same and then went into another bunker at the last.

Joint third were Sandelin, Danes Søren Kjeldsen and Mark Haastrup, France's François Delamontagne and Dutchman Robert-Jan Derksen.

Padraig Harrington came eighth after a best-of-the-day 64, timely indeed as ahead of next week’s Ryder Cup at The Celtic Manor Resort.

The joint lowest round of the Irishman's season came too late to put him in contention for a first win in over two years, but it served as a huge boost to his confidence.

“I'm obviously happy,” said Harrington. “The week before a big event is all about seeing where your game is at and what needs working on.

"I struggled putting earlier in the week (he made the cut with nothing to spare) and it was sharp today, so I don't have as much to work on.

"I am excited to get there and ready to go."
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
271 John Parry (England) 64 67 70 70 (204,100 Euros).
273 Johan Edfors (Sweden) 61 74 67 71 (136,100 Euros).
HOW THE SCOTS FINISHED
281 Andrew McArthur 66 69 71 75, Peter Whiteford 67 70 75 69 (jt 30th) (10,168 Euros each).
283 Alastair Forsyth 69 72 72 70 (jt 40th) (7,350 Euros).
284 Callum Macaulay 70 72 67 75 (jt 46th) (5,390 Euros).
285 Steven O'Hara 70 71 71 73 (jt 56th) (3,767 Euros).

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Paul O'Hara misses Challenge Tour promotion

Paul O'Hara went backwards instead of forwards in the last round of Germany's Fulda EPD Tour Championship at Golfclub Hofgut.
With the top five in the tour's Order of Merit at the conclusion of this event gaining automatic promotion to the European Challenge Tour, the Colville Park rookie pro had a chance at the start of the last day. But he couldn't take it.
O'Hara finished joint 12th of 213 with scores of 71, 68 and 74 to earn 980 Euros - not enough to push him up into the final top five of the Order of Merit.

LEADING FINAL TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
204 Benhamin Miarka (Germany) 65 72 67 (6,090 Euros).
208 Florian Fritsch (Germany) 69 71 68 (3,526 Euros).
209 Ben Parker (England) 73 66 70 (2,055 Euros).
Selected total:
213 Paul O'Hara (Scotland 71 68 74 (980Euros) (jt 12th)

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Monty sad this will be his last Ryder Cup

involvement

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Colin Montgomerie has admitted to more than a tinge of sadness as he counts down to a Ryder Cup for which he has already written a loser's speech - just in case.
But it was not the thought of the Americans returning home with the trophy that had Montgomerie staring into space on an empty first tee at Celtic Manor. It was the realisation that, after eight matches as a player and now another as Europe's captain, this might well be his last involvement in an event which has brought him more happiness than any other.

"I stood on that first tee and had a thought to myself about would I ever do this again," the 47-year-old Scot told BBC Radio Five Live. "I do hope it's given me incentive to do that - it's been almost half my life that I've been involved in this competition - but I think possibly those days are behind me."

He added: "I'd like to think not and I would love to play again, but you've got to be realistic.
"I will be trying for 2012, but the competition now has got so good. There are 12 much better players that can do a job for Europe more than I can.

"It's getting more and more difficult and there's never been a European captain who's got back into the team.

"I've got to get my game back in shape. It's taken a back seat the last two years. I've had one eye on the players and one on myself and I need both on myself."

The former world number two, who admits he will be drinking "in moderation" each night to help him sleep, now ranks 422nd and has not had even a top-10 finish for 27 months.

As for the loser's speech - "I hate to use that term," he stated - Montgomerie just wants to be seen as leaving no stone unturned in his plans.

"I've had to prepare a runner-up speech, or the non-winning speech. If the result doesn't go our way I think it's very important to prepare," he added.

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Russ Cochran goes four shots clear with a 67

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CARY, North Carolina (AP) — Russ Cochran shot a five-under 67 on Saturday in the SAS Championship to increase his lead to four strokes, the largest 36-hole margin the history of the Champions Tour's event.
"I don't have any experience with a four-shot lead so I don't know what to expect," Cochran said. "I'm sure I'll have to be on my toes."
Cochran, the 51-year-old left-hander coming off his first victory on the 50-and-over tour two weeks ago in South Korea, birdied the final two holes at Prestonwood Country Club to finish at 13 under.
Ted Schulz (68) was second, and defending champion Tom Pernice Jr. (71) was 8 under along with John Cook (64) and Nick Price (69).
"I played pretty solid today," said Schulz, the winner at Pebble Beach this month. "I probably could have putted just a little better."
Cook played the back nine in a tournament-record 8-under 27, eagling the par-4 14th and par-5 17th.
"Yesterday, I just didn't do anything very well," said Cook, who spent time on the range after his first- round 72. "I must have found something that worked today."
After his record-setting nine holes, Cook, who started on No. 10, played even par on Prestonwood's front nine.

"The front side is just a hard nine holes of golf, and you kind of have to survive the front," Cook said. "But I battled back. I didn't want to let a really good round of golf go by the wayside."

Cochran also said the front nine is the harder of the two nines.

"The first part of the golf course is unbelievably difficult," said Cochran, who will be paired with Cook and Schulz in the final group. "The first several holes are pretty demanding, and it keeps you off-balance."

Keith Fergus had an albatross 2 on the 17th, holing a 3-iron shot from 210 yards. He finished with a 64, leaving him eight strokes back at 5 under. Schwab Cup points leaders Bernhard Langer and Fred Couples also were 5 under after 68s.
Sandy Lyle had a good Saturday with a second-round, two-under-par 70 for a two-round tally of 148 which has him sharing 54th place.
Former Ryder Cup captain Mark James did not do so well. He repeated his opening 77 for 154 and a share of 69th place.

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Jones is Wizard from Oz in Panasonic Open

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Kobe, September 26: Australian Brendan Jones upstaged Japan ’s big guns to claim a one-stroke victory at the Asia-Pacific Panasonic Open on Sunday.
Starting the third and final round three strokes off the lead, the 35-year-old Jones fired a closing round of five-under-par 66, the week’s lowest, to lift his ninth career title in Japan by one at the Rokko Kokusai Golf Club’s East course.
Overnight leader Ryuchi Oda carded a 70 to finish second in the ¥150,000,000 (approximately US1.7 million) event jointly sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.
Title holder Daisuke Maruyama put up a solid defence by sharing third place, a further shot back, after a 69 with Korea ’s Kim Kyung-tae (67) and countryman Sushi Ishigaki (68).
Korea’s Noh Seung-yul, the Asian Tour Order of Merit leader, settled for joint eighth place after a 71 while Japan’s number one and top draw Ryo Ishikawa, who held a share of the lead early on, faded to a 73 for equal 13th place in the tournament reduced to 54 holes after bad weather forced the cancellation of play on Thursday.
Jones, who totalled six-under-par 207 and picked up the winner’s cheque of US$356,000, was beaming with joy after ending a two and a half year title drought.
“I’m so excited to have finally won again. The last two and a half years have been a bit of a dry spell. I’ve played well but not quite well enough to win tournaments. It’s finally good to lift another trophy,” said the Aussie, who is a regular on the Japan Golf Tour.
A bogey on his opening hole wasn’t the best of starts but he holed out from the greenside bunker for eagle on the fourth which sparked his title charge. Three more birdies against a bogey saw him turn in 32 but it wasn’t until he birdied the 13th and 14th holes that Jones was on top of the leaderboard for the first time all week.
“You know, I felt good in the bunkers around here and I’ve been playing very well. That was a bonus to make the eagle. I putted a lot better this week and that’s the thing. When I putt well, I win tournaments and I haven’t putted well for a long time,” said Jones, who took 26 putts during the final round.
He parred home the last four holes, including a vital up and down from the back of the green on the demanding 18th hole to secure his victory. “That last hole, when I made up and down, that was a fantastic feeling. At that stage I was two ahead and I thought that would be enough but Oda and Maruyama made it interesting for me,” added Jones, who enjoyed four top-10s in Japan before his victory today.
Oda, the reigning Japan Open champion, needed a birdie at the last to force a play-off but put his approach shot into the bunker while Maruyama, who also needed a birdie, also found the greenside bunker for an eventual bogey.
“I didn’t hit a good drive up the 18th and from there, found the bunker on the right of the green. I tried my best,” said Oda.
Maruyama was happy with his title defence. “I had a small chance but 18 is a difficult hole to birdie. I had a five wood from 230 yards out and I tried attacking the pin but turned it over a little bit.”
Noh, starting the day two back, never got any momentum going in his round due to poor driving. He birdied the seventh and 14th holes but gave the shot straight back on both occasions.
“Today, my tee shots missed a lot of fairways and it made it tough. The weather was nice but I didn’t take advantage. The swing felt better than yesterday. The feeling is coming but I missed a few birdie putts. Just two birdies today,” said Noh.


LEADING FINAL TOTALS
207 Brendan Jones (AUS) 71-70-66
208 Ryuichi Oda (JPN) 68-70-70
209 Daisuke Maruyama (JPN) 68-72-69, Sushi Ishigaki (JPN) 74-67-68, Kim Kyung-tae (KOR) 70-72-67
210 Shintaro Kai (JPN) 67-72-71, Tomohiro Kondo (JPN) 70-72-68
211 Shingo Katayama (JPN) 69-71-71, S.K. Ho (KOR) 67-73-71, Michael Hendry (NZL) 70-70-71, Noh Seung-yul (KOR) 70-70-71, Prayad Marksaeng (THA) 70-74-67
212 Ryo Ishikawa (JPN) 69-70-73, Bae Sang-moon (KOR) 69-75-68, Lee Sung (KOR) 72-72-68
213 Michio Matsumura (JPN) 69-71-73, Scott Hend (AUS) 72-68-73, Hirofumi Miyase (JPN) 69-74-70, Cho Min-gyu (KOR) 69-74-70, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 76-70-67